by SnookerEd25 » 16 Apr 2021 Read
HappyCamper wrote:Bristol?
Straight in there, shares a birthplace with the 2019 World Snooker Champion.
LDS not even in the right country
-
SnookerEd25
- Posts: 18327
- Joined: 10 October 2011
- Location: West London
- Snooker Idol: Cliff Wilson
- Highest Break: 53
- Walk-On: Play with Fire (Rolling Stones)
by HappyCamper » 16 Apr 2021 Read
The Bristol based bus company Badgerline merged in 1995 with the Grampian Regional Transport Group to form what company, now a large multi national transport group listed on the FTSE 250 index?
-
HappyCamper
- Posts: 18579
- Joined: 05 November 2018
- Location: Edinburgh
- Snooker Idol: Graeme Dott
- Walk-On: Banana Chips by Shonen Knife
by Juddernaut88 » 16 Apr 2021 Read
Swansea
-
Juddernaut88
- Posts: 53877
- Joined: 27 February 2020
- Location: Coventry
- Snooker Idol: Hendry and Trump
- Highest Break: 30
- Walk-On: Simple Minds- Glittering Prize
-
by Iranu » 16 Apr 2021 Read
Megabus
-
Iranu
- Posts: 41109
- Joined: 24 January 2010
- Walk-On: Fort Knox - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
by SnookerEd25 » 16 Apr 2021 Read
Stagecoach?
-
SnookerEd25
- Posts: 18327
- Joined: 10 October 2011
- Location: West London
- Snooker Idol: Cliff Wilson
- Highest Break: 53
- Walk-On: Play with Fire (Rolling Stones)
by HappyCamper » 16 Apr 2021 Read
Iranu wrote:Megabus
not megabus, a subsidiary of stagecoach founded in 2003
SnookerEd25 wrote:Stagecoach?
not stagecoach, founded in perth in the seventies.
Juddernaut88 wrote:Swansea
not swansea, which is a city in wales at least a thousand years old.
-
HappyCamper
- Posts: 18579
- Joined: 05 November 2018
- Location: Edinburgh
- Snooker Idol: Graeme Dott
- Walk-On: Banana Chips by Shonen Knife
by McManusFan » 16 Apr 2021 Read
Greyhound? Too American me thinks.
-
McManusFan
- Posts: 7780
- Joined: 03 October 2018
- Snooker Idol: Alan McManus
- Highest Break: 8
by HappyCamper » 16 Apr 2021 Read
McManusFan wrote:Greyhound? Too American me thinks.
no. but interestingly greyhound lines usa were actually bought by the correct answer in 2007 and are now a wholly owned subsidiary.
-
HappyCamper
- Posts: 18579
- Joined: 05 November 2018
- Location: Edinburgh
- Snooker Idol: Graeme Dott
- Walk-On: Banana Chips by Shonen Knife
by McManusFan » 16 Apr 2021 Read
I think I remember a bus company called First Bus or something like that. They may have used to run the buses in York, but not sure.
-
McManusFan
- Posts: 7780
- Joined: 03 October 2018
- Snooker Idol: Alan McManus
- Highest Break: 8
by Iranu » 16 Apr 2021 Read
Arriva?
-
Iranu
- Posts: 41109
- Joined: 24 January 2010
- Walk-On: Fort Knox - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
by HappyCamper » 16 Apr 2021 Read
Iranu wrote:Arriva?
not arriva, who are based in the north east of england and now owned by duetsche bahn.
McManusFan wrote:I think I remember a bus company called First Bus or something like that. They may have used to run the buses in York, but not sure.
correct! now called first group as they have branched into multiple rail franchises in the uk and abroad,
-
HappyCamper
- Posts: 18579
- Joined: 05 November 2018
- Location: Edinburgh
- Snooker Idol: Graeme Dott
- Walk-On: Banana Chips by Shonen Knife
by McManusFan » 16 Apr 2021 Read
HappyCamper wrote:Iranu wrote:Arriva?
not arriva, who are based in the north east of england and now owned by duetsche bahn.
McManusFan wrote:I think I remember a bus company called First Bus or something like that. They may have used to run the buses in York, but not sure.
correct! now called first group as they have branched into multiple rail franchises in the uk and abroad,
Stone me! Give me a minute to think up a question.
-
McManusFan
- Posts: 7780
- Joined: 03 October 2018
- Snooker Idol: Alan McManus
- Highest Break: 8
by McManusFan » 16 Apr 2021 Read
Carrying on the theme of firsts, which institution had the first ever website?
-
McManusFan
- Posts: 7780
- Joined: 03 October 2018
- Snooker Idol: Alan McManus
- Highest Break: 8
by Iranu » 16 Apr 2021 Read
ARPA?
-
Iranu
- Posts: 41109
- Joined: 24 January 2010
- Walk-On: Fort Knox - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
by McManusFan » 16 Apr 2021 Read
Iranu wrote:ARPA?
Not ARPA, the Australian Rehabilitation Providers Association. Or anything sharing those initials.
-
McManusFan
- Posts: 7780
- Joined: 03 October 2018
- Snooker Idol: Alan McManus
- Highest Break: 8
by Iranu » 16 Apr 2021 Read
McManusFan wrote:Iranu wrote:ARPA?
