Fruit Machine Chat

Thats the lot, over to you Istenem.

Yup all 5 of them are in the list, only missing 2.

'My Judy Really Makes Splendid Belching Noises' is my mnemonic of choive for remembering the size order.

Sorry Harry, I feel like I jumped on your answer. I thought you were referring to an alcoholic member of these boards when I read your reply, it wasn't until I re-read that the penny dropped as to who ZB was! I'll stick with the booze theme, what are the seven names given to bottles of champagne tha...

Is that from HitchHikers Guide? (that counts as a classic piece of literature in my mind), in which case I'll go for the Pangalactic Gargleblaster.

Istenem pretty much has it, "The River" is the official name of the man made fountain/water feature outside of Birmingham town hall.

'The Floozie in the Jacuzzi' is the name by which it is much more commonly referred to.

Over to you.

What is unusual about the river in Birmingham City Centre, and by what name is it commonly referred to?

Is it that they all contain at least one of every vowel?

I'm happy to say I was thinking that before reading your bonus clue which seemed a good confirmation of my suspicion.

No bong from me, I was looking for Bob Holness in a radio production 6 years prior to the first film being made.

If the question had been who was the first actor then it would indeed have been a QI bong, as there was an American TV production 2 years prior starring Barry Nelson.

Over to you.

OK, I've not been around long enough to be confident that this Q hasn't appeared in an earlier phoenix, but here's hoping not...

Who was the first English actor to play the role of James Bond?

Those dates seem to fit with the setting dates for Blackadder (Ignoring the 'back and forth' special).

I had a JP on Pink Panther a couple of years ago without even being asked a question. Each spin landed me on a landmark giving one of the numbers for the safe combination. Certainly less than a minute for the JP.

Yes I'm Birmingham based dmac, I presume my lack of imagination when entering my name on highscore tables led to your deduction

I'm pretty sure I have seen a couple of machines that have had unmolested scrabble on them since the update. Asking for less than 75 for the prize round and giving the £1 corner board (OK thats not too bad) but the time was severely limited maybe 15 seconds (although it could have been less). On a d...