Re: [OT] Little quiz for the weekend 3

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (David Buttery) wrote: > BONUS QUESTION: What *was* Bernie doing all those "missing years"? Managing Brabham and Nelson Piquet I beleive ! Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

Here we go again... 1) How many cars took to the grid for the 1967 French GP at "Le Mans"? 2) Who were the four founders of March? 3) Hard one now - who did Elio de Angelis beat to the 1977 Italian F3 title? 4) What was Wolfgang von Trips' first major title? 5) Which is the only F1 GP to have been *deliberately* (as opposed to because of pile-ups etc) held over two heats? BONUS QUESTION: What *was* Bernie doing all those "missing years"? (And you can damn well pay your own libel bills... :-) ) -- David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.92) The GPL Scrapyard - http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.

> BONUS QUESTION: What *was* Bernie doing all those "missing years"? (Andyou > can damn well pay your own libel bills... :-) ) > -- Selling motorcycles I think. Dave

David Buttery wrote: > > Here we go again... > > 1) How many cars took to the grid for the 1967 French GP at "Le Mans"? 7, but 13 finished. > 2) Who were the four founders of March? Curly, Larry, Moe, and Shemp > 3) Hard one now - who did Elio de Angelis beat to the 1977 Italian F3 > title? Jocko Maggiacomo > 4) What was Wolfgang von Trips' first major title? Oktoberfest Queen, Heidelberg, 1954 > 5) Which is the only F1 GP to have been *deliberately* (as opposed to > because of pile-ups etc) held over two heats? Tripoli 1937 (everybody lost money on the Lotteria, so they did it all over again and "fixed" the results...) > BONUS QUESTION: What *was* Bernie doing all those "missing years"? (And you > can damn well pay your own libel bills... :-) ) After he masterminded the Great Train Robbery, he went on a religious pilgrimage to Bayonne, New Jersey, where he eventually landed a gig at the Bottoms Up strip club as a male impersonator.

He was also Jochen Rindt's manager at one stage. 1968/69 I believe. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- David <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:01c05b8a$b285c6e0$37d3fc3f@packardbell... > > > > BONUS QUESTION: What *was* Bernie doing all those "missing years"? (And > you > > can damn well pay your own libel bills... :-) ) > > -- > Selling motorcycles I think. > > Dave

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! (Love the Tripoli one!) -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Barton Brown <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > David Buttery wrote: > > > > Here we go again... > > > > 1) How many cars took to the grid for the 1967 French GP at "Le Mans"? > > 7, but 13 finished. > > > 2) Who were the four founders of March? > > Curly, Larry, Moe, and Shemp > > > 3) Hard one now - who did Elio de Angelis beat to the 1977 Italian F3 > > title? > > Jocko Maggiacomo > > > 4) What was Wolfgang von Trips' first major title? > > Oktoberfest Queen, Heidelberg, 1954 > > > 5) Which is the only F1 GP to have been *deliberately* (as opposed to > > because of pile-ups etc) held over two heats? > > Tripoli 1937 (everybody lost money on the Lotteria, so they did it all > over again and "fixed" the results...) > > > BONUS QUESTION: What *was* Bernie doing all those "missing years"? (And you > > can damn well pay your own libel bills... :-) ) > > After he masterminded the Great Train Robbery, he went on a religious > pilgrimage to Bayonne, New Jersey, where he eventually landed a gig at > the Bottoms Up strip club as a male impersonator.

On Fri 01 Dec 2000 06:34:03p, Barton Brown wrote: <snip> >> BONUS QUESTION: What *was* Bernie doing all those "missing years"? >> (And you can damn well pay your own libel bills... :-) ) > >After he masterminded the Great Train Robbery, he went on a religious >pilgrimage to Bayonne, New Jersey, where he eventually landed a gig at >the Bottoms Up strip club as a male impersonator. Damn - I was *convinced* no-one would get that one. Your prize is the authorisation to place the letters "SoS" after your name, which stands for "Superbus of Style". If you like, you may also add your membership number of this elite organisation, 1936... no, wait, there's someone before you. And lastly, I have to present you with some virtual jewels of office. Or "rocks", as they're known in the jargon. So, from now on, you are to be known as "Barton Brown SoS1937 rocks". OK? -- David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.92) The GPL Scrapyard - http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.

