bumblebee Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 In what Year was the first text message sent? Good question Duke. I'll take a stab at 1985 or so. Quote Link to comment
bumblebee Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 Here is one for Duke and the rest of you guys to keep us all busy. What nationality is the character (not the actor) Oddjob in the Jame's Bond movie Goldfinger? Quote Link to comment
duke007 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Nope route, I heard the question asked to Alan Brazil on Talksport this morning so Im hoping it is a given Going by this both you and BB are wrong btw.... not 100% sure but I think route's stab at Oddjob's nationality is correct Quote Link to comment
Pdoggg Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 I seem to recall that the first mobile phones were actually made in the early-1970s, so maybe 1974? Here's a pic of Max and his mobile shoe phone. Though I never saw him text with it. Oddjob would be no match for him. Quote Link to comment
bumblebee Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 Korean is correct. Quote Link to comment
bumblebee Posted April 10, 2015 Author Share Posted April 10, 2015 La Gioconda is better known in the English speaking world by what famous name? Quote Link to comment
bumblebee Posted April 10, 2015 Author Share Posted April 10, 2015 The Mona Lisa.That's the lady.Linda Womack of Womack and Womack is the daughter of which famous male singer? Quote Link to comment
bumblebee Posted April 12, 2015 Author Share Posted April 12, 2015 That's the lady. Linda Womack of Womack and Womack is the daughter of which famous male singer? Looks like this one was too much for the great brains of the forum. The answer is Sam Cooke. Quote Link to comment
bumblebee Posted April 12, 2015 Author Share Posted April 12, 2015 Where and in what decade was the world's first duty free opened? Quote Link to comment
ciobha Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 It was Shannon Airport (flew out of there a few times en route to USA, they have it proudly displayed) not sure of the decade though, I'll say 1960's?? Quote Link to comment
bumblebee Posted April 13, 2015 Author Share Posted April 13, 2015 It was Shannon Airport (flew out of there a few times en route to USA, they have it proudly displayed) not sure of the decade though, I'll say 1960's?? Shannon it was indeed but back in the 40s believe it or not. Quote Link to comment
bumblebee Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 In the Sherlock Holmes stories Professor Moriarty is a professor of what subject? Quote Link to comment
bumblebee Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 Mathematics, I believe. Well done Sherlock. Quote Link to comment
duke007 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 In what Year was the first text (sms) message sent? I'll give this question a bump Quote Link to comment
Pdoggg Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 I'll give this question a bump I'll guess 1991 which was the first year I saw a mobile phone when I saw a lady use a Gordon Gecko model. It might not surprise some of you that I was still using a rotaty phone until 2008. Quote Link to comment
duke007 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 I'll guess 1991 which was the first year I saw a mobile phone when I saw a lady use a Gordon Gecko model. It might not surprise some of you that I was still using a rotaty phone until 2008. Close PD, very close Quote Link to comment
seanbeag7 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 a good DJ that's whom Quote Link to comment
bumblebee Posted April 17, 2015 Author Share Posted April 17, 2015 At your party be a smarty and hire...whom? Mmmm..it sounds familiar from my youth but I just can's recall which program it is from. I reckon a kids show of some sort. Quote Link to comment
Quinn Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Tinnies! Where and when were the first 'Canned Beers' produced in the UK. (First outside the USA also) And for F***s sake why. 55555 Quote Link to comment
bumblebee Posted April 22, 2015 Author Share Posted April 22, 2015 bumblebee is on the right track... I finally had to google it as it was so familiar. Only U.K. members who were young in the 70s will get it I reckon. Quote Link to comment
bumblebee Posted April 22, 2015 Author Share Posted April 22, 2015 Tinnies! Where and when were the first 'Canned Beers' produced in the UK. (First outside the USA also) And for F***s sake why. 55555 Cheaper to produce than glass? No idea whereabout alas. Quote Link to comment
Quinn Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 And for F***s sake why. 55555 That was not really anything to do with the answer - just a swipe at tinned beers. Quote Link to comment
bumblebee Posted April 24, 2015 Author Share Posted April 24, 2015 Tinnies! Where and when were the first 'Canned Beers' produced in the UK. (First outside the USA also) And for F***s sake why. 55555 Scotland? I remember seeing cans of Tennents with girls' on them back in the 70s. Quote Link to comment
Quinn Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 No drinks on the house for you. In 1931, the small brewery at Felinfoel was the first brewery outside the USA to commerically can beer. Prior to this time, beer was only available in barrels or in glass bottles. From this time, lightweight tin cans could be used. Felinfoel Brewery was a major supplier to British armed forces abroad in the Second World War - cans saved a great deal of space and weight for wartime exports compared to glass bottles, and did not have to be returned for refilling. These early cans did not have a 'pull tab', instead they had a 'crown cork' (beer bottle top). All modern UK canned beer is descended from these small, early cans which helped change the drinking and beer-buying habits of the British public. From the 18th century until the early 20th century Wales dominated world tinplate production, peaking in the early 1890s when 80% of world's tinplate was produced in south Wales. 2 Quote Link to comment
Pdoggg Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 As a Yank I'm used to canned beer. There are some advantages. You don't have to worry about broken glass and you don't need a bottle opener. Quote Link to comment
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