Hoagy's Pub Quiz

by **Martin Ronne** on Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:58 am

MrPanzerGeneral wrote:1,3,4 (and still just backing something in the back of my mind), 6,5,2

Your a bit further away this time.

by **MrPanzerGeneral** on Sun Jul 12, 2009 1:07 am

1 3 4 2 5 6

My last guess - give me Handel anytime

by **Martin Ronne** on Sun Jul 12, 2009 1:07 am

MrPanzerGeneral wrote:1 3 4 2 5 6

My last guess - give me Handel anytime

DING DING

by **MrPanzerGeneral** on Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:51 am

Hmmm...I must admit that was just really a wild guess (tho' a "bit worked out") Marty. A good brain tease.

This should be an easy one : Magellan is credited with leading the first "recorded" mission that succeeded in circumnavigating the world. He didn't survive the journey, and only 18 of his original party did.
My question is this - what precise bit of personally witnessed knowledge, did he use in his argument to implore the Crown of Spain (against the arguments of the Kings' (read Popes') Clerics) to demonstrate that he knew that the earth was a sphere, which led to the financing of the mission.

by **Captain_Scarlet** on Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:14 am

MrPanzerGeneral wrote:Hmmm...I must admit that was just really a wild guess (tho' a "bit worked out") Marty. A good brain tease.

This should be an easy one : Magellan is credited with leading the first "recorded" mission that succeeded in circumnavigating the world. He didn't survive the journey, and only 18 of his original party did.
My question is this - what precise bit of personally witnessed knowledge, did he use in his argument to implore the Crown of Spain (against the arguments of the Kings' (read Popes') Clerics) to demonstrate that he knew that the earth was a sphere, which led to the financing of the mission.

he saw the shadow of the earth against the moon

by **Hoagy** on Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:26 am

MrPanzerGeneral wrote:
Martin Ronne wrote:Johann Sebastian Bach wrote 6 Brandenburg Concertos. However, he did not finnish them in the order in which they were started. What is the order in which he finished them?

shouldn't it be: " in what order he germaned them in" ? , he wasn't finnish.

I did notice that myself but I wasn't going to say anything.

by **perchorin** on Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:29 am

whoops

by **MrPanzerGeneral** on Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:12 pm

Captain_Scarlet wrote:
MrPanzerGeneral wrote:Hmmm...I must admit that was just really a wild guess (tho' a "bit worked out") Marty. A good brain tease.

This should be an easy one : Magellan is credited with leading the first "recorded" mission that succeeded in circumnavigating the world. He didn't survive the journey, and only 18 of his original party did.
My question is this - what precise bit of personally witnessed knowledge, did he use in his argument to implore the Crown of Spain (against the arguments of the Kings' (read Popes') Clerics) to demonstrate that he knew that the earth was a sphere, which led to the financing of the mission.

he saw the shadow of the earth against the moon

True quote or not , one of my most favourite - "The church says that the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen it's shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow, than in the church."

Well done horsey woman !

I promise to make it harder next time

by **Captain_Scarlet** on Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:44 am

easy one

what star sign were the majority of apollo astronauts ?

by **MrPanzerGeneral** on Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:34 am

For some farout reason I'd go with Capricorn. Or maybe Gemini.

Though I really hope it's Aries, We have always been the True conquerers !

by **Captain_Scarlet** on Thu Jul 16, 2009 5:15 am

most of them were the one star sign - pick one MPG and I will respond :roll:

by **Hoagy** on Thu Jul 16, 2009 12:01 pm

Captain_Scarlet wrote:easy one

what star sign were the majority of apollo astronauts ?

I'll say Gemini, which is probably why they called the earlier missions Gemini.

by **MrPanzerGeneral** on Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:09 pm

Allright then - I'll say Capricorn.

by **Captain_Scarlet** on Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:27 pm

MrPanzerGeneral wrote:Allright then - I'll say Capricorn.

wrong

by **MrPanzerGeneral** on Thu Jul 16, 2009 7:12 pm

well I couldn't pick Gemini after Hoagy did , could I ? :lol:

by **Mr. Squirrel** on Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:40 pm

Pisces!

Just a random guess.

by **MrPanzerGeneral** on Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:35 am

Cancer.

by **Martin Ronne** on Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:56 am

Pancreatic!

by **Captain_Scarlet** on Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:14 am

MrPanzerGeneral wrote:Cancer.

aries

by **MrPanzerGeneral** on Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:16 am

You'd never give me my first answer Scarlet

You have to be a bit headstrong to reach for the stars

by **Mr. Squirrel** on Fri Aug 07, 2009 11:58 pm

So who's turn is it?

by **Martin Ronne** on Sat Aug 08, 2009 11:19 am

Yours I guess.

by **Mr. Squirrel** on Sat Aug 08, 2009 5:38 pm

Alright here's an easy one. How many characters did Mike Myers play in Austin Powers: Goldmember and what were all of their names?

by **jonesthecurl** on Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:56 pm

Hoagy wrote:
Captain_Scarlet wrote:easy one

what star sign were the majority of apollo astronauts ?

I'll say Gemini, which is probably why they called the earlier missions Gemini.

irrelevant geeky comment - those missions had two people in, the first ones to do so. Like the heavenly twins, Castor and Pollux. that's why they were called Gemini.