Hmmm . . . "David Buttery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Here we go again... > > 1) How many cars took to the grid for the 1967 French GP at "Le Mans"? 0--it was a Le Mans start ( a joke, but I'm assuming all of these are trick questions, just for the fun of it) > > 2) Who were the four founders of March? um, used to know this--there's a good old book about their first season > > 3) Hard one now - who did Elio de Angelis beat to the 1977 Italian F3 > title? > Patrese? > 4) What was Wolfgang von Trips' first major title? Prince (he was some sort of aristo, right?) > > 5) Which is the only F1 GP to have been *deliberately* (as opposed to > because of pile-ups etc) held over two heats? um > BONUS QUESTION: What *was* Bernie doing all those "missing years"? (Andyou > can damn well pay your own libel bills... :-) ) His dad got him a cushy job in the National Guard? -DSK > -- > David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.92) > The GPL Scrapyard - http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com > "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,really" - > Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.

David Buttery wrote: > > So, from now on, you are to be known as "Barton Brown SoS1937 rocks". OK? Oh, boy! I'm printing up my new business cards right now. Could someone donate me a copy of the game...?

Hehe............. :) -- www.geocities.com/simbokza Remove _your_clothes before replying "Barton Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > David Buttery wrote: > > > > Here we go again... > > > > 1) How many cars took to the grid for the 1967 French GP at "Le Mans"? > > 7, but 13 finished. > > > 2) Who were the four founders of March? > > Curly, Larry, Moe, and Shemp > > > 3) Hard one now - who did Elio de Angelis beat to the 1977 Italian F3 > > title? > > Jocko Maggiacomo > > > 4) What was Wolfgang von Trips' first major title? > > Oktoberfest Queen, Heidelberg, 1954 > > > 5) Which is the only F1 GP to have been *deliberately* (as opposed to > > because of pile-ups etc) held over two heats? > > Tripoli 1937 (everybody lost money on the Lotteria, so they did it all > over again and "fixed" the results...) > > > BONUS QUESTION: What *was* Bernie doing all those "missing years"? (And you > > can damn well pay your own libel bills... :-) ) > > After he masterminded the Great Train Robbery, he went on a religious > pilgrimage to Bayonne, New Jersey, where he eventually landed a gig at > the Bottoms Up strip club as a male impersonator.

On Sun 03 Dec 2000 12:29:07p, David Karr wrote:

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>(paraphrasing) > >BlackAdder: All right, what's your Christian name, Baldrick? >Baldrick: I dunno . . . It might be "Sod Off." >BlackAdder: Sod Off? >Baldrick: Yeah, when I was a lad, I'd go up to the other kids playing, >and say, "Hi, I'm Baldrick." And they'd say, "Yes, we know. Sod Off >Baldrick."

<snip> <worrying knowledge of old TV programmes mode> Actually, I believe it was that when he was playing in the gutter, he said it to the other snipes. From one of the best of all the Blackadders - the one with the election (starring the late, lamented Vincent Hanna[1]): Blackadder: "What would you do if I gave you a thousand pounds?" Baldrick: "I'd buy a little turnip of my own." Blackadder: "So what would you do if I gave you a million pounds?" Baldrick: "Oh, that's easy... I'd buy a great big turnip in the country." </worrying knowledge of old TV programmes mode> [1] who I genuinely believe was a significant factor in the beginnings of the Northern Ireland peace process. Anyone who heard his extraordinary "sort-of-round-table" shows late at night on BBC Radio Five[2] may well agree. [2] where, for example, both a DUP and Sinn Fein person would be on, but Hanna would have to perform verbal and technical gymnastics as they'd refuse to share a phone line or be even theoretically in contact with each other for even a millisecond.... -- David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.92) The GPL Scrapyard - http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.

I thought that the letters 'SoS' after one's name stod for 'Sad old Sod'? Someone called me that not too long ago and I was thinking of using the abbreviation. Guess I can't, now. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- David Buttery <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Fri 01 Dec 2000 06:34:03p, Barton Brown wrote: > > <snip> > >> BONUS QUESTION: What *was* Bernie doing all those "missing years"? > >> (And you can damn well pay your own libel bills... :-) ) > > > >After he masterminded the Great Train Robbery, he went on a religious > >pilgrimage to Bayonne, New Jersey, where he eventually landed a gig at > >the Bottoms Up strip club as a male impersonator. > > Damn - I was *convinced* no-one would get that one. > > Your prize is the authorisation to place the letters "SoS" after your name, > which stands for "Superbus of Style". If you like, you may also add your > membership number of this elite organisation, 1936... no, wait, there's > someone before you. And lastly, I have to present you with some virtual > jewels of office. Or "rocks", as they're known in the jargon. > > So, from now on, you are to be known as "Barton Brown SoS1937 rocks". OK? > > -- > David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.92) > The GPL Scrapyard - http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com > "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really" - > Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.

I not the the October edition of MotorSport is offering a free copy of that horror (SOS 1937) to all new subscribers! -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Barton Brown <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > David Buttery wrote: > > > > So, from now on, you are to be known as "Barton Brown SoS1937 rocks". OK? > > Oh, boy! I'm printing up my new business cards right now. Could someone > donate me a copy of the game...?

