One quiz at a time

Post by **DRT** » 12:32 Tue 19 Nov 2013

Steamed?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 12:34 Tue 19 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:Steamed?

No, this would be a named and well-known 'recipe' for oysters. You could walk into an oyster bar and ask for 'Oysters X'

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{let [x] = "the name of the oyster dish I want you to guess"}

and you would be served. Steamed oysters don't sound very pleasant.

Post by **DRT** » 12:40 Tue 19 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:Steamed oysters don't sound very pleasant.

I hate oysters, so all recipes/styles that include the word oyster sound unpleasant to me.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 12:46 Tue 19 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Steamed oysters don't sound very pleasant.
I hate oysters, so all recipes/styles that include the word oyster sound unpleasant to me.

What's not to like about food that's alive?

Post by **DRT** » 12:53 Tue 19 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:What's not to like about food that's alive?

The taste.

Post by **PhilW** » 13:24 Tue 19 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:Grilled.
Grilled seems imprecise to me. There is more than one way to grill an oyster.

Grilled while wearing a tutu.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 13:41 Tue 19 Nov 2013

PhilW wrote:
djewesbury wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:Grilled.
Grilled seems imprecise to me. There is more than one way to grill an oyster.
Grilled while wearing a tutu.

Pay attention young man.

Post by **DRT** » 14:38 Tue 19 Nov 2013

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 14:42 Tue 19 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:BBQ?

Not correct. But at least it's an actual guess. So you are guaranteed at least 40%.

Post by **PhilW** » 14:54 Tue 19 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:
PhilW wrote:
djewesbury wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:Grilled.
Grilled seems imprecise to me. There is more than one way to grill an oyster.
Grilled while wearing a tutu.
Pay attention young man.

It might have been a genuine guess... Grilled Tutu Oyster could be Oyster grilled while decorated with a ring of diced shallots...

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 15:03 Tue 19 Nov 2013

PhilW wrote:
djewesbury wrote:
PhilW wrote:
djewesbury wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:Grilled.
Grilled seems imprecise to me. There is more than one way to grill an oyster.
Grilled while wearing a tutu.
Pay attention young man.
It might have been a genuine guess... Grilled Tutu Oyster could be Oyster grilled while decorated with a ring of diced shallots...

You're wasting the whole class's time, boy. You're wasting my time. But most of all you're wasting your own time.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 17:04 Tue 19 Nov 2013

Oysters Rockefeller!

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 17:06 Tue 19 Nov 2013

Glenn E. wrote:Oysters Rockefeller!

Go to the top of the class Glenn.
Your turn.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 20:03 Tue 19 Nov 2013

On Sunday evening, I ran the Las Vegas Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon. How many total steps did I take on Sunday?

(I was slower than normal. My goal time was 2:17:00, but I "hit the wall" after mile 10 and lost ~7 minutes over the last 5k to finish in 2:24:42.)

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 21:21 Tue 19 Nov 2013

61,310.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 21:51 Tue 19 Nov 2013

LGTrotter wrote:61,310.

I am 6'4", and even though my legs are short for my height I do still have a 34" inseam. So no, that is too many.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 21:55 Tue 19 Nov 2013

A study conducted in 2010 found that Americans, on average, took 5,117 steps a day, far short of the averages in western Australia (9,695 steps), Switzerland (9,650 steps) and Japan (7,168 steps). It is generally accepted that the average stride length for a male is 2.5 feet, though since I'm taller than average mine might be a bit longer.

Post by **jdaw1** » 22:07 Tue 19 Nov 2013

shenders wrote: How many steps do you take in a marathon?

A couple of guys where I work are into this '10,000 steps a day' walking exercise stuff.
They both have pedometers, so I borrowed them on my lunchtime trot just to see how many steps I took.

An 8.4 mile run worked out at 10,078 steps on one pedometer and 11,280 on the other. Strangely they were identical pedometers, so I'm surprised at such a difference. I'm going to repeat the exercise tomorrow to see if the same happens.

Which pedometer did Glenn use?

TLW · Post by **TLW** » 23:03 Tue 19 Nov 2013

14,500

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 23:59 Tue 19 Nov 2013

jdaw1 wrote:
shenders wrote: How many steps do you take in a marathon?

A couple of guys where I work are into this '10,000 steps a day' walking exercise stuff.
They both have pedometers, so I borrowed them on my lunchtime trot just to see how many steps I took.

An 8.4 mile run worked out at 10,078 steps on one pedometer and 11,280 on the other. Strangely they were identical pedometers, so I'm surprised at such a difference. I'm going to repeat the exercise tomorrow to see if the same happens.
Which pedometer did Glenn use?

I have (and used on Sunday) a Fitbit Zip.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 00:00 Wed 20 Nov 2013

TLW wrote:14,500

I'm not that tall. Too low.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 02:12 Wed 20 Nov 2013

35,000

TLW · Post by **TLW** » 04:49 Wed 20 Nov 2013

In which case, 1 meter per step.

21,100

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 06:12 Wed 20 Nov 2013

35k is too high, 21.1k is too low. Our hotel was about 1 mile from the start and the finish. We also walked to lunch and back, a distance I estimate between 0.75 and 1 mile each direction.

I will accept a guess to the nearest hundred. No need to be exact.

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djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 09:02 Wed 20 Nov 2013

27500

JWEW · Post by **JWEW** » 09:13 Wed 20 Nov 2013

24640 1/2

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 14:23 Wed 20 Nov 2013

24640 1/2
27500

Both too low. But getting closer... The range is narrowing.

