General Knowledge Quiz

[Peterthegreat]

It just so happens that recently, I was reading a historical novel whose principal characters are on the rebel side in the Monmouth uprising; suffering consequently, in the Assizes -- whence things discovered concerning your august (if ferocious) ancestor, and what finally became of him.

My thanks, sir. A nearly-seasonal one, concerning the carol The Twelve Days of Christmas (the one with the partridge). Taking things fully verse by verse, all verses: what is the ultimate total number of presents which the lucky -- or not so lucky -- loved one; ends up receiving?

364.

 

[DaleCooper]

78

 

[Calthrop]

364.

78

I -- and @Peterthegreat -- make it 364; confess, for myself, to being no mathematician. @DaleCooper: dare I ask, were you "having a laugh"; or have you a serious claim to advance, for the answer being 78?

 

[Peterthegreat]

I -- and @Peterthegreat -- make it 364; confess, for myself, to being no mathematician. @DaleCooper: dare I ask, were you "having a laugh"; or have you a serious claim to advance, for the answer being 78?

I think 78 comes from the addition of all the presents received on the 12th day. 364 is the figure of I received on the first day, 3 on the second (2+1), 6 on the third (3+2+1) etc.

 

[MotCO]

Thank you; I'll stay with history this time and I hope it's not too obscure as it relates to an ancestor of mine...

Which (in)famous Lord chief Justice of England ended up in the Tower of London but died of pneumonia before he could be tried?

I was going to suggest Lord Mugridge!

 

[Calthrop]

I think 78 comes from the addition of all the presents received on the 12th day. 364 is the figure of I received on the first day, 3 on the second (2+1), 6 on the third (3+2+1) etc.

My meaning per the question, was indeed 1 on the first day, 3 on the second, 6 on the third, etc. @Peterthegreat: yours, thus, to set the next.

 

[Peterthegreat]

My meaning per the question, was indeed 1 on the first day, 3 on the second, 6 on the third, etc. @Peterthegreat: yours, thus, to set the next.

I think I set that as a question in my local pub around 30 years ago - surprisingly I still remembered it!
Question to follow shortly......

 

[Peterthegreat]

What do:-
Kingsley Amis
Sebastian Foulkes
Anthony Horowitz

Have in common? (more specifically than being writers/novelists)

 

[DaleCooper]

What do:-
Kingsley Amis
Sebastian Foulkes
Anthony Horowitz

Have in common? (more specifically than being writers/novelists)

James Bond

 

[Peterthegreat]

James Bond

Can you be a bit more specific please?

 

[Whistler40145]

James Bond Novels

 

[DaleCooper]

Can you be a bit more specific please?

They wrote James Bond novels.

 

[Peterthegreat]

They wrote James Bond novels.

That's close enough. They wrote official/authorised versions.

Please provide us with an official question.

 

[DaleCooper]

That's close enough. They wrote official/authorised versions.

Please provide us with an official question.

Thank you.

Next question:

In Isaac Asimov's robot stories what type of brain do the robots have?

 

[DaleCooper]

Thank you.

Next question:

In Isaac Asimov's robot stories what type of brain do the robots have?

Hint: The answer is not "electronic".

 

[Whistler40145]

Positronic Robots?

 

[DaleCooper]

Positronic Robots?

Just positronic you didn't need "Robots", your turn...

 

[Whistler40145]

I declare open floor

 

[Neo9320]

I’ll take this one to keep the game alive…

Love them or hate them, we’ve all had to deal with captcha’s to verify our identity online.

However, Captcha is an acronym, what does it abbreviate?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Sounds more like it might be a 'backronym' to me!

 

[GRALISTAIR]

I think the "T" stands for Turing.

 

[DaleCooper]

Copy a phrase to confirm human activity.

 

[Neo9320]

Sounds more like it might be a 'backronym' to me!

I thought that at first, however no.

 

[Neo9320]

I think the "T" stands for Turing.

You are correct about the T

 

[Neo9320]

Copy a phrase to confirm human activity.

As usual on the right track dale, but not quite.

 

[DaleCooper]

I think the "T" stands for Turing.

You are correct about the T

CapTuring chaos

 

[GRALISTAIR]

The “h” must be human

 

[Neo9320]

CapTuring chaos

A bit more of an acronym than that

 

[Neo9320]

The “h” must be human

The H is indeed Human

 

[Neo9320]

I’ve got to travel today so I’ll be away for quite a while and unable to monitor. I genuinely thought this was more well know and would have been solved by now. Evidently I’m just a geek lol.

The answer is:

Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart


I’d reckon @GRALISTAIR takes it having proved he is not a computer with 2 answers.