'e' -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia.

(paraphrasing) BlackAdder: All right, what's your Christian name, Baldrick? Baldrick: I dunno . . . It might be "Sod Off." BlackAdder: Sod Off? Baldrick: Yeah, when I was a lad, I'd go up to the other kids playing, and say, "Hi, I'm Baldrick." And they'd say, "Yes, we know. Sod Off Baldrick." So there's precedent for that, Bruce. --David "Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I thought that the letters 'SoS' after one's name stod for 'Sad old Sod'? > Someone called me that not too long ago and I was thinking of using the > abbreviation. Guess I can't, now. > > -- > Regards, > Bruce Kennewell, > Canberra, Australia. > --------------------------- > > David Buttery <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > On Fri 01 Dec 2000 06:34:03p, Barton Brown wrote: > > > > <snip> > > >> BONUS QUESTION: What *was* Bernie doing all those "missing years"? > > >> (And you can damn well pay your own libel bills... :-) ) > > > > > >After he masterminded the Great Train Robbery, he went on a religious > > >pilgrimage to Bayonne, New Jersey, where he eventually landed a gig at > > >the Bottoms Up strip club as a male impersonator. > > > > Damn - I was *convinced* no-one would get that one. > > > > Your prize is the authorisation to place the letters "SoS" after your > name, > > which stands for "Superbus of Style". If you like, you may also add your > > membership number of this elite organisation, 1936... no, wait, there's > > someone before you. And lastly, I have to present you with some virtual > > jewels of office. Or "rocks", as they're known in the jargon. > > > > So, from now on, you are to be known as "Barton Brown SoS1937 rocks".

OK?

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> > > > -- > > David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.92) > > The GPL Scrapyard - http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com > > "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, > really" - > > Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh. > >

LOL! Thanks for that, David. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- David Karr <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:90decr$3c3$[email hidden]... > (paraphrasing) > > BlackAdder: All right, what's your Christian name, Baldrick? > Baldrick: I dunno . . . It might be "Sod Off." > BlackAdder: Sod Off? > Baldrick: Yeah, when I was a lad, I'd go up to the other kids playing, and > say, "Hi, I'm Baldrick." And they'd say, "Yes, we know. Sod Off Baldrick." > > So there's precedent for that, Bruce. > > --

So Dave...what's the answer to the Taffy von Trips question? I know he was the German equivalent of a Count (Graf Berghe), but was he also, like many other drivers of his era, a champion sportsman in other fields than racing cars? I would guess (I could look it up, but that seems unfair) motorcycling and skiing. Here's a counter-quiz: what other sports did these fine drivers excel at, besides car racing: Stirling Moss Graham Hill Fon dePortago Jackie Stewart Mike Hailwood (and not just the same one as John Surtees!) Piero Taruffi Briggs Cunningham I'm also gonna guess on your 2 and 3: 2) Who were the four founders of March? Max Mosely, Alan Rees, that "c" person (not John Cleese!), and Robin Herd 3) Hard one now - who did Elio de Angelis beat to the 1977 Italian F3 title? Senna?

Bruce Kennewell <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Wasn't Jackie a champion clay-pigeon shooter? Yes. Jackie was at Olympic standard and could easily have made the team. Graham Hill was a pretty good rower BTW. MS

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> > -- > Regards, > Bruce Kennewell, > Canberra, Australia. > --------------------------- > > Barton Brown <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Here's a counter-quiz: what other sports did these fine drivers excel > > at, besides car racing: > > > > Stirling Moss > > Graham Hill > > Fon dePortago > > Jackie Stewart > > Mike Hailwood (and not just the same one as John Surtees!) > > Piero Taruffi > > Briggs Cunningham > > >

> > I'm also gonna guess on your 2 and 3: > > 2) Who were the four founders of March? > > Max Mosely, Alan Rees, that "c" person (not John Cleese!), and Robin Herd "C" person was Graham Coaker. MS

Bruce Kennewell wrote: > > Wasn't Jackie a champion clay-pigeon shooter? > > Yes, Olympic-class....

Mark Seery wrote: > > > Yes. Jackie was at Olympic standard and could easily have made the team. > Graham Hill was a pretty good rower BTW. > Hill was also a dab hand at cricket, a game I've always wished I could understand.

