One quiz at a time

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 10:11 Sun 08 Dec 2013

Perhaps Lord Mountbatten then.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 11:28 Sun 08 Dec 2013

djewesbury wrote:Perhaps Lord Mountbatten then.

No.

LGTrotter wrote:The collection includes very old stories, all collected in about 1943. The oldest story relates to a king from around 317-293 BC.

His name was Candragupta Maurya.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 11:34 Sun 08 Dec 2013

Correct. Owen's turn.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 11:44 Sun 08 Dec 2013

djewesbury wrote:Correct. Owen's turn.

OK, good question Owen.

How long will I be stuck asking and answering questions on subjects of only passing interest to me and none to anybody else? The subsidiary question is why?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 11:48 Sun 08 Dec 2013

Not my guess

Post by **DRT** » 08:57 Mon 09 Dec 2013

I claim the question:

On 19th November JDAW, AHB, DRT and one other person were in Westminster for a couple of hours in the late afternoon. Why?

Post by **PhilW** » 09:25 Mon 09 Dec 2013

DRT wrote:I claim the question:

On 19th November JDAW, AHB, DRT and one other person were in Westminster for a couple of hours in the late afternoon. Why?

Drinking port with a visiting Symington family member to celebrate the donation by the Symingtons of a new Ambulance to a Douro valley fire brigade?

Post by **DRT** » 09:26 Mon 09 Dec 2013

PhilW wrote:
DRT wrote:I claim the question:

On 19th November JDAW, AHB, DRT and one other person were in Westminster for a couple of hours in the late afternoon. Why?
Drinking port with a visiting Symington family member to celebrate the donation by the Symingtons of a new Ambulance to a Douro valley fire brigade?

No. Not even close.

Post by **jdaw1** » 10:47 Mon 09 Dec 2013

On that afternoon I took a photo of an imperfectly drawn Union Jack. Would it be of any help if I were to post that photo?

No, thought not.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 16:03 Mon 09 Dec 2013

The thread's broken - no posts for over 24 hours (and it's just taken me an hour to catch up from where I was last time I logged on!)

Post by **jdaw1** » 16:10 Mon 09 Dec 2013

AHB wrote:The thread's broken - no posts for over 24 hours

I posted about five hours ago.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 17:05 Mon 09 Dec 2013

jdaw1 wrote:
AHB wrote:The thread's broken - no posts for over 24 hours
I posted about five hours ago.

Would you believe that when I posted my comment I was convinced it was Tuesday. That's what following an away Ashes series can do for a man!

Post by **DRT** » 16:29 Tue 10 Dec 2013

Perhaps a clue would give life back to the thread?

The other person was a woman. What would me, a woman and two blokes from

be doing in Westminster on a Tuesday afternoon?

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 17:42 Tue 10 Dec 2013

DRT wrote:Perhaps a clue would give life back to the thread?

The other person was a woman. What would me, a woman and two blokes from be doing in Westminster on a Tuesday afternoon?

Delivering communion Port to the Abby for the following Sunday service?

Post by **PhilW** » 19:19 Tue 10 Dec 2013

DRT wrote:The other person was a woman. What would me, a woman and two blokes from be doing in Westminster on a Tuesday afternoon?

Climbing Big Ben?

Post by **DRT** » 19:22 Tue 10 Dec 2013

No and no.

SCP-DFF · Post by **SCP-DFF** » 20:03 Tue 10 Dec 2013

This game is fun when you know the answer.

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 22:40 Tue 10 Dec 2013

You were all visiting the Churchill War Rooms.

Post by **PhilW** » 22:45 Tue 10 Dec 2013

The game is a little slow with so few players; We've barely started to guess at this one.
In the meantime while awaiting my turn I shall therefore muse a little and see if the quizmaster wishes to comment...
What could 1 woman and three men do together? Avoiding the more risqué options, they are a wide range of possibilities, such as attend a ceremony, visit an attraction or location, see a show, buy or browse for some item(s); unlikely to be marriage (of the parties involved) as JDAW was ruminating what to drink afterward and was considering Warre LBVs; from that same thread, the afternoon was obviously pre-planned, implying an appointment or preference to avoid plan change. Quite a broad area to guess at. We need more guessers, to generate more guesses, to garner clues.

Post by **PhilW** » 22:47 Tue 10 Dec 2013

Attending the opening of something?

Post by **DRT** » 23:20 Tue 10 Dec 2013

Not the war rooms or the opening of something.

Phil is thinking in the right direction, but not with his guess.

Post by **jdaw1** » 23:33 Tue 10 Dec 2013

PhilW wrote:We need more guessers, to generate more guesses, to garner clues.

Several candidate guessers are excluded from this question, which might be lessening the tempo. It would be very unfortunate if this question killed the thread.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:44 Tue 10 Dec 2013

Did you go to a matinee performance?

Post by **DRT** » 23:48 Tue 10 Dec 2013

No, not a matinee. More ceremonial than that.

Post by **PhilW** » 07:06 Wed 11 Dec 2013

Did you attend a court?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 14:17 Wed 11 Dec 2013

Swear an oath?

Post by **jdaw1** » 14:28 Wed 11 Dec 2013

PhilW wrote:Did you attend a court?

Not that and doesn’t quite match the list of folks present.

djewesbury wrote:Swear an oath?

Whilst true, that is insufficient.

Post by **PhilW** » 14:30 Wed 11 Dec 2013

Proposal?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 14:37 Wed 11 Dec 2013

Was this something to do with your business empire?

