Pickled Egg Jukebox-Your Selections

[bobins]

Anyone curious?

What makes this song appropriate for today



Regards Neil

A nice link It's the shortest song to reach number 1 in the UK, and today is the shortest day....... though technically the day is the same length it's the daylight hours that are the shortest

[NewcastleFalcon]

A nice link It's the shortest song to reach number 1 in the UK, and today is the shortest day....... though technically the day is the same length it's the daylight hours that are the shortest

Yes spot on! Of course both tracks are totally inappropriate for residents of the Southern Hemisphere

The longest single ever to be number 1 would have been more appropriate for today for them

Anyone curious

Regards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Go on, shove up a few questions, see if we cant stir the punters up into a bit of a grey matter work out!

No rules make it up as we go along, but it would be nice for participation's sake if answerers could reciprocate with a few questions themselves to keep the kettle boiling.

Who's going to start it off.

Regards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Who's going to start it off.

Regards Neil

Well let me be the first. Its been a long time since A-Level Chemistry....there's a time limit, and what you may think is surprisingly easy will be more difficult than you think and you will miss out some obvious ones.

I got 41 out of 118

Periodic Table quiz

Honestly...it's marginally entertaining give it a go

Regards Neil

[bobins]

Me and Mrs Bobins managed 69 - but she likes the periodic table.... whereas I only just about got a CSE in chemistry

I think a periodic table influenced Pickled Egg Jukebox might be in order in the New Year

[NewcastleFalcon]

Me and Mrs Bobins managed 69 - but she likes the periodic table.... whereas I only just about got a CSE in chemistry

I think a periodic table influenced Pickled Egg Jukebox might be in order in the New Year

I reckon that will take a bit of beating well done but did you miss some obvious ones like iron or tin!

I knew 4 of them had been named after that little town in Sweeden but I couln't remember one of them despite my postings on POTD. Got Strontium though, probably the only element to be named after a place in the UK.

Thanks for taking part!
Regards Neil

[bobins]

A few quiz questions of no particular relevance......

How many Penny Black stamps were printed?
A: 6,880
B: 68,808
C: 68,808,000

Answer:

Spoiler: show

C: 68,808,000

Who sang "Walking In The Air" in the 1982 Raymond Briggs film 'The Snowman' ?

Answer:

Spoiler: show

Peter Auty

What creatures are the Canary Islands named after ?

Answer:

Spoiler: show

Dogs (Canines)

Who was the first Patron Saint of England ?

Answer:

Spoiler: show

St Edmund

What does the Aboriginal word 'Kangaroo' mean ?

Answer:

Spoiler: show

I don't know

Who are 'Compagnie Française des Pétroles' better known as these days ?

Answer:

Spoiler: show

Total Oil

Which country's troops landed in England and beseiged Landguard Fort

Answer:

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Dutch

[bobins]

I reckon that will take a bit of beating well done but did you miss some obvious ones like iron or tin!

I knew 4 of them had been named after that little town in Sweeden but I couln't remember one of them despite my postings on POTD. Got Strontium though, probably the only element to be named after a place in the UK.

We got two of the Swedish ones - as a direct result of being educated down at the P.E.
The only annoyingly obvious one we missed was number 22. We didn't do too well on the Lanthanide series though - but I think we can be excused that

[NewcastleFalcon]

Yes,I couldn't have been further out on the penny black question! 3 out of 7 on the rest. I know my walking in the Air, my Canaries, and my Oil Companies!

Regards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Another to add to this interactive list..

Interactive Quizzes

Periodic Table Quiz

London Underground Stations Quiz

27 out of 63 on the Underground quiz for us.

Regards Neil

[bobins]

31 out of 63 for us - that was with my father in law playing who used to work up in London...... but back in the days of steam trains on the Underground I think

[NewcastleFalcon]

Another pair to add to this interactive list..

Interactive Quizzes

Periodic Table Quiz
London Underground Stations Quiz

Your choice
Erase the USA by state capitals
Erase Europe by Country

Regards Neil

[myglaren]

For no particular reason.

[NewcastleFalcon]

Quite a catalogue of movie soundtracks for Patrick Doyle inc Sense and Sensibility and Henry V, but probably a little known french Film "Une Femme Francaise" gets the nod today.

Why?

Well according to wiki the Current Subject of our latest Whatsthisthen? made an appearance in that film....

But its too obscure for IMCDB to find it!



Regards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Only one selection so far in 2018 on the PEJB

Shouldn't be allowed......and its not.

Let's have some contributions please, before I put up Pilot's January ("sick and tired youve been hanging on me.." etc.etc.)

Regards Neil

most notable thing I have heard on the radio recently

Spoiler: show

An old PE Jukebox (and POTD) Favourite


and if you like something with a bit of a harder edge there is a family link and a slight homage to Telstar in this.