Pub Quiz thread
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Thanks.
For all fans of obscure information, the god is 'Cliff'.
What has this 'Cliff' got to do with nuts and bolts, and thingmajigs?
Remove the word 'god' from any Google searches. It does mislead, I've found. By 'god' I meant that he was the ultimate lover of obscure knowledge. There is no religious aspect to this.
That's 'Cliff', yes. Now the rest of the question.
The actor who plays Cliff Claven in Cheers - John Ratzenberger - is co-founder of Nuts, Bolts and Thingamajigs - an educational foundation which aims to get kids interested in careers in manufacturing through 'tinkering'. Something we could do with here as well...
That's it, BB.
Ratzenberger, on finding out that the average age of US engineers was in its mid-fifties and fearing for the future of American engineering industry, set up the foundation you correctly identified.
All yours.
On top of which mountain would you be standing if you were at the furthest point possible from the centre of the Earth?
That's annoying me, it was on QI very recently and Alan set the claxon off by saying Everest, but because Earth is elliptical, tat is incorrect and I can't remember the correct answer
Thanks BB - So, an easy one. How many roads are there in the City of London (as opposed to streets, mews etc.).
I'll give you that Dave. The traditional square mile has no roads - although boundary changes in 1994 brought half of Goswell Rd. into the city (the other half remained in Islington). Tower Bridge Road is owned by the City but is not traditionally a part of it. Over to you.
No not graphs, it's to do with his work on something that has become a popular format today! Many think it comes from Japan!
Anything to do with perpetual motion? I have an Euler's Disk I use in schools which spins for quite a long time...
Cheers Dave. Which person am I describing ?
He is affectionately known as the father of his nation and was it's first ruler. He also has a football club named directly after him which has won national honours.
He is affectionately known as the father of his nation and was it's first ruler. He also has a football club named directly after him which has won national honours.