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 21:27 Wed 11 Dec 2013

You went to see a lawyer/solicitor and set up a contract of some kind

Post by **jdaw1** » 21:53 Wed 11 Dec 2013

A careful review of PhilW’s multiple posts of reasoning would greatly help. It is within his reach.

Post by **jdaw1** » 21:55 Wed 11 Dec 2013

djewesbury wrote:Was this something to do with your business empire?

Not nobody’s business empire.

AW77 wrote:You went to see a lawyer/solicitor and set up a contract of some kind

Even though wrong, not wholly wrong.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 21:56 Wed 11 Dec 2013

You renewed your vows.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 22:06 Wed 11 Dec 2013

djewesbury wrote:You renewed your vows.

Who did? What vows?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:27 Wed 11 Dec 2013

AHB wrote:
djewesbury wrote:You renewed your vows.
Who did? What vows?

You are answering the question with a question, and yet I'm not allowed to answer as it's not my turn.

Post by **PhilW** » 12:00 Thu 12 Dec 2013

jdaw1 wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Was this something to do with your business empire?
Not nobody’s business empire.

Was that double negative deliberate and a clue, i.e. to do with somebody's business empire, just not yours?

Can we also confirm whether the woman joining DRT, JDAW and AHB was a family member/partner of one of these, or an official being visited?

Latest guess: One (or more) of you was revising your will(s).

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 12:03 Thu 12 Dec 2013

Mrs W became a British citizen.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 13:15 Thu 12 Dec 2013

PhilW wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Was this something to do with your business empire?
Not nobody’s business empire.
Was that double negative deliberate and a clue, i.e. to do with somebody's business empire, just not yours?

Can we also confirm whether the woman joining DRT, JDAW and AHB was a family member/partner of one of these, or an official being visited?

Latest guess: One (or more) of you was revising your will(s).

The woman joining us was not my wife, JDAW's wife nor DRT's wife.

Will's were not revised, but one is likely to be in due course.

djewesbury wrote:Mrs W became a British citizen.

No

Post by **PhilW** » 14:15 Thu 12 Dec 2013

Assignment of legal guardian and or trust in case of tragedy?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 14:17 Thu 12 Dec 2013

This quiz is going on too long. I think there should be a forfeit for unguessed quizzes to encourage the provision of useful clues.
You were chartering a boat to Bolivia.

Post by **jdaw1** » 14:53 Thu 12 Dec 2013

PhilW wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Was this something to do with your business empire?
Not nobody’s business empire.
Was that double negative deliberate and a clue, i.e. to do with somebody's business empire, just not yours?

Mere emphasis: it was personal, not business.

Post by **jdaw1** » 14:54 Thu 12 Dec 2013

Clue recap:

jdaw1 wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Swear an oath?
Whilst true, that is insufficient.

jdaw1 wrote:A careful review of PhilW’s multiple posts of reasoning would greatly help. It is within his reach.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 14:56 Thu 12 Dec 2013

jdaw1 wrote:Clue recap:
jdaw1 wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Swear an oath?
Whilst true, that is insufficient.
jdaw1 wrote:A careful review of PhilW’s multiple posts of reasoning would greatly help. It is within his reach.

Inadequate. New clue.

JWEW · Post by **JWEW** » 16:31 Thu 12 Dec 2013

A visit to a registrar for one of the tasks they perform.

Birth certificates.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 16:45 Thu 12 Dec 2013

It's obviously something that requires a witness and an oath. Please put us out of our misery.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 18:05 Thu 12 Dec 2013

I can't believe that with all the clues given no-one has come up with the right answer - it's so obvious!

A summary of all clues, not just the ones which JDAW has posted:

djewesbury wrote:It's obviously something that requires a witness and an oath. Please put us out of our misery.

Yes, but what could the "something" be?

JWEW wrote:A visit to a registrar for one of the tasks they perform. Birth certificates.

Yes to the first part, but not birth certificates.

jdaw1 wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Swear an oath?
Whilst true, that is insufficient.

jdaw1 wrote:A careful review of PhilW’s multiple posts of reasoning would greatly help. It is within his reach.

jdaw1 wrote:...it was personal, not business.

PhilW wrote:Can we also confirm whether the woman joining DRT, JDAW and AHB was a family member/partner of one of these, or an official being visited?

The woman was a partner of one of DRT, JDAW and AHB (new clue!) but the woman joining us was not my wife, JDAW's wife nor DRT's wife.

PhilW wrote:Latest guess: One (or more) of you was revising your will(s).

Will's were not revised, but one is likely to be in due course.

AHB wrote:
djewesbury wrote:You renewed your vows.
Who did? What vows?

jdaw1 wrote:
AW77 wrote:You went to see a lawyer/solicitor and set up a contract of some kind
Even though wrong, not wholly wrong.

PhilW wrote:Proposal?

Of what sort?

DRT wrote:No, not a matinee. More ceremonial than that.

Post by **PhilW** » 18:35 Thu 12 Dec 2013

Seems to bring us back to marriage/civil partnership, but we eliminated that... Aside from that we have births and deaths, not sure of anything further; adoption? (Mostly just guessing something I'm fairly sure is wrong to give someone else with a better idea the chance to go!)

Post by **DRT** » 19:02 Thu 12 Dec 2013

PhilW wrote:Seems to bring us back to marriage/civil partnership, but we eliminated that

Did we?

{apologies for being missing in action, have just returned from a few days in the hills.}

Post by **jdaw1** » 20:22 Thu 12 Dec 2013

DRT wrote:
PhilW wrote:Seems to bring us back to marriage/civil partnership, but we eliminated that
Did we?

No.

Post by **DRT** » 20:47 Thu 12 Dec 2013

PhilW wrote:adoption?

No.