One quiz at a time

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 17:21 Fri 30 May 2014

I am going to do this methodically, all 300 pages, beginning with;

DRT wrote:Salford

Post by **DRT** » 17:29 Fri 30 May 2014

LGTrotter wrote:I am going to do this methodically, all 300 pages, beginning with;
DRT wrote:Salford

No. Too far north and the answer was mentioned more recently.

Post by **flash_uk** » 17:43 Fri 30 May 2014

Cheltenham

Post by **DRT** » 17:55 Fri 30 May 2014

flash_uk wrote:Cheltenham

No. Correct quadrant of the country.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 07:51 Sun 01 Jun 2014

Lymington

Which auto-corrects to Lumpen on

Post by **DRT** » 08:01 Sun 01 Jun 2014

AHB wrote:Lymington

Correct.

AHB's turn.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 08:05 Sun 01 Jun 2014

On the continuing theme of exotic places, I own a mine that I inherited from my maternal Grandmother. The mine is located just outside Deming, New Mexico. What is extracted from the mine?

Post by **DRT** » 08:11 Sun 01 Jun 2014

AHB wrote:On the continuing theme of exotic places, I own a mine that I inherited from my maternal Grandmother. The mine is located just outside Deming, New Mexico. What is extracted from the mine?

Tasting Notes?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 08:12 Sun 01 Jun 2014

Bulls**t, I mean Guano.

Post by **DRT** » 08:13 Sun 01 Jun 2014

Uranium?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 08:24 Sun 01 Jun 2014

Is it the lost mine of King Solomon? As found by Granny B.

Post by **DRT** » 08:30 Sun 01 Jun 2014

Sulphur?

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 08:35 Sun 01 Jun 2014

LGTrotter wrote:Is it the lost mine of King Solomon? As found by Granny B.

my maternal grandmother was not Granny B!

DRT wrote:Sulphur?

not sulphur

DRT wrote:
AHB wrote:Tasting Notes?
amusing enough to deserve to be correct, but not.
LGTrotter wrote:Bulls**t, I mean Guano.
DRT wrote:Uranium?

neither of these.

I will offer some clues if no one gets the correct answer soon. Do use google to help.

Post by **DRT** » 08:38 Sun 01 Jun 2014

AHB wrote:Do use google to help.

Isn't that cheating?

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 08:39 Sun 01 Jun 2014

Not if the question setter permits use of Google. See rule 42(b) part (ii), subsection (DD).

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 08:47 Sun 01 Jun 2014

Oh alright; Silver?

Post by **DRT** » 08:56 Sun 01 Jun 2014

Shale gas? (never thought I'd accuse AHB of being a fracker)

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 09:42 Sun 01 Jun 2014

LGTrotter wrote:Oh alright; Silver?

There are silver mines in the area, but this is not one of them. However a properly researched guess deserves a clue. The mine is located in one of the nearby State Parks.

DRT wrote:Shale gas? (never thought I'd accuse AHB of being a fracker)

No. I'm not even sure you can mine gas.

Post by **DRT** » 10:19 Sun 01 Jun 2014

Gypsum?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 10:24 Sun 01 Jun 2014

Manganese

Post by **DRT** » 10:28 Sun 01 Jun 2014

Pumice?

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 10:30 Sun 01 Jun 2014

djewesbury wrote:Manganese

DRT wrote:Gypsum?

DRT wrote:Pumice?

Neither Gypsum nor Manganese are correct. Pumice is incorrect but close. One of the extracts is the result of volcanic activity.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 10:30 Sun 01 Jun 2014

Apache tears

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 10:38 Sun 01 Jun 2014

It sounds like a fascinating place anyway...

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 12:27 Sun 01 Jun 2014

djewesbury wrote:Apache tears

I am impressed Mr J. I thought I would have to give more clues. Your question.

And for those of a curious nature, the other product is jasper.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 12:30 Sun 01 Jun 2014

AHB wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Apache tears
I am impressed Mr J. I thought I would have to give more clues. Your question.

