General Knowledge Quiz

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Because of a volcanic eruption, did the mountain 'move' between the two islands?

Not so, the reference to the volcanic nature of the mountain is not relevant to the answer, so I will call matters to a halt and reveal the answer.

Glaciers are numerous in the South Island of New Zealand, but Mount Ruapehu is the only location where a glacier exists on the North Island

Open Floor.

 

[MotCO]

Sticking with geography, which three adjacent countries all contain the letter 'z' in their names?

 

[RDP]

Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe?

 

[MotCO]

Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe?

It iz indeed.

Your turn.

 

[RDP]

One could also have had Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.

Staying with Geography.

What is unique about the Swiss Canton Ticino.

 

[yoyothehobo]

its the only officially Italian speaking Canton

 

[RDP]

ts the only officially Italian speaking Canton

Correct.

All the others have either French or German as their official language.

Please interpret the next question.

 

[yoyothehobo]

Thanks,

Monte Viso is a mountain in the Alps, where else might it be found?

 

[Acathater]

Thanks,

Monte Viso is a mountain in the Alps, where else might it be found?

On a wine bottle?

 

[yoyothehobo]

On a wine bottle?

nope, a very specific place this mountain may appear

 

[MotCO]

On the moon?

 

[yoyothehobo]

On the moon?

nope, the real mountain is in the western alps. Its depiction however, is one i grant most people will have seen

 

[Gloster]

The Paramount film logo?

 

[yoyothehobo]

The Paramount film logo?

Correct!!!

 

[Gloster]

What well known piece of music depicts August Jaeger?

 

[DaleCooper]

What well known piece of music depicts August Jaeger?

Peter and the Wolf

 

[MotCO]

Delete

 

[Gloster]

Peter and the Wolf

No.

Jaeger was Anglo-German and the name (as Jäger) is the German for hunter: this, the meaning of the word, is relevant to the title of the piece. However, the piece is regarded as being quintessentially English.

 

[DaleCooper]

No.

Jaeger was Anglo-German and the name (as Jäger) is the German for hunter: this, the meaning of the word, is relevant to the title of the piece. However, the piece is regarded as being quintessentially English.

D'ye Ken John Peel

 

[D1511]

Jaeger was Elgar's Nazi chum, so the "hunter" clue suggests Nimrod.

 

[Gloster]

Jaeger was Elgar's Nazi chum, so the "hunter" clue suggests Nimrod.

Indeed it is Variation IX ’Nimrod’ of the Enigma Variations. (I don’t see how Jaeger can be seen to be a Nazi as he died in 1909.)

To you to compose a new question.

 

[D1511]

Indeed it is Variation IX ’Nimrod’ of the Enigma Variations. (I don’t see how Jaeger can be seen to be a Nazi as he died in 1909.)

To you to compose a new question.

Apologies. Let's say he had right-leaning tendencies then.....! Not unusual for a German of that era!

Changing tack completely to the world of tennis......

3 young women have won one of the 4 tennis majors in the open era while just 16 years of age. Who are they?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Martina Hingis
Monica Seles
Tracy Austin

 

[D1511]

Martina Hingis
Monica Seles
Tracy Austin

Is the correct answer.

Tracy Austin, US Open 1979
Monica Seles, French Open 1990
Martina Hingis, Australian Open 1997

(I have played tennis with one of these women, and if I said it was in 1976 when we were both 13, you'd be easily able to work out which one!)

Please take some new balls and serve us up the next question!

 

[Peterthegreat]

Thank you.
Staying with tennis.
Which former British number one was expelled from UKIP in 2008?

 

[D1511]

Was that Buster Mottram?

 

[Peterthegreat]

It was indeed.
Your turn to serve an ace.

 

[D1511]

Thanks!

Leaving right wing tennis players behind, what is the longest English word in common use that can be composed from the letters on the top row of a standard QWERTY keyboard?

 

[CarltonA]

Typewriter?