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

Jellybaby1

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Really? One would never have guessed.

Hmmmmmm.

Rubecula

OK had a day to think up a new question. So here it is,

Britain's V force was a nuclear deterrent in case of war. Which three aircraft did it consist of?

bonzodog2

Rubecula wrote: »

OK had a day to think up a new question. So here it is,

Britain's V force was a nuclear deterrent in case of war. Which three aircraft did it consist of?

Valiant, Victor, Vulcan

It might take me a while to think of a question, so work away til then !

Rubecula

bonzodog2 wrote: »

Valiant, Victor, Vulcan

It might take me a while to think of a question, so work away til then !

100% correct.

(For those with a naval bent, the Vanguard was the last British battleship before the name was used for the submarine which took the Nuclear deterrent role)

bonzodog2

Which influential computer programming language shares its name with a star system?

bonzodog2

No takers?
Its Algol

Jellybaby1

Quiet in 'ere innit?

Rubecula

Blimey I knew that one Algol is a star in the constellation of Perseus and it has the nickname of The Demon Star. (For those with a scientific bent it is an eclipsing binary)

I would need to look up any other information I am afraid.

(Love the science questions )

looksee

We seem to have dwindled to one question again, give another go Bonzodog2, and if someone wants to get another one going, go for it.

feargale

looksee wrote: »

We seem to have dwindled to one question again, give another go Bonzodog2, and if someone wants to get another one going, go for it.

quote="Rubecula;99623859"] (Love the science questions )[/quote]

Ok, for the benefit of the Luddites among us, and following on Rubecula's witch question which evoked such erudition:

In which county were the last witchcraft convictions in Ireland recorded?

OldGoat

bonzodog2 wrote: »

No takers?
Its Algol

I went through a mental list of all the programming names I know and each time I thought I'd found the right one it turned out to be a name from a StarTrek episode rather than a real constellation/galaxy/system

eisenberg1

feargale wrote: »

quote="Rubecula;99623859"] (Love the science questions )

Ok, for the benefit of the Luddites among us, and following on Rubecula's witch question which evoked such erudition:

In which county were the last witchcraft convictions in Ireland recorded?[/QUOTE]

Clare.......Biddy Early?

feargale

eisenberg1 wrote: »

In which county were the last witchcraft convictions in Ireland recorded?

Clare.......Biddy Early?[/quote]

No.

eisenberg1

feargale wrote: »

Clare.......Biddy Early?

No.[/QUOTE]

Ok, I'm off to cheat so:)

feargale

eisenberg1 wrote: »

No.

Ok, I'm off to cheat so:)[/quote]

Cheat away. Biddy was never even charged with witchcraft. I'm not sure that she was into anything other than folk cures. She certainly wasn't flying around the Banner County on a broomstick, though had she been charged with doing so she might have cited Percy French's experience of the West Clare Railway in her defence.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

There was a famous case in Antrim but I don't know if it was the last.

eisenberg1

feargale wrote: »

Ok, I'm off to cheat so:)

Cheat away. Biddy was never even charged with witchcraft. I'm not sure that she was into anything other than folk cures. She certainly wasn't flying around the Banner County on a broom, though had she been charged with doing so she might have cited Percy French's experience of the West Clare Railway in her defence.[/QUOTE]

Co Tipp?

feargale

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

There was a famous case in Antrim but I don't know if it was the last.

Antrim is correct. A number of women of low social standing from Islandmagee were convicted at Carrickfergus Assizes in 1711 on the word of Mary Dunbar, a presentable young bible-thumper, and sentenced to terms of imprisonment.
Take it away, Autumn Harsh Cloud.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

What is a Sea pie?

looksee

I am going to make a wild guess at an underwater vent that creates a bulge on the sea floor and has gas coming from the middle.

Edit: Lol I am so wrong!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

looksee wrote: »

I am going to make a wild guess at an underwater vent that creates a bulge on the sea floor and has gas coming from the middle.

Edit: Lol I am so wrong!

Oh, you make me laugh. What an imagination!


WRONG.

Rubecula

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

What is a Sea pie?

There are two correct answers to this.

Answer one is a salt water pie (pastry made with salt water)

Answer two is yours I assume, a pie used before refrigeration and salted to make it last longer. This made it useful on ships, hence the name sea pie. Not a clue what was in it though.

If I am wrong I have run out of ideas

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Rubecula wrote: »

There are two correct answers to this.

Answer one is a salt water pie (pastry made with salt water)

Answer two is yours I assume, a pie used before refrigeration and salted to make it last longer. This made it useful on ships, hence the name sea pie. Not a clue what was in it though.

If I am wrong I have run out of ideas

Not where I'm headed.

