One quiz at a time

Post by **DRT** » 22:55 Fri 03 Jan 2014

Between the ages of 10 and 12 I was part of a small group whose main activity was at weekends but occasionally during the week.

What was I doing?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 22:58 Fri 03 Jan 2014

DRT wrote:Between the ages of 10 and 12 I was part of a small group whose main activity was at weekends but occasionally during the week.

What was I doing?

Altar boy.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 23:02 Fri 03 Jan 2014

Choir boy

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:03 Fri 03 Jan 2014

Satanist cult leader

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 23:08 Fri 03 Jan 2014

Rent b...

Sorry, I meant part time shop assistant.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:09 Fri 03 Jan 2014

Rent b...
Sorry, I meant member of the Clarion Cycling Club.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 23:17 Fri 03 Jan 2014

Completing community service

Post by **DRT** » 23:19 Fri 03 Jan 2014

djewesbury wrote:
DRT wrote:Between the ages of 10 and 12 I was part of a small group whose main activity was at weekends but occasionally during the week.

What was I doing?
Altar boy.

Hole in one!!

It must be my angelic face that gave it away.

AHB wrote:Rent b...

A close second.

Post by **jdaw1** » 23:21 Fri 03 Jan 2014

djewesbury wrote:Whoops! Had a slightly-too-good lunch.
*doffs cap and withdraws*

Despite the oxymoron, an excellent comment sir.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:29 Fri 03 Jan 2014

DRT wrote:What was I doing?
djewesbury wrote:Altar boy.
Hole in one!!

It must be my angelic face that gave it away.

I knew you must have been really good once, to have become this dissolute.
A lunch-related question has, I think, been prompted.
When I lunched today, which member of the Privy Council was at the next table?

Post by **DRT** » 23:38 Fri 03 Jan 2014

djewesbury wrote:When I lunched today, which member of the Privy Council was at the next table?

There are more of those than there are casks at SMWS!!

Tony Blair?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:40 Fri 03 Jan 2014

DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:When I lunched today, which member of the Privy Council was at the next table?
There are more of those than there are casks at SMWS!!

Tony Blair?

No.
It's quite simple really. Who gets appointed as PCs?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:41 Fri 03 Jan 2014

DRT wrote:There are more of those than there are casks at SMWS!!

But fewer of them than there are vintage ports. Or occupations for 10-year-old boys. Or items on eBay.

Post by **DRT** » 23:41 Fri 03 Jan 2014

djewesbury wrote:It's quite simple really. Who gets appointed as PCs?

Almost everyone.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:42 Fri 03 Jan 2014

DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:It's quite simple really. Who gets appointed as PCs?
Almost everyone.

No. Certain people are automatically PCs.

Post by **jdaw1** » 23:47 Fri 03 Jan 2014

Do you know the Bishop of Norwich?

(No, he isn’t automatically appointed Canterbury, York, and (mere Bish of) London. But it had to be done.)

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:53 Fri 03 Jan 2014

jdaw1 wrote:Do you know the Bishop of Norwich?

(No, he isn’t automatically appointed Canterbury, York, and (mere Bish of) London. But it had to be done.)

That was a noble waste of a guess.

Post by **DRT** » 23:57 Fri 03 Jan 2014

The Baroness D'Souza?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:58 Fri 03 Jan 2014

DRT wrote:The Baroness D'Souza?

I refer the Honourable Gentleman to the answer I gave some moments ago.

Post by **DRT** » 00:11 Sat 04 Jan 2014

HRH Prince of Wales?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:15 Sat 04 Jan 2014

DRT wrote:HRH Prince of Wales?

Is it your go?

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 00:18 Sat 04 Jan 2014

HRH the Princess of Wales.

I read that in the Express

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:19 Sat 04 Jan 2014

Spooky...

Post by **jdaw1** » 00:22 Sat 04 Jan 2014

djewesbury wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:Do you know the Bishop of Norwich?

(No, he isn’t automatically appointed Canterbury, York, and (mere Bish of) London. But it had to be done.)
That was a noble waste of a guess.

No. A Duke is properly addressed as ‟The Most Noble”, at least in very official documents. But that is not true of the Bishop of Norwich. So it was merely a waste of a guess, rather than a noble waste.

Post by **DRT** » 00:26 Sat 04 Jan 2014

The Grand Old Duke of York?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:29 Sat 04 Jan 2014

DRT wrote:The Grand Old Duke of York?

