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Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:49 Tue 01 Dec 2009
by jdaw1
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:07 Tue 01 Dec 2009
by DRT
Time has moved on. All that you know for sure is that 43 is the minimum answer.
I promise not to give any answers until I have counted them
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:34 Tue 01 Dec 2009
by Glenn E.
Fitty, yo!
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 08:54 Tue 08 Dec 2009
by RonnieRoots
46
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:04 Tue 07 Sep 2010
by DRT
How many times will the word "dry" appear in
this thread and the TN's it links to by midnight on 14th September.
Don't cheat.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:23 Thu 09 Sep 2010
by Alex Bridgeman
DRT wrote:How many times will the word "dry" appear in
this thread and the TN's it links to by midnight on 14th September.
Don't cheat.
1,037 times if you include all of my posts by the time I have finished.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:49 Wed 15 Sep 2010
by DRT
The correct answer is 1,037.
AHB wins a pipe of Dow 1896 (en Magnum). His prize will be delivered the next time a pipe of Dow 1896 (en Magnum) appears on the market.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:36 Thu 16 Sep 2010
by Alex Bridgeman
DRT wrote:AHB wins a pipe of Dow 1896 (en Magnum). His prize will be delivered the next time a pipe of Dow 1896 (en Magnum) appears on the market.
Excellent. I shall clear space next to my existing pipe of Dow 1896 in half bottle format so as to make it as convenient as possible to compare the effect of different bottle sizes on the aging of port. All I need now is to win a pipe of Dow 1896 in bottle format and I will have the set.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:39 Thu 05 May 2011
by jdaw1
I am assembling the Niepoort chapter of The Book. Currently I am adding a bit of last-moment data, which comes from a source that will be quoted many times: many shippers, many vintages.
Which source?
DRT: you can’t play this question.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:18 Fri 06 May 2011
by JacobH
jdaw1 wrote:I am assembling the Niepoort chapter of The Book. Currently I am adding a bit of last-moment data, which comes from a source that will be quoted many times: many shippers, many vintages.
Which source?
I think we need a bit of a clue! Is the source a document, set of documents, person (be that an individual or legal) or other?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 09:02 Fri 06 May 2011
by jdaw1
jdaw1 wrote:which comes from a source that will be quoted many times: many shippers, many vintages.
I think that’s enough of a clue to start.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 09:09 Fri 06 May 2011
by JacobH
The IVDP.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 09:22 Fri 06 May 2011
by jdaw1
Very fair guess, but the actual corporate author will be quoted many more times than the IVDP.
No.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 11:40 Fri 06 May 2011
by smisse
Herbert Warner Allen
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 12:12 Fri 06 May 2011
by jdaw1
smisse wrote:Herbert Warner Allen
Another splendid guess, but slightly conflicting with a clue in the previous answer:
jdaw1 wrote:the actual corporate author
So no.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 10:15 Sat 07 May 2011
by Deleted_User_1
Richard Mayson
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 13:51 Sat 07 May 2011
by jdaw1
Cookie wrote:Richard Mayson
No, for the same reason. He is an author, but not a
corporate author.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:05 Sun 08 May 2011
by Deleted_User_1
Cynthia Jenson?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 08:07 Sun 08 May 2011
by jdaw1
You guessed twice in a row! Somebody else has to guess (or a new question start) before you can guess again.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:38 Mon 09 May 2011
by Glenn E.
Okay, I'll guess Cynthia Jenson for him.
Coincidentally, this is TPF's 42,000th post.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:42 Mon 09 May 2011
by jdaw1
Glenn E. wrote:Okay, I'll guess Cynthia Jenson for him.
jdaw1 wrote:but not a corporate author.
No. Pay attention!
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:46 Mon 09 May 2011
by Glenn E.
jdaw1 wrote:Glenn E. wrote:Okay, I'll guess Cynthia Jenson for him.
jdaw1 wrote:but not a corporate author.
No. Pay attention!
Then I am afraid that I do not understand what you mean by a corporate author. Cynthia is the official blogger for Graham's. She writes for a corporation, therefore she is a corporate author.
No?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:03 Mon 09 May 2011
by jdaw1
Well, if you had said ‟Grahams’s”, or ‟Symington Family Estates”, that would indeed be a corporate author. But you named a living-flesh person in legal parlance a natural person who cannot be that.
