One quiz at a time

Post by **jdaw1** » 10:32 Tue 16 Jun 2009

Later today I will be on a plane, and might subsequently have difficulty monitoring answers. So I shall step aside and make way to the first person to ask a question in my stead. Be speedy, be ‘up’.

(But I might guess an answer to the question. If that guess is correct, the right to question will devolve onto whoever leaps in first, excluding the person who asked the question of which my guess was correct.)

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 12:41 Tue 16 Jun 2009

OK. I'll do it.

Another port question. What was the last port that I purchased (shipper and vintage)?

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 13:18 Tue 16 Jun 2009

jdaw1 wrote:excluding the person who asked the question of which my guess was correct.

Post by **jdaw1** » 13:21 Tue 16 Jun 2009

AHB’s question stands, because he read my instructions more carefully. If I guess the correct answer to that, then AHB can’t be next.

Post by **jdaw1** » 13:23 Tue 16 Jun 2009

Vesuvio 1992? (This answer might become correct, even if it isn’t now.)

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 13:31 Tue 16 Jun 2009

No. At least, not when I wrote the question.

Should I start giving clues? Should I say whether shipper or year is correct? I think not, for the moment. The question should not be too difficult to answer.

However, for the sake of clarity, I will reword the question to be:

AHB wrote:At the time of writing the question, what was the last port that I purchased (shipper and vintage)?

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 13:44 Tue 16 Jun 2009

jdaw1 wrote:AHB’s question stands, because he read my instructions more carefully. If I guess the correct answer to that, then AHB can’t be next.

Fair enough, I had no intention of asking another question as they seem too cryptic for most.

Vesuvio 1996

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 14:55 Tue 16 Jun 2009

No.

I am feeling more charitable so will give clues. Not Vesuvio (that was the last-but-one purchase).

Post by **jdaw1** » 15:44 Tue 16 Jun 2009

Conky’s request for a Martinez vertical moved by jdaw1 to Martinez vertical?.

Post by **DRT** » 23:29 Tue 16 Jun 2009

Morgan 1991

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 12:38 Wed 17 Jun 2009

DRT wrote:Morgan 1991

No. I bought something more recently than last Thursday. Not a Morgan port.

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 14:34 Wed 17 Jun 2009

Fonseca 2003

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 20:36 Wed 17 Jun 2009

Not Fonseca, not 2003.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 21:08 Thu 18 Jun 2009

Not Vesuvio, not 1996, nor 1991, nor 1992.

Any more guesses?

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 07:08 Fri 19 Jun 2009

Niepoort 2007

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 22:17 Fri 19 Jun 2009

Right vintage, wrong shipper.

Post by **jdaw1** » 06:03 Sat 20 Jun 2009

Noval 2007?

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 11:29 Sat 20 Jun 2009

Graham 2007

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 16:34 Sat 20 Jun 2009

JDAW got the shipper and vintage. JDAW's up (or not, as the case may be).

Post by **jdaw1** » 21:26 Sat 20 Jun 2009

Neither me nor AHB. Be quick.

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 08:30 Sun 21 Jun 2009

No one yet? Ok, I'll jump.

This one should be easy if you do a bit of homework with Google.

Summer isn't really peak season for tourism in Oman. It is simply too hot and humid to spend any time outside. But there is one region in the country where -quite surprisingly- the tourism season has just started. Why is this and what is there to see this time of year?

Post by **jdaw1** » 08:53 Sun 21 Jun 2009

The Salalah Tourism Festival? Camping, lush vegetation, cool rains? And music, concerts and dance?

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 10:56 Sun 21 Jun 2009

This was obviously too easy.

During Khareef (rain season) thousands of Omani's and citizens of other GCC countries head to Salalah to see the rain.

JDAW, or someone else?

Post by **jdaw1** » 11:37 Sun 21 Jun 2009

Not me. Not Ronnie.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 22:42 Sun 21 Jun 2009

I have a perfect question, but cannot ask it because the answer cannot be revealed for a couple of weeks. I will endeavor to correctly answer someone else's quiz at the appropriate time so that the question can then be used.

