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Old 08-01-2016, 15:13
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Queen Elizabeth the 1st was not Elizabeth the 1st during her reign, she was just Queen Elizabeth. You might as well refer to Queen Victoria as Victoria the 1st on the off chance that there might be a Victoria the 2nd at some point in the future. The same thing applies in other fields. For example, in 1962 Ford did not introduce the Ford Cortina Mk. 1. It only came to be referred to as such when the Mark 2 appeared four years later
Surely this has been covered? As it happens, there was only a period of less than 2 months between the start of the first Pope John Paul's time and the next. Unless the question was asked in this small window there were 2 so the first one is known as The First. Referring to Victoria as V1 does not make sense as there might never be another Queen Victoria. If there is (but only if) then she will be called Victoria The First from that point. It's not about what someone was called during their reign (or equivalent) but what they are known as now, or when the question was asked. This is just the way the system works. Even the car example is the same. Now it would be called Mk1. If you are being asked now it means the extra detail is included.
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Old 08-01-2016, 15:44
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Francis

To be up to date, Pope Francis is called that.

He cannot be referred to as Pope Francis the first, until such times as there is another Pope who takes the name of Francis, who will then take the title Francis the 2nd. This may not happen for many many years, if at all.
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Old 08-01-2016, 16:15
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On this titles thing it seems that King James VI of Scotland was actually called King James the first when he became King of England (and other places). That is he was known as "the first" right away. So that is an unusual exception to the norm.

Obviously this is still not relevant to the thread but to be fair it seems the thread has been losing focus for a while anyway.
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Old 08-01-2016, 17:12
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Mind you that was only for 33 days - so he was John Paul 1 pretty quickly.

A newspaper headline of the time said "Pope dies again"

On this titles thing it seems that King James VI of Scotland was actually called King James the first when he became King of England (and other places). That is he was known as "the first" right away. So that is an unusual exception to the norm.
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When the present Queen ascended the throne and became Elizabeth 2nd, the Scots complained because Elizabeth 1st had nor been Queen of Scotland. Churchill decided the matter by decreeing that in future the sovereign would be know by the highest number.
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Old 08-01-2016, 20:03
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That's funny. Btw why did you say BttF 2 rather than the original film?

Because the scene was from Back to The Future 2, when he had to run the cable from the clock tower to the cable across the road for the lightning strike to travel through.

In the first film the car had power and just need to reach a certain speed to travel back in time.
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Old 08-01-2016, 20:09
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Brilliant! Well I suppose if you don't know it's as good an answer as any to chuck out there, as there is a tiny bit of logic attached to it.
It would be interesting if it could be found out what the contestant's thought process was at the time.
Because there are many people who aren't that knowledgeable about history and it's quite plausible that he might have thought that Emmett Brown was a real historical figure which the Back to The Future films used to create fiction from.
Much like Abraham Lincoln in the Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter film.
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Old 08-01-2016, 20:15
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More than a bit of logic. It is not unusual for the writers of modern fiction to translate a future character into a past one and do certain things via time travel.

Of course in the "real" case Benjamin Franklin would have travelled back in time and invented the lightening rod but if you didn't know this then Emmett Brown is a better guess than a random name.
Snap. I just posted to say the same thing in my post above before I got to read your post.
I think it's plausible that this may have been the case, because Emmett Brown is the sort of name that has a ring to it that sounds like it could be a real historical name. If it was on the tip of your tongue because the name was vaguely familiar, and you know it had something to do with electricity in some way because all these bits were bubbling away in your brain wanting to come out as an answer, then it manifests itself into a glorious fully formed mistake.
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Old 08-01-2016, 20:19
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Queen Elizabeth the 1st was not Elizabeth the 1st during her reign, she was just Queen Elizabeth. You might as well refer to Queen Victoria as Victoria the 1st on the off chance that there might be a Victoria the 2nd at some point in the future. The same thing applies in other fields. For example, in 1962 Ford did not introduce the Ford Cortina Mk. 1. It only came to be referred to as such when the Mark 2 appeared four years later
The question wasn't asked during the reign of Pope John Paul I.
It was just asked the other day.
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Old 08-01-2016, 20:24
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IBecause there are many people who aren't that knowledgeable about history and it's quite plausible that he might have thought that Emmett Brown was a real historical figure which the Back to The Future films used to create fiction from.
Given the character is referred to nearly all the time as 'Doc' you would need a pretty detailed knowledge of the film to believe that. And if so, it would be dubious then as to whether you thought they could be the equivalent to Abraham Lincoln vampire killer.
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Old 08-01-2016, 20:37
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Because the scene was from Back to The Future 2, when he had to run the cable from the clock tower to the cable across the road for the lightning strike to travel through.

