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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2781 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Mon Jan 30, 2023 4:57 am

John Hill wrote:
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Extra extra bonus point for where did it end up?
Yes that too. :D ;)))
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2782 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Mon Jan 30, 2023 3:06 pm

Mrs Ex-Ascot wrote:
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:D

What was the first Boeing aircraft built and in which year? :-\

Bonus point for how many came off the production line. :D
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Extra extra bonus point for where did it end up?
Yes that too. :D ;)))
Just to get the latest challenge onto the new page.
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#2783 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:34 am

No one care to at least guess the year? :(

At least some one can guess where it ended up from Johns post. ;;) :D
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#2784 Post by Wodrick » Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:03 am

Cheated but Boeing Model 1 the B&W Seaplane "Bluebill" 1916 2 manufactured.
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#2785 Post by John Hill » Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:20 am

The Boeing seaplanes may have carried mail, I do not know, it is recorded that the aircraft were imported to NZ for a flying school but what happened after that is anyone's guess but I understand they were eventually scrapped, some say just burned on the beach while others claim the aircraft were sealed up in old military tunnels at Auckland.
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#2786 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Tue Jan 31, 2023 10:50 am

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#2787 Post by Ex-Ascot » Tue Jan 31, 2023 12:15 pm

O/H. In relation to the length of a 747 how far did the Wright brothers fly on their first flight?
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#2788 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Tue Jan 31, 2023 3:02 pm

Less than..about 3/4 ISTR.

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2789 Post by Ex-Ascot » Tue Jan 31, 2023 3:09 pm

You have it Fox it was 1/2.
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#2790 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Tue Jan 31, 2023 3:23 pm

Ta muchly.
How did Guy Fawkes die?

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#2791 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Tue Jan 31, 2023 3:41 pm

Hung, drawn and quatered I suspect.
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#2792 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Tue Jan 31, 2023 3:49 pm

That was the sentence, but not what actually happened.....

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#2793 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Tue Jan 31, 2023 3:52 pm

:-?

Did he end up being decapitated?

Edit: Ex-A has just googled it, and I now recall reading somewhere in the past what actually happened. :D @-)
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#2794 Post by G-CPTN » Tue Jan 31, 2023 3:54 pm

ISTR he perished on a bonfire . . . :-)

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#2795 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Tue Jan 31, 2023 3:55 pm

Beheaded: Yes, but only after his death, instead of it being his death, which is what was intended in HDQ

Not a bonfire. That was reserved for females guilty of Treason.

We got all the details at school in History. We did all the revolts and revolutions. Probably something to do with three of the Old Boys being organisers of the Peasants' Revolt (1381).

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2796 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Wed Feb 01, 2023 4:49 pm

To keep things moving along, we'll give that one to Mrs Ex-A.

The hanging bit of the hanged, drawn and quartered involved the victim climbing up a ladder with the noose round their neck, hands tied. This was to give the audience a good view. The rope was then tightened to slowly strangle the victim.
The victim was supposed to be still (just) alive when the drawing started.
Guy Fawkes committed suicide by jumping off the ladder whilst the rope was still slack, breaking his neck, and dying instantly. This deprived the crowd of most of their fun, and him of all of the pain.

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2797 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:31 am

Thankyou Fox3. :)

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2798 Post by Woody » Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:47 am

Oh I remember from my aviation geek days, five were built, don’t know if any are still flying :-?
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2799 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:50 am

Yes, five were built. :)

Care to guess how many are still flying? :D
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2800 Post by Woody » Fri Feb 03, 2023 10:22 am

Mrs Ex-Ascot wrote:
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Yes, five were built. :)

Care to guess how many are still flying? :D
Less than 5 :D
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