General Knowledge Quiz

[GRALISTAIR]

Beaver Isle Lake Michigan USA?

 

[yoyothehobo]

Beaver Isle Lake Michigan USA?

Nope

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Wizard Island in Crater Lake, Oregon, USA?

 

[yoyothehobo]

Wizard Island in Crater Lake, Oregon, USA?

Nope, it is not in the USA

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Somewhere in Canada?

 

[yoyothehobo]

Somewhere in Canada?

It is somewhere in a great big lake in Canada

 

[xotGD]

It is somewhere in a great big lake in Canada

Great Bear Lake?

 

[yoyothehobo]

Great Bear Lake?

Not that Lake.

The Lake is great and the Island is in Canada, the lake might not entirely be

 

[GRALISTAIR]

That probably narrows the lake down to either Lake Superior or even more probably Lake Huron. So now to find/think of the island. The embarrassing thing is I am certain I have been there!

 

[yoyothehobo]

Huron the right track

 

[yoyothehobo]

Seems like this has ground to a halt.

The answer is Manitoulin Island, on a Lake Huron. The floor is lava.

I mean open

 

[DaleCooper]

Next question:

Who was Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling? (Not to be confused with Sir Arthur Greeb-Streebling)

 

[Spamcan81]

He was a character in a Peter Cook/Dudley Moore sketch on Not Only But Also.

 

[Gloster]

I think that one of them attempted to teach ravens to fly underwater.

 

[DaleCooper]

He was a character in a Peter Cook/Dudley Moore sketch on Not Only But Also.

Yes he was, your turn....

I think that one of them attempted to teach ravens to fly underwater.

He also opened a restaurant called "The Frog and Peach", the only dishes were Frog a la Pêche and Pêche a la Frog.

 

[Spamcan81]

If the writers had had their way initially, we could have been watching A Horse, a Spoon and a Basin. In the end a different name was chosen. What was it?

 

[MotCO]

Only Fools and Horses?

 

[DaleCooper]

If the writers had had their way initially, we could have been watching A Horse, a Spoon and a Basin. In the end a different name was chosen. What was it?

Gordon Ramsay's Home Cooking

 

[Spamcan81]

Only Fools and Horses?

Incorrect I'm afraid.

 

[Spamcan81]

Gordon Ramsay's Home Cooking

I like it but wrong unfortunately.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Steptoe and Son?

 

[Ashley Hill]

Monty Pythons Flying Circus.

 

[randyrippley]

If the writers had had their way initially, we could have been watching A Horse, a Spoon and a Basin. In the end a different name was chosen. What was it?

Steptoe & Son?

 

[Spamcan81]

Monty Pythons Flying Circus.

Sorry for the late reply but you are correct. Several. titles were suggested by the team - Whither Canada?, and Owl Stretching Time to name but two - but BBC said no. The script writers pen is yours.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Many may remember the 80s children's TV game show On Safari that was hosted by Christopher Biggins. Who was his co-host?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

I think it was a female and I think she was a regular in Coronation Street.

 

[Ashley Hill]

I think it was a female and I think she was a regular in Coronation Street.

She was a female,but alas not in Corrie.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Time for a clue. She also appeared in some Public Information Films. Notably warning against the use of fireworks and bangers,and another about drink driving.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Clearly you were all out bashing the last of the class 40s rather than watching television. I don`t blame you, I would have been to if they had worked a bit nearer to home. Anyway, last clue. She plays a major character in Eastenders.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Surely not Gillian ( I give good **** in a car on the A1) Taylforth?