Quiz time

[Eastie]

Spot on - and the suns surface is only 5k-6k!

[bitingmidge]

Answer: Liz Ellis.

(can someone please ask the question now?)


Why has the word "gullible" been removed from the Macquarie Dictionary?

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[silentC]

Because they replaced it with a picture of you :D :p :D

[Bob Willson]

Who is the Australian netball captain?

[ozwinner]

Rodney Marsh

[griffo]

Rodney Marsh

Wasn't he the "ball boy"

g ;)

[Tonz]

Why has the word "gullible" been removed from the Macquarie Dictionary?


Judging by the question, I'm going to hazard a guess and say it hasn't been removed....

[journeyman Mick]

Well folks, we seem to have stalled, 24 hrs and no questions. I'm going to take the liberty of posing a question to get the ball moving again. If you feel it was your turn please feel free to disregard my question and post another.

Q. what is the name of this machine? and for no extra points: why do you think Eastie might not like it? :p

Mick

[echnidna]

Well it might be orange but it sure aint a triton.
Swingsaw

[journeyman Mick]

Nope, not a swingsaw (at least I've never heard of it being called that)

Mick

[Tankstand]

A potential Death Trap? :D

[bitingmidge]

what is the name of this machine?

If it were mine, I'd call it Liz.

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[JackoH]

It,s a "Widow Maker"-True. :eek:

[Barry_White]

Circular saw on wheels. My wife reckons "Off with your head"

[bitingmidge]

I reckon its big enough to circumscribe the sections required in Ralph's latest quiz anyway!

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[Iain]

I thought only Rabbi's could do that :o

[bitingmidge]

I guess that explains the beard.

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[ozwinner]

Nope, not a swingsaw (at least I've never heard of it being called that)

Mick

I was thinking swing saw as well????????????

Al

[outback]

I call it a hargon (sp) saw.

[AlexS]

Just beat me to it outback...I remember my teenage cousins working one day in, day out in the 50s near Blayney. No wonder they grew into big boys.
From memory, it was powered by an old motorbike engine, and the many cracks in the blade were stop-drilled.

[outback]

OK off wood a bit.
When a blacksmith is working steel, he sometimes needs flux.
What is the most common form this flux comes in?

[Bob Willson]

Resin (rosin)?

[Robert WA]

PSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
I think I know the answer.

[Bob Willson]

He would surely have limited supplies of that. :)

[outback]

The flux is quite common, we all played with it as 'lil tackers.

NO it has nuthin' to do with psssssssssssssssssssssss

[Bob Willson]

Borax, as used in those little divers that went up and down in a bottle when you applied pressure?

[outback]

As this thread takes on a life of its own during he week, and thee ain't no way i can keep up, i'll offer the answer to allow things to keep rolling.

The flux used, is simply sand, i guess it's the silica in it that does the actual fluxing, but there you go.


Now a simple one to get things going again.
Name the only Amererican President to resign the Presidency.

[Bob Willson]

Was of course Mr Nixon.

What breed was his dog and for what is he infamous for doing to it?

[RETIRED]

I think you are thinking of LBJ.

[Bob Willson]

:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

Yes I was.

Ah well, what breed was LBJ's dog and what was he infamous for doing to it. Not you , you obviously already know. :)

[Zed]

wasnt it a black labrador who used to hump his leg ?

[Bob Willson]

He may have had a dog like this but that is not the pooch in question.

[Zed]

was it a mutt who bit nixon then ?

[Bob Willson]

No, but I would think that he would have trained all his dogs to do this anyway. :)
Hint: try doing a search. LBJ dog

[bitingmidge]

Oh alright!!!

I've been hanging off hoping the smar tarse little monkey would stick its head in!!!

The dog was a beagle who used to hang by it's ears from the tired, sad president's hands!

So........ Who is the Big Yin?

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[journeyman Mick]

A) Billy Connolly.

Q) What's "oakum" and what's it used for?

Mick

[bitingmidge]

It's used for caulking planks on ships, and it is either fibre, or a tar and fibre mix...

So what are tools used for jamming it into the gaps called?

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[Tonz]

Fingers? :)

[craigb]

screwdrivers ? :D

[ozwinner]

Tar and fibre mix stufferinera?


Al :)

[Bob Willson]

Caulking applicators?

[Bob Willson]

Here is a picture of the tools used. Looks to me like a mallet and a blunt chisel. The wooly stuff at the bottom of the picture is oakum
http://www.rewhc.org/graphics/klubbjarn.jpe

[bitingmidge]

mallet and a blunt chisel
Curiously the mallets had very long heads, and the "blunt chisels" (caulking irons) came in all sorts of sizes and offsets to allow the caulking to happen in wierd corners.

I reckon all the answers were near enough though. (Pity Ralph didn't give it a go...)

So it's five persons' turn to ask questions then :D :D

Cheers,

P

[Christopha]

OK, Mick will know this for sure, what is a "Verge Board"?

[Bob Willson]

Somebody who is nearly as stiff as a plank? Or is somebody who is about to bore a virgin?

[AlexS]

At last! one I know! It's another name for a barge board. The boards that sit under the overhang of the tiles or gal iron on a gable.

[AlexS]

My question. What is or are scopas chops?

[bitingmidge]

Copas chops are a sort of lollipop made famous by Detective Kojak.

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[silentC]

Lamb chops that belonged to Scopas the Greek sculptor?

[bitingmidge]

Eating utensils used by Chinese Policemen.

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[AlexS]

Silent, I suspect you're on the right track...

[Markw]

A chop in the asian world is their mark or signature, can this be the signature of a Greek sculptor

Mark :confused:

[silentC]

A sculpting technique or feature popularised by Scopas?