This Sea Pie can be seen in Ireland any day of the year.

feargale

Rubecula wrote: »

Answer one is a salt water pie (pastry made with salt water)

I had one of those in Beshoffs. Very good!

Rubecula wrote: »

Answer two is yours I assume, a pie used before refrigeration and salted to make it last longer. This made it useful on ships, hence the name sea pie. Not a clue what was in it though.

I had one of those in Leo Burdocks. Very, very good!

garancafan

These were the horses. Who were the heroes?

Silver
Trigger
Champion
Topper
Hero

Jellybaby1

I know three of those, but not the last two.

Johnboy1951

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Not where I'm headed.

This Sea Pie can be seen in Ireland any day of the year.

A feathered fisher?

(just passing by sorry if I interrupted)

Rubecula

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

A feathered fisher?

(just passing by sorry if I interrupted)

Please feel free to join in Johnboy1951 it is all in fun and enjoyment (and stretching the grey cells of us young folks)

garancafan

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

I know three of those, but not the last two.

If you throw in the three you know i'll try to spice it up with clues about the others.

Johnboy1951

Lone Ranger
Roy Rodgers
Gene Autry

Probably Hopalong Cassidy

For Hero the only one I can recall is from a film about a WWII horse but that seems out of tune with the others.

Jellybaby1

garancafan wrote: »

If you throw in the three you know i'll try to spice it up with clues about the others.

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Lone Ranger
Roy Rodgers
Gene Autry

Probably Hopalong Cassidy

For Hero the only one I can recall is from a film about a WW1 horse but that seems out of tune with the others.

Pipped by Johnboy1951. Yep, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and the "Loan Arranger", I completely forgot about Hopalong, but I'm sure you're right. Hero is a new one on me though. By the time Clint Eastwood came along they had forgotten how important the horses were. By the way, anyone remember who rode Scout?

Rubecula

That was Tonto JB xx

Johnboy1951

Apologies JellyBaby1, I should have had more patience

So ....... Hero?

looksee

I am now doing 'Hee-ero, the wonder horse' another (incorrect) earworm!

garancafan

Well done guys ye have the cowboys and (the Injun) right. Hero's hero operated far from the plains of North America however. He shared one distinguishing item of dress with one of the cowboys.

eisenberg1

Was Hero the horse in the movie/story "War Horse"?

Jellybaby1

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Apologies JellyBaby1, I should have had more patience

So ....... Hero?

No apologies necessary. Jump in if ya can!

garancafan

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Was Hero the horse in the movie/story "War Horse"?

Nope. That was Joey.

Jellybaby1

garancafan wrote: »

Well done guys ye have the cowboys and (the Injun) right. Hero's hero operated far from the plains of North America however. He shared one distinguishing item of dress with one of the cowboys.

A mask? A feather? A guitar? A white hat? A song in his heart?

Johnboy1951

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

A mask? A feather? A guitar? A white hat? A song in his heart?

Zoro had a mask but his horse was Tornado IIRC ....... cannot recall any horse called Hero from the cowboy genre.

What I was trying to recall originally was "A Horse Called Hero", so still lost That is becoming a natural state recently

eisenberg1

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

A mask? A feather? A guitar? A white hat? A song in his heart?

Very wild guess.....Nelson Eddy(Mountie)?

garancafan

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Very wild guess.....Nelson Eddy(Mountie)?

Not Nelson.

This hero is married to Diana Palmer. They have two children - Kit and Heloise. They live in a cave!

eisenberg1

garancafan wrote: »

Not Nelson.

This hero is married to Diana Palmer. They have two children - Kit and Heloise. They live in a cave!

Skull cave?

Johnboy1951

I gave in and searched

[MOD note Please no spoilers in the quiz folks as it can ruin it for the folks wanting to take part.

Apologies.

Jellybaby1

garancafan wrote: »

Not Nelson.

This hero is married to Diana Palmer. They have two children - Kit and Heloise. They live in a cave!

The mention of 'Kit' makes me think of Kit Carson. Gosh, I sure know a lot of cowboys!

garancafan

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Skull cave?

C'mawn - you have it.

eisenberg1

garancafan wrote: »

C'mawn - you have it.

Ok, is it The Phantom?:D

garancafan

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Ok, is it The Phantom?:D

It is indeed the Phantom aka "the ghost who walks" or Mr. Walker when he occasionally forays into civilian life from his base in the African jungle.
A garland each to Johnboy1951 for bringing home four of the heroes and to eisenberg1 for finishing the job.

looksee

So we could have two questions to be working on?... Go for it!

eisenberg1

Ok,

Who was Victor Lazlo?