The 'don't google it' quiz thread.

R-Tape

What were the names of the 4 'main' Marx brothers? (bonus points for the lesser known 5th)

No cheating now.

Scottie_uk

Groucho, dozy, dee mick and titch.

Spex

Was one called Karl? :-)

R-Tape

Chortle, Scotty is close but no cigar for just one :-p

guesser

Groucho, Harpo, Bono, Elmo, Frodo, and Dave

1024MAK

Marx, Marx, Marx and Marx. Ooo and of course Marx :D

Luny

Mary, Mungo and Midge and...

R-Tape

Heh this could take a while. I might not be on the web this evening so if someone gets it right then the next question is on them.

Spoiler:

Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Zeppo
(Gummo)

MatGubbins

One was called Richard... he had a few hit singles

dm_boozefreek

Groucho, Zeppo, Harpo, and erm, hang on who was the last one? Oh that's right Howard! :))

MatGubbins

Add cousins Top and Full to the list.

moggy

Groucho Zeppo Chico Harpo the lesser known one ..Gummo.

Slight bit of trivia. amongst the many inventions of Zeppo Marx he is credited with inventing the hydraulic switch used in early automotive braking systems.

Source..Being an old sod who worshipped them as a kid.

def chris

skid, birth, stretch, bite, and erm.. 'no'

dm_boozefreek wrote: »

Oh that's right Howard! :))

like this guy. Mr Nice is probably the best autobiography I've read. the film with rhys ifans was cack though

moggy

Looks like the next one's on me sooo...

In the 1970's comedy "On the buses" what was the name of the fictitious bus company in the series?

For a bonus what name did it change to in at least one of the films?

1024MAK

Worse Bus



Or maybe a steam bus
called Elizabeth – Sentinel DG6P Steam Bus :D

MatGubbins

"All The Way" bus company

ewgf

I can't remember the name, it's Long something (Longton, Longway?), or Short something, or Low etc (be here all day), but didn't they use the name of a real place or company for the films, but not for the TV series, IIRC?

guesser

Luxton and District

zx1

Luxton Buses and the films are 'Holiday on the buses' and 'Mutiny on the buses' There were 3 films in total made between 1971 and 1973.

moggy

guesser wrote: »

Luxton and District

We have a winner!!!

The full title being.."The Luxton & District Traction Bus Company." , close ZX1 but not quite as accurate as Guessers answer..

In at least one of the films and in a few episodes it changed to "Town and district bus co".

Over to you Guesser.

zx1

*stomps off in a huff*

moggy

zx1 wrote: »

*stomps off in a huff*

This is just the sort of childish behaviour I've come to expect from you Sunny Jim so see me after class where you can write out a 1000 times "I must remove the puke green filter from my camera when taking pictures of food"!!

guesser

Oh, hrm, here's an easy one then, what page number did the in-vision "Pages from Ceefax" generator use in the years up until it's demise in 2012?

For the bonus question, what other page numbers were previously used :)

1024MAK

There was something interesting on 198 at one time, but I forget now if it was the testcard...
The page you are on about was different I think...

guesser

That's one of the bonus answers as 198 was one of the numbers used in the past :)

guesser

Clearly the overlap between WoS members who read chit-chat, and teletext nerds isn't as large as I thought! :)
Don't worry, I'll do a nice question about 60 year old tractors instead if I get another go ;)

GReW

guesser wrote: »

Oh, hrm, here's an easy one then, what page number did the in-vision "Pages from Ceefax" generator use in the years up until it's demise in 2012?

152?

Our local chippy used to have this on all the time, you could still see the BBC logo even when they turned the telly off.

guesser

Correct!

GReW

OK, probably an easy one, since they've been on TV almost continously in the run up to Christmas:

Name the city (or cities) that each of the first four Die Hard films were set in.

Bonus points, name the day of the year (to the nearest week) that each film takes place on.

Morkin

Luton? Fairly sure there's an airport there.

guesser

Die Hard was L.A. The second one was at Dulles International near Washington, D.C. Third one I don't think I've ever actually seen, and the fourth one was set all over the place.
Edit: oh wait, does he go around in a yellow cab diffusing bombs? must be New York?