maqroll Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 (edited) This just came to me and I don't know how I'll stack up to the real Beatles fanatics on here like @bickster, but here it is: Name as many cities *outside of England* that the Beatles played live (non-TV studio or filmset) venues in. I'll go first. Glasgow Edinburgh Aberdeen Cardiff Swansea Dublin Stockholm Copenhagen Hamburg Berlin Cologne Brussels Antwerp Amsterdam Rotterdam Arnhem Lyon Paris Manila Boston NYC Washington DC Miami Chicago Los Angeles Edited February 23, 2019 by maqroll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted February 23, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted February 23, 2019 Add San Francisco to the list. In fact, I think that may have been the very last concert they did, at Candlestick Park. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 23, 2019 Author VT Supporter Share Posted February 23, 2019 3 hours ago, il_serpente said: Add San Francisco to the list. In fact, I think that may have been the very last concert they did, at Candlestick Park. ... is the right answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 6 hours ago, maqroll said: This just came to me and I don't know how I'll stack up to the real Beatles fanatics on here like @bickster, but here it is: Name as many cities *outside of England* that the Beatles played live (non-TV studio or filmset) venues in. I'll go first. Glasgow Edinburgh Aberdeen Cardiff Swansea Dublin Stockholm Copenhagen Hamburg Berlin Cologne Brussels Antwerp Amsterdam Rotterdam Arnhem Lyon Paris Manila Boston NYC Washington DC Miami Chicago Los Angeles Probably an almost endless list , their US tour was coast to coast so you’d have to add Memphis , New Orleans ,Vegas , Philadelphia Seattle and so in to that list not forgetting the famous jacksonville gigs where they refused to play if the crowd was segregated Then you’d have to add Canada so at least Toronto and Montreal would be a couple of obvious ones and then they also went down to Oz and New Zealand and of course Japan im sure there are more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 4 hours ago, il_serpente said: Add San Francisco to the list. In fact, I think that may have been the very last concert they did, at Candlestick Park. If you discount the rooftop concert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Llandudno Y Fenni Rhyl Prestatyn Mold Not sure they ever played Swansea on that original list, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 23, 2019 Moderator Share Posted February 23, 2019 13 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Llandudno Y Fenni Rhyl Prestatyn Mold Not sure they ever played Swansea on that original list, sorry. Question said cities /pedant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Just now, bickster said: Question said cities /pedant ah, I skip read and thought it said shitties 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 23, 2019 Author VT Supporter Share Posted February 23, 2019 31 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: If you discount the rooftop concert Indeed. Although the original question was about cities outside England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: Indeed. Although the original question was about cities outside England. Yeah fair point ... but il_S said the very last concert they did which sorta made it more ambiguous Dec Next year and Lennon would have been dead longer than he was alive , frightening how quickly time goes by Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 25, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted February 25, 2019 On 16/02/2019 at 19:56, HanoiVillan said: It gave me Birmingham and Sheffield, which is probably pretty much exactly right since I'm local and my best friend is from Chesterfield. Same. Initially I thought that made sense as I've lived in Birmingham my whole life except uni which was Leeds, hence the Yorkshire influence. But both my sisters and my girlfriend got the same results, so I think that's fairly common. Can only assume Brum and Sheffield share some dialect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 14, 2019 Author VT Supporter Share Posted June 14, 2019 So, Mastermind, the 2019 final, just finished. Everything hung on the final question, which the last contestant had to get right to win. Q. What animal was the insignia of the British 7th Armoured Division in WWII? A. The gerbil This was deemed correct and the contestant declared the winner. In fact it was wrong, the animal on the badge was a jerboa, a similar, but different creature. If I'd been the guy 'beaten' into second place, I'd have been **** ing seething. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Watching the Canadian hypnotoad on BBC4 so didnt watch the general knowledge round. The person that won, was it the man who died? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 14, 2019 Author VT Supporter Share Posted June 14, 2019 Just now, Seat68 said: Watching the Canadian hypnotoad on BBC4 so didnt watch the general knowledge round. The person that won, was it the man who died? Sadly, no, it was the accountant woman (Fortunes of War books). She 'beat' the Owain Glyndwr bloke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 1 minute ago, mjmooney said: Sadly, no, it was the accountant woman (Fortunes of War books). She 'beat' the Owain Glyndwr bloke. Ah. All very strong, thought the man might have got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 What US state is closest to mainland Africa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 6 hours ago, maqroll said: What US state is closest to mainland Africa? Maine ? Hangs off to the right ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 1, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 1, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, maqroll said: What US state is closest to mainland Africa? 51 minutes ago, Amsterdam_Neil_D said: Maine ? Hangs off to the right ? Is it some weird quirk that like Hawaii is so far to the west that it's actually closer to Africa than the east of the US? Edit: actually having now looked at a map there's no way that's true Edited July 1, 2019 by Stevo985 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Just a guess by me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 1, 2019 Author VT Supporter Share Posted July 1, 2019 You'd assume Florida, but I'm guessing that's not it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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