Tricky Pub Quiz questions.

Katharine Simms . She's lovely. Highly intelligent though, but that's no surprise. She would reference periodicals, and know the date, the number, the article, the writer, and the pages the article took up in the periodical completely from memory. I forget my own house number lol.

Katharine Simms, name rings a bell. Wonder is she related to other Simms I know.

Is she a prod? We all know each other you see. Half us are related.

johnfás wrote:

Katharine Simms, name rings a bell. Wonder is she related to other Simms I know.

Is she a prod? We all know each other you see. Half us are related.

She is indeed. Her father was king of the prods*

*i.e. Archbishop of Dublin, and subsequently Archbishop of Armagh.

What has a drove, a fleet, a herd and a sounder got in common?

How many counties in Ireland begin with L as Gaeilge?

Drove fleet etc are all names for groups of animals?

There are six counties starting with L by my reckoning, if you include An Lú. I can name all the 26 counties off by heart.

whats the collective noun of crows?

and ravens?

and foxes?

who was the first captain to circumnavigate the globe?

how many actors have portrayed james bond on film?

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whats the collective noun of crows?

a murder of crows?

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and ravens?

a conspiracy of ravens

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and foxes?

havent a clue - once heard a leash of foxes - sound like a load of bllx - but ya never know

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who was the first captain to circumnavigate the globe?

- I would have Magellan - but he died on the way -his ship made it alright - it was Sir Francis Drake - always remember this from my TEFL days when a kid wrote that Drake was the first man to circumcise the world with a 100ft Clipper - ouch!

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how many actors have portrayed james bond on film?

Connery,Lazenby,Moore,Dalton,Brosnan and that new guy whos name escapes me - thats 6 and if you count an earlier version of Casino Royale with David Niven - thats makes 7 - am I right?

I think it's a parliament of crows and a murder of ravens. Dunno about foxes, a 'screech' of foxes? Did I just make that up?

What do you call a group of rhinos?

905 wrote:

I think it's a parliament of crows and a murder of ravens. Dunno about foxes, a 'screech' of foxes? Did I just make that up?

What do you call a group of rhinos?

screech is close!!!

905 wrote:

I think it's a parliament of crows and a murder of ravens. Dunno about foxes, a 'screech' of foxes? Did I just make that up?

What do you call a group of rhinos?

"Sirs"

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who was the first captain to circumnavigate the globe?

edo wrote:

I would have Magellan - but he died on the way -his ship made it alright - it was Sir Francis Drake - always remember this from my TEFL days when a kid wrote that Drake was the first man to circumcise the world with a 100ft Clipper - ouch!

No, it couldn't have been. Magellan's ships still made it back, even if he did not. Therefore, the man who captained those ships would have been the first to navigate the globe, and he was Juan Sebastian Elcano.

zakalwe wrote:

905 wrote:

I think it's a parliament of crows and a murder of ravens. Dunno about foxes, a 'screech' of foxes? Did I just make that up?

What do you call a group of rhinos?

"Sirs"

It's not what I have written here...

It's sort of onomatapoeic.

riadach wrote:

Edo wrote:

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who was the first captain to circumnavigate the globe?

- I would have Magellan - but he died on the way -his ship made it alright - it was Sir Francis Drake - always remember this from my TEFL days when a kid wrote that Drake was the first man to circumcise the world with a 100ft Clipper - ouch!

No, it couldn't have been. Magellan's ships still made it back, even if he did not. Therefore, the man who captained those ships would have been the first to navigate the globe, and he was Juan Sebastian Elcano.

I detect QI again.

riadach wrote:

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who was the first captain to circumnavigate the globe?

[quote=edo]
I would have Magellan - but he died on the way -his ship made it alright - it was Sir Francis Drake - always remember this from my TEFL days when a kid wrote that Drake was the first man to circumcise the world with a 100ft Clipper - ouch!

No, it couldn't have been. Magellan's ships still made it back, even if he did not. Therefore, the man who captained those ships would have been the first to navigate the globe, and he was Juan Sebastian Elcano.[/quote]

correct, from the basque country if i'm not mistaken!
drake was english propaganda!

905 wrote:

riadach wrote:

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who was the first captain to circumnavigate the globe?

- I would have Magellan - but he died on the way -his ship made it alright - it was Sir Francis Drake - always remember this from my TEFL days when a kid wrote that Drake was the first man to circumcise the world with a 100ft Clipper - ouch!

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No, it couldn't have been. Magellan's ships still made it back, even if he did not. Therefore, the man who captained those ships would have been the first to navigate the globe, and he was Juan Sebastian Elcano.

I detect QI again.

Nope Pure common sense this one!

905 wrote:

I think it's a parliament of crows and a murder of ravens. Dunno about foxes, a 'screech' of foxes? Did I just make that up?

