General Knowledge Quiz

[AndyPJG]

The perforated metal mask inside inside a colour TV tube back in the day.

 

[DaleCooper]

The perforated metal mask inside inside a colour TV tube back in the day.

That's right, your turn...

 

[AndyPJG]

Thanks, no question at present so Open Screen

 

[yoyothehobo]

Why would a Ningi not be accepted?

 

[Ashley Hill]

Because of their size. Its a Hitchhikers coin.

 

[yoyothehobo]

Because of their size. Its a Hitchhikers coin.

Partially correct, but its not how large they are which is explicitly why they are not accepted.

 

[DaleCooper]

It has no value.

 

[yoyothehobo]

It has no value.

Nope

 

[yoyothehobo]

Nope

To be a bit more specific its the reason banks dont accept it

 

[D1511]

Because it is too small a denomination of currency, despite being thousands of miles long.

 

[Trackman]

It's the size of it.

 

[yoyothehobo]

Because it is too small a denomination of currency, despite being thousands of miles long.

Correct, they dont deal in small change.

No one ever had enough for a triganic pu.

Your floor

 

[D1511]

Correct, they dont deal in small change.

No one ever had enough for a triganic pu.

Your floor

Thanks. I used to have Adams' quote about deadlines on my desk at work for years!

What were the names of the 1960's trilogy of Harry Palmer films, based on Len Deighton's novels?

 

[yoyothehobo]

Thanks. I used to have Adams' quote about deadlines on my desk at work for years!

What were the names of the 1960's trilogy of Harry Palmer films, based on Len Deighton's novels?

i do like the whooshing noise...

 

[SuspectUsual]

The Ipcress File is one, no idea on the others

 

[contrex]

The perforated metal mask inside inside a colour TV tube back in the day.

The alternative being the 'aperture grille', for example Sony's 'Trinitron'. Resulted in a much better picture.

 

[millemille]

Based on my memory of the books it'll be "Ipcress File", "Billion Dollar Brain", "Funeral in Berlin" and possibly "Horse under water"

 

[D1511]

i do like the whooshing noise...

That's the one!

The Ipcress File is one, no idea on the others

Correct, the first in the trilogy

Based on my memory of the books it'll be "Ipcress File", "Billion Dollar Brain", "Funeral in Berlin" and possibly "Horse under water"

That's correct.
The three films, in order, were
The Ipcress File (1965)
Funeral in Berlin (1966)
Billion Dollar Brain (1967)

Horse under water may have been a Deighton book, but wasn't part of the 1960s Michael Caine trilogy.

Over to you for the next question.......

 

[millemille]

Why do you need to be careful about what you say about McCooeys or Dunchers when you stop for a coffee at the first services on the M1 having left London?

 

[Gloster]

Why do you need to be careful about what you say about McCooeys or Dunchers when you stop for a coffee at the first services on the M1 having left London?

Would this be because it is the M1 in Northern Ireland and all sorts of things could cause offence there.

Regarding the previous answer: Harry Saltzman bought the film rights to Horse Under Water, but seems to have lost interest after Michael Caine indicated that he wasn’t interested in continuing as ‘Harry Palmer’. Saltzman appears to have been put off by the problems when Bond changed from Connery to Lazenby.

 

[millemille]

Would this be because it is the M1 in Northern Ireland and all sorts of things could cause offence there.

Nope.

 

[MotCO]

The first services are Scratchwood if I recall correctly. Are they types of wood?

 

[millemille]

The first services are Scratchwood if I recall correctly. Are they types of wood?

They are indeed, also known as London Gateway Services, but the answer is not types of wood.

You've got one part of the cryptic decoding done....

 

[millemille]

Double post

 

[yoyothehobo]

Does it have something to do with a boat?

 

[millemille]

Does it have something to do with a boat?

A ship, technically, but yes.

 

[Gloster]

Oh, is it that HMS Belfast’s guns are trained on the services?

 

[DaleCooper]

Or perhaps the 15" guns at Greenwich.

 

[millemille]

Oh, is it that HMS Belfast’s guns are trained on the services?

Bingo!

McCooeys and Dunchers are residents of Belfast and HMS Belfast's "A" & "B" turrets are trained such that if they were fired the shells would land on London gateway Services.

Over to you, me old salty sea dog!

 

[SuspectUsual]

Bingo!

McCooeys and Dunchers are residents of Belfast and HMS Belfast's "A" & "B" turrets are trained such that if they were fired the shells would land on London gateway Services.

Over to you, me old salty sea dog!

Any idea why though? Seems a bit random?