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Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby Iranu » 18 Sep 2023 Read

Actor Peter Capaldi’s family grew up as neighbours and friends with which comedy writer/director?

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby HappyCamper » 18 Sep 2023 Read

which italian-scottish classical musician was appointed festival director of the edinburgh international festival in 2022, she first rose to prominence winning the bbc young musician of the year award in?

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby SnookerEd25 » 19 Sep 2023 Read

Nicola is her first name I think. Cannot think of her surname. It may come to me afore somebody else gets it, it may not :sad:

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby SnookerEd25 » 21 Sep 2023 Read

I don’t think he is :

I think her name is Nicola diBennetti or diBenetto, something like that

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby HappyCamper » 21 Sep 2023 Read

Juddernaut88 wrote:Is Chengdufan correct or not?


<doh>

SnookerEd25 wrote:I don’t think he is :

I think her name is Nicola diBennetti or diBenetto, something like that


close enough. it's just nicola benedetti

seen here performing max bruch's violon concerto in g minor.

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby SnookerEd25 » Yesterday Read

I know very little about classical music and even less about Ms. Benetti; I just vaguely remembered her name from my time working for HMV :sad:

Happy to yield my question to somebody else

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby McManusFan » Yesterday Read

SnookerEd25 wrote:May the sun shine out of your arssehole <ok>


Oh it does.

Benetti is an Italian shipbuilding firm, specialising in luxury yachts, as I'm sure we're all aware.

But from which language do we derive the strangely spelt word 'yacht'?

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby McManusFan » Yesterday Read

Prop wrote:What a guess rofl It just ‘looked’ Dutch.



mid 16th century: from early modern Dutch jaghte, from jaghtschip ‘fast pirate ship’, from jag(h)t ‘hunting’ + schip ‘ship’.

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby Prop » Yesterday Read

McManusFan wrote:
Prop wrote:What a guess rofl It just ‘looked’ Dutch.



mid 16th century: from early modern Dutch jaghte, from jaghtschip ‘fast pirate ship’, from jag(h)t ‘hunting’ + schip ‘ship’.


:hatoff:

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby Prop » Yesterday Read

McManusFan wrote:
Prop wrote:Amsterdam. What are The Stud, The Bulldog and The Grasshopper?


Knocking shops?


Nope.

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby Prop » Yesterday Read

McManusFan wrote:Last guess for the day,

buildings?


I’ll need you to be more specific <laugh>

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby Iranu » Yesterday Read

Prop wrote:Amsterdam. What are The Stud, The Bulldog and The Grasshopper?

The nicknames of three British students currently absconding from lessons in Amsterdam, drunk and stoned off their faces staggering in circles looking for the Red Light District.

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby Prop » Yesterday Read

Iranu wrote:
Prop wrote:Amsterdam. What are The Stud, The Bulldog and The Grasshopper?

The nicknames of three British students currently absconding from lessons in Amsterdam, drunk and stoned off their faces staggering in circles looking for the Red Light District.


You’re in the right ballpark.

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby Iranu » Yesterday Read

Prop wrote:
Iranu wrote:
Prop wrote:Amsterdam. What are The Stud, The Bulldog and The Grasshopper?

The nicknames of three British students currently absconding from lessons in Amsterdam, drunk and stoned off their faces staggering in circles looking for the Red Light District.

Really? Are they brothels?
You’re in the right ballpark.
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