Trivia For Our Inner Dummy

[Robert Linford]

Peter Cushing.

[Michael Banks]

Peter Cushing.

No. The biggest clue that I could give would be to say that your answer was 'close.'

Regards
Michael

[Michael Banks]

By the way Howard get your chequebook out. Someone is selling an autograph of Major Henry Smith on eBay only £762.86 plus £23.19 postage!

Regards
Michael

[Howard Brown]

Mike:

Is that all ?
I think I'll wait until it hits a thousand bucks. I don't wanna buy something cheap, you know.

[Michael Banks]

Howard, you can have mine for 500. I need the cash

Regards
Michael

[Howard Brown]

Mike:

Make it 700 and its a deal.

[Michael Banks]

Shall I just give the answer to the Holmes question?

Michael

[Howard Brown]

Wait ! Wait !
Was it Arthur Askey ?

[Robert Linford]

I thank you.

[String]

Right didn't know this but seen it in an article today, what is the name of the private club the beefeaters drink in in the Tower of London, and which beer is exclusive to the club?

[Michael Banks]

The reason that I said that Robert was close with Peter Cushing was that it was Christopher Lee. He played Holmes in The Deadly Necklace in 1962 and then again in 1991 in a TV movie called The Leading Lady.

Regards
Michael

[Howard Brown]

Trivia time once again....get those dunce caps tightened.

In this paper :

Cleveland Plain Dealer January 12, 1912


Henry Irving, the British actor, is quoted as having referred to Hall Caine by what nickname :

A. Old Poofpants
B. Her Majesty
C. The Red Haired Dynamo
D. Old Shakespeare
E. 'Fuzzy'
F. The Manx Mountebank

[Matt Leyshon]

Caine's heritage is "manx" so I'll go with F.

[Robert Linford]

Old Poofpants was Howard's Great Grandpappy. Old Shakespeare was Carrie Brown. Fuzzy seems too modern, ditto red haired dynamo - sounds more like Alan Ball. I suspect How got Manx Mountebank from this :


https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=...tebank&f=false


So I'll plump for Her Majesty.

[Howard Brown]

Matt:

Nice try, amigo...but incorrect. Better luck next time.

Robert:

Christ, are you dumb !
No, that's not a good answer or the right one. Try again.