One quiz at a time

Post by **jdaw1** » 19:49 Tue 01 Dec 2009

Reminder:

[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=24595#p24595]Here[/url] DRT wrote:Using the date of first publication, what is the average age (rounded up to the nearest year) of the books that I have in my collection of books about Port and wine?

[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=24608#p24608]Here[/url] DRT wrote:The publishing dates of my 41 port or wine related books are:

[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=25135#p25135]Here[/url] jdaw1 wrote:
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=24611#p24611]Here[/url] DRT wrote:a re-count is required. I just found two more books that were not included in my initial calculation.

Glenn's answer is wrong, principally as a result of my incorrect clue. Sorry.
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=25110#p25110]Here[/url] DRT wrote:I now think the 1530 printed on the front of the tank relates to the length rather than volume. The tank is 5' x 2 ' x 1.5' - 2' being the vertical depth.
New rule: DRT is not allowed to ask numerical questions.

Post by **DRT** » 20:07 Tue 01 Dec 2009

Time has moved on. All that you know for sure is that 43 is the minimum answer.

I promise not to give any answers until I have counted them

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 20:34 Tue 01 Dec 2009

Fitty, yo!

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 08:54 Tue 08 Dec 2009

Post by **DRT** » 19:04 Tue 07 Sep 2010

How many times will the word "dry" appear in this thread and the TN's it links to by midnight on 14th September.

Don't cheat.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 21:23 Thu 09 Sep 2010

DRT wrote:How many times will the word "dry" appear in this thread and the TN's it links to by midnight on 14th September.

Don't cheat.

1,037 times if you include all of my posts by the time I have finished.

Post by **DRT** » 21:49 Wed 15 Sep 2010

The correct answer is 1,037.

AHB wins a pipe of Dow 1896 (en Magnum). His prize will be delivered the next time a pipe of Dow 1896 (en Magnum) appears on the market.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 21:36 Thu 16 Sep 2010

DRT wrote:AHB wins a pipe of Dow 1896 (en Magnum). His prize will be delivered the next time a pipe of Dow 1896 (en Magnum) appears on the market.

Excellent. I shall clear space next to my existing pipe of Dow 1896 in half bottle format so as to make it as convenient as possible to compare the effect of different bottle sizes on the aging of port. All I need now is to win a pipe of Dow 1896 in bottle format and I will have the set.

Post by **jdaw1** » 21:39 Thu 05 May 2011

I am assembling the Niepoort chapter of The Book. Currently I am adding a bit of last-moment data, which comes from a source that will be quoted many times: many shippers, many vintages.

Which source?

DRT: you can’t play this question.

JacobH · Post by **JacobH** » 00:18 Fri 06 May 2011

jdaw1 wrote:I am assembling the Niepoort chapter of The Book. Currently I am adding a bit of last-moment data, which comes from a source that will be quoted many times: many shippers, many vintages.

Which source?

I think we need a bit of a clue! Is the source a document, set of documents, person (be that an individual or legal) or other?

Post by **jdaw1** » 09:02 Fri 06 May 2011

jdaw1 wrote:which comes from a source that will be quoted many times: many shippers, many vintages.

I think that’s enough of a clue to start.

JacobH · Post by **JacobH** » 09:09 Fri 06 May 2011

The IVDP.

Post by **jdaw1** » 09:22 Fri 06 May 2011

Very fair guess, but the actual corporate author will be quoted many more times than the IVDP.

No.

smisse · Post by **smisse** » 11:40 Fri 06 May 2011

Herbert Warner Allen

Post by **jdaw1** » 12:12 Fri 06 May 2011

smisse wrote:Herbert Warner Allen

Another splendid guess, but slightly conflicting with a clue in the previous answer:

jdaw1 wrote:the actual corporate author

So no.

Deleted_User_1 · Post by **Deleted_User_1** » 10:15 Sat 07 May 2011

Richard Mayson

Post by **jdaw1** » 13:51 Sat 07 May 2011

Cookie wrote:Richard Mayson

No, for the same reason. He is an author, but not a corporate author.

Deleted_User_1 · Post by **Deleted_User_1** » 01:05 Sun 08 May 2011

Cynthia Jenson?

Post by **jdaw1** » 08:07 Sun 08 May 2011

You guessed twice in a row! Somebody else has to guess (or a new question start) before you can guess again.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 22:38 Mon 09 May 2011

Okay, I'll guess Cynthia Jenson for him.

Coincidentally, this is TPF's 42,000th post.

Post by **jdaw1** » 22:42 Mon 09 May 2011

Glenn E. wrote:Okay, I'll guess Cynthia Jenson for him.

jdaw1 wrote:but not a corporate author.

No. Pay attention!

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 22:46 Mon 09 May 2011

jdaw1 wrote:
Glenn E. wrote:Okay, I'll guess Cynthia Jenson for him.
jdaw1 wrote:but not a corporate author.
No. Pay attention!

