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Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:01 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by djewesbury
DRT wrote:DRT wrote:Can anyone think of a good question?
When I was a small boy (sub-10) I went on a seaside holiday with my parents. We went to see a performance by a then well known stand-up comedian. At that show the comedian gave me a Mars bar because he had used me in one of his "front row" gags.
Who was the comedian?
Bernie Winters.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:03 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by LGTrotter
Thank goodness I didn't have to fall back on my fridge magnet query. Good question.
Max Miller?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:04 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by DRT
djewesbury wrote:Bernie Winters.
No.
The Fridge Magnet King wrote:Max Miller?
No.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:04 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by djewesbury
Charlie Chaplin.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:05 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by LGTrotter
LGTrotter wrote:Thank goodness I didn't have to fall back on my fridge magnet query. Good question.
Max Miller?
Sorry, forgot about the nonagenarion thing. Again. Can I have another go?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:05 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by DRT
djewesbury wrote:Charlie Chaplin.
No.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:06 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by DRT
LGTrotter wrote:Can I have another go?
Yes.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:07 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by LGTrotter
Frankie Howerd?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:07 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by djewesbury
Dan Leno.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:08 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by DRT
LGTrotter wrote:Frankie Howerd?
No.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:09 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by DRT
djewesbury wrote:Dan Leno.
Get out. We don't need your sort at this school.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:10 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by djewesbury
Sorry. Harold Lloyd?
One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:11 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by djewesbury
DRT wrote:djewesbury wrote:Dan Leno.
Get out. We don't need your sort at this school.
I may have been only 17 but those words still ring in my ears...
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:11 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by DRT
djewesbury wrote:Harold Lloyd?
No. He died in 1971, which was probably a year or two before this event.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:12 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by LGTrotter
Les Dawson?
DRT wrote:djewesbury wrote:Dan Leno.
Get out. We don't need your sort at this school.
I liked his song about the wasp and a hard boiled egg.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:12 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by DRT
djewesbury wrote:DRT wrote:djewesbury wrote:Dan Leno.
Get out. We don't need your sort at this school.
I may have been only 17 but those words still ring in my ears...
Sneaking into the girls school at night always caused that reaction.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:15 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by DRT
So far the guesses have been from slightly (or entirely) the wrong era.
Think OY and you will be more in the zone. Although, to the best of my knowledge, this subject has not yet been questioned.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:16 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by djewesbury
Jim Davidson.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:16 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by djewesbury
We're in danger of getting into libellous territory.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:17 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by LGTrotter
DRT wrote:So far the guesses have been from slightly (or entirely) the wrong era.
Think OY and you will be more in the zone. Although, to the best of my knowledge, this subject has not yet been questioned.
Thanks, now anyone we mention will quite legitimately be able to sue us. Adds a certain zest to guessing; Rolph Harris?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:20 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by DRT
You have both misread the clue.
People involved in OY are largely from the same era as this guy, who isn't one of them.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:23 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by LGTrotter
DRT wrote:You have both misread the clue.
People involved in OY are largely from the same era as this guy, who isn't one of them.
Do I hear the sound of frantic backpedalling?
Bruce Forsyth, whose reputaion is unblemished and I in no way undermine with this post.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:23 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by DRT
I have made some edits that might make you feel more comfortable guessing. But the guys at GCHQ already have us shining brightly on their dashboard. Hi guys!
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:25 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by LGTrotter
DRT wrote:I have made some edits that might make you feel more comfortable guessing. But the guys at GCHQ already have us shining brightly on their dashboard. Hi guys!
Osama Bin Laden?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:26 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by DRT
DRT wrote:a then well known stand-up comedian
LGTrotter wrote:Bruce Forsyth
My initial clue was intended to convey that the comedian in question is no longer at the cutting edge of his craft. Do you want to withdraw your guess?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:27 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by DRT
LGTrotter wrote:Osama Bin Laden?
