Off Topic The Christmas Thread

Did you rent her your bike to bring it home?

 

Whale’s are bigger than 6” aren’t they?

 

Not a Christmas quiz but thought I’d stick it here
Last question is great


The questions
1 Which animals survived on Wrangel Island until around 2000BC?
2 What legal body is Scotus?
3 Whose impromptu memorial read “Hereabouts died a very gallant gentleman”?
4 Who wrote the 1826 dystopian sci-fi novel The Last Man?
5 Which Bond film borrowed a plot twist from Austin Powers in Goldmember?
6 What common objects are made from wood and potassium chlorate?
7 Which Microsoft program was originally called Presenter?
8 Which sculptures depict the troops of Qin Shi Huang?
What links:
9 Mathews (timed out, 2023); Endean (handled ball, 1957); Hutton (obstructing field, 1951)?
10 Hula; lei; kahuna; muumuu; ukulele; wiki?
11 Sam Ryder; Imaani; Sonia; Michael Ball; Live Report?
12 Mount Whitney and Badwater Basin, both in California?
13 Crown; escapement; mainspring; motion works; wheel train?
14 Salisbury (1); Chartres and Cologne (2); Lichfield (3)?
15 William the Conqueror; found Dr Livingstone; made arrows; Noddy’s band?

 

Side of a mountain, costa del sol…Spain

 

Yes I like 15 too. Nerk.

6 - a box of marches
7 - PowerPoint
9 - odd or perhaps unique test match dismissals
11 - UK Eurovision runners-up
14 - cathedral spires

 

8 - The Terracotta Warriors.
9 - first time in International cricket, these dismissals occurred.
13 - parts of a watch.

 

What’s the point of the one on the left?

 

I'm guessing it either has sockets on the side we can't see, or it just moved it away from the others so the plug went right in, rather than being part poked out like the top one.

 

Amateurist and with little regard to elfin safety. (Christmas - see wot I did there).

Anyway, as a qualified 1970s Sparkie, I would suggest swapping the plug on the left with the one at the very top as the white flex will be more easily bent upwards than the black flex with it's reinforced sleeve, thus allowing a better contact for the live and neutral pins.

 

There was always plan B.

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15, not sure an aha, or a doh silly, but got there in the end.

 

6 - marches for the Senior Service?

 

No.

 

Toughies

Guesstimates

1 Which animals survived on Wrangel Island until around 2000BC? Lemmings
3 Whose impromptu memorial read “Hereabouts died a very gallant gentleman”? King Alfred?
7 Which Microsoft program was originally called Presenter? PowerPoint
8 Which sculptures depict the troops of Qin Shi Huang? Terracotta army
What links:
9 Mathews (timed out, 2023); Endean (handled ball, 1957); Hutton (obstructing field, 1951)? Cricket
10 Hula; lei; kahuna; muumuu; ukulele; wiki? Hawaiian words
11 Sam Ryder; Imaani; Sonia; Michael Ball; Live Report? Euro song contest
12 Mount Whitney and Badwater Basin, both in California? Highest and lowest places
14 Salisbury (1); Chartres and Cologne (2); Lichfield (3)? Tallest church spires
15 William the Conqueror; found Dr Livingstone; made arrows; Noddy’s band? Porridge sitcom...William Stanley Fletcher, Slade prison.

 

Don’t think the US Supreme Court will be happy with their initials being written in lower case. (2)

 

Some classic singing angel, candle holders. Should suit everyone.

 

Something just reminded me I found one of my favourite films on the box earlier in the week. Angels with Dirty Faces, a must watch.

 

Watched it again the other day

what do you hear what do you say ??

 

Norman Stanley Fletcher ffs!!