Quiz time

[silentC]

I award line honours to Col. See that's what you get for being a smartpants, BM

[bitingmidge]

Can't remember any green stuff in Ireland, or Scotland at similar structures but it's been 20 years (it was a bit on the coolish side mind, and the occasional patch of white was around in both cases).

Didn't look like Fingal NSW either! BTW Fingal Heads was named after the Irish Giant who used the causeway to get here apparently.

Cheers,

P (VERY Smarty Pants!)

[silentC]

It was green when I was there. Green and wet. Green, wet and cold. That's why I saw more of the inside of the pubs than anything else. Nothing to do with my weak nature.

Ah, Fingal aka Fin McCool. I never made the connection. It's a poor day if you don't learn something new....

[Driver]

Which bridge was too far?

(If you know the answer, give us a bit of explanation so we'll know you really know the answer!)

[craigb]

The bridge at Arnem?

Failed military action in WWII as the Allies tried to advance on Berlin.

[Termite]

Arnhem

[Driver]

And the award goes to

craigb

who, despite a touch of the Crabtree's in the execution of the bridge's name, still managed to supply the background detail.

Your go Craig.

[craigb]

Dang. Now I have to think of a question. Nuh I can't. I know it's a cop out but the old grey matter is not quite up to par today.

I'll donate my go to Termite as he had the right answer AND the right spelling

[hexbaz]

He didn't quite make it... Wasn't he the first man to 'almost' circumnavigate the globe? It was also a rather low orbit.

Actually, he did technically circumnavigate the globe - just not in one go. In the voyage on which he died, Magellan had passed the eastern most point he had visited on a previous voyage. So he did not do it in one go, but he was credited with being the guy who proved the earth is round.

[Termite]

Damn, that'll teach me Craig.

OK, what was the one name David Niven took great pains to work into every movie except his first five.

[silentC]

Technically, he didn't because the term circumnavigate means "to proceed completely around", which he didn't, owing to his demise. Practically he did though, although you could liken it to claiming you have climbed Mt Everest by climbing half way, turning back, and then getting dropped off by a helicopter at the summit and working your way back down.


Sorry, Wednesday is my 'pedantic' day.

[hexbaz]

Fair cop, silentC - though as I said, it is fair that he is credited with being the guy who proved the earth is round.

I was not really trying to say that the answer was wrong; but there have been some that have said Magellan was credited just by being the boss, which was a tad unfair.

[silentC]

Absolutely and think where we'd be today if he hadn't. Well, I guess we'd be sitting over there next to you. Sobering thought, isn't it?

[Driver]

OK, what was the one name David Niven took great pains to work into every movie except his first five.

Trubshawe? The name of an old mate from the army.

He also managed to work the man himself into at least one movie: The Guns of Navarone.

[simon c]

Trubshawe? The name of an old mate from the army.

He also managed to work the man himself into at least one movie: The Guns of Navarone.

I didn't think it was one particular name, I thought he just tried to use real names of friends whenever possible. Obviously his old mate Philleas Fogg was chuffed.

Simon