No. Too dead.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:27 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by LGTrotter
DRT wrote:DRT wrote:a then well known stand-up comedian
LGTrotter wrote:Bruce Forsyth
My initial clue was intended to convey that the comedian in question is no longer at the cutting edge of his craft. Do you want to withdraw your guess?
No.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:28 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by DRT
In which case you had two in a row without me noticing. Well done. Go again.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:30 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by LGTrotter
Not... Bill Oddie...
Another man who to my knowledge has led an entirely blameless life.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:31 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by DRT
LGTrotter wrote:Not... Bill Oddie...
No.
I think Daniel is on the phone to his lawyer. Do you want another guess?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:37 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by LGTrotter
Ken Dodd. Who I do not associate with any wrongdoing.
Borgen must be hotting up.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:37 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by DRT
LGTrotter wrote:Ken Dodd.
No. He gave me a Mars bar, not his tickle stick.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:39 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by DRT
Clue:
Two comedians from this era had very similar names but very different acts.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:42 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by LGTrotter
Just had throw away a bottle of wine. Rare event at this time of night, this coming from a man who is not averse to a couple of pints of rough cider.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:48 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by djewesbury
That Don MacLean bloke
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:48 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by djewesbury
(Having been sued for libel once in the past, I like being careful.)
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:49 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by DRT
No and no.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:49 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by djewesbury
djewesbury wrote:That Don MacLean bloke
The one that had the ostrich.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:50 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by DRT
djewesbury wrote:(Having been sued for libel once in the past, I like being careful.)
There is careful, and there is paranoid. There is nothing to see here.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:50 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by DRT
djewesbury wrote:djewesbury wrote:That Don MacLean bloke
The one that had the ostrich.
No, the other one.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:54 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by DRT
In our haste to get to the next question we seem to have abandoned the rules. Owen, it is your turn to roll the dice!
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:59 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by djewesbury
DRT wrote:djewesbury wrote:djewesbury wrote:That Don MacLean bloke
The one that had the ostrich.
No, the other one.
Oh well I've sort of handed it to Owen on a plate then haven't I.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:00 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by djewesbury
DRT wrote:djewesbury wrote:(Having been sued for libel once in the past, I like being careful.)
There is careful, and there is paranoid. There is nothing to see here.
I know. It's just that when a solicitor advises you to transfer all your assets out of your name, your careful:paranoid ratio alters a little.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:01 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by DRT
djewesbury wrote:DRT wrote:djewesbury wrote:djewesbury wrote:That Don MacLean bloke
The one that had the ostrich.
No, the other one.
Oh well I've sort of handed it to Owen on a plate then haven't I.
The law suit? Yes, it appears you have.
Owen, you are two words away from bankruptcy. Step forward and take one for the team so that we can move on.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:08 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by LGTrotter
The one without the ostrich?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:11 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by DRT
LGTrotter wrote:The one without the ostrich?
Correct!
Your question!
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:18 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by LGTrotter
The fridge magnet question;
I have three fridge magnets, one has a caption, one has a face on a sort of peg thing, one is a plastic model foodstuff.
Name the caption, type of face or foodstuff.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:23 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by DRT
LGTrotter wrote:The fridge magnet question;
I have three fridge magnets, one has a caption, one has a face on a sort of peg thing, one is a plastic model foodstuff.
Name the caption, type of face or foodstuff.
Clarification question!
Do we need three answers or one to win?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:25 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by LGTrotter
The caption will be difficult I will therefore pre-clue it. It depicts child praying.
Please feel free to enter three guesses per go.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:25 Sun 17 Nov 2013
by LGTrotter
DRT wrote:LGTrotter wrote:The fridge magnet question;
I have three fridge magnets, one has a caption, one has a face on a sort of peg thing, one is a plastic model foodstuff.
Name the caption, type of face or foodstuff.
Clarification question!
Do we need three answers or one to win?
One.