And no, not SFE or any of its brands. That would be barking up the wrong tree.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 07:46 Tue 10 May 2011
by Alex Bridgeman
Am I allowed to guess?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 08:12 Tue 10 May 2011
by jdaw1
AHB wrote:Am I allowed to guess?
Sure. You have no inside track on this question guess away.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 09:08 Tue 10 May 2011
by Deleted_User_1
Fed up with that now so new question...can anyone guess what AHB is going to say regarding the 'Corporate Author' question posed by JDAW.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 18:57 Mon 16 May 2011
by Alex Bridgeman
Is it the same corporate author as has recently been quoted by Seckford Wines in their recently mailed offer for the 2009 ports?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:15 Tue 17 May 2011
by jdaw1
No. It is or was, that typing now long done a long-lived and reputable UK entity with which you are all familiar.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:54 Sat 27 Aug 2011
by DRT
New quiz.
I own a large number of copies of Wine and Food: A Gastronomical Quarterly that was published by the Wine and Food Society from 1933 to some time in the 1970s.
Each magazine contains around 15 to 20 pages of adverts from establishments and companies connected with the subject matter of the publication. However, from the early 1950s onwards there is one recurring advert that has no relevance whatsoever. Can anyone guess which company posted the advert?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 17:21 Sat 27 Aug 2011
by jdaw1
I recuse myself, on account of having access to some copies of this.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 17:46 Sat 27 Aug 2011
by DRT
jdaw1 wrote:I recuse myself, on account of having access to some copies of this.
Unless you have copies I do not know about it is safe for you to participate.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 18:01 Sat 27 Aug 2011
by jdaw1
Benson & Hedges?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:15 Sat 27 Aug 2011
by DRT
jdaw1 wrote:Benson & Hedges?
No, and the wrong type of company.
...and an industry closely associated with wines and spirits at that time, so does not fit the criteria.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:02 Sun 28 Aug 2011
by PhilW
Procter and Gamble?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:42 Sun 28 Aug 2011
by DRT
PhilW wrote:Procter and Gamble?
No. Wrong industry.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:47 Sun 28 Aug 2011
by jdaw1
A vanity product for men? Grecian Two Thousand?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:39 Sun 28 Aug 2011
by benread
Butlins?!
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:00 Sun 28 Aug 2011
by jdaw1
A car company? Rolls Royce?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:10 Sun 28 Aug 2011
by DRT
jdaw1 wrote:A vanity product for men? Grecian Two Thousand?
Wrong, and wrong type of product.
benread wrote:Butlins?!
Wrong. Just wrong in every way.
jdaw1 wrote:A car company? Rolls Royce?
Wrong, but an industry associated to the advertised product.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:03 Mon 29 Aug 2011
by Glenn E.
Goodyear?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 07:13 Mon 29 Aug 2011
by jdaw1
Michelin?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 07:24 Mon 29 Aug 2011
by DRT
Glenn E. wrote:Goodyear?
jdaw1 wrote:Michelin?
Both wrong, but both companies produce products associated with the answer.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 07:33 Mon 29 Aug 2011
by Alex Bridgeman
Pirelli?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 07:41 Mon 29 Aug 2011
by jdaw1
Mercedes Benz?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 07:59 Mon 29 Aug 2011
by DRT
AHB wrote:Pirelli?
Wrong for the same reason as Michelin and Goodyear.
jdaw1 wrote:Mercedes Benz?
Wrong, but associated with the product of the answer.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:03 Mon 29 Aug 2011
by PhilW
Dinky (toys) ?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:06 Mon 29 Aug 2011
by jdaw1
Alfred Dunhill clothing for the motoring man?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:43 Mon 29 Aug 2011
by Glenn E.
Meguiars?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 17:00 Mon 29 Aug 2011
by jdaw1
Royal Automobile Club?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:03 Mon 29 Aug 2011
by DRT
PhilW wrote:Dinky (toys) ?
No. And their products do not use the advertised product.
jdaw1 wrote:Alfred Dunhill clothing for the motoring man?
No.
Glenn E. wrote:Meguiars?
No. {But I have no idea what this is}
jdaw1 wrote:Royal Automobile Club?
No, but their operatives and their wives will be familiar with the products of the advertising company.