One quiz at a time

Post by **jdaw1** » 23:56 Fri 18 Oct 2013

It has caused you to buy some of Quevedo’s Finest Unfiltered Reserve. Surely that was part of the mission of this website.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:03 Sat 19 Oct 2013

jdaw1 wrote:It has caused you to buy some of Quevedo’s Finest Unfiltered Reserve. Surely that was part of the mission of this website.

I can't deny this. But I feel that was collateral, somehow accidental. And so much else has simply gone by the wayside...

Post by **DRT** » 00:06 Sat 19 Oct 2013

Pay attention.

Clues so far:

I was 16.
I was in France.

But where, and why?

The answer is closer than you might think.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:09 Sat 19 Oct 2013

DRT wrote:Pay attention.

Clues so far:

I was 16.
I was in France.

But where, and why?

The answer is closer than you might think.

You never admitted that you were in France. You said you were celebrating Bastille Day. You've given the game away.

Were you on a French exchange?

Post by **DRT** » 00:22 Sat 19 Oct 2013

I gave clues that I was in France. The explicit statement was merely a summary, but isn't the answer. I need the town and the reason.

Not an exchange.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 17:13 Sat 19 Oct 2013

You were on a school trip to France. You were in Paris.

Post by **DRT** » 17:15 Sat 19 Oct 2013

AHB wrote:You were on a school trip to France. You were in Paris.

Not school, but an organised trip with a school-linked institution. Paris too far east and too far north.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 17:20 Sat 19 Oct 2013

I could guess again, but that would be against the rules

Post by **jdaw1** » 17:21 Sat 19 Oct 2013

You went to Calais with chums for mischief not printable on this family-friendly forum.

Post by **DRT** » 17:25 Sat 19 Oct 2013

DRT wrote:Paris too far east and too far north.

jdaw1 wrote:You went to Calais

Are you a girl?

Post by **jdaw1** » 17:28 Sat 19 Oct 2013

DRT wrote:Are you a girl?

No, a gentleman giving AHB the extra guess he wants, without my risking being correct.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 17:31 Sat 19 Oct 2013

You were working on a vineyard in the Médoc.

Post by **DRT** » 17:35 Sat 19 Oct 2013

djewesbury wrote:You were working on a vineyard in the Médoc.

Médoc too far north, and slightly too far west. Not a vineyard, but a place where wine is put to an unusual use.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 17:42 Sat 19 Oct 2013

Perhaps you went to a Roman Catholic school and this was a church trip to Albi to see the former seat of the Pope?

Post by **DRT** » 17:48 Sat 19 Oct 2013

AHB wrote:Perhaps you went to a Roman Catholic school and this was a church trip to Albi to see the former seat of the Pope?

I did go to an RC school but that is not where I went, but you are warm.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 18:00 Sat 19 Oct 2013

Oh. You were at Mass, in Lourdes.

Post by **DRT** » 18:02 Sat 19 Oct 2013

djewesbury wrote:Oh. You were at Mass, in Lourdes.

I was in Lourdes, but not to go to Mass.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 19:43 Sat 19 Oct 2013

You were taking the waters.

Post by **DRT** » 19:49 Sat 19 Oct 2013

AHB wrote:You were taking the waters.

No.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 19:52 Sat 19 Oct 2013

You were receiving a cure of some kind involving the administration of the sacrament.

Post by **DRT** » 19:57 Sat 19 Oct 2013

Post by **jdaw1** » 20:07 Sat 19 Oct 2013

AHB wrote:You were taking the waters.

Renault: And what in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?
Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
Renault: The waters? What waters? We're in the desert.
Rick: I was misinformed.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 20:15 Sat 19 Oct 2013

You were on a pilgrimage with your parents.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 20:18 Sat 19 Oct 2013

You were on a pilgrimage with your Catholic youth group.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 20:19 Sat 19 Oct 2013

I don't know why I'm guessing, the last thing I want is to get it right...