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Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 14:42 Wed 20 Nov 2013

31,250

Post by **DRT** » 14:56 Wed 20 Nov 2013

32,750?

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 15:14 Wed 20 Nov 2013

32,000

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 15:16 Wed 20 Nov 2013

29900

Post by **DRT** » 15:18 Wed 20 Nov 2013

31,200?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 15:19 Wed 20 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:31,200?

31,400

Post by **PhilW** » 16:07 Wed 20 Nov 2013

32768

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 16:30 Wed 20 Nov 2013

AHB wrote:31,250

too low

DRT wrote:32,750

too high

AHB wrote:32,000

Just right.

The precise total was 32,012, which was a new daily record for me. I was very tempted to pace around the room for a while in order to reach Phil's guess of 32,768.

My wife, who is 15" shorter than I am, also set a new daily record of 45,460. /sigh

AHB's question.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 21:33 Wed 20 Nov 2013

Oh damn!

Right. This one is designed to be entirely impossible (and was mentioned before), but I will give clues as we go along. The better England do in the Ashes, the easier will be the clues.

What is my second favourite Procol Harum track?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 21:37 Wed 20 Nov 2013

AHB wrote:Oh damn!

Right. This one is designed to be entirely impossible (and was mentioned before), but I will give clues as we go along. The better England do in the Ashes, the easier will be the clues.

What is my second favourite Procol Harum track?

Did Matthew Fisher (my classmate's dad, whose recording studio we used to muck about in) play organ on this track?

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 21:45 Wed 20 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:
AHB wrote:Oh damn!

Right. This one is designed to be entirely impossible (and was mentioned before), but I will give clues as we go along. The better England do in the Ashes, the easier will be the clues.

What is my second favourite Procol Harum track?
Did Matthew Fisher (my classmate's dad, whose recording studio we used to muck about in) play organ on this track?

I have absolutely no idea, but he might well have done.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 21:47 Wed 20 Nov 2013

AHB wrote:
djewesbury wrote:
AHB wrote:Oh damn!

Right. This one is designed to be entirely impossible (and was mentioned before), but I will give clues as we go along. The better England do in the Ashes, the easier will be the clues.

What is my second favourite Procol Harum track?
Did Matthew Fisher (my classmate's dad, whose recording studio we used to muck about in) play organ on this track?
I have absolutely no idea, but he might well have done.

Call yourself a fan.... He sued Gary Brooker there a couple of years back saying he'd written the organ part for Whiter Shade of Pale. He lost. Anyway that's the only song of theirs I know. I'll let someone else guess first.
Does a yes/no question count as a guess if the answer is 'no idea'?

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 21:58 Wed 20 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:
AHB wrote:
djewesbury wrote:
AHB wrote:Oh damn!

Right. This one is designed to be entirely impossible (and was mentioned before), but I will give clues as we go along. The better England do in the Ashes, the easier will be the clues.

What is my second favourite Procol Harum track?
Did Matthew Fisher (my classmate's dad, whose recording studio we used to muck about in) play organ on this track?
I have absolutely no idea, but he might well have done.
Call yourself a fan.... He sued Gary Brooker there a couple of years back saying he'd written the organ part for Whiter Shade of Pale. He lost. Anyway that's the only song of theirs I know. I'll let someone else guess first.
Does a yes/no question count as a guess if the answer is 'no idea'?

(a) At what point have I called myself a fan?

(b) Yes, I know he sued Gary Brooker over the credit and share of royalties relating to Whiter Shade of Pale but he didn't lose. He won, just didn't get everything he wanted in that his share of the royalties was not back-dated but only given to him from the date of his Court victory.

(c) You can ask as many yes / no questions as you like, and I will answer them when I can. You don't have to wait for anyone else to ask a question before asking another, unless you are taking a guess at the answer.

(d) Are you guessing that my second favourite track is Whiter Shade of Pale?

Post by **DRT** » 22:02 Wed 20 Nov 2013

Now seems like a good time to declare that I have never heard of Procol Harum.

"She Wandered Through the Garden Fence"?

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 22:10 Wed 20 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:Now seems like a good time to declare that I have never heard of Procol Harum.

That's OK. Just read the Wiki page and start at the beginning - it shouldn't take too long to get the right answer.

"She Wandered Through the Garden Fence"?

Right era, (the Matthew Fisher era) but not that track.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 22:20 Wed 20 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:Call yourself a fan.... He sued Gary Brooker there a couple of years back saying he'd written the organ part for Whiter Shade of Pale. He lost. Anyway that's the only song of theirs I know. I'll let someone else guess first

I knew Gary Brooker's brother and his niece. They had a lovely tortoise. So we have both sides of the legal dispute represented.

Poison Ivy. (I followed the instructions)

TLW · Post by **TLW** » 22:23 Wed 20 Nov 2013

Repent Walpurgis?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 22:30 Wed 20 Nov 2013

Boredom.

Post by **DRT** » 22:33 Wed 20 Nov 2013

Salad Days (Are Here Again)? (I really hope this is wrong)

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 22:34 Wed 20 Nov 2013

Pilgrim's Progress

Post by **DRT** » 22:38 Wed 20 Nov 2013

Kaleidoscope?

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 22:39 Wed 20 Nov 2013

None of these - more fruit than vegetable (or salad)

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 22:41 Wed 20 Nov 2013

Juicy John Pink