What do you call a group of rhinos?

A parliament of owls if I'm not mistaken. The collective noun for Unicorns has to be my favourite.

zakalwe wrote:

riadach wrote:

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who was the first captain to circumnavigate the globe?

[quote=edo]
I would have Magellan - but he died on the way -his ship made it alright - it was Sir Francis Drake - always remember this from my TEFL days when a kid wrote that Drake was the first man to circumcise the world with a 100ft Clipper - ouch!

No, it couldn't have been. Magellan's ships still made it back, even if he did not. Therefore, the man who captained those ships would have been the first to navigate the globe, and he was Juan Sebastian Elcano.

correct, from the basque country if i'm not mistaken!
drake was english propaganda![/quote]

Hang on a second - was yer man elcano captain when they set out from Portugal? - or did he become captain when Magellan popped his clogs?

Drake was captain when he set out and Captain when he returned - alive.

Elcano would have been captain of his own ship, whereas Magellan would have been captian of the overall fleet. That's my guess.

riadach wrote:

905 wrote:

I think it's a parliament of crows and a murder of ravens. Dunno about foxes, a 'screech' of foxes? Did I just make that up?

What do you call a group of rhinos?

A parliament of owls if I'm not mistaken. The collective noun for Unicorns has to be my favourite.

an illusion?

905 wrote:

Elcano would have been captain of his own ship, whereas Magellan would have been captian of the overall fleet. That's my guess.

Nope - he was a subordinate officer on one of the ships from Spain to Patagonia where he took part in a failed mutiny -he was spared the death penalty for treason by Magellan and after 5 months hard labour he was given the command of the "Concepción" - one of the 5 ships in Magellans fleet and from there (Patagonia) they set off to Indonesia and finally back to Spain via the cape of good hope - thus he wasnt the first "Captain" to go right around the world as a captain no?

Edo wrote:

905 wrote:

Elcano would have been captain of his own ship, whereas Magellan would have been captian of the overall fleet. That's my guess.

Nope - he was a subordinate officer on one of the ships from Spain to Patagonia where he took part in a failed mutiny -he was spared the death penalty for treason by Magellan and after 5 months hard labour he was given the command of the "Concepción" - one of the 5 ships in Magellans fleet and from there (Patagonia) they set off to Indonesia and finally back to Spain via the cape of good hope - thus he wasnt the first "Captain" to go right around the world as a captain no?

Drake's only distinction was that he was the first to do it under a single leader. But to circumnavigate something I do not think that distinction is necessary. One can circumnavigate the globe and not be the captain at all.

zakalwe wrote:

riadach wrote:

905 wrote:

I think it's a parliament of crows and a murder of ravens. Dunno about foxes, a 'screech' of foxes? Did I just make that up?

What do you call a group of rhinos?

A parliament of owls if I'm not mistaken. The collective noun for Unicorns has to be my favourite.

an illusion?

What illusion?

A blessing if I'm not mistaken. I could be mistaken, but is English the only language that is so pedantic about its collective nouns?

riadach wrote:

Edo wrote:

905 wrote:

Elcano would have been captain of his own ship, whereas Magellan would have been captian of the overall fleet. That's my guess.

Nope - he was a subordinate officer on one of the ships from Spain to Patagonia where he took part in a failed mutiny -he was spared the death penalty for treason by Magellan and after 5 months hard labour he was given the command of the "Concepción" - one of the 5 ships in Magellans fleet and from there (Patagonia) they set off to Indonesia and finally back to Spain via the cape of good hope - thus he wasnt the first "Captain" to go right around the world as a captain no?

Drake's only distinction was that he was the first to do it under a single leader. But to circumnavigate something I do not think that distinction is necessary. One can circumnavigate the globe and not be the captain at all.

Fair enough - but the question was who was the first Captain to do it? - was it not?

Edo wrote:

riadach wrote:

Edo wrote:

905 wrote:

Elcano would have been captain of his own ship, whereas Magellan would have been captian of the overall fleet. That's my guess.

Nope - he was a subordinate officer on one of the ships from Spain to Patagonia where he took part in a failed mutiny -he was spared the death penalty for treason by Magellan and after 5 months hard labour he was given the command of the "Concepción" - one of the 5 ships in Magellans fleet and from there (Patagonia) they set off to Indonesia and finally back to Spain via the cape of good hope - thus he wasnt the first "Captain" to go right around the world as a captain no?

Drake's only distinction was that he was the first to do it under a single leader. But to circumnavigate something I do not think that distinction is necessary. One can circumnavigate the globe and not be the captain at all.

Fair enough - but the question was who was the first Captain to do it? - was it not?

Was he not a captain when he circumnavigated it? This is getting awfully semantic. lol.