One quiz at a time

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 18:01 Tue 15 Oct 2013

Not 'back door to heaven'. It sounds... interesting, though.

The students were learning about genre this week. The film they watched is regarded as being highly influential within a particular movie genre.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 18:02 Tue 15 Oct 2013

I wonder if we need the Americans to send some guesses...

Post by **jdaw1** » 18:05 Tue 15 Oct 2013

Of Mice and Men?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 18:11 Tue 15 Oct 2013

jdaw1 wrote:Of Mice and Men?

Possibly warmer.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 18:11 Tue 15 Oct 2013

Stagecoach?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 18:21 Tue 15 Oct 2013

LGTrotter wrote:Stagecoach?

You, sir, win the prize. And the prize, sir, is having to sit here saying 'no', possibly for days. Good luck. I'd open a bottle if I were you.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 18:32 Tue 15 Oct 2013

Ah yes, in my enthusiasm to guess I forgot that bit.

What is my favourite apple to go with port?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 18:36 Tue 15 Oct 2013

LGTrotter wrote:Ah yes, in my enthusiasm to guess I forgot that bit.

What is my favourite apple to go with port?

crab

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 18:41 Tue 15 Oct 2013

djewesbury wrote: crab

No, I have tried to eat one, not fun. The cider is OK though.

Post by **jdaw1** » 19:00 Tue 15 Oct 2013

Russet?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 19:02 Tue 15 Oct 2013

jdaw1 wrote:Russet?

No.

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 19:05 Tue 15 Oct 2013

Golden Delicious ?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 19:07 Tue 15 Oct 2013

Bloody Butcher? You're a Somerset man, I'm presuming it's a traditional variety, based entirely on my own stereotype of what Somerset men like.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 19:22 Tue 15 Oct 2013

AW77 wrote:Golden Delicious ?

Thank God you arrived Andre, not right this time though.

djewesbury wrote:Bloody Butcher? You're a Somerset man, I'm presuming it's a traditional variety, based entirely on my own stereotype of what Somerset men like.

Wrong, but you are right that it is an old variety, I am a bit oh-arr (Said in a Somerset accent) when it comes to apples.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 19:31 Tue 15 Oct 2013

Granny Smith?

(I don't know what "traditional" means in terms of apples.)

Post by **jdaw1** » 19:34 Tue 15 Oct 2013

Glenn E. wrote:(I don't know what "traditional" means in terms of apples.)

Not Pink lady.

Braeburn?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 19:36 Tue 15 Oct 2013

Ellesmere's Orange?
Traditional means the older varieties that are less grown these days, including some that have disappeared and then been found growing in some overgrown orchard, quite forgotten about; harder to find, but worth pursuing. PortForum enthusiasts can understand that I think!

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 19:37 Tue 15 Oct 2013

I had written my last post before JDAW posted his question. Therefore I shall ask again.
Ashmead's Kernel?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 19:39 Tue 15 Oct 2013

Glenn E. wrote:Granny Smith?

No

jdaw1 wrote:
Glenn E. wrote:(I don't know what "traditional" means in terms of apples.)
Not Pink lady.

quite.

jdaw1 wrote:Braeburn?

Nor this. Possibly my taste in apples is a little esoteric, I think Andre Simon favoured the cox's orange pippin, but Maurice Healy backed my choice.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 19:50 Tue 15 Oct 2013

djewesbury wrote: Ashmead's Kernel?

No

djewesbury wrote:Ellesmere's Orange?

No again but you are heading in a better direction with both these guesses.

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 19:50 Tue 15 Oct 2013

If I allowed to try a second time:

Dabinett

Post by **jdaw1** » 19:52 Tue 15 Oct 2013

Ãrd Cairn Russet?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 20:00 Tue 15 Oct 2013

AW77 wrote:If I allowed to try a second time:

Dabinett

As many as you wish! Now Dabinett does make a good cider, but no

jdaw1 wrote:Ãrd Cairn Russet?

No, perhaps for clarificationI should say that I had discounted all russet varieties on the previous generic 'russet' guess. Never heard of this one though.

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 20:05 Tue 15 Oct 2013

Norfolk Biffin ?

Post by **jdaw1** » 20:07 Tue 15 Oct 2013

Lord Lambourne

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 20:29 Tue 15 Oct 2013

AW77 wrote:Norfolk Biffin ?

Surely you made that one up? No.

jdaw1 wrote:Lord Lambourne

No (Note to self; I must try and think of some other way of saying no)

Time for a clue; This is more a pomme than an apple, perhaps Joan of Arc would have approved of it.

