Pub Quiz thread

[canary-dave]

We probably all know, but are worried about having to come up with a new question....

Christian Dior?

Is the correct answer!

All your's BB

 

[Bolton's Boots]

I was rectangularly formed at the top, but round at the bottom. I was eight inches both in depth and circumference, and normally a foot from top to bottom. I was usually fashioned from alder. What was I and what was I used for?

 

[andytoprankin]

We probably all know, but are worried about having to come up with a new question....

Christian Dior?

Bollocks.

 

[Jsybarry]

I was rectangularly formed at the top, but round at the bottom. I was eight inches both in depth and circumference, and normally a foot from top to bottom. I was usually fashioned from alder. What was I and what was I used for?

The original handles for cricket bats?

 

[Bolton's Boots]

The original handles for cricket bats?

That's about as far away as you can get.

The eight inches in depth suggests a drink...

 

[andytoprankin]

Bollocks.

I should make clear that I wrote that in frustration I didn't get this:

We probably all know, but are worried about having to come up with a new question....

Christian Dior?

... and not as a suggested answer to this:

I was rectangularly formed at the top, but round at the bottom. I was eight inches both in depth and circumference, and normally a foot from top to bottom. I was usually fashioned from alder. What was I and what was I used for?

I hope that has cleared up any potential confusion.

 

[Busy Being Headhunted]

no

 

[andytoprankin]

I was rectangularly formed at the top, but round at the bottom. I was eight inches both in depth and circumference, and normally a foot from top to bottom. I was usually fashioned from alder. What was I and what was I used for?

Is it the feet of a piano?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

something to do with food and drink then?

 

[andytoprankin]

Is it the feet of a piano?

"Normally a foot from top to bottom" the man says. So I'm thinking that means it is a foot to something, rather than a measurement.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

so a foot of a table or chair??

 

[zen guerrilla]

Is this thing hollow or solid?

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Is this thing hollow or solid?

Both I suppose.

It is heavily associated with a particular kind of drink, is Teutonic in origin although popularised in Ireland, and was traditionally used in a particular 30 day celebration....

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Here's an example of one....

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[canary-dave]

Here's an example of one....

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For anyone who knows how, that has given the game away!

 

[Bolton's Boots]

For anyone who knows how, that has given the game away!

So what is it then? And what was it used for?

 

[canary-dave]

So what is it then? And what was it used for?

It's a mether cup used for drinking mead, dating back to the 10th century!

I must admit, I'd never heard of these!

 

[Bolton's Boots]

It's a mether cup used for drinking mead, dating back to the 10th century!

I must admit, I'd never heard of these!

That's only half the answer I was looking for - yes it was used for drinking mead, but on what occasion?

 

[canary-dave]

The only description I can find is that it was a "communal drinking vessel!"

 

[Bolton's Boots]

One more clue - something to do with marriage customs...