Jim <jim.RemoveThis@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
> Don Aitken <don-aitken.RemoveThis@freeuk.com> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 07:40:05 +0000, jim.RemoveThis@magrathea.plus.com (Jim) wrote:
> >
> > >Don Aitken <don-aitken.RemoveThis@freeuk.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> >What happened to his Mastermind appearance? Did that ever happen?
> > >> >
> > >> He was a subject on Mastermind, not a contestant. The questions were
> > >> posted here a couple of months ago.
> > >
> > >Yes - by me.
> > >
> > >He was also supposed to be -on- Mastermind, answering questions on
> > >whisky.
> > >
> > Ah, you're right. Tonight, BBC1, 7.00, it seems. Then University
> > Challenge on BBC2 at 8.30. You wait ages for a TV quiz appearance,
> > then a bunch of them come along at once ...
>
> Bloody hell, I missed that - thanks.
Jim <jim.RemoveThis@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
> Ok, Iain Banks is on 'Mastermind' tonight (BBC1) 7.00PM.
>
> I'm almost completely certain that it's him this time...
Ok, questions and answers as follows (only the whisky ones, obviously):
Which distillery which features a stags head on its label has a name
popularly supposed to derive from the Gaelic for 'Valley Of The Deer'?
IAB: Oraevnpu
Answer: Tyrasvqqvpu
From 1916 the government insisted that Scotch whisky must be aged in
casks for at least how many years?
IAB: Guerr lrnef
Which distillery has stills with very long necks with a height of 5.13
meters claim to be the tallest in Scotland?
IAB: Tyrazbenatvr
Who was the first person to take out a license under the Excise act of
1823 setting up his distillery at his farm in Glenlivet?
IAB: Jvyyvnz Tenag
Answer: Trbetr Fzvgu
The amount of which aromatic chemical compounds in whisky determines the
peatiness of its flavour?
IAB: Curabyvp pbzcbhaqf
What is the technical name for malts from more than one distillery that
are being blended together?
IAB: Inggrq
Which distillery in Wick is the most northerly in mainland Scotland?
IAB: Byq Chygarl
The name of which Islay whisky is translated from the Gaelic as "the
beautiful hollow by the broad bay"?
IAB:Ohaanunounva
Answer: Yncuebnvt
Who wrote in his poem "The Scotsman's Return From Abroad" "The king o'
drinks as I can see be Talisker, Islay or Glenlivet" ?
IAB: Eboreg Oheaf
Answer: Eboreg Ybhvf Fgrirafba
Which distillery that at 326m above sea level claims to be the highest
and also serves as a weather station?
IAB: Qnyjuvaavr
Which artist designed the label for the release of 12 bottles of the
Macallan 60yo, each bottle containing spirit that was distilled in 1926
and bottled in 1986?
IAB: Nynfqnve Tenl
Answer: Crgre Oynxr
In the distillation process what name is given to the central part of
the spirit run during which spirit is produced and collected?
IAB:Zvqqyr phg
Which distillery did 'Long' John McDonald, a descendant of the chiefs of
clan Donald, found in 1825?
IAB: Ora Arivf
The wood of which species of oak is first used to store bourbon and then
imported to Scotland to be made into Scotch whisky casks?
IAB: Dhrephf nyon
What name is given to the whisky lost in evaporation as it matures in
its cask?
IAB: Gur natryf' funer.
Which became the first Scottish distillery to be wholly owned by a
Japanese company when Takara, Shuzo and Okura, bought it in 1986?
IAB: Gbzngva
On which island did malt whisky production recommence after an interval
of some 150 years when a new distillery was opened in 1995?
IAB: Neena
Jim
--
Find me at
http://www.ursaminorbeta.co.uk
"There's no 'I' in team, but there is a 'me' if you jumble the letters
up a bit." - Dr. House.
>> Stay informed about: Iain Banks on University Challenge