Post by **jdaw1** » 20:42 Tue 15 Oct 2013

Sunset?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 20:53 Tue 15 Oct 2013

No. It is the Orleans Reinette. Isn't it.
Planted many apple trees in my time...

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 20:58 Tue 15 Oct 2013

djewesbury wrote:No. It is the Orleans Reinette. Isn't it.
Planted many apple trees in my time...

Disco! Over to you.

I think that you need the tannins to work against the sweetness of port and the port seems to bring out the pineapple in the apple. Not quite ripe yet, at least not in Zummerset

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 21:35 Tue 15 Oct 2013

During this short intermission while we wait for a question I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate Eleanor Catton on winning the Booker this year.

Refreshments are on sale in the lobby......

Post by **jdaw1** » 21:38 Tue 15 Oct 2013

During this short intermission while we wait for a question I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate England on beating Poland and thereby playing in Brazil.

(When I next win, I have a good question.)

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 21:47 Tue 15 Oct 2013

Footer? The one they play with the round ball?

Post by **DRT** » 21:53 Tue 15 Oct 2013

During this short intermission while we wait for a question I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate Scotland for following the grand old tradition of winning against strong opposition when it is too late to matter.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 21:55 Tue 15 Oct 2013

During this protracted intermission while I wait for a thought to clatter into my empty dome; as I drain the last drop of Dalva 71 white Colheita from my glass; as I play for time and wonder what JDAW's question is (attempting to formulate a question that he might guess)... I wonder does anyone have quite such an amazing accent as Jill Abramson of the New York Times...

A question. A question.

I just perused a facsimile of the first edition of a newspaper. Which one?

Post by **jdaw1** » 21:58 Tue 15 Oct 2013

Pall Mall Gazette?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 21:58 Tue 15 Oct 2013

Belfast telegraph

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 21:59 Tue 15 Oct 2013

LGTrotter wrote:Belfast telegraph

No! (But good...)

jdaw1 wrote:Pall Mall Gazette?

No!

Post by **jdaw1** » 22:02 Tue 15 Oct 2013

The Times.

Post by **DRT** » 22:02 Tue 15 Oct 2013

An Phoblacht?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 22:04 Tue 15 Oct 2013

jdaw1 wrote:The Times.

Quite cold. This is an old newspaper; not a modern rag.

DRT wrote:An Phoblacht?

Warmer. But also quite, quite cold.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 22:06 Tue 15 Oct 2013

Irish times.

Just listening to Jill Abramson, she sounds like someone has stretched the tape.

Post by **DRT** » 22:07 Tue 15 Oct 2013

Ulster Star?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 22:18 Tue 15 Oct 2013

DRT wrote:Ulster Star?

Not that.

LGTrotter wrote:Irish times.

Just listening to Jill Abramson, she sounds like someone has stretched the tape.

Yes that is exactly what she sounds like. No.
Is it time for yet another clue...? Or does someone wish to review the clues already given and make another guess?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 22:23 Tue 15 Oct 2013

Belfast Newsletter, or a clue.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 22:26 Tue 15 Oct 2013

LGTrotter wrote:Belfast Newsletter, or a clue.

No clue required. The oldest continually published newspaper in the world. October 3rd 1738 it says here.
But now it's your turn. Damn and blast! Where did the others go? Are they just playing with us..??

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 22:40 Tue 15 Oct 2013

djewesbury wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:Belfast Newsletter, or a clue.
No clue required. The oldest continually published newspaper in the world. October 3rd 1738 it says here.
But now it's your turn. Damn and blast! Where did the others go? Are they just playing with us..??

Perhaps they didn't like my thoughts on football...

Why do I try to get the question right, it really is quite strain this setting questions.

OK, there have been some questions about grandfathers and here is mine.
My grandfather was a bonded labourer on an irish farm in the twenties. At the end of each year he would have to give his pound to his father (who drank it). After several years of this he hid for two days before setting off for England with his pound.

Where did my grandfather hide?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 22:44 Tue 15 Oct 2013

Very, very good question.

In a barn.

Post by **jdaw1** » 22:44 Tue 15 Oct 2013

A cellar.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 22:47 Tue 15 Oct 2013

djewesbury wrote:Very, very good question.

In a barn.

Aw, shucks, but no.

jdaw1 wrote:A cellar.

Appropriate guess for the port forum, again no.

Post by **DRT** » 22:56 Tue 15 Oct 2013

In a potato crate.