Pub Quiz thread

[yorkshirehornet]

Something about the title

 

[Bolton's Boots]

In 1952 it was first in the US charts - sung by Patti Page?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

In 1952 it was first in the US charts - sung by Patti Page?

No.... something about the words

 

[yorkshirehornet]

The sentence

 

[yorkshirehornet]

This sort of sentence is a first

 

[Hornet-Fez]

First #1 that the song title was a question? Though it was originally registered without the question mark.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

First #1 that the song title was a question? Though it was originally registered without the question mark.

yes....was the first U.K. number one hit song that featured a full sentence question as its title...

I was a bit worried it was too obscure!!

 

[Hornet-Fez]

yes....was the first U.K. number one hit song that featured a full sentence question as its title...

I was a bit worried it was too obscure!!

Blimey! It's a wonderful whimsy choon Love it. Just had our Xmas lunch so I'll set a question tomorrow... I actually have one lined up but saved on a different device!

 

[Hornet-Fez]

Later than advertised, I lost the original question so...

Saying the name of what dried fruit used to be used to encourage people to smile before a photo in the 1800s, before the phrase “cheese?”

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Prunes?/

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Prunes?/

I just spent a 'fruitless' 15 minutes in front of a mirror trying to see if saying prunes made me look as though I was smiling!!

I now realise why people never seemed to smile for the photographer back then...

 

[Hornet-Fez]

Prunes?/

All yours, Yorkie!

I just spent a 'fruitless' 15 minutes in front of a mirror trying to see if saying prunes made me look as though I was smiling!!

I now realise why people never seemed to smile for the photographer back then...

Quite so!

In Japan it's "Hai chizu!" which is basically pronounced Hi Cheese!!

 

[J T Bodbo]

All yours, Yorkie!


Quite so!

In Japan it's "Hai chizu!" which is basically pronounced Hi Cheese!!

Ah yes. That reminds me. I was always puzzled as to why there were so many Japanese families resident in Harrow - near my place of upbringing. So much so that a famous school South of the borough became the Japanese school when the original moved to Elstree. But I digress. It's all to do with the famous Japanese politeness. Apparently as the Japanese - in the Seventies particularly - arrived at Heathrow in droves, they immediately jumped into a taxi and said 'Harrow '. Oh never mind.

 

[Hornet-Fez]

Ah yes. That reminds me. I was always puzzled as to why there were so many Japanese families resident in Harrow - near my place of upbringing. So much so that a famous school South of the borough became the Japanese school when the original moved to Elstree. But I digress. It's all to do with the famous Japanese politeness. Apparently as the Japanese - in the Seventies particularly - arrived at Heathrow in droves, they immediately jumped into a taxi and said 'Harrow '. Oh never mind.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Where do they always keep an ashtray just in case?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

for emergencies I guess

 

[yorkshirehornet]

but def no smoking

 

[Bolton's Boots]

In a crematorium?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

In a crematorium?

No....

In this case there many many of these and ther is def no smoking..... and they all have one ashtray

 

[colognehornet]

On an airplane there is still a requirement that there must be an ashtray in the bathroom. Although smoking is forbidden there has to be something there in case people take a quiet drag to make sure they don't put it in the waste paper bin. ?