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Post by Ferryman on Jan 23, 2005 0:03:25 GMT -8
I was thinking we should try something different by making Trivia Questions and see who can get them right first and then keep score by putting your score on the "Signature" part of your profile which is the space that almost everyone put Merry Christmas and all that a little while ago.
Starting off with the first Question:
What were the dates (month/year) of Queen of Esquimalt going in to be cut horizontally and added another car deck along with get the "NEW" retractable platform decks and getting re engined?
I know there isn't much point to doing this but I thought it would be funny to do on here.
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Post by Ferryman on Jan 23, 2005 0:11:36 GMT -8
Oh and you can find the answer to the question on a site that one of the yahoo forum members made, and I think he's been on here a few times and maybe a member but I don't know. But I'll put another hint to the site if nobody gets it by Sunday night. I'm thinking Karl will get this one seeming he knows the links everyone BCF's sites.
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Post by bob on Jan 23, 2005 1:22:45 GMT -8
Why the hell do they make mcdonalds burgers with sawdust? damn i wanna know that one
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Post by bob from the fast food group on Jan 23, 2005 1:24:01 GMT -8
what do they use to pre-cool A&W drinks?
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Post by bob on Jan 23, 2005 1:25:10 GMT -8
what date did A&W come out???
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Post by bob on Jan 23, 2005 1:25:44 GMT -8
never eat at mcdonalds they use sawdust from trees infected with the pine beatle
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jan 23, 2005 8:41:02 GMT -8
Say what you want about silly, off-topic posts from guests, but at least our guest "Bob" got all his spelling correct.
Bob: You win first prize, for quality spelling, and for humour creativity. However, with your question about "When did A&W Come Out?", I must confess that I never knew that A&W was in the closet to begin with.
Here's a trivia question for us all: With BC Ferries naming vessels after towns & rivers in BC, what do you think is the named town/city that is furthest away from salt-water. Ie. if they named a vessel "Queen of Cranbrook" that would be the winner. However, for current named vessels, what do you think is furthest away from salt chuck?
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Post by Curtis on Jan 23, 2005 10:05:05 GMT -8
Id probably say that one would be the Chilliwack
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Post by Ferryman on Jan 23, 2005 11:08:07 GMT -8
A&W came out in 1956 and was started in Winnepeg;D and they pre cool their drinks by having them in the pop machine dispenser thing a mabob and Mcdonalds obviously doesn't put sawdust in their cheeseburgers....
But uhh this is supposed to be BCF's Questions not about Fast Food obviously seeming it is a BC Ferry forum
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Post by Dane on Jan 23, 2005 21:59:06 GMT -8
and is now based in North Vancouver, claims ther Province (which explains their offices on Lonsdale)
What year did BCF start contracting to White Spot, and what ships are White Spoterrized? Thats not trivia - Im curious.
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Post by Ian on Jan 23, 2005 22:09:31 GMT -8
Tsw-Swb, Hsb-Dep, Tsw-Duk, Hsb-Lan. Have white spot.
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Post by Curtis on Jan 23, 2005 22:10:34 GMT -8
It started 1999
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Post by Koastal Karl on Jan 23, 2005 22:14:11 GMT -8
White Spot began probably in 2000 or later as I dont think they had White Spot in the late 90's on the ships. They might of, I am not totally sure though. The SOVI and SOBC were the first to get White Spot. They did trial runs with WS on the Spirits. Then the Naniamo ferries between Departure Bay and Horseshoe Bay and then the Duke Point ferries. Does anyone know if the Queen of Surrey still has WS??? I know she did but seeming how it is only a 40 min crossing they were talking about getting rid of it.
Right now the ships with WS are SOBC SOVI Queen of Saanich, Esquimalt, Vancouver, New West, Alberni, Cowichan, Coquitlam and Oak Bay, I am not sure about the Surrey.
Ships that should also have White Spot I think should be all three northern vessels and the Queen of Burnaby.
It would be cool if the Duke Point ferries and Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen ferries had Villages Pizza along with WS on the ships. Only ships I know with Villages Pizza are the Cowichan and Coquitlam and Oak Bay. Lots of good food choices now!
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Post by Ian on Jan 23, 2005 22:19:40 GMT -8
I was on the surrey last june and she had white spot.
The surrey's cafatirium has less choice than that of a route 1 ship. They had only ham, bacon, scrambled egg, hashbrown and white toast at breakfast for example.
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Post by Balfour on Jan 24, 2005 7:18:00 GMT -8
WHAT?  No sunshine Breakfast? |
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Post by Ferryman on Jan 24, 2005 15:38:11 GMT -8
They stopped the Sunshine Breakfast a long time ago like 3 years ago i think, well thats on HSB-DPB as far as I know which was about the same time they put White Spot on that route.
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Post by kylefossett on Jan 24, 2005 17:53:54 GMT -8
hmmm a ferry trivia question. how about this one. what is the home terminal for the bowen queen? will post the answer in a couple of days if nobody gets it
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Post by kylefossett on Jan 24, 2005 17:56:51 GMT -8
another question. what was the original name of the saltspring queen? vesuvius queen? the vesusius queen had two names one before she became a bc ferry and one before she became the vesuvius queen
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Post by Curtis on Jan 24, 2005 19:23:58 GMT -8
The Bowen's home terminal is Fulford Harbour the Vesuvius Queen's previous names are Bowen Queen and Lloyd James Saltspring's is Delta Princess i've gotcha one question. Where where the Queen of the Islands and Tenaka(ex Comox Queen) around 1969
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Post by kylefossett on Jan 24, 2005 20:24:49 GMT -8
the queen of the islands and tenaka went to the ministry of highways in 1969. the queen of the islands was a ministry of highways summer ferry from 1969 to 1976. the tenaka returned to the corpse in 1985
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Post by kylefossett on Jan 24, 2005 20:31:31 GMT -8
there was one steam powered ferry in the dogwood fleet what was her name and what route was she on?
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Post by Curtis on Jan 24, 2005 20:37:41 GMT -8
Sorry not what I ment what route was what I ment whoops
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Post by Balfour on Jan 24, 2005 21:39:15 GMT -8
The steam powered ship was the Smokwa, it ran between HB and DB untill the Nanny, Burnaby, and New west were built. It was obviously a Black Ball Ferry
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Post by Ferryman on Jan 24, 2005 22:37:21 GMT -8
There was only one? I thought there was more...Hmm have to get the books out.
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Post by Koastal Karl on Jan 24, 2005 23:12:21 GMT -8
Bowen's home port is Fulford Harbour as someone else mentioned. Usually when she is not in service you most likely will find her there.
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No sunshine Breakfast?