Then I am afraid that I do not understand what you mean by a corporate author. Cynthia is the official blogger for Graham's. She writes for a corporation, therefore she is a corporate author.

No?

Post by **jdaw1** » 23:03 Mon 09 May 2011

Well, if you had said ‟Grahams’s”, or ‟Symington Family Estates”, that would indeed be a corporate author. But you named a living-flesh person in legal parlance a natural person who cannot be that.

And no, not SFE or any of its brands. That would be barking up the wrong tree.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 07:46 Tue 10 May 2011

Am I allowed to guess?

Post by **jdaw1** » 08:12 Tue 10 May 2011

AHB wrote:Am I allowed to guess?

Sure. You have no inside track on this question guess away.

Deleted_User_1 · Post by **Deleted_User_1** » 09:08 Tue 10 May 2011

Fed up with that now so new question...can anyone guess what AHB is going to say regarding the 'Corporate Author' question posed by JDAW.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 18:57 Mon 16 May 2011

Is it the same corporate author as has recently been quoted by Seckford Wines in their recently mailed offer for the 2009 ports?

Post by **jdaw1** » 22:15 Tue 17 May 2011

No. It is or was, that typing now long done a long-lived and reputable UK entity with which you are all familiar.

Post by **DRT** » 16:54 Sat 27 Aug 2011

New quiz.

I own a large number of copies of Wine and Food: A Gastronomical Quarterly that was published by the Wine and Food Society from 1933 to some time in the 1970s.

Each magazine contains around 15 to 20 pages of adverts from establishments and companies connected with the subject matter of the publication. However, from the early 1950s onwards there is one recurring advert that has no relevance whatsoever. Can anyone guess which company posted the advert?

Post by **jdaw1** » 17:21 Sat 27 Aug 2011

I recuse myself, on account of having access to some copies of this.

Post by **DRT** » 17:46 Sat 27 Aug 2011

jdaw1 wrote:I recuse myself, on account of having access to some copies of this.

Unless you have copies I do not know about it is safe for you to participate.

Post by **jdaw1** » 18:01 Sat 27 Aug 2011

Benson & Hedges?

Post by **DRT** » 20:15 Sat 27 Aug 2011

jdaw1 wrote:Benson & Hedges?

No, and the wrong type of company.

...and an industry closely associated with wines and spirits at that time, so does not fit the criteria.

Post by **PhilW** » 16:02 Sun 28 Aug 2011

Procter and Gamble?

Post by **DRT** » 19:42 Sun 28 Aug 2011

PhilW wrote:Procter and Gamble?

No. Wrong industry.

Post by **jdaw1** » 19:47 Sun 28 Aug 2011

A vanity product for men? Grecian Two Thousand?

benread · Post by **benread** » 20:39 Sun 28 Aug 2011

Butlins?!

Post by **jdaw1** » 21:00 Sun 28 Aug 2011

A car company? Rolls Royce?

Post by **DRT** » 21:10 Sun 28 Aug 2011

jdaw1 wrote:A vanity product for men? Grecian Two Thousand?

Wrong, and wrong type of product.

benread wrote:Butlins?!

Wrong. Just wrong in every way.

jdaw1 wrote:A car company? Rolls Royce?

Wrong, but an industry associated to the advertised product.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 00:03 Mon 29 Aug 2011

Goodyear?

Post by **jdaw1** » 07:13 Mon 29 Aug 2011

Michelin?

Post by **DRT** » 07:24 Mon 29 Aug 2011

Glenn E. wrote:Goodyear?

jdaw1 wrote:Michelin?

Both wrong, but both companies produce products associated with the answer.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 07:33 Mon 29 Aug 2011

Pirelli?

Post by **jdaw1** » 07:41 Mon 29 Aug 2011

Mercedes Benz?

Post by **DRT** » 07:59 Mon 29 Aug 2011

AHB wrote:Pirelli?

Wrong for the same reason as Michelin and Goodyear.

jdaw1 wrote:Mercedes Benz?

Wrong, but associated with the product of the answer.

Post by **PhilW** » 16:03 Mon 29 Aug 2011

Dinky (toys) ?

Post by **jdaw1** » 16:06 Mon 29 Aug 2011

Alfred Dunhill clothing for the motoring man?

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 16:43 Mon 29 Aug 2011

Meguiars?

Post by **jdaw1** » 17:00 Mon 29 Aug 2011

Royal Automobile Club?

Post by **DRT** » 21:03 Mon 29 Aug 2011

PhilW wrote:Dinky (toys) ?

No. And their products do not use the advertised product.

jdaw1 wrote:Alfred Dunhill clothing for the motoring man?

No.

Glenn E. wrote:Meguiars?

No. {But I have no idea what this is}

jdaw1 wrote:Royal Automobile Club?

No, but their operatives and their wives will be familiar with the products of the advertising company.