One quiz at a time

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 21:27 Fri 13 Feb 2015

LGTrotter wrote:
djewesbury wrote:It's Owen's turn.
OK, how about a response to the above nippings.

And while we're at it, Agatha Christie's the Mousetrap?

Not The Moustrap, though vaguely more in the right direction.
I can't respond to the nippings unless they were guesses, which of course they couldn't have been. Don't try and ride me Trotter. I am not to be ridden.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 21:30 Fri 13 Feb 2015

The film is much, much better known than the play.
The year mentioned is the year the film was made. It was post-war. There were a couple of general declarations that decade. Then there was this year when, to my knowledge, no Vintage was made. Other things may have been.
The film is set in London. It was made by an English director.

Post by **DRT** » 22:10 Fri 13 Feb 2015

djewesbury wrote:Then there was this year when, to my knowledge, no Vintage was made.

1974?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 22:12 Fri 13 Feb 2015

DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Then there was this year when, to my knowledge, no Vintage was made.
1974?

Earlier. This was not a decade when the port industry was subject to new crises daily.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 22:12 Fri 13 Feb 2015

Owen's turn. With all the clues accrued so far it should be possible to make a guess.

Post by **DRT** » 22:19 Fri 13 Feb 2015

Is it Star Wars?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 22:22 Fri 13 Feb 2015

Yes. Your go.

Post by **DRT** » 22:24 Fri 13 Feb 2015

djewesbury wrote:Yes. Your go.

OK.

Is Taylor 1985 as good as Fonseca 1985?

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 22:26 Fri 13 Feb 2015

DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Yes. Your go.
OK.

Is Taylor 1985 as good as Fonseca 1985?

Are they American or European bottles?

Post by **DRT** » 22:29 Fri 13 Feb 2015

Glenn is disqualified for being silly. They are all Portuguese, of course.

Post by **DRT** » 22:33 Fri 13 Feb 2015

Is it Dial H for Homicide?

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 22:35 Fri 13 Feb 2015

What... is the consumption velocity of an unfiltered Port?

Post by **DRT** » 22:37 Fri 13 Feb 2015

Glenn E. wrote:What... is the consumption velocity of an unfiltered Port?

Does the answer involve Pie?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 22:38 Fri 13 Feb 2015

DRT wrote:Is it Dial H for Homicide?

Yes. Dial M for Murder. Film made by Hitchcock in 1952, year of the Colheita.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 22:39 Fri 13 Feb 2015

DRT wrote:
Glenn E. wrote:What... is the consumption velocity of an unfiltered Port?
Does the answer involve Pie?

Pie-arse squared.

Post by **DRT** » 23:10 Fri 13 Feb 2015

My turn.

A significant event happened in the T household this week. What was it?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:12 Fri 13 Feb 2015

Divorce.

Post by **DRT** » 23:24 Fri 13 Feb 2015

djewesbury wrote:Divorce.

No.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 23:29 Fri 13 Feb 2015

You have taught your pet crow it's first words.

Post by **DRT** » 23:32 Fri 13 Feb 2015

LGTrotter wrote:You have taught your pet crow it's first words.

One of those words is pertinent to the answer.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:35 Fri 13 Feb 2015

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 23:36 Fri 13 Feb 2015

You got a dog? Aww... Derek, you auld softie.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:37 Fri 13 Feb 2015

First

Post by **DRT** » 23:42 Fri 13 Feb 2015

LGTrotter wrote:You got a dog? Aww... Derek, you auld softie.

Meet Monty...

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LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 00:05 Sat 14 Feb 2015

Very handsome, I do hope the three of you will be very happy.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:06 Sat 14 Feb 2015

Doesn't look much like a crow to me.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:07 Sat 14 Feb 2015

Has that dog just eaten it?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 00:52 Sat 14 Feb 2015

Monty has a great back story, I just know it, was he rescued from a raft, cast adrift at sea?

Post by **DRT** » 01:10 Sat 14 Feb 2015

LGTrotter wrote:Monty has a great back story, I just know it, was he rescued from a raft, cast adrift at sea?

Worse. He was rescued from a life in Leeds. Poor boy, it must have been grim.

Post by **DRT** » 01:12 Sat 14 Feb 2015

LGTrotter wrote:Very handsome, I do hope the three of you will be very happy.

Thank you.

We have had him since Sunday and he appears to be bi-polar. A very well behaved boy in the house and a complete lunatic when allowed out. He would probably fit in quite well on

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 01:22 Sat 14 Feb 2015

DRT wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:Monty has a great back story, I just know it, was he rescued from a raft, cast adrift at sea?
Worse. He was rescued from a life in Leeds. Poor boy, it must have been grim.

Correct! Your go.

Post by **DRT** » 01:24 Sat 14 Feb 2015

Which Vintage Port am I drinking tonight?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 01:29 Sat 14 Feb 2015

Post by **DRT** » 01:32 Sat 14 Feb 2015

You are the closest yet.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 05:29 Sat 14 Feb 2015

The same one I opened - 1987 Porto Souza.

Post by **DRT** » 08:36 Sat 14 Feb 2015

Glenn E. wrote:The same one I opened - 1987 Porto Souza.

Three correct numbers.

Post by **PhilW** » 09:07 Sat 14 Feb 2015

1989 Cruz !

Post by **DRT** » 09:22 Sat 14 Feb 2015

Post by **flash_uk** » 09:59 Sat 14 Feb 2015

Post by **DRT** » 10:02 Sat 14 Feb 2015

Wrong shipper, wrong decade.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 10:59 Sat 14 Feb 2015

It was Taylor 85. You posted a tasting note...

Post by **DRT** » 11:22 Sat 14 Feb 2015

Congratulations. You should have been a detective. Your turn.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 11:23 Sat 14 Feb 2015

I wondered whether that was a cunning plan or you were just very drunk and forgot you'd asked this question.

Post by **DRT** » 12:37 Sat 14 Feb 2015

djewesbury wrote:I wondered whether that was a cunning plan or you were just very drunk and forgot you'd asked this question.

The former. I wondered how long it would take someone to spot it.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 12:39 Sat 14 Feb 2015

DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:I wondered whether that was a cunning plan or you were just very drunk and forgot you'd asked this question.
The former.

Yes, yes. Of course. No need to explain old chap.
(Mr. Carroll, a taxi for Mr. Turnbull please.)

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 10:19 Tue 09 Jun 2015

A quick revision to this thread with a very simple question.

Over the last 10 years I have averaged slightly over 320 port tasting notes per year with the most in any one year being 497 and the least being 45. I anticipate being at the upper end of this range in 2015.

How many tasting notes did I write in May 2015?

Rule Variation
In addition to making a guess, you may ask a question as a clue to which I will give a yes/no answer.

Post by **flash_uk** » 10:23 Tue 09 Jun 2015

I'll guess 55. Question: Did you attend more than 5 tasting "events" in May?

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 10:57 Tue 09 Jun 2015

flash_uk wrote:I'll guess 55. Question: Did you attend more than 5 tasting "events" in May?

More than 55.

Yes, I attended more than 5 tasting "events" in May

Post by **PhilW** » 11:36 Tue 09 Jun 2015

I'll guess 86 (assuming only counting port tasting notes).

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 13:14 Tue 09 Jun 2015

PhilW wrote:I'll guess 86 (assuming only counting port tasting notes).

More than 86

Yes, counting only port tasting notes.