General Knowledge Quiz

[Springs Branch]

Borodin was a doctor and surgeon, didn't know about the chemistry, but I suspect he may be the one.

It isn't Borodin.

 

[Marton]

Edward Elgar

 

[Springs Branch]

Edward Elgar

.... is correct. (He managed to have a chemical lab in his back garden without arousing the interest of the Drugs Squad)

Your Floor.

 

[Marton]

Who became king of England under the principle of jure uxoris.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I am thinking of the time after the Norman Conquest, so I will say Stephen, the grandson of William the Conqueror, who reigned from 1135 to 1154.

 

[DaleCooper]

William of Orange (William III)

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Philip II of Spain? ( I was watching "Armada" this week and thought it might make a good question in some form... )

 

[Buttsy]

Henry II, he of the red hot poker fame?

 

[Marton]

Philip II of Spain? ( I was watching "Armada" this week and thought it might make a good question in some form... )

Correct. Mary I actually reigned as Philip and Mary after her marriage, although he was restricted in his powers.

He returned with the Amada 30 years after Mary died.
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Henry II, he of the red hot poker fame?

It was actually Edward II who had the experience with a poker.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Open floor.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

St Helen's in Swansea, The Gnoll in Neath, and Rodney Parade, Newport, used to or still do host two top class team sports - which are they?

 

[Whistler40145]

Cricket grounds?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Cricket grounds?

They are / were, but what's the other sport, please?

 

[Whistler40145]

Rugby Union?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Rugby Union?

Yes, all three grounds have (and two of them still do) hosted rugby union and cricket.

Over to you - and you can ignore my PM now!

 

[Whistler40145]

Where in the UK is Six Mile Bottom?

 

[dzug2]

Between Cambridge and Newmarket

Has probably featured in the closed stations quiz

 

[Whistler40145]

Correct

Set another please

 

[dzug2]

Better make it open floor - I'm a bit preoccupied at the moment

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

How many miles of blood vessels are there in the average human body?

 

[dzug2]

60000 seems to be bandied about a lot

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

60000 seems to be bandied about a lot

I will award the win to you, as the figure that I had was 61,500 for the average human being.

 

[dzug2]

OK try this one

The composer of a tune for 'In the Bleak Midwinter' has a Way named after him. What are the ends of it and his connection with them?

 

[Marton]

Gustav Holst

Whyck Rissington. His mother was organist here

Cranham. He was organist here

 

[dzug2]

Gustav Holst

Whyck Rissington. His mother was organist here

Cranham. He was organist here

Almost

Wyck Rissington to be more precise - and he was resident organist there himself as well, his first paid job

Not sure if he was officially organist in Cranham - but he certainly lived there for a while, including when he wrote the carol tune

I understand he used to play the trombone when out walking

Your go

 

[Marton]

Thank you.

What Gloucestershire village connects 6.6.11 D, with Bianco da Sienna and Richard Littledale.

 

[dzug2]

Down Ampney

Vaughan Williams' tune for Come Down O Love Divine, meter 6.6.11D, which Littledale translated from Bianca da Sienna's Italian original

 

[Marton]

100%.

Back to you.

 

[dzug2]

To continue with the Gloucestershire theme.

What connection has a sculpture, commissioned in the 1850s for the Crystal Palace, with Gloucestershire? Where is it now, and where has it been?

 

[theageofthetra]

John Thomas. He did most of the Houses of Parliament sculptures and was frim Gloucestershire. It think the statue you refer to is now in the V and A.