Pickled Egg Quiz

[mickthemaverick]

Random quiz question generated from a page in my 1972 quiz book!!

A famous incident occurred on 27th August 1883 which had an instant effect up to 3000 miles away, and a prolonged effect for months. What was it?

So top of the head, a volcanic eruption would be a reasonable incident to fit the bill and, cause such an effect, when was Kracatoa? (probablly spelt that incorrectly but you know what I mean).

Regards Neil

I used to know a chiropodist who was good at that!!

It just might have been on 27th August 1883 - well done TOH! and for the record it is spelt Krakatoa!
The explosion caused ash to be propelled 50 miles into the air, was heard up to 3000 miles away and encircled the globe for months!! 36000 people died as a result of the eruption!

[myglaren]

Never any good at quizzezzez but knew that. Too little, too late, as usual.

[bobins]

The film title : "Krakatoa, East of Java" was factually incorrect. Krakatoa is actually West of Java ....... although, technically, if you go East enough you'll eventually come across it

[mickthemaverick]

You could argue that on that fateful day in 1883 Krakatoa was North, East, South and West of Java!!

[mickthemaverick]

My best day for a long time:
Original - Fail
Old 00s - Fail
New 00s - Fail
90s - Fail
80s - 2 secs
70s - 2 secs
60s - First 2 notes!

For me that is a major victory!!

[NewcastleFalcon]

My best day for a long time:
80s - 2 secs

What! How Never heard of it, and never saw the Karate Kid Part II Steely Dan's drummer on the Album Katy Lied played on the track though!

Hats off to the Maverick!

This was my best today
Falcon no match for return to form Heardle
Falcon 2 Heardle 5
60's (2 secs) 70's (2 secs)
Match analysis
Falcon notched up an early lead, but then from the 80's on Heardle dominated

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

My best day for a long time:
80s - 2 secs

What! How Never heard of it, and never saw the Karate Kid Part II

Regards Neil

Now there's a question you'll wish you hadn't asked
Back in the 90s I had a girlfriend who was heavily into her music and she used to use music to express her thoughts and feelings! On one occasion she sent me an audio message containing Elton John's Something About the Way You Look Tonight which took my breath away so I responded with Glory of Love and a short message which I ended with et cetera.......!! Now you know!! I shall go and put both tracks on the jukebox for a personal memory!!

[myglaren]

Original: Fail
Sixties: 2"
Seventies: Fail
Eighties: Thought I had it. Wrong again.Fail
Nineties: Fail
00s: Fail
New 00s. Fail

[NewcastleFalcon]

My best day for a long time:
80s - 2 secs

What! How Never heard of it, and never saw the Karate Kid Part II

Regards Neil

Now there's a question you'll wish you hadn't asked
Back in the 90s I had a girlfriend who was heavily into her music and she used to use music to express her thoughts and feelings! On one occasion she sent me an audio message containing Elton John's Something About the Way You Look Tonight which took my breath away so I responded with Glory of Love and a short message which I ended with et cetera.......!! Now you know!! I shall go and put both tracks on the jukebox for a personal memory!!

Probably early 90's when I got my first Mobile Phone, but on a trivial front, I wonder what was the platform used for the "audio messages" flying across the airways, down the wires, on the answerphone, or through the letterbox in cassette tapes!

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

It was actually mid to late 90s and they were sent as digital files from cd's if I remember correctly. Actually on 3.5" floppys!!

[NewcastleFalcon]

The singing postman was mentioned in passing on my POTD entry.

100 points if you can name him without looking it up

101 points if you look it up! More effort=more points!

Follow it up with the real name of the singing nun and her most famous recording for no points just the satisfaction of curiosity satisfied.

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Spoiler: show

If memory serves me it was either Alan or Andy Smethurst and his song about his "nicotine gal". The singing Nun was from Belgium but no idea about her name, her big song was "Dominique"

[NewcastleFalcon]

I reckon you get the 100 there Mick, excellent work.

regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Bit of a mixed bag today but ok for me!

Original. No idea
00s. Ditto
00s b. Ditto
90s. 1 note
80s. Ditto
70s. 12 secs
60s. 8 secs

What is getting spooky though is that the reason I know the 90s so well is that it is the theme to the first film I saw with my 90s girlfriend who I mentioned before. As a result of seeing that, and because of discretion about our situation we addressed each other as Rose and Jack in all our written communications!!

[myglaren]

Original: Fail
Sixties: Seventeen seconds
Seventies: Fail
Eighties: Fail
Nineties: Two seconds. Have the DVD, the CD and a JE cover on CD
00s: Fail. Thought I recognised it but couldn't have.
New 00s. Fail