[Darren] You can do hyperlinks here in the usual way (until I get round to changing the syntax slightly as a spam blockade).

Anyway, did you write the original Ravenskull, or convert it to PC? I vaguely recall owning this for my trusty old Acorn Electron when I were a lad, but there were a number of these types of games it could have been another one... In any case, Kudos!

And there's the original,one and only, Colossal Cave.

[rab] I didn't write the original Ravenskull - I did the PC port. Superior Interactive is of course the descendent of the original publisher of Ravenskull on the BBC/Electron (Superior Software) and is still run by Mr Hanson. I've worked on a number of the PC (and other platform) ports of the old Superior games, and still am for that matter.

Thanks for the info. We'll go and have a look at the suggested sites.

There have been five kings of England called George. The latest was George V. Name the other four.

[Chalky] Oops, have just realised that the Aida question has no George connection :). You could put it in as a trick one, tho :) An alternative would be to see if people can name any hit by Boy George's Culture Club apart from Karma Chameleon.

I'm pretty sure there are quite a few lizards with the word "dragon" in their name (I can think of two off-hand) so I'd avoid that question!
Personally I don't approve of the celebration of St George's Day: simply a slavish copy of the celebration of St Patrick's Day, which itself is an Americanism. At least St Patrick actually had something to do with Ireland: St George is terribly obscure at best and had nothing whatsoever to do with England in the slightest.

(Chalky) What have George Eliot, George Sand and George of Enid Blyton's Famous Five got in common? (Ans. - All women)

As an easy starter, or a tie breaker, how about: From the letters of the name 'George' provide two three letter words which, in essence, have the same meaning. (Ans. Roe and Egg)

[rab] Ah yes, we've had that before, haven't we? Apologies...
[Dujon] I wouldn't call that an easy one, but it's damnably clever. You might also ask what the name "George" actually means (farmer or earthworker).

There has to be a suitable question to which the answer would be "Jorja Fox", but I can't quite think of one.

Paddington...er, no that's wrong. I actually meant Wimbledon. No that's wrong too... I've got it! Kings Cross. Ah - that felt good

Damn - wish I'd seen Chalky's request earlier, I love setting quiz questions, but have obviously missed the Sunday deadline now. BTW [SM] Five kings called George ?
As a matter of interest :

• George III was what relation of George II ?
• What is the name of the constellation representing the dragon
• George fighting the dragon appeared on the reverse of which British coin ? (two possible answers)
• Where did George play with Zippy & Bungle ?
• Name Hagrid's baby dragon
• If Sid James was George, who was The Dragon ?
• Which George had an affair with Chopin ?
• Which country owns Komodo of Komodo Dragon fame ?

It's true. It is also true that there have been two kings of England called George. The latest of which was George II. See?

[Blob] You've got me stumped on the Sid James question.

Either Peggy Mount or Hattie Jaques. I'm leaning toward Peggy Mount.

Bif is leaning in the correct direction !

[Pj] A quick Google found this

blob - I sent you this link anyway, but why not buy your little chaperoo The D&D Player's Handbook. My advice would be encourage him to play it with some friends without a computer. The dice are very cool.

No wonder Bif is leaning. Who has the bigger gravitational pull, Hattie Jacques or Peggy Mount?

[Blob / st d] In a recent nostalgic fit, I picked up from Ebay the standard quintet of AD&D manuals that I used to use at the end of the 1980s. Quite makes me want to have another go myself... Now, I just have to rescue my polyhedral dice from the fellow I leant them to about 10 years ago...

Speaking of dragons, does anyone remember the name of the TV programme that was on years ago, a sort of game show like an ancestor of "The Crystal Maze", which was set on a space ship or alien planet in which everything was an anagram of the word "dragon", and which featured a grid on which the player had to move from node to node while being chased by a shimmery thing?

Yes. It was The Adventure Game, and the shimmery thing was "The Vortex" if I recall.

Have just applied for a job online. Which feels wrong somehow. I like putting things into envelopes.

That's it! I knew it was a strangely unexotic title.

[Breadmaster] Yep, it was a wonderful show. I understood they repeated it on some cable channel recently, but since I don't have things like that I couldn't see the repeats. It's a pity cos I'd love to see it again. All I have is the theme music and about 300 screen grabs to keep me company.

Chunky chunks of strudel to all who helped with quizzing :-)

Oh yes, it's the John Williamsy guitar one, isn't it?

[Botherer] That's right. Ferdinando Carulli's Duo in G, Op. 34, performed by Julian Bream & John Williams.

(Cross-posting) At last! Internet at home! Mwahahahahaha!

[UK] You got everywhere!

[penelope] I see you've acquired a new semicolon. It suits you!

That was a GREAT show. I can still do a very convincing impersonation of The Rangdo Of Arg, aoart from teh looking like an aspidistra part.

[Darren] You think so? You don't think I should get it surgically removed?

That's better. People were avoiding me.

Must go for a slash.

Please excuse my accent. I've lived here for too long I suspect. Whilst the problem's acute it isn't grave at this point in time.