Phoenix earns the Victoria Cross

betchrider · Post by **betchrider** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 7:55 am

Dead!

Captain.Tattybojangles · Tue Jan 11, 2011 2:02 pm

Not Laika I'm afraid. She was the first animal to be put in orbit. But there were some dogs before who did make it to space but not orbit!

civ77 · Post by **civ77** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 6:44 pm

Pluto, 1930.

Although thinking about it Canis Major preceded that by quite a time.

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 7:05 pm

Gotta love a trick question

Captain.Tattybojangles · Thu Jan 13, 2011 12:50 am

Quite, but they weren't shot from Earth! lol so I'm sorry but it wasn't what I am thinking of lol...No real trick questions here, just the prediction the Laika would be first guess

Here's a hint. There were at least 2 canines on the crew

messiah · Post by **messiah** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 2:54 pm

Captain.Tattybojangles wrote:Quite, but they weren't shot from Earth! lol so I'm sorry but it wasn't what I am thinking of lol...No real trick questions here, just the prediction the Laika would be first guess

Here's a hint. There were at least 2 canines on the crew

Think its fair to say that the only way anyone would know is by asking the big all knowing google.

Captain.Tattybojangles · Sat Jan 15, 2011 6:35 pm

I consulted my Vital Statistics book I have :p

The answer was, dogs Trygan and Dezik were the first in space in 1951. They were both USSR like Laika was and They survived the trip, sadly unlike the first monkey.

Whoever wants to jump in feel free

messiah · Post by **messiah** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:22 pm

Consulting my copy of the Mag:

"Which are the only 3 Spanish teams never to have been relegated from La Liga"

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 1:31 pm

barca real athletico

messiah · Post by **messiah** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 9:40 pm

harry2 wrote:barca real athletico

real madrid and althletico madrid I'm assuming

Barca and Real are correct. Athletico is close (non geographically)

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 7:00 am

Espanyol?

messiah · Post by **messiah** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:50 am

Northern Monkey wrote:Espanyol?

Not according to my answer.

To give a clue: Newcastle played them in the UEFA cup (in the 94-95 season if my memory serves me correctly).

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 2:39 pm

Bilbao?

messiah · Post by **messiah** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 7:50 pm

Northern Monkey wrote:Bilbao?

Athletic Bilbao is indeed the correct answer, obviating the need for me to mention that they wear red and white stripes (copying 5under1and IIRC).

Mr Monkey it's all yours...

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:33 pm

Struggling for a decent question at the moment. Suspect that this one will be straightforward based on the the psychological profiling I have performed on Phoenix participants.

I was at the PDC world darts over Christmas and this year they had erected huge banners with giant size portraits of ll of the past winners. Needless to say there weren't many banners. Name all of the men who have won the PDC to date?