Trivial Pursuit

[chris blanc]

Ok

 

What is the busiest airpost in the world?

 

(by the way, to answer the M*A*S*H question from last week about which cast member of the tv show served in the Korean war, the answer was actually Jamie Farr (Klinger)

[AFF]

Interesting question this, cb,

 

Not too sure about the airpost boxes but the distinction of busiest airport in the world is claimed by both Heathrow and O'Hare, Chicago.

 

It's something to do the different criteria of passengers, aircraft movement, freight, post-boxes and whoknowswhat.

[chris blanc]

Sorry, I meant in terms of passenger numbers

[Ian_W]

Drat then As in terms of aircraft it was O'Hare International Airport.

 

Not sure about passenger numbers - I guess Heathrow - but maybe not.

[chris blanc]

nope, not Heathrow or O'Hare

[Ian_W]

Atlanta's Hartsfield airport?

[chris blanc]

that's the one!

[AFF]

1.32am? 1.32AM? What on earth were you doing on a PC at 1.32 am? Wait. I've got it. You are an air traffic controller and you found a quiet minute or two to visit the site between landings.

 

How long did you wait for Ian_W to put up a question, cb?

 

Come on Ian_W, we're waiting for you. None of this biggest/tallest/mostest Guinness Book of Records stuff. Some General Knowledge, if you please.

[Ian_W]

According to the brothers Grimm tale, what was the name of the enchantress who imprisoned Rapunzel in the tower?

 

 

[AFF]

Hi Ian_W.

 

Frau Gothel.

 

According to the song, when can you check out of The Eagles 'Hotel California'?

[BFR]

Any time you like

 

What is the capital of the Maldives?

[EFM's Librarian]

I believe it to be Male?

 

Does this mean I get to set a question or do I have to wait for confirmation?

 

Oh well, I can't be bothered waiting so I will ask you which is the only children's book to have won the Whitbread prize? (sorry if its a bit easy)

[chris blanc]

Male was right, so going was fine.

 

The answer to your question is The Witches by Roald Dahl

 

On a similar note:

 

Which was the only comic to ever win the World Fantasy Award for best short story?

[AFF]

O.K. cb. It's not my call but 24 hours will be long enough to win the first Ferrari 365, kindly donated by DH.

 

I am able to give you the winners of the short story award from 1975 to the present but I don't know which was the first comic. If I was donating the Ferrari, I would probably post them all.

 

Libro would know but I suspect that he's just being difficult.

 

How's the air traffic today?

 

You could get second prize and have another go.

[chris blanc]

The answer was a comic called The Sandman, by Neil gaiman. Worth a read.

 

Who was John Clayton better known as?

[Ian_W]

Wasn't he Lord Greystoke or Tarzan?

[chris blanc]

yes indeedy

[EFM's Librarian]

Going back to an earlier question. Roald Dahl did indeed win the Whitbread childrens book award. What I should have said was "Which is the only childrens book to have won the overall Whitbread prize?" The answer incidentally was 'The amber spyglass' by Philip Pullman. My fault for not phrasing the question correctly.

 

Any chance of a new question Ian_W?

[Ian_W]

Okay - Mars was 55,760,000 km away from the Earth this week - but what distance was it away in AU?

[David Holden]

To 2 decimal places, I make it 0.37!