General Knowledge Quiz

[Donny Dave]

1019?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Well mega kind of implies a million somewhere so 9000000 is a starting point. Unfortunately trigonometry is an area of maths that my brain consistently refused to engage with so a lot of the prefixes mean nothing to me, such as conta.

Anyway I will take my 9million and multiply by 100, because why not.

And try 900,000,000.

 

[DaleCooper]

999,991

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Well mega kind of implies a million somewhere so 9000000 is a starting point. Unfortunately trigonometry is an area of maths that my brain consistently refused to engage with so a lot of the prefixes mean nothing to me, such as conta.

Anyway I will take my 9million and multiply by 100, because why not.

And try 900,000,000.

Well done. It is hard to call to mind what size this shape would be to achieve so many sides. I had it from a fellow mathematician that the Americans view of billions differs to the UK understanding would contend the figure to be 90,000,00o.0.

The slide rule is yours to next manipulate.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Including Overseas Territories what is the highest mountain in the United Kingdom?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

I'll go with the obvious one, Ben Nevis.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

I'll go with the obvious one, Ben Nevis.

Only 23rd highest.

 

[yoyothehobo]

Mount Hope in Antarctica?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Mount Hope in Antarctica?

Correct.

You can now take us to the heights of the next question

 

[yoyothehobo]

In what state is Kansas City?

 

[DaleCooper]

Oklahoma

 

[yoyothehobo]

Oklahoma

Nope

 

[SuspectUsual]

Missouri

 

[yoyothehobo]

Missouri

Correct.

Your floor

 

[SuspectUsual]

Staying (traditionally) in America - what’s the minimum number of outs in a completed standard game of baseball?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

My knowledge of baseball could be written on very small piece of paper with a large nibbed.

However I know that there are nine innings and three outs per innings so 3x9 =27 then double this as two teams so my guess is

54

 

[SuspectUsual]

All very sensible and almost all correct. Apart from the answer

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

48

 

[MotCO]

My knowledge of baseball could be written on very small piece of paper with a large nibbed.

However I know that there are nine innings and three outs per innings so 3x9 =27 then double this as two teams so my guess is

54

55, on the basis that one team has to win so presumably need another 'out'?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Neither of those

 

[DaleCooper]

53

 

[SuspectUsual]

53

No

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Is there some unusual rule or circumstance that means no outs actually occur?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Is there some unusual rule or circumstance that means no outs actually occur?

No

 

[martinsh]

If the team batting second has already scored more runs than the one batting first, after that tea completes all it's innings then they won't need to use their 9th inning. So that's 3 less out 54 - 3 = 51

 

[SuspectUsual]

If the team batting second has already scored more runs than the one batting first, after that tea completes all it's innings then they won't need to use their 9th inning. So that's 3 less out 54 - 3 = 51

Is pretty much a perfect answer.

The away team always bats first, and if after their 9th inning they’re still losing, the home team doesn’t use its 9th inning.

A bit like winning by an innings in a first class cricket match.

Your turn to throw the first pitch

 

[martinsh]

Ok. Mysterious Deaths

A recent "clickbait" article I saw was titled "25 Mysterious Deaths". Name the top 3 in their list.

NB all 3 are well known historical figures

 

[SuspectUsual]

Lord Lucan

 

[Gloster]

Lord Lucan

But is he dead?

 

[SuspectUsual]

But is he dead?

Legally he is