Question of the day

[allandwf]

I'm going for the one the bloke at work was trying to justify going to see, as his wife made him. Michael Bubble or something close lol

 

[midlifecrisis]

I'll try George bloody whatshisface Ezra then...

 

[allandwf]

I can tell we're all fans

 

[zagatoes30]

Is it a lady? With an umbrella?

We have the right answer, are you going to give us her name before you set the next question?

 

[JonW]

We have the right answer, are you going to give us her name before you set the next question?

It’s Rihanna...

I’m currently sat on an annoyingly slow train into London, so my question is what is the world’s fastest train and how fast is it?

 

[daverichardson]

We have the right answer, are you going to give us her name before you set the next question?

Mary Poppins?

 

[zagatoes30]

It’s Rihanna...

I’m currently sat on an annoyingly slow train into London, so my question is what is the world’s fastest train and how fast is it?

So not the one you're on then?

I was the TGV, just over 350mph but that might have been beaten by now

 

[MarkMas]

TGV, just over 350mph but that might have been beaten by now

I think there are faster ones in Japan (and maybe China) nowadays.

 

[GeoffCapes]

I think there are faster ones in Japan (and maybe China) nowadays.

Don't the Japanese now have that train that runs on magnets, that does something like 400+ mph?

Edit. It might be the Chinese.

 

[JonW]

MarkMas is correct.

Fastest train is the Maglev in Japan, at 375mph...

 

[MarkMas]

MarkMas is correct.
Fastest train is the Maglev in Japan, at 375mph...

Well, I seem to have been awarded the prize for saying "Japan (maybe China)" which seems like a pretty feeble response, but onward, I guess!

I've now looked it up and it seems like the Shanghai Maglev Train (in China, not Japan, then) is the fastest commercial service at 431 km/h (268 mph), and the fastest conventional train is the Chinese CR400 running on the Beijing–Shanghai line which can run at 350, but this seems debatable as it actually runs at 300 km/h, and there are several trains in France, Germany, Spain and Japan that regularly run at 320. Meanwhile, yes, there was a speed record run by a Maglev train in Japan, which hit 375mph - but I'd never heard of that until just now!

 

[MarkMas]

This might be a well-known quiz question, maybe:

Which country derives it's name from a European-language term for 'the shallows'?

 

[CatmanV2]

Holland?

C

 

[Wanderer]

Ukraine is from Russian for Borderlands...

Just so know...

 

[MarkMas]

Holland? C

Nope. Supposedly "Holland" is from the Germanic "holt-land", meaning "wooded land" in English.

The country I am thinking of is not actually in Europe, but was named by some Europeans, presumably because it was 'in the shallows'.

 

[MarkMas]

A more literal translation for the name of this island nation would be "low sea"

 

[MarkMas]

So what country name does "low sea" in Spanish sound like. Sheesh!

 

[zagatoes30]

Only low sea island nation that I have ever been to is the Maldives

 

[CatmanV2]

Bahamas?

C

 

[zagatoes30]

Bahamas?

C

Good shout