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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2421 Post by Rossian » Tue Aug 09, 2022 9:03 pm

ASS and AMP?? No idea where it is though.

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#2422 Post by Opsboi » Tue Aug 09, 2022 10:39 pm

OK, the donkey and the toad have nothing in common with the airport codes

So if it helps, just state the locations in pax-speak

Your best clue was the aircraft I've flown there on - and I forgot the Embraer

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#2423 Post by PHXPhlyer » Wed Aug 10, 2022 2:16 pm

Fox3WheresMyBanana wrote:
Tue Aug 09, 2022 5:11 pm
Yup!
The last one shut last week.
They had 29 in 2020, and borrowed heavily to open up to 880 restaurants. Problem was, the pandemic caused every pizzeria in Italy to start doing takeout and delivery. So, Covid wasn't all bad :D

You have control.
Domino’s tried to sell pizza to Italians. It failed

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/10/business ... index.html

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Domino’s’ Italian job was harder than it looked.

Seven years after its debut in the country, the American pizza giant has formally shut its stores after it failed to win over locals who preferred homegrown options, according to a report by Milano Today.

EPizza SpA, the franchise operator of the Domino’s (DMPZF) brand in Italy, filed for bankruptcy in April, after it struggled to make enough sales during two years of pandemic restrictions, according to a document filed in a Milan court.

The company stopped activity in all its Domino’s stores on July 20, according to a report by Food Service, an Italian food industry publication.

Although some may attribute Domino’s failure to its brazen attempt to infiltrate pizza’s homeland with American fare, ePizza said it went bust because of competition from food delivery apps.

The Milan-based company faced “unprecedented competition” from local restaurants that started using services such as Glovo, Just Eat and Deliveroo during the pandemic, the court filing said.

Domino’s said in a document, attached to the court filing, that ePizza’s troubles last year were the result of “significantly increased level of competition in the food delivery market with both organized chains and ‘mom & pop’ restaurants delivering food to survive.”

It said it also faced problems once pandemic restrictions were eased and consumers started visiting sit-down restaurants again.

The Milan court had granted the company a 90-day grace period, during which its creditors were not allowed to demand repayment or take its assets. That expired at the start of July.

Domino’s had high hopes when it moved into the Italian market in 2015, signing a 10-year franchizing deal with ePizza. It planned to introduce a large-scale pizza delivery service to the country, which was absent at the time, the court filing said.

By the start of 2020, ePizza was managing 23 stores in Italy and six more through a sub-franchise partner.

Neither Domino’s nor ePizza immediately responded to CNN Business’ request for comment.

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#2424 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Wed Aug 10, 2022 3:19 pm

"Oh, and one other teensy problem"
"Which is...?"
"They taste like $#!}"

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#2425 Post by PHXPhlyer » Wed Aug 10, 2022 3:23 pm

Although some may attribute Domino’s failure to its brazen attempt to infiltrate pizza’s homeland with American fare, ePizza said it went bust because of competition from food delivery apps.

The Milan-based company faced “unprecedented competition” from local restaurants that started using services such as Glovo, Just Eat and Deliveroo during the pandemic, the court filing said.

Domino’s said in a document, attached to the court filing, that ePizza’s troubles last year were the result of “significantly increased level of competition in the food delivery market with both organized chains and ‘mom & pop’ restaurants delivering food to survive.”

I seem to recall one of Domino's slogans was: "Domino's, We deliver." :))

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2426 Post by Opsboi » Wed Aug 10, 2022 6:27 pm

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Tue Aug 09, 2022 5:48 pm
A donkey is arguing with a crapaud (common toad)

Where would they hail from?

(Airport codes, please)
Anybody interested?

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2427 Post by PHXPhlyer » Wed Aug 10, 2022 6:45 pm

Not my part of the world.
Would like to know, though.
More clutter to take up space. Such is the nature of trivia.

