General Knowledge Quiz

[martinsh]

Clue : the artist in question is not human !!

 

[DaleCooper]

Clue : the artist in question is not human !!

Kermit the Frog?

 

[martinsh]

Kermit the Frog?

Is correct !

The song is "Being Green" on the album Hard Nose The Highway.

Your turn to invoke the wrath of Stadler and Waldorf

 

[DaleCooper]

Is correct !

The song is "Being Green" on the album Hard Nose The Highway.

Your turn to invoke the wrath of Stadler and Waldorf

I thought of two possibilities, Kermit or Max Headroom, and I picked the right one. I had a listen to it and it just sounds so Van Morrison that you'd think he wrote it.

Next question:

What is the missing number?

16, ?, 14, 2, 4, 20

 

[MotCO]

Is it 1?
(16 ounces = 1 pound,
14 pounds = 1 stone,
2 stone = 1 quarter,
4 quarters = 1 hundredweight,
20 hundredweight = 1 ton.)

 

[DaleCooper]

Is it 1?
(16 ounces = 1 pound,
14 pounds = 1 stone,
2 stone = 1 quarter,
4 quarters = 1 hundredweight,
20 hundredweight = 1 ton.)

No, it isn't 1.

 

[Peterthegreat]

16.
16 drams in an ounce
16 ounces in a pound
etc.....

 

[DaleCooper]

16.
16 drams in an ounce
16 ounces in a pound
etc.....

That's correct, your turn...

 

[Peterthegreat]

How many Twips in a Foot?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

A twip is short for 1 twentieth of an inch point. To do with type.

The only one I remember is 1 twip =1/1440 inches

Therefore there are 1440 in an inch and therefore 12 x 1440 = 17280 in a foot

 

[Peterthegreat]

A twip is short for 1 twentieth of an inch point. To do with type.

The only one I remember is 1 twip =1/1440 inches

Therefore there are 1440 in an inch and therefore 12 x 1440 = 17280 in a foot

Indeed there are. You may type the next question.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Open floor please

 

[Mcr Warrior]

I'll go, if I may.

Which English football team was the first to qualify for a European club football competition, by having won the previous season's League Cup?

 

[MotCO]

Bolton Wanderers?

 

[Peterthegreat]

I'll go, if I may.

Which English football team was the first to qualify for a European club football competition, by having won the previous season's League Cup?

Birmingham City?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Birmingham City?

No. When Birmingham City first won the League Cup back in season 1962-63, European qualification wasn't then up for grabs.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Spurs?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Spurs?

That's the correct answer. Won the League Cup in 1970-71 vs Aston Villa and got to play in the UEFA Cup in 1971-72, which they also won, beating Wolves over two legs.

@Peterthegreat. You're next up with a new question.

 

[Trackman]

deleted

 

[Peterthegreat]

Can I pass please?
Open floor.

 

[DaleCooper]

Can I pass please?
Open floor.

Next question:

Who was the Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes?

 

[DaleCooper]

Next question:

Who was the Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes?

Hint:

He was a singer-songwriter.

 

[Gloster]

I will say Roy Orbison, but I think that is wrong. I can see the person that I am thinking of in my mind, but the name ain’t there.

 

[DaleCooper]

I will say Roy Orbison, but I think that is wrong. I can see the person that I am thinking of in my mind, but the name ain’t there.

No. not Roy Orbison. Different nationality and different genre.

 

[MotCO]

Stevie Wonder?

 

[Ashley Hill]

Elvis Presley?

 

[DaleCooper]

Stevie Wonder?

See below

Elvis Presley?

See below

No. not Roy Orbison. Different nationality and different genre.

 

[Greenheart]

Clifford T Ward?

 

[DaleCooper]

Clifford T Ward?

Right nationality and year of birth but wrong genre, think psychedelic/progressive.

 

[MotCO]

Little Richard?