General Knowledge Quiz

[GRALISTAIR]

Franz

 

[CarltonA]

Prince (sorry Prinz).

That is a title rather than a name.

 

[CarltonA]

Franz

Correct, Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel were his names. Your question please...

 

[GRALISTAIR]

And his wife? What was Queen Victoria’s first name?

 

[MotCO]

Adelaide?

 

[Gloster]

Bernard?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

no correct answer so far

 

[CarltonA]

Alexandrina?

 

[Peterthegreat]

I think it was something like Alexandra.

 

[DaleCooper]

And his wife? What was Queen Victoria’s first name?

Penelope (hence the Penny Black)

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Alexandrina?

is absolutely correct.

I think it was something like Alexandra.

not quite sorry.

Carlton A turn to take hold of the golden orb and scepter

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Penelope (hence the Penny Black)

Clever but no

 

[CarltonA]

Which two canals join at Fradley Junction?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Coventry and Trent & Mersey.

Venue of my mum getting a bit tipsy in the pub (Swan??) on a canal boat holiday in the early 80s and subsequently bumping the boat fairly hard into a lock gate. My dad likes to remind her of this pretty frequently even now

 

[CarltonA]

Coventry and Trent & Mersey.

Venue of my mum getting a bit tipsy in the pub (Swan??) on a canal boat holiday in the early 80s and subsequently bumping the boat fairly hard into a lock gate. My dad likes to remind her of this pretty frequently even now

Is the correct answer. Yes The Swan is the pub there. Your course to steer.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Who is Libby Lane and what first did she set?

 

[DaleCooper]

Who is Libby Lane and what first did she set?

Superman's first girlfriend.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Superman's first girlfriend.

Sadly that's not right

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Is this the lady that was made the first Bishop in the Church of England? I can’t remember the bishoprick/see but I want to say it is somewhere in the midlands.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Superman's first girlfriend.

You come out with some fantastic tongue-in-cheek answers!

 

[DaleCooper]

You come out with some fantastic tongue-in-cheek answers!

All the women in Superman's life had the initials LL but I was mistaken, Lana Lang was his childhood sweetheart.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Is this the lady that was made the first Bishop in the Church of England? I can’t remember the bishoprick/see but I want to say it is somewhere in the midlands.

She was indeed. She was Bishop of Derby.

Your turn at the lectern

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Really sorry but I must declare open floor.

 

[Calthrop]

Who made the following -- IMO right-on-the-money -- statement? There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Tim Martin?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Samuel Johnson?

 

[Calthrop]

Tim Martin?

Samuel Johnson?

Martin, no -- Johnson, yes (as per smily -- the second, and correct, guy, was disinterested in this matter -- the former: one feels, less so !)

@Mcr Warrior -- Sir, 'tis for you to pose the succeeding conundrum to the convivial company.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

By what 'on screen' persona is the British TV actor Robert Deaton perhaps better known?

 

[xotGD]

The Milky Bar Kid?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

The Milky Bar Kid?

No, not him.