General Knowledge Quiz

[DaleCooper]

0 or "ignition, blast off" if you're with NASA.

 

[D6975]

Ignition used to come somewhere around the 5 mark IIRC.

If you were an ancient mathematician, -1 came next. The concept of zero being between 1 and -1 took a surprisingly long time to catch on.

 

[ComUtoR]

Nein.. Parrrupt tish.


Sorry none of the above.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand LIFT OFF! Lift of (insert name of mission/probe) on its way to (insert mission details)"

 

[ComUtoR]

It's certainly not a countdown

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

It's certainly not a countdown

"Blobby, Oh Mr Blooooooooooooobby!"

Just a wild stab in the dark

 

[DaleCooper]

Red Sails in the Sunset

 

[ComUtoR]

None of the above.

I have posted a "clue" already

 

[Buttsy]

We have lift off?
Thunderbirds are go?

 

[theageofthetra]

Is this anything to do with Aussie rockers Midnight Oil? If so Red Sails in the Sunset followed by the massive Diesel & Dust

 

[ComUtoR]

Its not musical or music related. Read it again. Carefully..

 

[DaleCooper]

12:51?
Ground floor?

 

[ComUtoR]

12:51?
Ground floor?

No a clue how that would link. It's very simple. No doubt there is a key to cracking the code.

 

[DaleCooper]

"10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2" (Second printing of a book) http://money.howstuffworks.com/question585.htm

 

[ComUtoR]

I thought that last clue was too much.

Your Question.

"not a countdown" - It counts up
"read it again" - "reading"
"there a key" - It's called a "printers key"

 

[DaleCooper]

In this short story a man is 3.3077 minutes ahead of terrestrial time.

Title and author?

 

[ComUtoR]

Man in his time - Brian Adliss

 

[DaleCooper]

Man in his time - Brian Adliss

I'll give you that even though you spelt his surname wrong.

 

[ComUtoR]

Oops. I'm not big lover of sci fi books but took a tip toe with a short story collection. It came from memory so apologies for the misspelling.

A quickie from me then.

Who's gate is up ?

 

[DaleCooper]

Heaven's?

 

[ComUtoR]

Awww man I was hoping someone had got it

Good answer and I can see the connection. Sadly you need to think more laterally.

 

[Springs Branch]

Guessing the gate is Highgate, I'll spin a coin between Dick Whittington and Karl Marx and say ....

Dick Whittington ?

 

[ComUtoR]

Guessing the gate is Highgate,

The acceptable answer is indeed that of a person. However; my previous clue could have said to take the question more literally.

 

[theageofthetra]

Something to do with Dr Who- Warriors Gate?

 

[ComUtoR]

Something to do with Dr Who- Warriors Gate?

Nothing to do with the good Doctor but he does play in a similar playground. It is still a person we are searching for but at least your heading in the right Direction.

 

[DaleCooper]

Baldur?

By the way I'm assuming that the clue should read "Whose gate is up?" rather than "Who is gate is up?", is that correct?

 

[ComUtoR]

Baldur?

By the way I'm assuming that the clue should read "Whose gate is up?" rather than "Who is gate is up?", is that correct?

Not Baldurs but that is one of my favorite games (BGII) of all time and yes your right about it being "whose" Genuine apologies for the terrible grammar and thanks for the correction.

By way of an apology. Here is a better clue.

The question was inspired by Dale; thematically at least. No doubt that would have been gleaned by my clue about a certain Dr.

The location of the gate is highly important.

(previous clues highlighted...)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Anything to do from "Grand Theft Auto" ?

 

[ComUtoR]

Anything to do from "Grand Theft Auto" ?

Errr your gonna have to explain that link. However; in the spirit of things I suppose that it being a game can be linked rather tenuously.

Honestly; the clues are getting easier and pretty much all the information is there.

 

[DaleCooper]

Dave Bowman (The Star Gate in 2001: A Space Odyssey)?