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It’s on Beeb 1 at the moment.
My own would be the works of H.P. Lovecraft.
I'd struggle for another subject in the unlikely event I were to proceed to the next round 😀
What would be your area of expertise?
Procasturbation
Polis Persecution, Avon and Somerset 1998-present.
Eurovision Song Contest.
What tyres
Polis Persecution, Avon and Somerset 1998-present.
😀
Jenna Jameson
Cake.
alternative treatment technologies for clinical waste;
or
Health and safety failures in MBT-AD and IVC plants
or
niche singlespeed bits (i'd be extra ace at this one)
The life and works of Tom Howard 2010-present day.
Sherlock Holmes, probably.
Or Manchester pubs, 1985 - 2000.
Although they reckon you should always go for something new that you
have no previous knowledge of & approach the subject from a position of ignorance.
So lots to go at then. 🙂
Pron
Golf GTI 1975-1992
The general knowledge section seemed particularly easy tonight. I only got 4 wrong. Dumbed down for the celebs?
deffo dumbed down for the celebs.
Specialist subject - I have none 😳 -that is the truth
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
Red Dwarf.
Get me and my knowledge of important subjects.
Questions were the answer is London.
Q) capital of England
Q) album title with city missing '------ calling'
Etc..
The life and times of Field Marshal Sir Harry Paget Flashman VC, KCB, KCIE; Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur; U.S. Medal of Honor; San Serafino Order of Purity and Truth, 4th Class
A true British hero who strode across the British Empire (and beyond), appearing front centre at just about every major historical incident between 1842 and 1905, surviving on his three natural talents: horsemanship, facility with foreign languages, and fornication 😉
Discworld
Cakes and tea around but not excluding the Inschriach Nursery.
+1 Discworld.
I think I would struggle with a specialist subject without studying for one. I'm pretty good at pub quiz type general knowledge. I know nothing about everything and everything about nothing. Or just about enough to appear a smart arse.
[s]Hora's bikes 2007-2012[/s]
Actually no, come to think of it I'd pick something more straightforward. The Koran, or something.
😉
Heavyweight boxing 1892 - present day.
😀 That would take some hefty study.Hora's bikes 2007-2012
Anoraks available from Bolton market from 11.99 to 18.99.....
I will get my anorak.
I have no idea. Being your typical polymath Im more "Jack of" than "Master of" 🙂
I wouldnt mind becoming a smartarse on Peter Ustinov though.
The back of my hand.....as I know it like...
another one for the discworld here...
Or the arguments and essays of TJ and Cynic-Al....
Peep Show series 1-7
Haven't seen the new episodes yet...
Or....
Technical mtb trails between Lenggries and Schliersee, Bavaria.
The asterix series of books
conservative healthcare reforms,
nobody has any idea what theyre trying to achiev , so easy to blunder a way through the questions, as there is no sane answer.
I'm pretty confident I couldn't come up with a specialist subject.
I'm not sure if this makes me happy or sad.
Mountainbikes of the late 1980s
Pop music of the early 1980s
Pleasuring women.
isotope geochemistry
and then
punk rock
and then
pubs in Bolton in the 70s and 80s
The West Wing. Or the Halo series of games.
Tonight was pretty easy though compared to the normal questions.
Shimano Groupsets 1980 to 2010
labsey - Member
The West Wing.
Ditto, but it has already been a subject.
At a push I'd pick the films of Stanley Kubrick or DC comics with a leaning towards Batman (could I specify?).
... I've wasted my life.
Ditto, but it has already been a subject.
Damn. I don't really watch it very much.
Japanese motorcycles of the 1970's and 80's.
Ps Darrell - good call with the Bowton pubs. ;0)
Speed camera locations on the a90
Goddamn it sparkle I was doing that. Without looking what's the capacity of a CBx 1000.
Rebus. That or works of Isaac Asimov. Though I suspect either would involve a lot of work, and that having read all of those books multiple times probably wouldn't cut it.
In reality then I'd probably be far better off with history of off-road unicycling 😉
I'd probably go with the life and times of Philip J. Fry actually, on thinking about it.
