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i_agree_with_nick
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What do Mark Williams, Fiona Bruce and Jonathan Edwards have in common?
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Report Jack Hacksaw • November 8, 2016 10:12 AM GMT
Does it involve a snooker cue?
Report Joel • November 8, 2016 10:19 AM GMT
All were involved in the Power Premiership?
Report i_agree_with_nick • November 8, 2016 11:06 AM GMT
Q (amended):

What do Mark Williams, Fiona Bruce, Jonathan Edwards, Gareth Thomas, Tom Watson, Richard Bacon and Chris Evans have in common?
Report morpteh mackem • November 8, 2016 11:17 AM GMT
all been sacked   by bbc ?
Report i_agree_with_nick • November 8, 2016 11:24 AM GMT
Incorrect, MM.

Tbh, this is a slightly trick question.
Report donny osmond • November 8, 2016 11:38 AM GMT
They are all MPs.
Report i_agree_with_nick • November 8, 2016 11:43 AM GMT
WD, Donny. Happy
Report i_agree_with_nick • November 8, 2016 11:46 AM GMT
Another one:

Which is the world's busiest airport?
Report johnizere • November 8, 2016 11:49 AM GMT
Chicago O'Hare?
Report morpteh mackem • November 8, 2016 11:50 AM GMT
for people think its riyahd due to haj, but think ancohrage airport is busiest freight airport.
Report morpteh mackem • November 8, 2016 11:50 AM GMT
or the one at mecca
Report johnizere • November 8, 2016 11:50 AM GMT
Cry
Report i_agree_with_nick • November 8, 2016 11:51 AM GMT
Chicago O'Hare is 4th
Report i_agree_with_nick • November 8, 2016 11:52 AM GMT
Q: Which is the woeld's busiest airport in terms of passenger numbers?
Report donny osmond • November 8, 2016 11:54 AM GMT
atlanta
Report i_agree_with_nick • November 8, 2016 11:56 AM GMT
Another one for Donny. Happy
Report i_agree_with_nick • November 8, 2016 12:01 PM GMT
Which English county has the longest coastline?
Report morpteh mackem • November 8, 2016 12:04 PM GMT
cornwall
Report i_agree_with_nick • November 8, 2016 12:05 PM GMT
Not Cornwall.
Report scandanavian_haven • November 8, 2016 12:25 PM GMT
I know the answer because I'm a google cheat so wont say what it is, but looking at the map of the English counties I can't see it, looks like a few have a longer coastline
Report Franzi • November 8, 2016 12:38 PM GMT
Coastline lengths are hard to pin down - it depends how closely you measure them. This is a classic paradox which is explained by fractal dimension, and is true for many geographical boundaries.

In this case, knowing the answer which is expected, it is likely a very precise measurement of every nook and cranny would return the crown to the more obvious answer. This is because the expected answer has a 'smoother' coastline than Cornwall.
Report i_agree_with_nick • November 8, 2016 12:43 PM GMT
That's a good point, Franzi.
Report i_agree_with_nick • November 8, 2016 12:49 PM GMT
The answer is Essex. btw.

I would have guessed Cornwall or Kent but going back to what SH said, I think that can be answered partly by Franzi's point. I guess there's also the question of where does the Thames Estuary become the sea?
Report scandanavian_haven • November 8, 2016 1:10 PM GMT
My answer would have been Devon, a fairly long north and south coastline, but I guess logically Franzi would be correct if that is actually the case, you'd never have got the answer though by looking at the map

Report blackbarn • November 8, 2016 2:11 PM GMT
This question is a regular Trivia Quiz nightmare - I only ever used it onceCry

Re County coastlines.  Several sources quote Cornwall as 420/422 miles and several sources quote Essex at 350/360 INCLUDING sources that state authoritatively that Essex is the longest.  I absolutely agree with the point about scale but imo the smaller the scale used the more likely it is that the answer is Cornwall.
Report Jack Hacksaw • November 8, 2016 3:13 PM GMT
Where does the coastline end and an estuary begin?

What is the difference between a river and an estuary?
Report Johnny_Mustang • November 8, 2016 3:22 PM GMT
Salt water.
Report mememe • November 8, 2016 3:25 PM GMT
Isle of Wight ... coastline goes on forever.

Next question
Report Jack Hacksaw • November 8, 2016 3:26 PM GMT
Right.

Does that show on the maps they use to measure coastlines?
Report mememe • November 8, 2016 3:26 PM GMT
Here's one for you all ...

what's my favourite biscuit?
Report i_agree_with_nick • November 8, 2016 3:28 PM GMT
The point about the river/estuary issue is that it's not obvious when looking at a map.
Report Jack Hacksaw • November 8, 2016 4:09 PM GMT
Is it a chocolate hobnob?
Report mememe • November 8, 2016 4:49 PM GMT
Jack,

very good guess. But it's wrong.

You owe me £5.  Easy money.

Have another guess.
Report blackbarn • November 8, 2016 5:13 PM GMT
Chocolate Fruitcake then?
Report blackbarn • November 8, 2016 5:16 PM GMT
Silly me.  Can't be anything foreign, brown or with excessive packaging.  I know, Pink Wafer?
Report morpteh mackem • November 8, 2016 7:19 PM GMT
is it a garibaldi, or more likely a mussolini ?
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