Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 08:12 Tue 10 May 2011
Sure. You have no inside track on this question guess away.AHB wrote:Am I allowed to guess?
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One quiz at a time
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Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 09:08 Tue 10 May 2011
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
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
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
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?
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
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
Unless you have copies I do not know about it is safe for you to participate.jdaw1 wrote:I recuse myself, on account of having access to some copies of this.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 18:01 Sat 27 Aug 2011
Benson & Hedges?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:15 Sat 27 Aug 2011
No, and the wrong type of company.jdaw1 wrote:Benson & Hedges?
...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
Procter and Gamble?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:42 Sun 28 Aug 2011
No. Wrong industry.PhilW wrote:Procter and Gamble?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:47 Sun 28 Aug 2011
A vanity product for men? Grecian Two Thousand?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:39 Sun 28 Aug 2011
Butlins?!
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:00 Sun 28 Aug 2011
A car company? Rolls Royce?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:10 Sun 28 Aug 2011
Wrong, and wrong type of product.jdaw1 wrote:A vanity product for men? Grecian Two Thousand?
Wrong. Just wrong in every way.benread wrote:Butlins?!
Wrong, but an industry associated to the advertised product.jdaw1 wrote:A car company? Rolls Royce?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:03 Mon 29 Aug 2011
Goodyear?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 07:13 Mon 29 Aug 2011
Michelin?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 07:24 Mon 29 Aug 2011
Glenn E. wrote:Goodyear?
Both wrong, but both companies produce products associated with the answer.jdaw1 wrote:Michelin?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 07:33 Mon 29 Aug 2011
Pirelli?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 07:41 Mon 29 Aug 2011
Mercedes Benz?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 07:59 Mon 29 Aug 2011
Wrong for the same reason as Michelin and Goodyear.AHB wrote:Pirelli?
Wrong, but associated with the product of the answer.jdaw1 wrote:Mercedes Benz?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:03 Mon 29 Aug 2011
Dinky (toys) ?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:06 Mon 29 Aug 2011
Alfred Dunhill clothing for the motoring man?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:43 Mon 29 Aug 2011
Meguiars?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 17:00 Mon 29 Aug 2011
Royal Automobile Club?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:03 Mon 29 Aug 2011
No. And their products do not use the advertised product.PhilW wrote:Dinky (toys) ?
No.jdaw1 wrote:Alfred Dunhill clothing for the motoring man?
No. {But I have no idea what this is}Glenn E. wrote:Meguiars?
No, but their operatives and their wives will be familiar with the products of the advertising company.jdaw1 wrote:Royal Automobile Club?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:20 Mon 29 Aug 2011
Lux soap?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:46 Mon 29 Aug 2011
No. Wrong industry, but it might be helpful to the wives of the operatives of the company that is familiar with the advertised product.AHB wrote:Lux soap?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 07:05 Tue 30 Aug 2011
British Airways or one of their predecessors such as BOAC?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 08:50 Tue 30 Aug 2011
No, but they certainly use the product of the advertising company.benread wrote:British Airways or one of their predecessors such as BOAC?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 09:51 Tue 30 Aug 2011
Castrol?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 10:12 Tue 30 Aug 2011
Correct industry, wrong company.PhilW wrote:Castrol?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 10:26 Tue 30 Aug 2011
BP?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 10:47 Tue 30 Aug 2011
No, but very close.benread wrote:BP?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 13:01 Tue 30 Aug 2011
Shell?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 15:04 Tue 30 Aug 2011
Bingo!jdaw1 wrote:Shell?
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Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 15:45 Tue 30 Aug 2011
As reported elsewhere, today I visited Disneyland Paris. The one thing that I liked, that seemed both clever and entertainingly frivolous, that could even be used in a garden for children in their forties, was something that I likened to ‘silver snakes’. In which of the various features was this seen? (Hateful flash: click ‘Découvrez le resort’; then, top-left-ish, ‘Disneyland Park’.)
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:53 Tue 30 Aug 2011
Pirates of the Caribbean?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 17:03 Tue 30 Aug 2011
Do I look like that sort of person who would approve of the Pirates of the Caribbean? (That was rhetorical.) No.DRT wrote:Pirates of the Caribbean?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:39 Tue 20 Dec 2011
Was it La Cabane des Robinsons? Where you can pretend you are on a desert island and choose the port that you want to have in endless supply until you are rescued?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:53 Tue 20 Dec 2011
Do I look like that sort of person who would approve of La Cabane des Robinsons? (No.)AHB wrote:Was it La Cabane des Robinsons? Where you can pretend you are on a desert island and choose the port that you want to have in endless supply until you are rescued?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 15:53 Wed 21 Dec 2011
But do you look like the kind of person who would enjoy being marooned on an island with an endless supply of the vintage port of your choice? (Yes.)jdaw1 wrote:Do I look like that sort of person who would approve of La Cabane des Robinsons? (No.)AHB wrote:Was it La Cabane des Robinsons? Where you can pretend you are on a desert island and choose the port that you want to have in endless supply until you are rescued?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:55 Thu 02 Feb 2012
I have a true-to-theme prize for anyone who can tell me the connection between the following words/phrases: definitive; first option; fusion; tribute
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 08:21 Fri 03 Feb 2012
Do they all appear on a menu, perhaps one for each dish on a tasting menu, or all on the description for a particular wine?RAYC wrote:I have a true-to-theme prize for anyone who can tell me the connection between the following words/phrases: definitive; first option; fusion; tribute
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 08:52 Fri 03 Feb 2012
Partly stealing Phil's guess, are they all used in the description on the back label of a bottle of Port?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 15:50 Fri 03 Feb 2012
Close but no cigar.
Clue 1: a related category of words/phrases includes: fourth quarter, blend Nº 4
Clue 1: a related category of words/phrases includes: fourth quarter, blend Nº 4
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:57 Fri 03 Feb 2012
The beer you plan to drink while watching the Super Bowl?
(Why would you bother watching the Super Bowl?)
(Why would you bother watching the Super Bowl?)
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:19 Sat 04 Feb 2012
Nope. Next clue, due tomorrow afternoon, is a big one.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 09:55 Sat 04 Feb 2012
You're coming off the wagon and starting to drink again. These are all words that your personal trainer has used to urge you to give up alcohol forever and gift all your bottles of port to me?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:23 Sat 04 Feb 2012
RAYC wrote:I have a true-to-theme prize for anyone who can tell me the connection between the following words/phrases: definitive; first option; fusion; tribute
Clue 2: a separate related category of words/phrases includes: midnight, icon, renown, nirvanaRAYC wrote:Clue 1: a related category of words/phrases includes: fourth quarter, blend Nº 4