General Knowledge Quiz

[GRALISTAIR]

Hopefully not too obscure and one where there maybe more than one answer but you have to get the one I am thinking of.

in 1967 two iconic albums ( one with super iconic status) were being recorded at the same time in Abbey Rd adjacent studios. Name both albums.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Presume one is Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles).

 

[DaleCooper]

Cream's Disraeli Gears could be the other. That would be the super iconic one.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

In the two answers so far, 1 is correct.

 

[randyrippley]

mispost in error

 

[DaleCooper]

A Rolling Stones album but I don't know which one.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

P and P for short

 

[DaleCooper]

P and P for short

Does that mean Pink and Piper?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Does that mean Pink and Piper?

Pe…r and Piper

 

[DaleCooper]

Pe…r and Piper

Ah! Pepper and Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

 

[Loppylugs]

Ah! Pepper and Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

Damn. I was sure it was Pinky and Perky's greatest hits.

 

[DaleCooper]

Damn. I was sure it was Pinky and Perky's greatest hits.

That was 1968, apart from that it was a good call.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Ah! Pepper and Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

Correct. Your turn sir.

 

[DaleCooper]

Correct. Your turn sir.

Thank you.

Next question:

What is Dutch roll?

 

[Neo9320]

Is it a canoeing move? Like an Eskimo roll?

 

[randyrippley]

Thank you.

Next question:

What is Dutch roll?

I thought it was a ham sandwich

but really it's a potentially dangerous flight oscillation in aircraft

 

[DaleCooper]

Is it a canoeing move? Like an Eskimo roll?

No

I thought it was a ham sandwich

but really it's a potentially dangerous flight oscillation in aircraft

Yes, it's a combination of oscillations in the yaw and roll axes. Your turn...

 

[randyrippley]

OK.........back to Gerry Anderson's vision of the future

In "Thunderbirds", Thunderbird 3 was powered by three "rocket" engines in pods, connected to outriggers.

How did these engines actually work? What kind of propulsion system was it?
Note: it wasn't a chemically fueled rocket

 

[DaleCooper]

OK.........back to Gerry Anderson's vision of the future

In "Thunderbirds", Thunderbird 3 was powered by three "rocket" engines in pods, connected to outriggers.

How did these engines actually work? What kind of propulsion system was it?
Note: it wasn't a chemically fueled rocket

Strings

 

[randyrippley]

Strings

that isn't quite what I was thinking

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Plasma?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Strings

ROTFLMFAO

 

[randyrippley]

Plasma?

I suppose it is in a way..........they were actually three particle beam accelerators

go on, your turn

 

[GRALISTAIR]

I did not expect to get it right so may I declare open floor please?

 

[CarltonA]

I did not expect to get it right so may I declare open floor please?

What were the "five giants on the road of reconstruction" identified in the Beveridge report of 1942?

 

[randyrippley]

What were the "five giants on the road of reconstruction" identified in the Beveridge report of 1942?

M1, M2, M3, M4, M5..............

 

[Gloster]

NHS, comprehensive eduction, iron & steel industry, railways, coal industry.

 

[CarltonA]

NHS, comprehensive eduction, iron & steel industry, railways, coal industry.

You're going in the right direction. Beveridge named five things he would like a welfare state to address.

 

[DaleCooper]

You're going in the right direction. Beveridge named five things he would like a welfare state to address.

In addition to those already mentioned - Pensions, Unemployment benefit, Child benefit.

 

[CarltonA]

In addition to those already mentioned - Pensions, Unemployment benefit, Child benefit.

I'm looking for five things that Beveridge wanted to eliminate, or at least be reduced, by the founding of the Welfare State after the war.