Pub Trivia - AKA things that may be beyond the scope of Moorey’s knowledge

[Comic Book Guy]

commonly eaten meat in the world

Goat.

group invented the transistor

Bell Labs I think.

 

[Binaural]

Goat.

Bell Labs I think.

Bell Lab is correct! The team was led by William Shockley, who between founding Silicon valley, being a Harvard professor and discovering the most seminal technology imaginable, found time to hold forth on some pretty shockingly racist views even for the time. He was a believer in the voluntary sterilisation of individuals with an IQ below 100, which only has devastating Trump's reelection hopes to recommend it.

From google, Pork is the most eaten meat, but you got one of the questions right so off you go @Comic Book Guy!

 

[Comic Book Guy]

Thanks Binaural.

Who lived at 221, Baker Street, London?

 

[scblack]

Thanks Binaural.

Who lived at 221, Baker Street, London?

Sherlock Holmes

 

[cokeonspecialtwodollars]

Thanks Binaural.

Who lived at 221, Baker Street, London?

Famously it was the fictional character Sherlock Holmes... in reality I have no idea.

 

[Comic Book Guy]

Bingo Mr Black. Sherlock it was. Over to you.

 

[smitho]

Bingo Mr Black. Sherlock it was. Over to you.

221B Baker Street if we’re being specific...


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[scblack]

I lived for plenty of years overlooking the beach at Dee Why on Northern Beaches of Sydney.

How did the suburb Dee Why get its name?

 

[Binaural]

I lived for plenty of years overlooking the beach at Dee Why on Northern Beaches of Sydney.

How did the suburb Dee Why get its name?

Just looked this up. Damn, tough question.

 

[johnny]

Delinquent Youthville?

 

[Nambra]

Named after the Duke of York or something silly like that? That's my guess anyway, off to look it up now...

Edit: not even close... carry on - are we still playing pub trivia or "let's think of the most obscure question possible"?

 

[scblack]

Yeh I’ll chuck something else up. It’s trivia, sometimes that’s difficult. Life is not meant to be easy.

 

[scblack]

OK, a recent topical question: what was the first Quartz watch?

 

[scblack]

Delinquent Youthville?

It was LONG known as The Bronx. Apparently for good reason too.

 

[ashes_mtb]

OK, a recent topical question: what was the first Quartz watch?

Seiko? Think the Mrs said something about it when she gave me one

 

[Binaural]

Is this the first commercial or the first one built? This was also invented at Bell Labs per my earlier link, not sure when. If it's first commercial watch, no idea.

 

[scblack]

Seiko? Think the Mrs said something about it when she gave me one

That’ll do. Seiko Astron, 25Dec1969.

Away you go.

 

[Dales Cannon]

It is probably something dumb like it was actually DY and was an abbreviation for district yellow where everyone pissed on the sand.

 

[ashes_mtb]

What is Australia's (possibly the worlds) largest rock formation?

Hint: it's a monocline not a monolith.

 

[Binaural]

Uluru?

edit: wrong!