Trivia Question of the Day

[Hydromet]

Toyoda (sic) sewing and weaving machinery. If you ever have the opportunity to visit their museum it's well worth half a day.

[Wodrick]

Strictly it's an automatic loom but near enuf YHC

[Opsboi]

That must have lurking in my subconscious, 'cos I promise I didn't look it up

The year 1890 saw the first London to Birmingham telephone link

Which city connected with London the following year, 1891?

[John Hill]

Edinburgh?

(It was a Scot who invented the telephone.)

[ian16th]

Was it Paris?

[Opsboi]

Was it Paris?

It was indeed - which surprised me more than somewhat

You have control

[ian16th]

Nothing to offer so OH.

[bob2s]

What is Andamooka?

[John Hill]

Opal mining area in Oz.

[bob2s]

KERECT,All your's John

https://www.aussietowns.com.au/town/andamooka-sa

[John Hill]

Thank you...

Now then, what is a skeith?

[Karearea]

^ Is it something to do with a plough?

[John Hill]

Yes, but can you be more specific?

[John Hill]

OK, to do with a plough is close enough so your turn now.

It is the part of a plough that makes the vertical cut, in modern times usually in the form of a flat steel disc.

[Karearea]

Thanks, I had heard the term but could not have picked one out of a lineup

Silver hallmarks: the anchor is associated with which English city?

[Woody]

Birmingham.

[Karearea]

Birmingham.

Correct

Over to you.

[llondel]

That's logical, isn't it. A city somewhere in the middle of the country, well away from the sea, is associated with an anchor.

[Karearea]

^ further information:

... During his long stay in London, Boulton stayed at the Crown & Anchor Tavern in the Strand, a popular haunt for politicians, where much of the business was transacted. Quite how the decision was made is unclear, but it was probably the toss of a coin which determined that Birmingham, in the heart of the country and miles from the sea, should adopt the Anchor as its hallmarking symbol, whilst Sheffield took the Crown (subsequently changed to the Rose). ...

https://theassayoffice.com/the-story-of ... birmingham

[Opsboi]

^ further information:

... During his long stay in London, Boulton stayed at the Crown & Anchor Tavern in the Strand, a popular haunt for politicians, where much of the business was transacted. Quite how the decision was made is unclear, but it was probably the toss of a coin which determined that Birmingham, in the heart of the country and miles from the sea, should adopt the Anchor as its hallmarking symbol, whilst Sheffield took the Crown (subsequently changed to the Rose). ...

https://theassayoffice.com/the-story-of ... birmingham

Which makes me wonder, which annual event may well have been known as the 'Bunbury' instead?