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 23:17 Sun 21 Jun 2009

Sod it - I will have a go then.

I have made two desserts this week, which I don't do often. One is a British classic, the other is considered an American classic. They are connected by ingredients, more so than can be expected, but his maybe a red herring (which is not an ingredient). What were they?

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 00:11 Mon 22 Jun 2009

Bread pudding and brownies?

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 09:44 Mon 22 Jun 2009

Glenn E. wrote:Bread pudding and brownies?

One out of two

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 10:49 Mon 22 Jun 2009

Bread pudding and cheesecake?

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 13:58 Mon 22 Jun 2009

RonnieRoots wrote:Bread pudding and cheesecake?

Correct - this was obviously too easy! Unlike guessing Mary Poppins which was nigh on impossible.

I made an American-style baked cheescake on Tuesday as we were having a team thing at work. Made a strawberry compote and a blueberry one to go with it. There was some remaining of both which went into the Bread and Butter Pudding, along with some raspberries. Other common ingredients include cream and eggs.

Ronald's on

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 14:28 Mon 22 Jun 2009

As my previous question was undoubtly to easy, this one will be somewhat more challenging.

What was the last book I read?

It was a non-fiction book, in English (would be too difficult otherwise). I will give more hints along the way, so the keen observer should be able to guess.

Post by **jdaw1** » 14:54 Mon 22 Jun 2009

So Damn Much Money: The Triumph of Lobbying and the Corrosion of American Government, Robert G. Kaiser?

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 15:15 Mon 22 Jun 2009

No. It was about one of my main interests. One that I write about on my blog.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 17:56 Mon 22 Jun 2009

Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management?

(Your blog seems to be exclusively about food and wine.)

Post by **jdaw1** » 21:47 Mon 22 Jun 2009

Handbook of Olive Oil: Analysis and Properties?

Post by **DRT** » 22:00 Mon 22 Jun 2009

The Balsamic Vinegar Cookbook?

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 22:13 Mon 22 Jun 2009

Gordon Ramsay's Secrets - but I think his wife has found out about them

Post by **DRT** » 22:25 Mon 22 Jun 2009

Oman: A Port Oasis in the Desert - The Roots, 2009 First Edition

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 06:54 Tue 23 Jun 2009

Nope, all wrong, but AHB made the right analysis. It's about food. Moreover, it's writtten by a British newspaper journalist.

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 08:04 Wed 24 Jun 2009

From the lack of answers I'll derive that it's still too difficult. Have a look at the initial post where I asked the question. I already gave you the name of the newspaper there.

Now that you know that it is a non-fiction book from a British newspaper journalist, whose newspaper I've already given away, handling about food (extra hint), do you have enough for another guess?

smisse · Post by **smisse** » 10:42 Wed 24 Jun 2009

The Kitchen Diaries - Nigel Slater

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 14:44 Wed 24 Jun 2009

The Man Who Ate the World

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 16:53 Wed 24 Jun 2009

KillerB wrote:The Man Who Ate the World

Correct.

A great book for anybody who has any interest in food and restaurants.

KillerB is on.

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 19:20 Wed 24 Jun 2009

So far this week - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday I have done a different physical activity each day - name all three in order. I will do the Mastermind thing - 000 - none correct, 222 - all correct in right order, 111 - all correct wrong order, 210 - one correct right place, one correct wrong place, one incorrect - you know the score.

Anybody with a passing knowledge of the Darkness, will probably end up singing "Dancing on a Friday Night".

Post by **jdaw1** » 20:23 Wed 24 Jun 2009

Swim, Cycle, Run.

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 20:37 Wed 24 Jun 2009

jdaw1 wrote:Swim, Cycle, Run.

100

smisse · Post by **smisse** » 20:45 Wed 24 Jun 2009

tennis swim golf

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 20:53 Wed 24 Jun 2009

smisse wrote:tennis swim golf

000

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 23:33 Wed 24 Jun 2009

cycling, walking, weight lifting

Post by **DRT** » 05:36 Thu 25 Jun 2009

Run, karate, squash