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#2428 Post by Opsboi » Wed Aug 10, 2022 6:49 pm

PHXPhlyer wrote:
Wed Aug 10, 2022 6:45 pm
Not my part of the world.
Would like to know, though.
More clutter to take up space. Such is the nature of trivia.

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GCI, JCI

In the Channel Islands 26 miles apart, closer to France than Britain but British (although with their own fully independent Parliaments)

I think there are also Channel Islands off the coast of SoCal?

https://guernseydonkey.com/donkeys-toads-crows/

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2429 Post by Opsboi » Wed Aug 10, 2022 11:37 pm

OH if anybody can be arsed

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2430 Post by Rossian » Thu Aug 11, 2022 3:33 pm

There, there, don't huff. It was very obscure combination. I'm not surprised nobody got it. My attempt(see above) without looking anything up, ASS (the donkey) and AMP (amphibian?). I have subsequently looked up the ICAO codes and neither of my picks exist. C'est la vie.

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2431 Post by Opsboi » Thu Aug 11, 2022 4:01 pm

Rossian wrote:
Thu Aug 11, 2022 3:33 pm
There, there, don't huff. It was very obscure combination. I'm not surprised nobody got it. My attempt(see above) without looking anything up, ASS (the donkey) and AMP (amphibian?). I have subsequently looked up the ICAO codes and neither of my picks exist. C'est la vie.

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2432 Post by talmacapt » Thu Aug 11, 2022 5:39 pm

And my Latin suggestion(s) didn't get anywhere, no matter.

If no one else puts one up, I'll have a go tomorrow.

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2433 Post by talmacapt » Thu Aug 11, 2022 6:23 pm

Just to keep it rolling.

Which is the national bird of Finland, in Finnish?

You don't have to pronounce it.

Bonus question, what is the Ivory Coast in Finnish?

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2434 Post by Opsboi » Thu Aug 11, 2022 6:35 pm

talmacapt wrote:
Thu Aug 11, 2022 6:23 pm
Just to keep it rolling.

Which is the national bird of Finland, in Finnish?

You don't have to pronounce it.

Bonus question, what is the Ivory Coast in Finnish?
Hoping to see one or two in my area come the autumn

Ivorii Coastikkala?

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2435 Post by talmacapt » Thu Aug 11, 2022 7:21 pm

Nowhere near, try again.

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2436 Post by Opsboi » Thu Aug 11, 2022 10:07 pm

talmacapt wrote:
Thu Aug 11, 2022 7:21 pm
Nowhere near, try again.
I will see the birds in October/November if I get lucky this year, and I will be whooping with delight

Or I'll sue the Wetlands Trust for bad info

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2437 Post by talmacapt » Fri Aug 12, 2022 4:52 am

I hope you mean large and white, joutsen in Finnish.

Ivory Coast in Finnish - Norsunluurannikko.

Literary means "elephant bone coast" - obvious ain't it.

Opsboi has it.

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2438 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Mon Aug 15, 2022 10:55 pm

Whilst we are waiting, in what sense is Kokura the luckiest city in the World?
(Hint: Dimples)

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2439 Post by G~Man » Mon Aug 15, 2022 11:01 pm

Fox3WheresMyBanana wrote:
Mon Aug 15, 2022 10:55 pm
Whilst we are waiting, in what sense is Kokura the luckiest city in the World?
(Hint: Dimples)
I literally just read something about this a week or so ago. I believe it was on the list of cities to have the nuclear bomb dropped on it, I assume peace was signed before they got to its time to be bombed.
B-) Life may not be the party you hoped for, but while you're here, you may as well dance. B-)

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2440 Post by Wodrick » Mon Aug 15, 2022 11:07 pm

Close, It was the secondary target for the first bomb should the Hiroshima weather preclude a drop, in the event the weather was perfect.
It was the primary target for the second bomb but the poor weather meant that the secondary target, Nagasaki was hit.

Was a recent doc in the UK.
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