OT - The Pub Quiz Thread

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sb_73 said:
Don't know, but it looks rather beautiful. I'm all for large, expensive, impractical architecture SAFE TRIP STAN...YOU MUST BE ON THE PLANE BY NOW!.
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McCaig's Tower is a prominent tower on the hillside (called Battery Hill) overlooking Oban in Argyll, Scotland. It is built of Bonawe granite taken from the quarries across Airds Bay, on Loch Etive, from Muckairn, with a circumference of about 200 metres with two-tiers of 94 lancet arches (44 on the bottom and 50 on top).

The structure was commissioned, at a cost of £5,000 sterling (£500,000 at 2006 prices BOY THAT IS CHEAP!), by the wealthy, philanthropic banker (North of Scotland Bank), John Stuart McCaig.

John Stuart McCaig was his own architect. The tower was erected between 1897 and his death, aged 78 from Angina Pectoris, on 29 June 1902 at John Square House, Oban, Argyll.

McCaig's intention was to provide a lasting monument to his family, and provide work for the local stonemasons during the winter months. McCaig was an admirer of Roman and Greek architecture, and had planned for an elaborate structure, based on the Colosseum in Rome. His plans allowed for a museum and art gallery with a central tower to be incorporated. Inside the central tower he planned to commission statues of himself, his siblings and their parents. His death brought an end to construction with only the outer walls complete
 
qprbeth said:
McCaig's Tower is a prominent tower on the hillside (called Battery Hill) overlooking Oban in Argyll, Scotland. It is built of Bonawe granite taken from the quarries across Airds Bay, on Loch Etive, from Muckairn, with a circumference of about 200 metres with two-tiers of 94 lancet arches (44 on the bottom and 50 on top).

The structure was commissioned, at a cost of £5,000 sterling (£500,000 at 2006 prices BOY THAT IS CHEAP!), by the wealthy, philanthropic banker (North of Scotland Bank), John Stuart McCaig.

John Stuart McCaig was his own architect. The tower was erected between 1897 and his death, aged 78 from Angina Pectoris, on 29 June 1902 at John Square House, Oban, Argyll.

McCaig's intention was to provide a lasting monument to his family, and provide work for the local stonemasons during the winter months. McCaig was an admirer of Roman and Greek architecture, and had planned for an elaborate structure, based on the Colosseum in Rome. His plans allowed for a museum and art gallery with a central tower to be incorporated. Inside the central tower he planned to commission statues of himself, his siblings and their parents. His death brought an end to construction with only the outer walls complete
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Yes, indeed Beth - as a child on a family vacation to Scotland we visited Oban and I was fascinated by this structure, quite aptly named a "folly", although it would have been interesting if McCaig had completed his conceived plan.

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Peterson’s Folly (Sway Tower) – Hampshire, England

Here's another one (this guy even built a smaller prototype nearby):-

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http://twistedsifter.com/2012/10/follies-extravagant-buildings-that-serve-no-purpose/
 
Well, I'll guess it's a female from the phraseology.

The athletes tend to do OK in this respect so possibly Tanni Grey Thompson or Kelly Holmes?
 
Sooperhoop said:
The name of which well-known London pub is linked to the famous De Montford family?...
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Henry de Montfort was injured and blinded in a battle in the 13th century. To support his family he used to beg at a crossroads in Bethnal Green, East London. This is the same place which the 'Blind Beggar Public House' now occupies.
 
Gaining eternal notoriety as the pub in which gangster George Cornell was gunned down by Ronnie Kray it is indeed the 'Blind Beggar'. Over to you Nines...
 
Where can Londons smallest Police Station be found?
 

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Sooperhoop said:
Gaining eternal notoriety as the pub in which gangster George Cornell was gunned down by Ronnie Kray it is indeed the 'Blind Beggar'. Over to you Nines...
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Blood stains on the floor inside the Blind Beggar public house in Whitechapel where George Cornell was killed.

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Evening all.......

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....and more gory photos:-

http://flashbak.com/the-blind-beggar-and-the-bloody-killing-of-george-cornell-by-ronnie-kray-4232/
 
seems you are right cologne

London's smallest police station.
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Quite a unique piece of London history can be found right at Trafalgar Square. Where, what? you may ask yourself. Situated right in the south-east corner, visitors often walk right past it. I did so myself many times before a friend of mine told me the story about London’s smallest police station!
Built inside a lamp post in 1926 by Scotland Yard, it had space for one policeman and was mainly used as a lookout. If there was any sign of trouble during the many marches and protests he could call for assistance. It was somehow London’s first CCTV!
It’s really a front row seat to all the action that takes place at Trafalgar Square, for example, the absolutely amazing pillow fight back in 2010!
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I think we've waited long enough now for Cologne to set a question, so here's one......

Which international striker scored just one of his 362 career goals in the English Premier League?
 
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