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Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:38 am
by civ77
Sorry Harry, I feel like I jumped on your answer. I thought you were referring to an alcoholic member of these boards when I read your reply, it wasn't until I re-read that the penny dropped as to who ZB was!
I'll stick with the booze theme, what are the seven names given to bottles of champagne that contain more than the standard 750ml?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:10 am
by Istenem
this is one of those things i've never bothered learning and must have cost me dozens of games on SWP.
the ones that come to mind are
nebuchadnezzar
methuselah
salmanazaar
magnum
and balthasar
any good so far?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:24 am
by civ77
Yup all 5 of them are in the list, only missing 2.
'My Judy Really Makes Splendid Belching Noises' is my mnemonic of choive for remembering the size order.
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:34 am
by Weyland
I think Jeraboam (spelling?) is another. Can't think what the R in that line is though.
Curious how most of them are bible names, yet one is named after a moustachioed American detective.
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:37 am
by Istenem
ah, rehoboam, useful mnemonic too. must try and remember that one.
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 12:20 pm
by civ77
Thats the lot, over to you Istenem.
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 12:54 pm
by Istenem
okay a guessing one.
(to within ten) how many j d wetherspoons pubs are there in the country?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 1:01 pm
by civ77
Curse my poor memory, I did read that only a few months ago on their website when planning a year long pub crawl.
I guess 485.
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 1:09 pm
by harry2
342 ?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 2:02 pm
by Istenem
higher, higher.
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 2:17 pm
by Northern Monkey
Sure I read something recently in their in house magazine about some fella who had just finished going round them all. 658?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 2:19 pm
by Istenem
this is very close to the answer on my card. (perhaps my number includes the lloyds lodges too)
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:01 pm
by Istenem
what's that? 691?
spot on. over to anyone who has a question.
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:52 pm
by Flying Spaghetti Monster
I'll jump in with a bit if a different style one if that's ok.
Can you get the song name and artist from the follwing lyrics:
"We move like cagey tigers, we couldn't get closer than this
The way we walk, the way we talk..."
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:21 pm
by harry2
The Cure-Love Cats