General Knowledge Quiz

[GRALISTAIR]

Q is correct. It is Quetta. In SI units, kilo multiplies by 10^3, then Mega 10^6, Giga 10^9 , Terra 10^12 etc - Q is 10^30


Your turn.

 

[xotGD]

I was thinking Q for Quadrillion, but I'll take it.

Next Q (see what I did there?)

"The Mysterious Affair at Styles" is the first novel to feature which fictional detective?

 

[MotCO]

Hercule Poirot

 

[xotGD]

Hercule Poirot

Indeed it was.

Your turn to set the next mystery...

 

[MotCO]

In a roundabout way.....

How many roundabouts are there in the UK? For bonus points, where and when was the first roundabout in the UK?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Reckon the answer is maybe round about 10,000.

No idea where the first one was. South London, perhaps?

 

[MotCO]

Reckon the answer is maybe round about 10,000.

No idea where the first one was. South London, perhaps?

Not even close. It was in the broader South East, though. Year?

 

[DaleCooper]

30,000, Welwyn Garden City

 

[CarltonA]

24,000 - Letchworth 1922?

 

[MotCO]

30,000, Welwyn Garden City

Too high, and a bit too far , because

24,000 - Letchworth 1922?

Is about right, in the right town, but 13 yesrs too late.

The number I had was 25976 (so precise, I wonder who counted them?), and the first one was at Sollershott Circus in Letchworth Garden City in 1909.

I invite @CarltonA to set the next question.

 

[CarltonA]

Thank you, which British settlement has the unique distinction of being both a garden city and a new town?

 

[D6130]

Letchworth?

 

[xotGD]

Welwyn Garden City?

 

[CarltonA]

Welwyn Garden City?

Is the correct answer. Please develop another question.

 

[xotGD]

Thank you.

What was invented by Christopher Latham Sholes?

 

[Ashley Hill]

Insoles?

 

[xotGD]

Insoles?

Nope

 

[DaleCooper]

Thank you.

What was invented by Christopher Latham Sholes?

A device for removing "hit" from your surname.

 

[xotGD]

A device for removing "hit" from your surname.

Amazingly, no. But it ought to be.

 

[MotCO]

To help narrow it down, can we have '20 questions'?
Was it something mechanical?

 

[xotGD]

To help narrow it down, can we have '20 questions'?
Was it something mechanical?

Yes or indirectly yes, depending on which of two possible correct answers you give...

 

[xotGD]

Another clue. Most of us use one of his inventions almost every day.

The other is now obsolete.

 

[DaleCooper]

Another clue. Most of us use one of his inventions almost every day.

The other is now obsolete.

Vacuum cleaner

 

[MotCO]

Holepunch?

 

[xotGD]

Vacuum cleaner

No - and I definitely don't use one of thise mist days@

Holepunch?

Not that either.

Another clue - I'm using one right now...

 

[DaleCooper]

No - and I definitely don't use one of thise mist days@

Not that either.

Another clue - I'm using one right now...

QWERTY layout

 

[xotGD]

QWERTY layout

Correct!

He was also the co-inventor of the typewriter. Apparently.

Over to you...

 

[DaleCooper]

Correct!

He was also the co-inventor of the typewriter. Apparently.

Over to you...

Thank you.

Next question:

What do these songs have in common?

Scott Walker - Jackie
Terry Jacks - Seasons in the Sun
David Bowie - Amsterdam

 

[Gloster]

Based on Jacques Brel songs?

 

[DaleCooper]

Based on Jacques Brel songs?

Yes, they are English translations of his songs. Your turn...