[bitingmidge]

Aha...the Asian world...

A Scopas is a rare marine fish, so therefore Scopas chops are obviously a particular method of cutting the flesh to produce sashimi. I imagine that the result would be something like this:-

[AlexS]

A tool, perhaps, Silent

[echnidna]

Its from the old sailing ship days when all the sailors knew the earth was flat.
They had this huge verge board along the edge of the world so ships couldnt fall off!

[silentC]

An axe-like tool used by sculptors to remove material?

[Christopha]

Alex got it, another name for a barge board.

dunno about "scopas Chops" though.... is it someones signature?Their 'Chop"??

[bitingmidge]

Whoooops again!

a rare marine fish

Is there any other kind of fish?

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[AlexS]

A clue...Scopas the sculptor could have used it. I presume he gave his name to it.
Picture postedtomorrow morning...just so you know I'm not making it up. :D

[AlexS]

Whoooops again!


Is there any other kind of fish?

P
How about a riverine fish? :p

[silentC]

A sculptor's chisel?

[AlexS]

Here it is, from the Garret Wade book of Woodworking Tools. :rolleyes:

Silent, you were closing in, ask a question.

[Markw]

Pardon my lack of working knowledge but where does a sculptor's chisel come close to what seems like in essence a machinists vice?????


Mark

[silentC]

A former star of a cult sci fi TV show wrote a children's book in 1999 in which the main character came to an unhappy end in a tree. Who was it and what was the title of the book?

[AlexS]

Mark,
Mainly, both the chisel and the 'chops' are used by a wood sculptor.

This is what Garret Wade has to say about it.
"A vice which was designed for the woodcarver is the Scopas Chops. It is made of wood, with deep jaws and protective leather strips, and has a steel screw and nut and another screw which passes through a hole in the bench top to secure the vice."
I flick passed to Silent because the topic had gone on for a day and he was
homing in on it.
I suspect the Scopas Chops (possibly with a wooden screw) predates the machinists vice.

[Markw]

Alex
Many thanks
Its alway good to know more

[silentC]

A former star of a cult sci fi TV show wrote a children's book in 1999 in which the main character came to an unhappy end in a tree. Who was it and what was the title of the book?

Is anyone going to have a shot at the answer, or do I need to post a clue?

[craigb]

Is anyone going to have a shot at the answer, or do I need to post a clue?
I think you had better post one 'cause I haven't got one.

[silentC]

OK, well the TV show was/is a very long running one that has used a somewhat unique way of allowing different actors to play the same character over the years. The book is not really a children's book but is written in the style of one.

[Markw]

Was the TV show Dr Who with all his mirade of changes??

[ozwinner]

Hooky the cripple by Chopper Reid? :eek:

[silentC]

I can confirm that the actor/author in question does still have both his ears.

He has also appeared in Black Adder....

[craigb]

I think I can safely say that "we give up" ;)

[silentC]

Tom Baker - "The Boy Who Kicked Pigs"

What is this:

[craigb]

Looks like a fractal image

[silentC]

True but this one has a name ;)

[bitingmidge]

Oh come on....it's not Rodney is it?

Just when I thought it was safe to come back into the water too!

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[Tonz]

It's a Mandelbrot image.

[silentC]

OK, close enough: it's the Mandelbrot Set.

[Tonz]

Who was Lady Creighton-Ward?

[Eastie]

That would be Lady Penelope of the Thunderbirds.

I can't believe I got up at 6am every saturday morning to watch that show.

[Eastie]

Oh well, here's a question even if i was wrong :D

What two dogs were bred to produce the kelpie?

[Markw]

A cattle dog and a border collie

[Eastie]

Try again

[silentC]

Scottish Collies and dingoes. Not sure about dingoes, I think that might be a bit of a myth...

[Eastie]

I'll give you scotish collies - as other than it not being "border" I'm buggered if I know for sure. You could also say two short coated pointed ear collies or two northern country collies from the rutherford blood lines.

[Gumby]

from memeory, it isn't quite that simple. They originated from Collie breeds imported from Scotland and after a bit of cross breeding and interbreeding, the Kelpie was created. I've got one, and she's a pain in the **** !

[silentC]

We had collies when I was a kid and they were great working dogs but not good pets.

Who or what is QUEEG 500?

[craigb]

some bizarre card game ?

[Eastie]

Was it the computer on the Red Dwarf?

[silentC]

Hmmm, seeing as it's nearly knock off time, I'll give you that one. QUEEG 500 was the "back up computer". In fact he was created by Holly, the real Red Dwarf computer, as a prank on the crew. "We're talking April, May, June and July Fools".

[Eastie]

Lister had highly illegal learning pills. From whom and where did he get them?

[bitingmidge]

Shane Warne's mum gave them to him, so he thought they'd be ok.

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[Eastie]

I'm inclined to give you that one - he almost certainly did indeed get them from Shanes mum :D:D:D

[Iain]

Who was Brian's father in the Life of Brian?
(Clue: it was not Biggus Dickus)

[ozwinner]

GOD?

Al

[Eastie]

It wasn't Mr Cohen either - it was Naughtius Maximus - "then, he, after having his way with me - voom - like a rat out of an aquaduct".

Q. In order to maintain air speed velocity, how many times does a swallow need to beat it's wings every second ?

[Tonz]

Nortius Maximus, a centurion in the Roman army.

Who has appeared more often than any other woman on the cover of Time magazine?

[Tonz]

Q. In order to maintain air speed velocity, how many times does a swallow need to beat it's wings every second ?

Approx 18 times a second with an amplitude of 18 cm...