I knew about GH....that's the reason he wore the colours of the rowing club on his helmet. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Mark Seery <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:tDMW5.5613$[email hidden]... > > Bruce Kennewell <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Wasn't Jackie a champion clay-pigeon shooter? > > Yes. Jackie was at Olympic standard and could easily have made the team. > Graham Hill was a pretty good rower BTW. > > MS > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Bruce Kennewell, > > Canberra, Australia. > > --------------------------- > > > > Barton Brown <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > Here's a counter-quiz: what other sports did these fine drivers excel > > > at, besides car racing: > > > > > > Stirling Moss > > > Graham Hill > > > Fon dePortago > > > Jackie Stewart > > > Mike Hailwood (and not just the same one as John Surtees!) > > > Piero Taruffi > > > Briggs Cunningham > > > > > > > >

*Nobody* understands it, Bart, so don't fret! Try these:- http://amath.colorado.edu/appm/student/matthewt/Cricket/explain.html http://www.oingo.com/topic/58/58638.html there was a lovely description avaialbe a few eons ago on a bar-towel....it was the wackiest explanation ever! Something like "The side that's in goes out and the other side has to get them out before they can go in.....etc". -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Barton Brown <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Mark Seery wrote: > > > > > > Yes. Jackie was at Olympic standard and could easily have made the team. > > Graham Hill was a pretty good rower BTW. > > > > Hill was also a dab hand at cricket, a game I've always wished I could understand.

Anything you need to know about cricket, Bruce and I are here to help! Sidebar to Bruce: Have you ever seen that poem-style ramble about cricket, where it goes something like 'one team is in til it's out, then the other team who were out go in..."? Post it if you know what on earth I'm talking about! Barton Brown <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > Hill was also a dab hand at cricket, a game I've always wished I couldunderstand.

Sounds like a cat and a door... Stephen Bruce Kennewell <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Yep...I saw it on a bar-towel once and thought it was the best description > ever! > -- > Regards, > Bruce Kennewell, > Canberra, Australia. > --------------------------- > > Colin Harris <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:yrTW5.17193$[email hidden]... > > Anything you need to know about cricket, Bruce and I are here to help! > > Sidebar to Bruce: Have you ever seen that poem-style ramble about

cricket, > > where it goes something like 'one team is in til it's out, then theother > > team who were out go in..."? Post it if you know what on earth I'mtalking

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> > about! > > > > Barton Brown <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > > > > > > Hill was also a dab hand at cricket, a game I've always wished I could > > understand. > > > > > >

Wasn't Jackie a champion clay-pigeon shooter? -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Barton Brown <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Here's a counter-quiz: what other sports did these fine drivers excel > at, besides car racing: > > Stirling Moss > Graham Hill > Fon dePortago > Jackie Stewart > Mike Hailwood (and not just the same one as John Surtees!) > Piero Taruffi > Briggs Cunningham

Eh? -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Stephen Ferguson <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3a2ce126$[email hidden]... > Sounds like a cat and a door... >

>> it goes something like 'one team is in til it's out, then the other >> team who were out go in..."? Cat plus door to garden = endless hours of fun (for the cat). A cat can neither be "in" nor "out", but merely in a constant state of flux (Schroedinger's little known corollary). Stephen Bruce Kennewell <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Eh? > > -- > Regards, > Bruce Kennewell, > Canberra, Australia. > --------------------------- > > Stephen Ferguson <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:3a2ce126$[email hidden]... > > Sounds like a cat and a door... > > > > >

[email hidden] (David Buttery) wrote: > 4) What was Wolfgang von Trips' first major title?1954 German Sportscar Champion > 5) Which is the only F1 GP to have been *deliberately* (as opposed to > because of pile-ups etc) held over two heats?1959 German GP at AVUS. They feared tyre damage, so a "mandatory pit stop" was chosen. -- ____ /______\_ .\\ a t t h e a d [ XT./~~~~ [ Rex\_____ http://my.bawue.de/~matthead \____/\__]_] 1977' Yamaha XT.Rex 500 Enduro (154 Mm)

Yep...I saw it on a bar-towel once and thought it was the best description ever! -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Colin Harris <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:yrTW5.17193$[email hidden]... > Anything you need to know about cricket, Bruce and I are here to help! > Sidebar to Bruce: Have you ever seen that poem-style ramble about cricket, > where it goes something like 'one team is in til it's out, then the other > team who were out go in..."? Post it if you know what on earth I'm talking > about! > > Barton Brown <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > > > > Hill was also a dab hand at cricket, a game I've always wished I could > understand. > >

Aha! Tnx. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Stephen Ferguson <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3a2df789$[email hidden]... > >> it goes something like 'one team is in til it's out, then the other > >> team who were out go in..."? > > Cat plus door to garden = endless hours of fun (for the cat). A cat can > neither be "in" nor "out", but merely in a constant state of flux > (Schroedinger's little known corollary). > > Stephen > > Bruce Kennewell <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Eh? > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Bruce Kennewell, > > Canberra, Australia. > > --------------------------- > > > > Stephen Ferguson <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:3a2ce126$[email hidden]... > > > Sounds like a cat and a door... > > > > > > > > > > >