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si404 wrote:I got all three, but that second one isn't easy (their guess wasn't bad - how many people could even have a guess).
I got the middle one since I happen to be aware of the ecclesiastical setup of the diocese so I knew where the cathedral was - that's what clinched it for me. And the answer to the third one had been in toe news so much for the wrong reasons over the years that I knew that too.
IMHO they did this wrong. The first one should have actually been the starter, move the next two up one position then as the third bonus, ask about the road from St. Helier to ...
novaecosse wrote:Is anyone going to do a transcript of the questions?
1. Following the Great North Road for much of it's route, passing through or near Peterborough, Darlington and Berwick, which is the longest numbered road in Britain ?
2. The A1 on the Isle of Man connects the capital Douglas with which town on the west coast, the home of the island's cathedral, and connected to St Patick's Isle by a causeway ?
3. The A1 in Northern Ireland runs from Belfast to the border with the Republic of Ireland south of which city straddling County Down and County Armagh, at the head of Carlingford Lough ?
Paul Townsend wrote:IMHO they did this wrong. The first one should have actually been the starter, move the next two up one position then as the third bonus, ask about the road from St. Helier to ...
At least the Isle of Man was guessable. I didn't get the Jersey answer instantly, either - a very tricky question.
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Pardon me for "bumping" a three-year-old thread, but I just had say that my SABRE-knowledge came in handy at last night's pub quiz.
Our team's question (as far as I can remember the wording): "The M16 motorway was designed in the 1960's but was never completed. Of which motorway does it now form a part?" Answer: "M25" - no-one else on my team knew it.
I thought the corresponding question for the other team was a bit easier: "The M63 motorway has been renumbered and now forms part of which motorway?" Answer: "M60", which the opposition team got right.
It's nice to think that some of the "useless" knowledge that I pick up on this site occasionally becomes useful!
I participate sometimes in the HAT (accountancy group) quiz. They regularly set at least one roads related question. "What is the number of Britain's highest motorway?" being one example. It's not earth shattering stuff for a regular here, but quite a few teams get these questions wrong.
Simon_GNR wrote:Pardon me for "bumping" a three-year-old thread, but I just had say that my SABRE-knowledge came in handy at last night's pub quiz.
Our team's question (as far as I can remember the wording): "The M16 motorway was designed in the 1960's but was never completed. Of which motorway does it now form a part?" Answer: "M25" - no-one else on my team knew it.
I thought the corresponding question for the other team was a bit easier: "The M63 motorway has been renumbered and now forms part of which motorway?" Answer: "M60", which the opposition team got right.
It's nice to think that some of the "useless" knowledge that I pick up on this site occasionally becomes useful!
Thing is, people will stare at you in amazement, make signs to ward off the evil eye, and ask incredulously "how do you know that?". They never think of asking that of someone who knows who won the 1962 FA cup.
multiraider2 wrote:I participate sometimes in the HAT (accountancy group) quiz. They regularly set at least one roads related question. "What is the number of Britain's highest motorway?" being one example. It's not earth shattering stuff for a regular here, but quite a few teams get these questions wrong.
I'd argue it depends on how the question is phrased. I'd immediately think of the M898 and then wonder whether they mean "highest" in a different sense.
(Stands back and waits for all the abuse.)
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multiraider2 wrote:I participate sometimes in the HAT (accountancy group) quiz. They regularly set at least one roads related question. "What is the number of Britain's highest motorway?" being one example. It's not earth shattering stuff for a regular here, but quite a few teams get these questions wrong.
I'd argue it depends on how the question is phrased. I'd immediately think of the M898 and then wonder whether they mean "highest" in a different sense.
(Stands back and waits for all the abuse.)
or This one ? As for the highest above sea level M6 or M62 or one of the Scottish ones
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multiraider2 wrote:I participate sometimes in the HAT (accountancy group) quiz. They regularly set at least one roads related question. "What is the number of Britain's highest motorway?" being one example. It's not earth shattering stuff for a regular here, but quite a few teams get these questions wrong.
I'd argue it depends on how the question is phrased. I'd immediately think of the M898 and then wonder whether they mean "highest" in a different sense.
(Stands back and waits for all the abuse.)
ah but is M96 'higher' that M898, ie do 'first MXX' count as higher than MXXX
From memory between J5&6 on M8 is the highest point on that motorway at 254m (according to Satnav) this is in lane 1 heading west. lane 2 is only 253m.
djw1981 wrote:From memory between J5&6 on M8 is the highest point on that motorway at 254m (according to Satnav) this is in lane 1 heading west. lane 2 is only 253m.
djw1981 wrote:From memory between J5&6 on M8 is the highest point on that motorway at 254m (according to Satnav) this is in lane 1 heading west. lane 2 is only 253m.
I recently did the questions for a pub quiz organised by students I teach. The Geography round asked them which NI motorway they'd be likely to use if driving from the university (in Coleraine) to Belfast. The picture round had an image borrowed from the SABRE wiki showing the line of the NI M1.
Most of the students got both, but it's funny how many lecturers I know who cannot name which NI motorway is which, despite driving on them all the time.
djw1981 wrote:From memory between J5&6 on M8 is the highest point on that motorway at 254m (according to Satnav) this is in lane 1 heading west. lane 2 is only 253m.
nowster wrote:
Read it and weep. Not even Beattock Summit gets close.
As I've said on here a few times before, Beattock Summit (on the A74(M)) is not the highest motorway in Scotland. There's a higher summit on the M74 between J12 and J13, where the motorway is well separated from the ex-A74. I think it's about 1060 ft (323m).
Beattock Summit is better known because it used to be the highest point on the A74, and is still the highest between Carlisle and Glasgow on the railway, while the M74 summit is unsigned, doesn't have an official name as far as I know, and has had no publicity except a bit when that section was under construction or being opened.
Shap on the M6 is higher, and of course the M62 inside J22 is higher still.
Edit, much later: Shap summit on the M6 is higher than Beattock summit but not as high as the unnamed M74 summit.
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Yes M62 certainly got the point for me at there. I have actually forgotten the question posed this year, but again I'm sure set for the person with a general and not specialist knowledge.
There was a very nice Sabristic question on this evening's University Challenge, about 18-20 minutes in. It completely flummoxed the contestants, but I'm pleased to say I got it after about 3 or 4 seconds thought . No spoilers.....
owen b wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 20:37
There was a very nice Sabristic question on this evening's University Challenge, about 18-20 minutes in. It completely flummoxed the contestants, but I'm pleased to say I got it after about 3 or 4 seconds thought . No spoilers.....
I have just watched it and without completely giving it away the road of interest was quite obscure, different to most of the SABRE-like questions I have seen on TV quizzes. Usually they would tend not to go any more detailed than the most strategic A roads.
. No spoilers.....
