The all new, revised and easier quiz! (mod note posts 1 and 2042)

feargale

Looksee and Steve jointly answered correctly.

looksee

Yay, go on then Steve, since you have a question ready to go!

tampopo

Hello all, a few weeks ago I guessed a quiz answer correctly. Unfortunately I was unable to pose one in return. Until now.

Does anyone know where this is?

Rubecula

Brasilia?

tampopo

Rubecula wrote: »

Brasilia?

Eh, no.

looksee

Can you give us a clue as to the scale - are those skyscrapers or much smaller? New York?

tampopo

Much smaller . Two stories.
Much closer to home. Depending on where home is, of course...

tampopo

okay, here it is.

http://www.publicart.ie/uploads/tx_paprojects/02_tallaght_cross.jpg




http://heritagewalks.sdcc.ie/sites/default/files/library.jpg

Rubecula

tampopo wrote: »

okay, here it is.

http://www.publicart.ie/uploads/tx_paprojects/02_tallaght_cross.jpg




http://heritagewalks.sdcc.ie/sites/default/files/library.jpg

Sorry but I am just as wise. still no idea where it is ....

Dublin?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

tampopo wrote: »

okay, here it is.

http://www.publicart.ie/uploads/tx_paprojects/02_tallaght_cross.jpg




http://heritagewalks.sdcc.ie/sites/default/files/library.jpg

Where or what is it? Should I know it?

Jellybaby1

Tallaght Library. The noisest library in Dublin! :mad:

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Tallaght Library. The noisest library in Dublin! :mad:

Aaah! Sure I'd know it anywhere.

I have literally been to every continent but have never been in Tallaght.

Jellybaby1

Rubecula wrote: »

Sorry but I am just as wise. still no idea where it is ....

Dublin?

Rube was there first.

garancafan

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Tallaght Library. The noisest library in Dublin! :mad:

Couldn't be worse than Valladolid!.

Jellybaby1

Wanna bet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fPrSWO6dw

Rubecula

I was right!!!!!!!

Never expected that not prepared a question yet. let me think for a minute.

Rubecula

OK here is one.

In the kiddies show of the 50's and 60's what was the name of the monkey in Supercar?


(Google is acceptable if you don't know the answer of your own memories.)

garancafan

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Wanna bet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fPrSWO6dw

Great stuff! You win!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Rubecula wrote: »

OK here is one.

In the kiddies show of the 50's and 60's what was the name of the monkey in Supercar?


(Google is acceptable if you don't know the answer of your own memories.)

I ain't gonna Google nothin'. I have to say I don't know the programme at all. Our first TV was probably around 1960 and we had BBC but Supercar doesn't ring any bells at all.

I shall await with interest.

looksee

No, never heard of it, in spite of being in England in the early 60s when it was made. So checked it up - American programme shown on ITV in the 60s.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

We had BBC and UTV and, having looked this up, we never saw it.

Toughy.

OldGoat

Rubecula wrote: »

OK here is one.

In the kiddies show of the 50's and 60's what was the name of the monkey in Supercar?


(Google is acceptable if you don't know the answer of your own memories.)

Mitch the monkey. Big fanboy of all things Gerry Anderson here.

Question:
Also on an unlikely car theme...
What was the name of the only Irish production roadcar?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

OldGoat wrote: »

Mitch the monkey. Big fanboy of all things Gerry Anderson here.

Question:
Also on an unlikely car theme...
What was the name of the only Irish production roadcar?

That depends. Define Irish. We made Heinkel in Dundalk after the GNR closed in the 50s but there was a short lived Alesbury or someting like that in the early 1900.

red sean

There was Shamrock and DeLorean, both aimed at the US market. Did you mean for the Irish/GB/Euro market?

OldGoat

I guess I shoulda done some research before posing the question.
Mia Culpa, I never knew about the Alesbury and I never considered the Heinkel as being Irish. Thanks for bringing that to me Srameen, a pleasant day of research ahead of me now.