Post by **jdaw1** » 20:24 Sat 19 Oct 2013

You were travelling with your girlfriend, perhaps for a purpose different to hers.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 20:43 Sat 19 Oct 2013

You were admiring the ancient architecture of the city.

Post by **DRT** » 20:55 Sat 19 Oct 2013

djewesbury wrote:You were on a pilgrimage with your Catholic youth group.

I'm going to give it to this.

I was one of a group of youth volunteers who accompanied a number of pilgrims to Lourdes in order to pull them around in rickshaws, carry them of stretchers and generally be helpful around the hospital. That was the principle reason for the trip, but JDAW's "Calais" answer was also partly true

Daniel's turn...

Please don't let it be about SMWS bottlings.
Please don't let it be about SMWS bottlings.
Please don't let it be about SMWS bottlings.
Please don't let it be about SMWS bottlings.
Please don't let it be about!

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 21:02 Sat 19 Oct 2013

I promise it will not be about SMWS bottlings.

Let me think of something that someone will guess quickly..

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 17:55 Sun 20 Oct 2013

djewesbury wrote:I promise it will not be about SMWS bottlings.

Let me think of something that someone will guess quickly..

How about "What day of the week will it be when I open my next bottle of port?"

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 18:13 Sun 20 Oct 2013

Actually it's been far too long since I opened a bottle of VP. It's all been LBV and reserve. This is a situation I am unimpressed by (by which I am unimpressed).

How about "what question am I eventually going to ask..?"

Sorry, was introducing a film and doing a Q&A in the cinema today so haven't had a chance to prepare a question.

Oh here's one! What island was the filmmaker whose films I introduced today born on? (She died there too.)

Post by **DRT** » 18:25 Sun 20 Oct 2013

Ireland?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 19:18 Sun 20 Oct 2013

DRT wrote:Ireland?

Wrong. I'm pretty sure this is easily Googlable.

Post by **jdaw1** » 19:41 Sun 20 Oct 2013

Staten?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 19:42 Sun 20 Oct 2013

jdaw1 wrote:Staten?

Not.

Post by **DRT** » 20:11 Sun 20 Oct 2013

Ascension?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 20:15 Sun 20 Oct 2013

I will not answer non-serious guesses.

Post by **DRT** » 20:28 Sun 20 Oct 2013

djewesbury wrote:I will not answer non-serious guesses.

That means I can go again.

The Isle of Man?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 20:30 Sun 20 Oct 2013

Come along. We can get this over very quickly if someone just googles the answer.
(No.)

Post by **DRT** » 20:36 Sun 20 Oct 2013

Skull Island?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 20:53 Sun 20 Oct 2013

Me: Is it Derek's turn, everyone?
Everyone: No. It is not Derek's turn.

Post by **DRT** » 20:56 Sun 20 Oct 2013

Tracy?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 20:58 Sun 20 Oct 2013

Everyone: Derek!

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 20:59 Sun 20 Oct 2013

Ok. These are all obviously serious guesses. And the answer to all of them is no. Derek now has to wait until 3 other people guess before he guesses again.

Post by **DRT** » 21:04 Sun 20 Oct 2013

You're not the first teacher to try to tell me not to talk in class {stick tongue out emoticon}

Australia?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 21:10 Sun 20 Oct 2013

Does anybody else in the class have any guesses?

Post by **DRT** » 21:21 Sun 20 Oct 2013

{pulls Sandra's hair and makes a farting noise behind Timothy}

Madagascar?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 21:23 Sun 20 Oct 2013

If we all face the front he'll get bored after a while, Sandra. Yes I know Timothy, it wasn't you.

Post by **jdaw1** » 21:24 Sun 20 Oct 2013

Great Britain?

Derek: you have work to do. Do it.

Post by **DRT** » 21:25 Sun 20 Oct 2013

jdaw1 wrote:Derek: you have work to do. Do it.

Waiting on you marking my homework so that I can pass it to Miss Wakely