No.
The Duke of York is a pub in Belfast with a very good whisk(e)y selection. Belfast is where I live.

Post by **DRT** » 00:31 Sat 04 Jan 2014

The Duke of Belfast?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:44 Sat 04 Jan 2014

DRT wrote:The Duke of Belfast?

DRT could be disqualified from this round for persistent guessing when it's not his go...
There is no longer a title connected to Belfast. Lord Belfast was the name used by the eldest son of the Marquess of Donegall (sic) but there is now no such personage.
There are titles connected to other places in Northern Ireland, however.

Post by **DRT** » 00:48 Sat 04 Jan 2014

Sir Declan Morgan?

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 00:49 Sat 04 Jan 2014

The Duke of Londonderry?

Post by **DRT** » 00:49 Sat 04 Jan 2014

Sir Declan Morgan?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:51 Sat 04 Jan 2014

AHB wrote:The Duke of Londonderry?

No such person.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:51 Sat 04 Jan 2014

DRT wrote:Sir Declan Morgan?

No.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 00:54 Sat 04 Jan 2014

djewesbury wrote:
AHB wrote:The Duke of Londonderry?
No such person.

HMS Belfast?

Post by **DRT** » 00:57 Sat 04 Jan 2014

J. Bruce Ismay

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 01:03 Sat 04 Jan 2014

DRT wrote:J. Bruce Ismay

No.
Who gets automatic membership of the PC?
Where do I live?

Post by **DRT** » 01:04 Sat 04 Jan 2014

Northern Irish politicians, Civil Servants and Judiciary?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 01:06 Sat 04 Jan 2014

DRT wrote:Northern Irish politicians, Civil Servants and Judiciary?

How sad it isn't your turn.
(But: no. Your answer is incomplete; or rather, inaccurate.)

Post by **DRT** » 01:11 Sat 04 Jan 2014

I wasn't guessing, I was answering your supplementary question. Are you saying that I have not captured all types of person who would be given a Peerage in the six counties?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 01:14 Sat 04 Jan 2014

DRT wrote:I wasn't guessing, I was answering your supplementary question. Are you saying that I have not captured all types of person who would be given a Peerage in the six counties?

I know you weren't guessing. I was saying it was a shame that having answered the supplementary question you couldn't then guess.
Your answer was inexact. Not all Northern Irish politicians join the PC; it has nothing to do with peerages either, most PCs are not peers.

Post by **DRT** » 01:19 Sat 04 Jan 2014

djewesbury wrote:Your answer was inexact. Not all Northern Irish politicians join the PC

Quite right too. No room at the inn for those "reformed" types.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 01:20 Sat 04 Jan 2014

DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Your answer was inexact. Not all Northern Irish politicians join the PC
Quite right too. No room at the inn for those "reformed" types.

God forbid.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 09:35 Sat 04 Jan 2014

I do hope it wasn't Ian Paisley - that would have made gentle lunch conversation challenging.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 10:53 Sat 04 Jan 2014

AHB wrote:I do hope it wasn't Ian Paisley - that would have made gentle lunch conversation challenging.

Not Paisley, who is apparently eating hospital lunch at present.

Post by **DRT** » 11:12 Sat 04 Jan 2014

Lord Trimble?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 11:37 Sat 04 Jan 2014

DRT wrote:Lord Trimble?

When you concentrate all your mind on the game, Derek, you are a natural. Yes. Baron Trimble of Lisnagarvey. The next clue would have developed a play on words between 'noble' and 'Nobel'. Thankfully we didn't have to go there.
He was lunching with most of the front line of the UUP from the 90s. Bizarre, as they'd all stabbed each other in the back multiple times over the years. Must have been a very good lunch.

Post by **DRT** » 11:52 Sat 04 Jan 2014

djewesbury wrote:He was lunching with most of the front line of the UUP from the 90s. Bizarre, as they'd all stabbed each other in the back multiple times over the years. Must have been a very good lunch.

Who would have thought there would be such hypocrisy in NI-ish politics

I will post a question later.

Post by **DRT** » 16:44 Sat 04 Jan 2014

I plan to spend much longer looking through my telescope tonight than I normally would.

Why?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 16:51 Sat 04 Jan 2014

Because you can't bear to watch the cricket. My go.

Post by **DRT** » 17:01 Sat 04 Jan 2014

djewesbury wrote:Because you can't bear to watch the cricket.

No. It is harder for you to bear than for I.