And for those of a curious nature, the other product is jasper.

Jasper was going to be my next guess! So, quite apart from being descended from Jacques-Louis David, you are an obsidian magnate as well? I did not think I could be more impressed; I am now.
Question to follow shortly.

Post by **jdaw1** » 19:50 Mon 02 Jun 2014

Daniel is question master, but I have a question. Maybe he would allow me to seize ancient powers. (Carefully not phrased as a question.)

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 19:53 Mon 02 Jun 2014

Take it away Julian. I will intervene at a later date.

Post by **jdaw1** » 20:01 Mon 02 Jun 2014

As you doubtless know, singer Katy Perry has started her ‘Prismatic World Tour’. At least in the UK, in about the middle of each concert a beer is delivered to her from a trapdoor. The brand of beer has varied by city, as is appropriate.

In the show at the O2 Arena, what beer was it?

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 20:09 Mon 02 Jun 2014

Beck's?

Post by **jdaw1** » 20:10 Mon 02 Jun 2014

AW77 wrote:Beck's?

No.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 20:11 Mon 02 Jun 2014

London Pride

Post by **jdaw1** » 20:16 Mon 02 Jun 2014

djewesbury wrote:London Pride

You’re QM again. Well done.

My Missus about to seize ancient powers…

SCP-DFF · Post by **SCP-DFF** » 20:21 Mon 02 Jun 2014

OK. So I'm Quiz Mistress now.

To what concert did I drag Julian in NY at Madison Square Garden, in about 2008?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 20:22 Mon 02 Jun 2014

Well that was easy.
Whose new autobiography did I buy at the weekend?

Post by **jdaw1** » 20:22 Mon 02 Jun 2014

SCP-DFF wrote:To what concert did I drag Julian in NY at Madison Square Garden, in about 2008?

I know, I know!

(For those not in the Wiseman household, we resolved the “is it whisky time yet?” problem by opening more wine. Whisky coming.)

Post by **jdaw1** » 20:23 Mon 02 Jun 2014

djewesbury wrote:Well that was easy.
Whose new autobiography did I buy at the weekend?

Too slow. Withdraw!

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 20:23 Mon 02 Jun 2014

Wait a moment...
Katy Perry

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 20:28 Mon 02 Jun 2014

Too slow.
Whose new autobiography did I buy at the weekend?

SCP-DFF · Post by **SCP-DFF** » 20:29 Mon 02 Jun 2014

I withdraw.

Barak Obama?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 20:30 Mon 02 Jun 2014

No.
Madonna? (On reflection I think we should run both questions at the same time. It is unlikely that the answers are the same.)

SCP-DFF · Post by **SCP-DFF** » 20:31 Mon 02 Jun 2014

Oh Yay! Good idea, Daniel. I like this format.

Not Madonna.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 20:35 Mon 02 Jun 2014

Daniel's is a trick question, nobody knows who wrote 'I am the secret WAG'.

Post by **jdaw1** » 20:35 Mon 02 Jun 2014

Philip Glass?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 20:36 Mon 02 Jun 2014

Oh and Simon and Garfunkel.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 20:36 Mon 02 Jun 2014

LGTrotter wrote:Daniel's is a trick question, nobody knows who wrote 'I am the secret WAG'.

Guess. You have two goes. So guess.
EDIT: he guessed.

jdaw1 wrote:Philip Glass?

No. Not a musician.

SCP-DFF · Post by **SCP-DFF** » 20:43 Mon 02 Jun 2014

Maya Angelou.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 20:48 Mon 02 Jun 2014

Hilary Rodman (?!) Clinton and Kiss.

SCP-DFF · Post by **SCP-DFF** » 20:53 Mon 02 Jun 2014

Nope. Not Kiss.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 20:57 Mon 02 Jun 2014

Not Maya Angelou. Not Hilary Clinton.
Not an American at all, in fact.