I did mean The Shamrock so I'll pass the batton on to Red Sean for being the first to mention the car I was thinking of.

looksee

The Shamrock, doesn't exactly sound speedy or comfortable or cool!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

looksee wrote: »

The Shamrock, doesn't exactly sound speedy or comfortable or cool!

It wasn't.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

OldGoat wrote: »

I guess I shoulda done some research before posing the question.
Mia Culpa, I never knew about the Alesbury and I never considered the Heinkel as being Irish. Thanks for bringing that to me Srameen, a pleasant day of research ahead of me now.

I did mean The Shamrock so I'll pass the batton on to Red Sean for being the first to mention the car I was thinking of.

Good idea for a new quiz - What am I thinking of?

OldGoat

It's Monday and that's the excuse I'm sticking with.

red sean

Continuing the car theme, The car manufacturer DKW is now known by what name?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

red sean wrote: »

Continuing the car theme, The car manufacturer DKW is now known by what name?

I thought Audi bought them out and disbanded them long ago.
Interesting!

red sean

You're close enough Srameen.
They and Wanderer merged to form the old Auto Union, later bought by VW and re-branded as Audi.

garancafan

red sean wrote: »

Continuing the car theme, The car manufacturer DKW is now known by what name?

Ahhh DKW. I loved them. Usually seen through clouds of blue smoke. Remember the 3=6?

Supplementary question: What did the 3=6 purport to convey?

feargale

"garancafan wrote: »

Supplementary question: What did the 3=6 purport to convey?

I believe they pioneered the piston which consisted of a triangle within a circle. I forget what it was called, but it didn't take off.

garancafan

You're probably thinking of the Wankel engine pioneered by NSU. No the question relates to cylindrical piston engines.

Rubecula

Multi valve engines?

OldGoat

You said "Wankel"
/sniggersnort

garancafan

OldGoat wrote: »

You said "Wankel"
/sniggersnort

It turned out to be aptly named - remember the NSU Ro80? - a classic case of being a great idea in theory but a disaster in practice.

garancafan

Rubecula wrote: »

Multi valve engines?

Erm...No.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Is this a quiz or the motoring forum? And I thought the next question was mine.

red sean

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Is this a quiz or the motoring forum? And I thought the next question was mine.

Should be.
No respect for old people round here anymore

garancafan

I wonder sometimes is it a biology forum . We decided some time ago to try running a small number of questions at the same time. Be assured that you are clear to go. (Hope I'm not back-seat modding).

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

As we have just had the oscars, which of these is the odd one out in an Oscars way and why?

Angelina Jolie, Anjelica Huston, Susan Sarandon

OldGoat

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

As we have just had the oscars, which of these is the odd one out in an Oscars way and why?

Angelina Jolie, Anjelica Huston, Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon - because of Alliteration...or more probably because she doesn't come from Hollywood lineage.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

OldGoat wrote: »

Susan Sarandon - because of Alliteration...or more probably because she doesn't come from Hollywood lineage.

And where do the Oscars fit in?

OldGoat

DOH!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

OldGoat wrote: »

DOH!

Not at all! I'm just being hard on you. You're on the right lines.

samsid

while all three won an oscar, jolies father jon voight & hustons father john huston also won oscars , sarandons father was a tv exec so susan sarandon is the answer, a trivial point john huston also directed his father and his daughter in oscar winning roles treasure of sierra madre &prizzi's honour respectively

feargale

Susan Sarandon is the answer. She's the only one who doesn't have an angelic name.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

samsid wrote: »

while all three won an oscar, jolies father jon voight & hustons father john huston also won oscars , sarandons father was a tv exec so susan sarandon is the answer, a trivial point john huston also directed his father and his daughter in oscar winning roles treasure of sierra madre &prizzi's honour respectively

That's it precisely.

You're up.