Quiz time
motie2
Master
Quiz 1
1. Name the only James Bond film in which Bond smokes a pipe?
2. What present day brand of tobacco features a judge on the tins?
3. Who invented the Falcon pipe?
4. What is the difference between a Rhodesian and a Bulldog pipe?
5. What is the name of the black rubber traditionally used to make pipe mouthpieces?
Comments
2. No clue on present day brand featuring a Judge on the tin.
3. Kenly Bugg in 1936. Bonus point: Both the Falcon and the Kirsten metal pipes were invented in 1936.
4. Rhodesians have cylindrical shaped shanks. Bulldogs have diamond shaped shanks.
5. Vulcanite.
Quiz two later this week.....
Also, another name for the black rubber is Ebonite.
Correct, Sir!
Interesting.
I love old black and white classics, and I love sci-fi, but I have seen very, very, few horror flicks, of any kind. The outer limits creeps me out, along with horror flicks, and “end of world” films. I hate mimes and clowns too...creepers.
Quiz #2
1) What was Hugh Hefner’s favorite pipe tobacco blend?
2) What pipe shape might be associated with Scottish peerage?
3) Who suffered from a three pipe problem?
4) What legal dispute resulted in the creation of Alco pipes?
5) When is a pipe “…. not a pipe.”
6) What blend was created for the Moderator of the Church of Scotland?
7) What Dunhill tin bore a picture of a cockerel?
8) What blend is named for Portuguese currency?
9) What blend is named for a beverage and an somewhat archaic item of clothing?
10) What blend is named for an East Frisian island?
2) (just a guess) a Calabash
3) Sherlock Holmes
4) Falcon vs Alco
5) when it is a picture of a pipe
6) Planta Presbyterian Mixture
7) Early Morning Pipe
8) Escudo
9) ***(Whitehall Black Tie Pipe Tobacco)*** just a guess
10) Borkum Riff
I have a guess at number 9 but it is a stretch. I am sure my guess is incorrect. When you reveal the answers I will most likely kick myself.
2) What French company, later based in London, was the first to mass-market briar pipes?
3) The bowl and shank of a pipe are collectively known as what?
4) What is an ebauchon block?
5) What tobacco brand is named for a senior rank in the British Army, but is not a rank i9n the US Army?
6) What pipe material is made from rosin and fine sawdust?
7) What tobacconist is located at 19 St. James Street, in London?
8) What is the term for crystallization on pipe tobacco?
9) What is the other name for erica arborea?
10) What trade association represents tobacconists in the City of London?
Maybe send me your answers (click on motie2 next to my little thumbnail pic), rather than posting them here; it'll be more fun for others.
Did you get those answers from Fârnhäan?
@ghostsofpompeii......
Meet the World’s Worst Voice Assistant: Fârnhäan
https://www.adweek.com/creativity/meet-the-worlds-worst-voice-assistant-in-this-brands-brutal-funny-takedown-of-ai/1) After being sued by Dunhill for copying the white stem dot, what company thereafter made pipes with four white stem dots in a diamond pattern?
2) What French company, later based in London, was the first to mass-market briar pipes?
3) The bowl and shank of a pipe are collectively known as what?
4) What is an ebauchon block?
5) What tobacco brand is named for a senior rank in the British Army, but is not a rank in the US Army?
6) What pipe material is made from rosin and fine sawdust?
7) What tobacconist is located at 19 St. James Street, in London?
8) What is the term for crystallization on pipe tobacco?
9) What is the other name for erica arborea?
10) What trade association represents tobacconists in the City of London?
Maybe send me your answers (click on motie2 next to my little thumbnail pic), rather than posting them here; it'll be more fun for others.
But @PappyJoe and @RockyMountainBriar are in the lead.