One quiz at a time

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:01 Sun 17 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:
DRT wrote:Can anyone think of a good question?
When I was a small boy (sub-10) I went on a seaside holiday with my parents. We went to see a performance by a then well known stand-up comedian. At that show the comedian gave me a Mars bar because he had used me in one of his "front row" gags.

Who was the comedian?

Bernie Winters.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 00:03 Sun 17 Nov 2013

Thank goodness I didn't have to fall back on my fridge magnet query. Good question.

Max Miller?

Post by **DRT** » 00:04 Sun 17 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:Bernie Winters.

No.

The Fridge Magnet King wrote:Max Miller?

No.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:04 Sun 17 Nov 2013

Charlie Chaplin.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 00:05 Sun 17 Nov 2013

LGTrotter wrote:Thank goodness I didn't have to fall back on my fridge magnet query. Good question.

Max Miller?

Sorry, forgot about the nonagenarion thing. Again. Can I have another go?

Post by **DRT** » 00:05 Sun 17 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:Charlie Chaplin.

No.

Post by **DRT** » 00:06 Sun 17 Nov 2013

LGTrotter wrote:Can I have another go?

Yes.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 00:07 Sun 17 Nov 2013

Frankie Howerd?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:07 Sun 17 Nov 2013

Dan Leno.

Post by **DRT** » 00:08 Sun 17 Nov 2013

LGTrotter wrote:Frankie Howerd?

No.

Post by **DRT** » 00:09 Sun 17 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:Dan Leno.

Get out. We don't need your sort at this school.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:10 Sun 17 Nov 2013

Sorry. Harold Lloyd?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:11 Sun 17 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Dan Leno.
Get out. We don't need your sort at this school.

I may have been only 17 but those words still ring in my ears...

Post by **DRT** » 00:11 Sun 17 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:Harold Lloyd?

No. He died in 1971, which was probably a year or two before this event.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 00:12 Sun 17 Nov 2013

Les Dawson?

DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Dan Leno.
Get out. We don't need your sort at this school.

I liked his song about the wasp and a hard boiled egg.

Post by **DRT** » 00:12 Sun 17 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:
DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Dan Leno.
Get out. We don't need your sort at this school.
I may have been only 17 but those words still ring in my ears...

Sneaking into the girls school at night always caused that reaction.

Post by **DRT** » 00:15 Sun 17 Nov 2013

So far the guesses have been from slightly (or entirely) the wrong era.

Think OY and you will be more in the zone. Although, to the best of my knowledge, this subject has not yet been questioned.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:16 Sun 17 Nov 2013

Jim Davidson.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:16 Sun 17 Nov 2013

We're in danger of getting into libellous territory.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 00:17 Sun 17 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:So far the guesses have been from slightly (or entirely) the wrong era.

Think OY and you will be more in the zone. Although, to the best of my knowledge, this subject has not yet been questioned.

Thanks, now anyone we mention will quite legitimately be able to sue us. Adds a certain zest to guessing; Rolph Harris?

Post by **DRT** » 00:20 Sun 17 Nov 2013

You have both misread the clue.

People involved in OY are largely from the same era as this guy, who isn't one of them.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 00:23 Sun 17 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:You have both misread the clue.

People involved in OY are largely from the same era as this guy, who isn't one of them.

Do I hear the sound of frantic backpedalling?

Bruce Forsyth, whose reputaion is unblemished and I in no way undermine with this post.

Post by **DRT** » 00:23 Sun 17 Nov 2013

I have made some edits that might make you feel more comfortable guessing. But the guys at GCHQ already have us shining brightly on their dashboard. Hi guys!

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 00:25 Sun 17 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:I have made some edits that might make you feel more comfortable guessing. But the guys at GCHQ already have us shining brightly on their dashboard. Hi guys!

Osama Bin Laden?

Post by **DRT** » 00:26 Sun 17 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:a then well known stand-up comedian

LGTrotter wrote:Bruce Forsyth

My initial clue was intended to convey that the comedian in question is no longer at the cutting edge of his craft. Do you want to withdraw your guess?

Post by **DRT** » 00:27 Sun 17 Nov 2013

LGTrotter wrote:Osama Bin Laden?