The efficacy of mediaeval torture methods when used upon Piers Morgan.
Not something I know a great deal about, but I'd be willing to do extensive research.
zippykona - the 6 cyclinder bohemoth? Not totally sure but seem to remember of that era Hondas being 1cc over which screwed yer insurance. Could have been the 900F though
Doh. 1047. Bugger.
The Power Of Lard
Thought it was 1046cc. Go on your turn!
Definitive forum answers
(how long do you get? 😕 )
I'd possibly go for something ridiculously complicated that no one could possibly know all the the answers to:
One-One Inbred frame types and pricing variations for December 2012, for example.
Those little tins of Humbrol paint and their number,one year at Boydells toy store in Bolton on a YTS has a lot to Awnswer for.
Boydells toy store, a name I have not heard for many years.
used to love going in there every Saturday with never any money, looking and dreaming!
Characters and quotes from obscure science fiction films of the 1990s. At the very lest, that should get the researchers a bit challenged.
Oakley.
Worryingly similar to Tazzy, apart from the single speed bit cos that's just weird.
Swallows and Amazon adventures 😳
This actually happened a few years back and I got 2 less than the bloke in the chair. He got 15 or something, I was disturbed about how much of the information I had retained. If only remembering stuff for O and A levels had been so easy.
Cake?
zippykona - which was allegedly the first of the 'sports 250's' to be radar timed at 100mph?
Apart from the engine size and the 250 or 350 sticker on the side panels what were the two obvious physical differences between a RD350LC and a 250?
Single disc or double disc. Not sure about the other difference.
Kh250 was the first I thought.
Discs is one. Half a point for that. ;0)
KH250 - it's good but it's not right (well, according to the info I have)
Mmmmm if it is a Jap 250 could be the GT250 that had the "Ram Air" legend on the fins.
Could be something weird and Italian 😆
The history of 650bs 2013-2013
The celebrity (sic, who were any of them?) was remarkably dumbed down. No wonder the winner made it look so easy!
Non-payment excuses by debtors in the Huddersfield area, 1996 to present...
X7 for the 250?
And the colours were different on the LC?
Not sure about that one, tbh!
Rusty - X7 yep, that's the kiddy.
No, not the colours.
Bugger.
I think the 250 had a different cush drive, but not really external.
Could be mirrors, but I'm just guessing now.
Oh, and can you name 4 Hondas with those horrible enclosed discs?
X7 really???? they came along quite late to the party.
Forumla 1 trivia or something to do with the guitar.....or the internets
Did the 350 LCD have 2 horns as well as the discs? X7 was meant to be first but in real life probably Elsie.
Do I get points for mentioning that the 350lc shared the same front end as an xj550?
Not the mirrors. Cush drive was the same afaik as rear wheel was the same.
Clue - heres a 350: [img] 
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and here's a 250:
Beep, beep!
Several sources give the X7 as being 1st 100mph 250. http://www.suzuki-gt.co.uk/images/Reference%20Library/Ton%20Up%20Temptation.pdf
Ah horns 😆
There was some discussion on here about how fast a rd350lc could go, found some figures that a SS tuned one did 130 mph which is insane and must of been like riding a grenade with the pin pulled 😆
Something to do with boxing. 90s probably.
Very fast those LC speedos. 🙂
I think Zippy gets to post the next q.
And can anyone answer the Honda q from the last page?
Very fast 😆 Stan Stephens reckons he could get a 50% power increase out of 2 stroke motors 😯
One of the VF things had enclosed brakes and I would put a pound on on the Aspencade having them.
VT 250 and 500, VF500?
Correct with the VF400.
Had forgotten about the Wing.
3 more I can remember.
Not the VF500, but yep, the VT's had 'em.
Think lovely exhaust and crap camchain tensioner.
That could be quite a few Hondas 😆
Very true 😀
I was confused fer a mo there, thinking about the VF750 chocolate cam thing but, yeah, the CBX550 of course. Blimey, memory lane.