General Knowledge Quiz

[Ashley Hill]

Final clue. This actor appeared in Londons Burning,East Enders and Rise of the Footsoldier amongst other things.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Surely not the now disgraced John Alford?

( It's been heavily mentioned in the news that he was in London's Burning but I have to admit I haven't seen any mention of him having been in Eastenders in those same reports ).

 

[Ashley Hill]

Surely not the now disgraced John Alford?

( It's been heavily mentioned in the news that he was in London's Burning but I have to admit I haven't seen any mention of him having been in Eastenders in those same reports ).

Not John Alford.

 

[Ashley Hill]

This seems to be dead in the water. The answer was Craig Fairbrass. Here’s a picture of him from 1982 on TOTP (circled) with Peter Powell. Open dance floor………

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Never heard of him!!

I'll take the floor with an easy one:

Which comedy actor with a long career was a trained acrobat and performed all his own stunts?

 

[DaleCooper]

Never heard of him!!

I'll take the floor with an easy one:

Which comedy actor with a long career was a trained acrobat and performed all his own stunts?

Buster Keaton

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Buster Keaton

That wasn't the one I had in mind*, but upon checking I find he was indeed a trained acrobat, so the safety net is yours.


*I won't say who it was in case anyone else wants to use him in a similar question later.

 

[xotGD]

Harold Lloyd

 

[D1511]

Michael Crawford?

 

[DaleCooper]

That wasn't the one I had in mind*, but upon checking I find he was indeed a trained acrobat, so the safety net is yours.


*I won't say who it was in case anyone else wants to use him in a similar question later.

Thank you.

Next question:

What is the "Nocebo effect"?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Thank you.

Next question:

What is the "Nocebo effect"?

Its where a patient experiences a worse outcome from a treatment than they should, because for psychological reasons they expect that to happen - sort of the opposite to the placebo effect

 

[DaleCooper]

Its where a patient experiences a worse outcome from a treatment than they should, because for psychological reasons they expect that to happen - sort of the opposite to the placebo effect

Yes that and more generally it is experiencing ill effects from an anticipated harmful cause which doesn't exist. Your turn...

 

[SuspectUsual]

To the nearest thousand, and for the most recent year I can find data for which is 2022, how many marriages were conducted in Church of England churches?

 

[MotCO]

125,000?

 

[DaleCooper]

53,000

 

[SuspectUsual]

125,000?

53,000

Getting closer

 

[D1511]

41,500

 

[Acathater]

39,500

 

[SuspectUsual]

41,500

39,500

Still getting closer....

 

[Peterthegreat]

25,000

 

[SuspectUsual]

25,000

That's the closest so far

 

[Acathater]

23,000

 

[SuspectUsual]

23,000

Getting further away now

 

[D1511]

31,728

 

[Acathater]

26,000

 

[DaleCooper]

27,183

 

[SuspectUsual]

31,728

….is almost spot on, 31,390 to be precise, whereas…..

26,000

27,183

…are close but no cigar

Incidentally, the number had almost halved in a decade from nearly 58,000 in 2012. And in case people are wondering if there’s a Covid impact, the number had already declined to 31,430 by 2019.

Meanwhile there were almost 82,000 baptisms and over 66,000 funerals in C of E churches that year, along with just under 11,000 confirmations.

Time for @D1511 to take to the pulpit and pronounce the next question

 

[D1511]

….is almost spot on, 31,390 to be precise, whereas…..

The very definition of a stab in the dark!

Who is the connection between:

• Starsky & Hutch - TV Series (1975)
• The Eagle Has Landed - Film (1976), and
• The Amityville Horror - Film (1979)?

 

[RyanOPlasty]

The very definition of a stab in the dark!

Who is the connection between:

• Starsky & Hutch - TV Series (1975)
• The Eagle Has Landed - Film (1976), and
• The Amityville Horror - Film (1979)?

Music By Lalo Schiffrin

 

[D1511]

Music By Lalo Schiffrin

Both correct and expedient.

Your turn to compose the next question......