Are You A Plonka ?

[Online Brewing Supplies]

I picked up a second hand game called Plonka from the library, it has drinking ( beer wine hops ) related questions.
Here is one for you.
Q 17th century fisherman Harry Jenkins put his longevity down to drinking a gallon of Ale a day. What age did he reputedly die ?
Choose one of the following :
165 years
142 years
128 years

Have a guess.
GB

 

[Newbiebrewer]

I picked up a second hand game called Plonka from the library, it has drinking ( beer wine hops ) related questions.
Here is one for you.
Q 17th century fisherman Harry Jenkins put his longevity down to drinking a gallon of Ale a day. What age did he reputedly die ?
Choose one of the following :
165 years
142 years
128 years

Have a guess.
GB

Do we win a prize if we get it right?

mine is for the second option 142 years

 

[Online Brewing Supplies]

Do we win a prize if we get it right?

mine is for the second option 142 years

No prize just the satisfaction of being the biggest plonka.
Gb

 

[under]

165

 

[earle]

According to here none of the above but 169 years old.

 

[SpillsMostOfIt]

I am the biggest plonka.

All answers are wrong, because Harry is still alive:

http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/speaker.htm

OKay... his father, Harry Senior died age 79.

 

[Online Brewing Supplies]

Answer :Harry the Ale drinker :chug: died 165 Years, believe it or not .

Here is another:
Q Which European nation were universally known as drunkards up until about 1650 when the Dutch took over the title ?
The Germans
The English
The French
GB

 

[bradsbrew]

English and they still are

 

[spog]

gotta be the frogs,poms are not european,and the boxheads are too busy telling ereyone what to do.

gotta be right.....cheers....spog............

 

[Online Brewing Supplies]

Ha its was the English :chug:
GB

 

[Online Brewing Supplies]

Q: In semi criminal London of the 1840's a drink called "old flannel" was common.
How was it made ?

Port or Sherry. hot water then sweetened and spiced.

Beer, gin, eggs. sugar and nutmeg.

Toasted stale bread with hot wine poured onto it.

GB

 

[J Grimmer]

I reckon its Beer, gin, eggs. sugar and nutmeg.

 

[jyo]

Toasted, stale bread and hot wine. :icon_cheers:

 

[jyo]

Toasted, stale bread and hot wine. :icon_cheers:

Just cheated and googled and I am wrong