General Knowledge Quiz

[Gloster]

Thanks!

OK. So it's between @CarltonA and @Gloster :

Which model of scooter was ridden by Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn in the film Roman Holiday? Was it a Lambretta or a Vespa?

I have no idea, but as the island has just been infested with them, I will say Vespa.

 

[CarltonA]

As I have owned a couple of them in days gone by, Lambretta shall be my guess though that is the only option remaining in any case.

 

[D6130]

As I have owned a couple of them in days gone by, Lambretta shall be my guess though that is the only option remaining in any case.

Mi dispiace, ma no!

I have no idea, but as the island has just been infested with them, I will say Vespa.

È giusto!

Your turn to rev-up a question in a cloud of stinking blue smoke.
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[Gloster]

What was the last territorial expansion of the British Empire/Commonwealth?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Well Togo joined the Commonwealth a couple of years ago despite never being under UK "control".

 

[Gloster]

Well Togo joined the Commonwealth a couple of years ago despite never being under UK "control".

That is true, but I am going to justify turning it down as it wasn’t an expansion on the old Empire sense of the word; the same applies to other countries that have ‘transferred’ from other statuses.

 

[DaleCooper]

What was the last territorial expansion of the British Empire/Commonwealth?

Rockall

 

[Gloster]

Rockall

Correct, on 18 September 1955.

To you to climb the heights with a new question.

 

[DaleCooper]

Correct, on 18 September 1955.

To you to climb the heights with a new question.

Thank you.

Next question:

Which country has the ISBN (International Standard Book Number) prefix 978?

 

[MotCO]

USA?

 

[Gloster]

Thank you.

Next question:

Which country has the ISBN (International Standard Book Number) prefix 978?

We do.

 

[SuspectUsual]

We do.

Everyone does

 

[DaleCooper]

USA?

No

We do.

Who are "We"? (I don't know your nationality)

Everyone does

Everyone does what?

 

[Gloster]

No

Who are "We"? (I don't know your nationality)

Everyone does what?

UK, then.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Everyone does what?

I’m probably going to get my acronyms mixed up here, but my memory from working in retail with books is that 978 (and I think 979) were used for the first three digits of the barcode in books so that there was a book version of an EAN13 barcode. It’ll be controlled by GS1 I presume. This pseudo-country was sometimes known as Bookland or Bookworld or something like that

The actual source country or grouping or territory is in the fourth and fifth characters of the barcode

 

[DaleCooper]

UK, then.

No

I’m probably going to get my acronyms mixed up here, but my memory from working in retail with books is that 978 (and I think 979) were used for the first three digits of the barcode in books so that there was a book version of an EAN13 barcode. It’ll be controlled by GS1 I presume. This pseudo-country was sometimes known as Bookland or Bookworld or something like that

The actual source country or grouping or territory is in the fourth and fifth characters of the barcode

Bookland is correct, your turn...

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Next question:

Which country has the ISBN (International Standard Book Number) prefix 978?

Bookland is correct, your turn...

That's not a real country, is it?

 

[SuspectUsual]

What's the shortest place name in the UK?

 

[Ashley Hill]

Ae in Scotland?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Ae in Scotland?

Aye, its Ae

Your turn to locate the next question

 

[Ashley Hill]

What did Mary Langdon become in 1976?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Firefighter. She was the first woman to be an operational firefighter in the UK.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Firefighter. She was the first woman to be an operational firefighter in the UK.

Indeed. Please ignite the next question.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Jimmy Rimmer has 2 European Cup Winners medals. What is his total playing time in European Cup finals?

 

[Ashley Hill]

Well you’ve got to start somewhere, 20 mins?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Think it's around six minutes. Unused sub for Manchester United in the 1968 European Cup final, then started in goal, but didn't last very long, a few years later, for Aston Villa.

 

[Peterthegreat]

I don't think he actually played in the 1968 final. I also seem to recall he went off injured early on when playing for Villa so I will go for ten minutes.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Well you’ve got to start somewhere, 20 mins?

Not 20 minutes

Think it's around six minutes. Unused sub for Manchester United in the 1968 European Cup final, then started in goal, but didn't last very long, a few years later, for Aston Villa.

Not 6 minutes but the rest is correct.

I don't think he actually played in the 1968 final. I also seem to recall he went off injured early on when playing for Villa so I will go for ten minutes.

Not 10 minutes

 

[SuspectUsual]

Unlucky 13?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Unlucky 13?

Not 13