Christmas Quiz
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Christmas Quiz
What links this...
...to this ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9LJUCPZojM
There are two similar answers: one 'recent' and the other more historically exact - with the latter I need a place name.
...to this ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9LJUCPZojM
There are two similar answers: one 'recent' and the other more historically exact - with the latter I need a place name.
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Haven't got the answer yet Paul but I've frequently watched that You Tube clip which I love. I know the aircraft type but not sure if there is a link between the film title and the location of the aircraft manufacturer EricT
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Hiya Paul - I do like Glenn Miller-related posts at this time of year. Seems very fitting to honour the man so close to the anniversary of his death.
Is the answer a 'who' rather than a 'what', that being Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown? I understand Brown flew that very aircraft (well - obviously not the model in the photo! ) and was the first to land a 'trike' on an aircraft carrier. He also nominated At Last in his appearance on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.
As to the place name, my guess would be RAF Topcliffe which is where Brown actually met Miller and even joined the band in singing the song in question. Sad to remember that we lost Captain Brown earlier this year, so rather a poignant answer perhaps.
All the best,
Nick
Is the answer a 'who' rather than a 'what', that being Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown? I understand Brown flew that very aircraft (well - obviously not the model in the photo! ) and was the first to land a 'trike' on an aircraft carrier. He also nominated At Last in his appearance on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.
As to the place name, my guess would be RAF Topcliffe which is where Brown actually met Miller and even joined the band in singing the song in question. Sad to remember that we lost Captain Brown earlier this year, so rather a poignant answer perhaps.
All the best,
Nick
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Nick M wrote:Hiya Paul - I do like Glenn Miller-related posts at this time of year. Seems very fitting to honour the man so close to the anniversary of his death.
Is the answer a 'who' rather than a 'what', that being Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown? I understand Brown flew that very aircraft (well - obviously not the model in the photo! ) and was the first to land a 'trike' on an aircraft carrier. He also nominated At Last in his appearance on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.
As to the place name, my guess would be RAF Topcliffe which is where Brown actually met Miller and even joined the band in singing the song in question. Sad to remember that we lost Captain Brown earlier this year, so rather a poignant answer perhaps.
All the best,
Nick
Well there you go - short answer, long answer and place. Be sure to join me again next year for another fiendishly difficult Christmas quiz.
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Sorry Paul - you rather gave away the answer here!Paul K wrote:[...] Be sure to join me again next year for another fiendishly difficult Christmas quiz.
Thanks for the post as I'm listening to that episode of Desert Island Discs as I type. Rather chilling listening to his account of surviving the torpedoing of HMS Audacity, especially as I did my STCW 95 Sea Survival refresher course yesterday and got a reminder of how awkward it is to pull oneself into a liferaft, even in a heated pool. (More so than it was 16 years ago anyway, which is when I last did it!)
Cheers,
Nick
...Edit: as I get to the end of the programme (with Rod Stewart singing Sailing), I've just learned that Capt. Brown called his son "Glenn" too.
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Dammit Nick, you're not supposed to read what I say in other forums !!
EDIT: I remember doing the liferaft course too, up in South Shields. Great fun !
EDIT: I remember doing the liferaft course too, up in South Shields. Great fun !
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Liferafts are my favorite things about ships, Paul
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Very wise, Joe. Never go on a ship without them.airboatr wrote:Liferafts are my favorite things about ships, Paul
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I'm glad that Nick got the right answer.
All I could offer was that if you blew down that pipe at the front, it may sound like a trumpet.
All I could offer was that if you blew down that pipe at the front, it may sound like a trumpet.
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Liferafts are fun, I decided, until you find yourself sharing a 10 man one with 13 other guys!
Anyway, I though I'd try adding a Christmas Quiz question of my own.
What links this...
...to this?
Cheers,
Nick
Anyway, I though I'd try adding a Christmas Quiz question of my own.
What links this...
...to this?
Cheers,
Nick