No. Too dead.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 00:27 Sun 17 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:
DRT wrote:a then well known stand-up comedian

LGTrotter wrote:Bruce Forsyth
My initial clue was intended to convey that the comedian in question is no longer at the cutting edge of his craft. Do you want to withdraw your guess?

No.

Post by **DRT** » 00:28 Sun 17 Nov 2013

In which case you had two in a row without me noticing. Well done. Go again.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 00:30 Sun 17 Nov 2013

Not... Bill Oddie...

Another man who to my knowledge has led an entirely blameless life.

Post by **DRT** » 00:31 Sun 17 Nov 2013

LGTrotter wrote:Not... Bill Oddie...

No.

I think Daniel is on the phone to his lawyer. Do you want another guess?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 00:37 Sun 17 Nov 2013

Ken Dodd. Who I do not associate with any wrongdoing.

Borgen must be hotting up.

Post by **DRT** » 00:37 Sun 17 Nov 2013

LGTrotter wrote:Ken Dodd.

No. He gave me a Mars bar, not his tickle stick.

Post by **DRT** » 00:39 Sun 17 Nov 2013

Clue:

Two comedians from this era had very similar names but very different acts.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 00:42 Sun 17 Nov 2013

Just had throw away a bottle of wine. Rare event at this time of night, this coming from a man who is not averse to a couple of pints of rough cider.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:48 Sun 17 Nov 2013

That Don MacLean bloke

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:48 Sun 17 Nov 2013

(Having been sued for libel once in the past, I like being careful.)

Post by **DRT** » 00:49 Sun 17 Nov 2013

No and no.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:49 Sun 17 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:That Don MacLean bloke

The one that had the ostrich.

Post by **DRT** » 00:50 Sun 17 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:(Having been sued for libel once in the past, I like being careful.)

There is careful, and there is paranoid. There is nothing to see here.

Post by **DRT** » 00:50 Sun 17 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:
djewesbury wrote:That Don MacLean bloke
The one that had the ostrich.

No, the other one.

Post by **DRT** » 00:54 Sun 17 Nov 2013

In our haste to get to the next question we seem to have abandoned the rules. Owen, it is your turn to roll the dice!

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:59 Sun 17 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:
djewesbury wrote:That Don MacLean bloke
The one that had the ostrich.
No, the other one.

Oh well I've sort of handed it to Owen on a plate then haven't I.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 01:00 Sun 17 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:(Having been sued for libel once in the past, I like being careful.)
There is careful, and there is paranoid. There is nothing to see here.

I know. It's just that when a solicitor advises you to transfer all your assets out of your name, your careful:paranoid ratio alters a little.

Post by **DRT** » 01:01 Sun 17 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:
DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:
djewesbury wrote:That Don MacLean bloke
The one that had the ostrich.
No, the other one.
Oh well I've sort of handed it to Owen on a plate then haven't I.

The law suit? Yes, it appears you have.

Owen, you are two words away from bankruptcy. Step forward and take one for the team so that we can move on.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 01:08 Sun 17 Nov 2013

The one without the ostrich?

Post by **DRT** » 01:11 Sun 17 Nov 2013

LGTrotter wrote:The one without the ostrich?

Correct!

Your question!

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 01:18 Sun 17 Nov 2013

The fridge magnet question;

I have three fridge magnets, one has a caption, one has a face on a sort of peg thing, one is a plastic model foodstuff.

Name the caption, type of face or foodstuff.

Post by **DRT** » 01:23 Sun 17 Nov 2013

LGTrotter wrote:The fridge magnet question;

I have three fridge magnets, one has a caption, one has a face on a sort of peg thing, one is a plastic model foodstuff.

Name the caption, type of face or foodstuff.

Clarification question!

Do we need three answers or one to win?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 01:25 Sun 17 Nov 2013

The caption will be difficult I will therefore pre-clue it. It depicts child praying.

Please feel free to enter three guesses per go.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 01:25 Sun 17 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:The fridge magnet question;

I have three fridge magnets, one has a caption, one has a face on a sort of peg thing, one is a plastic model foodstuff.

Name the caption, type of face or foodstuff.
Clarification question!

Do we need three answers or one to win?

One.