Question of the day

zagatoes30 · Oct 4, 2018

daverichardson said:
Had this in a quiz some months ago. It is something like Boxcar I believe.
I accept no credit (if correct) as I did not know it then.

Bockscar is the correct answer,

over to you

MarkMas · Oct 4, 2018

There we are, cracking along - three questions answered this week already!

I agree that there should probably be a time limit, I would suggest giving clues after 24 hours and the answer after 48.

Part of the problem is that if you have no idea, you can't really play, and if you just know the answer, it seems a bit pushy to just give it. That's why the ideal quiz question is one where you don't know the answer right away, but you can figure it out if you think about it. There was a good one like that in the pub quiz last night.

zagatoes30 · Oct 4, 2018

My favourite questions are the 5 questions that are linked and the link not answers to the 5 questions is what is needed. SPUK sets them most often

spkennyuk · Oct 4, 2018

zagatoes30 said:
My favourite questions are the 5 questions that are linked and the link not answers to the 5 questions is what is needed. SPUK sets them most often

I write one of the links questions for the quiz i run each week. So i have a few of those lined up when needed.

spkennyuk · Oct 4, 2018

MarkMas said:
There we are, cracking along - three questions answered this week already!

I agree that there should probably be a time limit, I would suggest giving clues after 24 hours and the answer after 48.

Part of the problem is that if you have no idea, you can't really play, and if you just know the answer, it seems a bit pushy to just give it. That's why the ideal quiz question is one where you don't know the answer right away, but you can figure it out if you think about it. There was a good one like that in the pub quiz last night.

Now why didnt i think about the answer being revealed on the 2nd day after setting the question when i started the thread.

Oh wait a minute. I did !

Thats a minute not an hour

daverichardson · Oct 4, 2018

Which comedian came up with the line
Whenever I start to think the world is moving too fast I go to the Post Office
Guesses please

Wanderer · Oct 4, 2018

daverichardson said:
Which comedian came up with the line
Whenever I start to think the world is moving too fast I go to the Post Office
Guesses please

Sounds like a Bob Monkhouse-ism!

daverichardson · Oct 4, 2018

spkennyuk · Oct 4, 2018

daverichardson said:
Which comedian came up with the line
Whenever I start to think the world is moving too fast I go to the Post Office
Guesses please

Billy Connoley ?

daverichardson · Oct 4, 2018

Bilious is correct well done, over to you

Navcorr · Oct 4, 2018

Really like Billy but sometimes he makes me feel that way too.
Sorry Dave - blo*dy predictive text

spkennyuk · Oct 5, 2018

apologies for the delay computer issues today. Zag seeing as you requested / like these so much. 5 questions to give you clues. The 6th question is the answer I want which is what is the connection :-

Clue questions :
1. Which actor starred as Hawaii based detective Magmum PI?
2. Which town in Cornwall has become famous for the number of artists who are based there because of its light?
3. Which famous TV chef has claimed to have played professional football for Glasgow Rangers FC?
4. In the Thunderbirds TV series, which son piloted Thunderbird two and dressed in yellow?
5. In the TV medical/mystery crime series "Diagnoses Murder", who plays Dr Mark Sloan?

Actual question:

What is the connection between the clues in questions 1 to 5 ?

Remember something in the answer to the clue questions forms the link. Not necessarily all the words in the answers to the clue questions.

I will post a clue tomorrow if nobody has cracked it by then and reveal tomorrow evening if its still running.

Wanderer · Oct 5, 2018

1. Tom Selleck
2. Dunno
3. Gordon Ramsay
4. Virgil piloted TB-2 but he wasn't dressed in yellow, do you mean Gordon who flew (sailed) TB-4 but did co-pilot TB-2 (freaking love proper Thunderbirds, and still get a stalk-on when I see Tin-Tin). Hang on, need the toilet, back in 90 seconds.....
5. Lost interest now, going to sleep.....

What's a 'Magmum'? Is the answer a 308?

Navcorr · Oct 5, 2018

SPK is back - normal service has resumed

2. Would that be St. Ives? Not that I'm an arty-farty I hasten to add. An art teacher friend is always banging on about it.
Whereas a lion I painstakingly painted in the 2nd year was described as "having the qualities of a cornflake packet"
Seemingly it lacked depth! Norbury you old pi**-head - he had a cracking Alfa GT Junior though. All was forgiven.

spkennyuk · Oct 5, 2018

Wanderer said:
1. Tom Selleck
2. Dunno
3. Gordon Ramsay
4. Virgil piloted TB-2 but he wasn't dressed in yellow, do you mean Gordon who flew (sailed) TB-4 but did co-pilot TB-2 (freaking love proper Thunderbirds, and still get a stalk-on when I see Tin-Tin). Hang on, need the toilet, back in 90 seconds.....
5. Lost interest now, going to sleep.....

What's a 'Magmum'? Is the answer a 308?

Correct so far Virgil had a yellow sash and yellow trim on his hat

spkennyuk · Oct 5, 2018

Navcorr said:
SPK is back - normal service has resumed

2. Would that be St. Ives? Not that I'm an arty-farty I hasten to add. An art teacher friend is always banging on about it.
Whereas a lion I painstakingly painted in the 2nd year was described as "having the qualities of a cornflake packet"
Seemingly it lacked depth! Norbury you old pi**-head - he had a cracking Alfa GT Junior though. All was forgiven.

St. Ives is correct.

So its just clue question 5 and the connection or just the connection if you have worked it out already.

zagatoes30 · Oct 6, 2018

The 5th answer if Eric Dane, Mrs Z knew that.

So we have

1. Tom Selleck
2. St Ives
3. Gordon Ramsay
4. Virgil Tracey
5. Eric Dane

I link all the questions bar No 4. to the Great Escape film

spkennyuk · Oct 6, 2018

zagatoes30 said:
The 5th answer if Eric Dane, Mrs Z knew that.

So we have

1. Tom Selleck
2. St Ives
3. Gordon Ramsay
4. Virgil Tracey
5. Eric Dane

I link all the questions bar No 4. to the Great Escape film

Number 5 is Dick Van ****.

Tom and Dick were the two tunnels.

Ives and Ramsey were both officer / pows.

Virgil was the cooler king.

The connection is The Great Escape.

Over to you for the next question.

Wanderer · Oct 6, 2018

spkennyuk said:
Number 5 is Dick Van ****.

Tom and Dick were the two tunnels.

Ives and Ramsey were both officer / pows.

Virgil was the cooler king.

The connection is The Great Escape.

Over to you for the next question.

I was going to go for The Great Escape just with Tom, Ives and Virgil. And D Y K E is a profanity?

Navcorr · Oct 6, 2018

Wanderer said:
D Y K E is a profanity?

It's women in comfortable shoes.

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