Question of the day

[GeoffCapes]

Cheetah is about 60 mph as are Antelope I think, Sail Fish are the fastest fish 68mph maybe?

The top ones must be birds with pointed wings, Lanner Falcon, Frigate bird, Needletail maybe

Pronghorn Antelope is 7 at 60mph, Sail fish is 6, at 68mph, Cheetah is 5 at 70mph,
Frigate Bird is 3 at 95mph, White Throated Needletail is 2 at 106mph.

 

[GeoffCapes]

1. 200mph Peregrine Falcon
2. 106mph White Throated Needletail
3. 95mph Frigate Bird
4. 88mph
5. 70mph Cheetah
6. 68mph Sailfish
7. 60mph Proghorn Antelope
8. 50mph
9. 50mph
10. 48mph

4 to get

 

[midlifecrisis]

Honda Jazz on the motorway is at 48mph

 

[GeoffCapes]

Honda Jazz on the motorway is at 48mph

Not that fast!

 

[midlifecrisis]

Nissan Note or Micra?

How about kingfisher at 88 mph

 

[GeoffCapes]

Nissan Note or Micra?

How about kingfisher at 88 mph

Nope

 

[MarkMas]

Question of the Month is going really well.....

 

[Navcorr]

Ironically, a question related to speed has come to a complete standstill

 

[Guest 1678]

Greyhound - 48 mph

 

[GeoffCapes]

I'd forgotten about this. Here's the top ten.

1. 200mph Peregrine Falcon
2. 106mph White Throated Needletail
3. 95mph Frigate Bird
4. 88mph Spur-winged Goose
5. 70mph Cheetah
6. 68mph Sailfish
7. 60mph Proghorn Antelope
8. 50mph Marlin
9. 50mph Blue Wildebeest
10. 48mph Brown Hare

Someone else can set the next one.

 

[MarkMas]

Here is some thing nicely British and arcane, that I know will appeal to the Maserati Owners Club SportsMaserati demographic.
When the House of Lords was reformed in 1999, the hereditary peers had to vote to elect 90 of their number to sit in the Lords and the rest were turfed out. But four hereditary peers, who had been given their hereditary titles in their own right rather than than inheriting them, were awarded life peerages (as well) so that they could continue to sit in the Lords. One was Toby Low, created 1st Baron Aldington in 1962, and one was Frederick Erroll, created 1st Baron Erroll of Hale in 1964. But the other two, rather surprisingly, were both Earls (which is a pretty senior sort of title). Who were they? (You really can figure it out if you try.)

 

[zagatoes30]

Here is some thing nicely British and arcane, that I know will appeal to the Maserati Owners Club SportsMaserati demographic.
When the House of Lords was reformed in 1999, the hereditary peers had to vote to elect 90 of their number to sit in the Lords and the rest were turfed out. But four hereditary peers, who had been given their hereditary titles in their own right rather than than inheriting them, were awarded life peerages (as well) so that they could continue to sit in the Lords. One was Toby Low, created 1st Baron Aldington in 1962, and one was Frederick Erroll, created 1st Baron Erroll of Hale in 1964. But the other two, rather surprisingly, were both Earls (which is a pretty senior sort of title). Who were they? (You really can figure it out if you try.)

Are we talking royals? Prince Edward is the Earl of Wessex?

 

[GeoffCapes]

Earl Grey?

 

[jonny]

Earl Eebirdcatchestheworm?

 

[daverichardson]

Duke of Earl

 

[allandwf]

Here is some thing nicely British and arcane, that I know will appeal to the Maserati Owners Club SportsMaserati demographic.
When the House of Lords was reformed in 1999, the hereditary peers had to vote to elect 90 of their number to sit in the Lords and the rest were turfed out. But four hereditary peers, who had been given their hereditary titles in their own right rather than than inheriting them, were awarded life peerages (as well) so that they could continue to sit in the Lords. One was Toby Low, created 1st Baron Aldington in 1962, and one was Frederick Erroll, created 1st Baron Erroll of Hale in 1964. But the other two, rather surprisingly, were both Earls (which is a pretty senior sort of title). Who were they? (You really can figure it out if you try.)

Absolutely no idea, or the slightest care.

 

[MarkMas]

Are we talking royals? Prince Edward is the Earl of Wessex?

Close but no cigar!

 

[MarkMas]

Absolutely no idea, or the slightest care.

Yeah, but that's how quizzes go sometimes. I don't care who was the manager of Scunthorpe Rovers in 1923 or which company has a rivet as its logo.....

 

[zagatoes30]

What about Harold McMillan, he was made a heredity peer as Earl of Stockton and I think his grandson became 2nd Earl of Stockton on his death (his eldest son having died before him).

 

[MarkMas]

What about Harold McMillan, he was made a heredity peer as Earl of Stockton and I think his grandson became 2nd Earl of Stockton on his death (his eldest son having died before him).

Very much thinking on the right lines, but not him. The earldom of Stockton was the most recent (1984) hereditary peerage created for someone other than a member of the Royal Family, but his grandson inherited in 1986, and so was kicked out of the Lords in 1999 (unless he was one of those re-elected).

So we are looking for someone else who got made the 1st earl of something (in the 1960s), AND was still alive in 1999 so he also got made a life peer.
The other earl has an even stranger story - a well-known (Labour) member of the House of Lords, who got made a hereditary Baron in 1945, and was still alive in 1999 to get his life peerage. But he also inherited an earldom in 1961.