OT - The Pub Quiz Thread

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Kilburn said:
FYI - So this is what turned him into a "nutter" influencing decisions during his reign when British North America was lost to the Yanks?

King George's Illness - Porphyria

http://people.virginia.edu/~jlc5f/charlotte/porphyria.html

George III suffered from the genetic disease porphyria, which had also tormented Mary Queen of Scots, who passed it on to her son, King James I of England.

We now know that there are at least eight types of porphyria, and that the clinical manifestation of each type is not the same. A common feature of all porphyrias is the accumulation in the body of "porphyrins" or "porphyrin precursors." These are normal body chemicals, but they do not normally accumulate. Each type of porphyria is determined by deficiency of a different enzyme. These enzyme deficiencies are usually inherited. Symptoms of the disease can include (but are not limited to) photosensitivity, strong abdominal pain, port wine-colored urine, muscle weakness or paralysis in the arms and legs, and behavioral changes including anxiety, irritability, and confusion. The interruption of nerve impulses to the brain can cause the development of psychiatric symptoms such as depression or delirium. (For more information, contact the American Porphyria Foundation .)

George III had a particularly severe form of porphyria. His first attack occurred in 1765, four years after his marriage to Queen Charlotte. Further signs of the disease showed up in 1788-1789. From 1811 to the time of his death in 1820 the royal patient became progressively insane and blind. He was nursed in isolation, and kept in straight jackets and behind bars in his private apartments at Windsor Castle.

Other members of the far-flung royal family who suffered from this hereditary disease were Queen Anne of Great Britain; Frederic the Great of Germany; George IV of Great Britain--son of George III; and George IV's daughter, Princess Charlotte, who died during childbirth of complications of the disease.
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It's all the Royal inbreeding that does it - off with their heads !
 
colognehornet said:
It's all the Royal inbreeding that does it - off with their heads !
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Speculation, The Condition George III suffered from was Verigate Porphryia also known as South African porphyria, the condition, once introduced to a bloodline has a 50/50 chance of being passed to any offspring by a carrier or sufferer. Funny thing is the condition is partially treated with high glucose and high carb intake, Chips & Fizzy drinks !

We could have held on to America with the careful application of a fried potato <doh>
 
colognehornet said:
Another clue the measurement came about as the result of a rule change - something which in the past was not regulated but now is, and the distance is 2 metres.
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OKAY...If you won't take.....
Law 2 of the game specifies that the ball is an air-filled sphere with a circumference of 68&#8211;70 cm (27&#8211;28 in), a weight of 410&#8211;450 g (14&#8211;16 oz), inflated to a pressure of 0.6 to 1.1 atmospheres (60&#8211;111 kPa or 8.7&#8211;16.1 psi) "at sea level",

Then after reading the whole FA/FIFA rules of the game...................boy I really must get a life

The assistant referee is allowed to come on to the pitch 2-3 metres to have a consultation!!!

Is that it...or do I need to study the other 144 pages
 
OK. I can see that this question is blocking the thread a little. The 2 metres is the distance required of a defender at an opponents throw in - which was previously unregulated, and because it was introduced in later times has only ever been measured in metres. I wasn't taking into account ball weight as that is a weight and not a measure.
An easier question to get it rolling more quickly.

In which historical period was it decided that road traffic throughout most of continental Europe would be on the right ?
 
Off the top of my head...Napoleonic

You can see that I am working at home and NOT DOING ANYTHING
 
Correct ! Prior to the Napoleonic period all traffic was on the left throughout Europe because this practice evolved from the medieval jousting which was obviously on the left due to most people being right handed. So, your turn.
 
Really must work!!!

But what links Tulip, Rose, Orange, Bulldozer and not quite in the same way....Cedar, Jasmine and Yellow
 
qprbeth said:
Really must work!!!

But what links Tulip, Rose, Orange, Bulldozer and not quite in the same way....Cedar, Jasmine and Yellow
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Wild guess, but what about sporting events/venues? I know there is an Orange Bowl game in the US, Rose Bowl Hampshire CC and then....ok looking pretty flimsy.
 
OK, second wild guess, names given to peaceful (ish) revolutions or social movements - think Orange was in Ukraine, Rose in Georgia, and the others....oh balls, no chance with this one

As you may have guessed, I'm also working, allegedly, from home, but have jet lag as an excuse...
 
Well done Stan, all colour revolutions.
Serbia's Bulldozer Revolution (2000); Georgia's Rose Revolution (2003); Ukraine's Orange Revolution (2004).

Cedar etc are grouped as colour revolutions...but were not so peaceful

So revolutions is the answer over to you...back to work for me
 
Well, guessing works....

What mammal has been extinct in the wild for nearly 150 years, and what belief about it may have helped to bring about its extinction?
 
OBVIOUSLY not the answer, but a fact that I love and makes me really sad.
The Passenger pigeon ....3.5 million of them in the 1800s, but in 1914, the last one died....in a zoo....and HER NAME WAS MARTHA
 
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