In the first film the car had power and just need to reach a certain speed to travel back in time.
It's actually the first film where they need the Lighting strike to power the car as they can't get hold of Plutonium in 1955.
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Old 08-01-2016, 20:51
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It's actually the first film where they need the Lighting strike to power the car as they can't get hold of Plutonium in 1955.
Oh no, I think you're right. How silly of me.
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Old 08-01-2016, 20:55
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Given the character is referred to nearly all the time as 'Doc' you would need a pretty detailed knowledge of the film to believe that. And if so, it would be dubious then as to whether you thought they could be the equivalent to Abraham Lincoln vampire killer.
As evidenced in my post above I clearly don't have pretty detailed knowledge of the film, but yet I knew.
It was vague knowledge, I had to Google it to check, but nevertheless it was vague enough knowledge which was somewhere in my head, which is similar to the mindset we are talking about with a person in a quiz who has vague recollections of something that feels familiar but which isn't clear.
After all he got the name from somewhere. Where else would he have picked that name up from and linked it to some electricity based theme?
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Old 08-01-2016, 21:59
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After all he got the name from somewhere. Where else would he have picked that name up from and linked it to some electricity based theme?
Clearly a die hard sci-fi fan !!
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Old 08-01-2016, 22:29
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Because the scene was from Back to The Future 2, when he had to run the cable from the clock tower to the cable across the road for the lightning strike to travel through.

In the first film the car had power and just need to reach a certain speed to travel back in time.
Ye as mentioned that was the first film. The second film does end with the car being accidentally struck by lightning that sends Doc to the wild west. Maybe that was part of why you thought the second film.

As for the answer yes it is not that ridiculous if someone is not that familiar with the films but just vaguely remembered the name or indeed thought he was based on a real person. Especially under pressure. It's still funny though
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Old 09-01-2016, 01:36
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Ye as mentioned that was the first film. The second film does end with the car being accidentally struck by lightning that sends Doc to the wild west. Maybe that was part of why you thought the second film.

As for the answer yes it is not that ridiculous if someone is not that familiar with the films but just vaguely remembered the name or indeed thought he was based on a real person. Especially under pressure. It's still funny though
No I can't make that excuse, hand on my heart I made a mistake. Although the scene you mention from the second film works as well.
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Old 09-01-2016, 10:28
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The Edge
Q Charles Babbage is best known for inventing an early version of what ?

A The Hobbit


Radio Lancashire
Q What did St Patrick drive out of Ireland?

A A motor car. No, there wouldn't have been motor cars in his day. A horse and cart.

Quite like the logic of the second one, even though the contestant completely misunderstood what was meant by 'drive'
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Old 09-01-2016, 12:21
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Surely this has been covered? As it happens, there was only a period of less than 2 months between the start of the first Pope John Paul's time and the next. Unless the question was asked in this small window there were 2 so the first one is known as The First. Referring to Victoria as V1 does not make sense as there might never be another Queen Victoria. If there is (but only if) then she will be called Victoria The First from that point. It's not about what someone was called during their reign (or equivalent) but what they are known as now, or when the question was asked. This is just the way the system works. Even the car example is the same. Now it would be called Mk1. If you are being asked now it means the extra detail is included.
Didn't they just say that :
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Old 09-01-2016, 12:40
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Pointless

Teams that took part in the Euro 2016 qualifying.

Uruguay
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Old 09-01-2016, 12:56
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Pointless

Teams that took part in the Euro 2016 qualifying.

Uruguay
If Australia can be in Eurovision, anything's possible
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Old 09-01-2016, 13:04
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Radio Lancashire
Q What did St Patrick drive out of Ireland?

A A motor car. No, there wouldn't have been motor cars in his day. A horse and cart.

Quite like the logic of the second one, even though the contestant completely misunderstood what was meant by 'drive'
Reminds me of the old joke

Q) what did St Patrick say to the snakes when he was driving them out of Ireland

A) you all right in the back there lads?

😁
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Old 09-01-2016, 13:17
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If Australia can be in Eurovision, anything's possible
Very true!
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Old 09-01-2016, 13:24
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Pointless

Teams that took part in the Euro 2016 qualifying.

Uruguay
Qualifying at what?

I take it the answer is wrong, but why so you think it's stupid?
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Old 09-01-2016, 13:33
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Qualifying at what?

I take it the answer is wrong, but why so you think it's stupid?
Uruguay is in South America so they can hardly qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016.
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Old 09-01-2016, 13:38
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Qualifying at what?

I take it the answer is wrong, but why so you think it's stupid?
The clue is in "Euro".
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Old 09-01-2016, 14:09
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Q Charles Babbage is best known for inventing an early version of what ?

A The Hobbit


Radio Lancashire
Q What did St Patrick drive out of Ireland?

A A motor car. No, there wouldn't have been motor cars in his day. A horse and cart.

Quite like the logic of the second one, even though the contestant completely misunderstood what was meant by 'drive'
Not sure what "The Edge" is, but is it possible the contestant misheard the question as "Baggins" so said The Hobbit? No idea.
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