Not ARPA, the Australian Rehabilitation Providers Association. Or anything sharing those initials.
I was thinking the ARPANET but I guess that’s not technically a website.
CERN?
-
Iranu
- Posts: 41109
- Joined: 24 January 2010
- Walk-On: Fort Knox - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
by McManusFan » 16 Apr 2021 Read
Iranu wrote:McManusFan wrote:Iranu wrote:ARPA?
Not ARPA, the Australian Rehabilitation Providers Association. Or anything sharing those initials.
I was thinking the ARPANET but I guess that’s not technically a website.
CERN?
Bingo!
-
McManusFan
- Posts: 7780
- Joined: 03 October 2018
- Snooker Idol: Alan McManus
- Highest Break: 8
by SnookerEd25 » 16 Apr 2021 Read
HappyCamper wrote:Iranu wrote:Megabus
not megabus, a subsidiary of stagecoach founded in 2003
SnookerEd25 wrote:Stagecoach?
not stagecoach, founded in perth in the seventies.
Juddernaut88 wrote:Swansea
not swansea, which is a city in wales at least a thousand years old.
-
SnookerEd25
- Posts: 18327
- Joined: 10 October 2011
- Location: West London
- Snooker Idol: Cliff Wilson
- Highest Break: 53
- Walk-On: Play with Fire (Rolling Stones)
by HappyCamper » 18 Apr 2021 Read
Time for a new question.
-
HappyCamper
- Posts: 18579
- Joined: 05 November 2018
- Location: Edinburgh
- Snooker Idol: Graeme Dott
- Walk-On: Banana Chips by Shonen Knife
by Juddernaut88 » 18 Apr 2021 Read
I think so
-
Juddernaut88
- Posts: 53877
- Joined: 27 February 2020
- Location: Coventry
- Snooker Idol: Hendry and Trump
- Highest Break: 30
- Walk-On: Simple Minds- Glittering Prize
-
by chengdufan » 19 Apr 2021 Read
Iranu's go I think
-
chengdufan
- Posts: 11471
- Joined: 08 July 2016
- Location: Chongqing
- Snooker Idol: Xiao Guodong
- Highest Break: 25
- Walk-On: Europe - The Final Countdown
by Iranu » 19 Apr 2021 Read
Who is credited with inventing the battery?
-
Iranu
- Posts: 41109
- Joined: 24 January 2010
- Walk-On: Fort Knox - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
by HappyCamper » 19 Apr 2021 Read
volta?
-
HappyCamper
- Posts: 18579
- Joined: 05 November 2018
- Location: Edinburgh
- Snooker Idol: Graeme Dott
- Walk-On: Banana Chips by Shonen Knife
by McManusFan » 19 Apr 2021 Read
Ian Duracell?
-
McManusFan
- Posts: 7780
- Joined: 03 October 2018
- Snooker Idol: Alan McManus
- Highest Break: 8
by Iranu » 19 Apr 2021 Read
HC predictably takes it
-
Iranu
- Posts: 41109
- Joined: 24 January 2010
- Walk-On: Fort Knox - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
by Prop » 19 Apr 2021 Read
McManusFan wrote:Ian Duracell?
-
Prop
- Posts: 25371
- Joined: 16 December 2015
- Highest Break: 65
- Walk-On: Papua New Guinea - FSOL
by HappyCamper » 19 Apr 2021 Read
Which satire by Voltaire has the sub title the Optimist, the work has been adapted as a 20th C operetta with music my Leonard Bernstein?
-
HappyCamper
- Posts: 18579
- Joined: 05 November 2018
- Location: Edinburgh
- Snooker Idol: Graeme Dott
- Walk-On: Banana Chips by Shonen Knife
by vodkadiet1 » 20 Apr 2021 Read
HappyCamper wrote:Which satire by Voltaire has the sub title the Optimist, the work has been adapted as a 20th C operetta with music my Leonard Bernstein?
Candide?
-
vodkadiet1
- Posts: 4576
- Joined: 20 April 2019
- Location: London
- Snooker Idol: Kirk Stevens
- Highest Break: 48
- Walk-On: Crazy (Seal)
by HappyCamper » 20 Apr 2021 Read
vodkadiet1 wrote:HappyCamper wrote:Which satire by Voltaire has the sub title the Optimist, the work has been adapted as a 20th C operetta with music my Leonard Bernstein?
Candide?
correct. obviously a man of culture
-
HappyCamper
- Posts: 18579
- Joined: 05 November 2018
- Location: Edinburgh
- Snooker Idol: Graeme Dott
- Walk-On: Banana Chips by Shonen Knife
by vodkadiet1 » 20 Apr 2021 Read
HappyCamper wrote:vodkadiet1 wrote:HappyCamper wrote:Which satire by Voltaire has the sub title the Optimist, the work has been adapted as a 20th C operetta with music my Leonard Bernstein?
Candide?
correct. obviously a man of culture
Tthe best of all possible worlds...
-
vodkadiet1
- Posts: 4576
- Joined: 20 April 2019
- Location: London
- Snooker Idol: Kirk Stevens
- Highest Break: 48
- Walk-On: Crazy (Seal)