Steve H
eachway.bsky.social
Steve H
@eachway.bsky.social
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Geeky horse racing enthusiast. Publish going assessments. Also some other views. AKA @eachway
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This is how my going allowances relate to reported going. (e.g. 80% of going described as 'Good to Soft' over jumps is between aout 5 and 40. Average allowance for G/S is 22.6)
You weren’t there man…you weren’t there…
Conversely at Newcastle and Ascot it was a headwind and horses would have expended at least 20% more energy over the race.
Massive wind effect on Saturday across all courses really. Tailwind at about the same speed as the horses were running at the start of Newmarket. That means there was no air resistance to overcome and horses saved about 20% of their expended energy over the race.
The answer to this was Pierce Brosnan, also Irish.
The correct answers were: W.B. Yeats, Bram Stoker, Enya, Jonathan Swift and Richard Harris. The theme is that they are, or were, all from Ireland.
I think I know the connection but it seems a bit weak. If so, this is my question…

Who made his name playing Remington Steele in the TV series of the same name?
Friday: Which actor played King Arthur in the film version of the musical “Camelot”?
Thursday: Which 18th-century satirist wrote the essay “A Modest Proposal” suggesting the poor should sell their children to the elite for use as food?
Wednesaday: Which singer, formerly with the group Clannad, had her biggest hit with “Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)”?
Didn’t see the results of @economist.com quiz last week and didn’t get the connection. This week’s so far.

Monday: Which poet wrote “The Second Coming” with the lines “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold”?

Tuesday: Which author is best known for his book “Dracula”, published in 1897?
Still lots of firm ground around. Last week's going allowances.
rpubs.com/highs/flatga
rpubs.com/highs/nhga
Thursday: Which film was really awarded the Oscar for best movie in 2017, after the presenters mistakenly announced the winner as La La Land?
Wednesday: Which British rock band had a hit single with “Love Will Tear Us Apart” before reforming as New Order?
@economist.com quiz of the week.

Tuesday: What title did Napoleon Bonaparte assume in December 1804?

Monday: Which Austrian dignitary was assassinated, along with his wife, in Sarajevo on June 28th, 1914?
This very much looks like a round on Pointless…
This is James Mason (mason bee)
The correct answers were: Queen Elizabeth II, workers, Honey, a drone and Bumble. The theme is bees: queen, workers and drones are all categories of bees, some bees produce honey and a bumblebee is a specific species.
Thursday: In the US, Amazon allows some users to select what delivery option if the item weighs 5 pounds or less?

Friday: Which dating app, in its original form, required women rather than men to make the first contact in opposite-sex pairings?
And my guess for the next one…

Who won a Golden Globe for his role in the 1954 version of A Star Is Born?
Weekly quiz of course…

Wednesday: Which Bobby Goldsboro song was the best-selling record worldwide in 1968?

Tuesday: What type of people did Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels call upon to “unite” in the Communist Manifesto?