General Knowledge Quiz

[Jona26]

If the port is Bristol then thinking of rhyming slang: Canberra is situated between two mountains which the indigenous peoples likened to a woman's breasts. Is Manchester similarly endowed?

Well done - correct in all respects. The etymology of Canberra and Manchester does indeed refer to their surrounding hills and similarity to breasts.

Don't go milking your success

 

[DaleCooper]

Well done - correct in all respects. The etymology of Canberra and Manchester does indeed refer to their surrounding hills and similarity to breasts.

Don't go milking your success

Thanks, I'm glad I didn't make a tit of myself.

Next question:

This BBC creation has been in production from 1975 to the present day, it is neither a television nor a radio programme. What is it and what name was it given by the BBC?

 

[backontrack]

Nicholas Parsons?

Oops - misread it as 1795.

 

[kevconnor]

Ceefax

 

[krus_aragon]

Ceefax

But that isn't in production to the present day, is it?

 

[Cowley]

The Radio Times?
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Or maybe one of the gardening or housekeeping type magazines?

 

[DaleCooper]

Nicholas Parsons?

Oops - misread it as 1795.

Ceefax

The Radio Times?
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Or maybe one of the gardening or housekeeping type magazines?

None of the above

 

[ComUtoR]

TV Tax scam License ?

 

[DaleCooper]

TV Tax scam License ?

The TV Licence was introduced in 1946 so that isn't the answer.

 

[ComUtoR]

The swingometer ?

 

[DaleCooper]

The swingometer ?

No, the swingometer was first used in 1955, I didn't know that without checking Wikipedia so I've learnt something today.

 

[ComUtoR]

1975 was the date of the previous EU vote so I was thinking along those lines.

Did they come up with the election results map ?

 

[Springs Branch]

Blue Peter Badges ?

Realized BPBs are older than 1975, based on when I first saw the programme

 

[DaleCooper]

1975 was the date of the previous EU vote so I was thinking along those lines.

Did they come up with the election results map ?

I would think such maps are older than 1975, anyway that's not the answer.

Blue Peter Badges ?

Realized BPBs are older than 1975, based on when I first saw the programme

I thought someone would suggest that particularly after I gave this rather obscure hint:

I have a couple of them at home.

 

[Gutfright]

Illuminati mind control devices?

 

[kevconnor]

would this be something that was used commercially and not just within the BBC?

 

[DaleCooper]

Illuminati mind control devices?

While it is true that I am a Grand Wizard of the Illuminati (keep that under your hat) and have a stockpile of mind control devices they are a Reptilian Elite design rather than BBC therefore that answer is incorrect.
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would this be something that was used commercially and not just within the BBC?

Yes, as I said I have a couple and so could you if you wished.
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Another hint:

I've just weighed one of mine (oo er missus!) it's about 5kg.

 

[backontrack]

A condom?

 

[DaleCooper]

A condom?

A 5kg condom? That should be pretty effective birth control but the vending machines would fall off the wall of the gents and you could hardly keep one in your wallet "just in case I get lucky", or perhaps you meant condominium.

 

[Phil.]

B.B.C. computer?

 

[DaleCooper]

B.B.C. computer?

No not that, I'm surprised it took so long for it to be suggested.

 

[backontrack]

The blocky logo?

 

[DaleCooper]

The blocky logo?

I would have as much use for a couple of 5kg blocky logos (whatever they are) as I would for condoms.

Another hint:

Mine have consecutive serial numbers.

 

[kevconnor]

After a bit of research Is the answer Matrix H decoding, used on FM radios.

Sources
http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/publications/rdreport_1977_02

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_H

 

[dgl]

No research done on this but could it be the log periodic antenna used as both receive and transmit antenna's at most low power relay stations.
Or could it be the monitor speakers they designed for use in their studios (LS5/8).



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[DaleCooper]

After a bit of research Is the answer Matrix H decoding, used on FM radios.

Sources
http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/publications/rdreport_1977_02

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_H

After what I know has been a lot of effort on your part I'm afraid I have say "No not that".

No research done on this but could it be the log periodic antenna used as both receive and transmit antenna's at most low power relay stations.
Or could it be the monitor speakers they designed for use in their studios (LS5/8).



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I'm going to give it to you although I suspect the LS5/8 weighs a lot more than 5kg and I think they are out of production. The loudspeaker I meant is the LS3/5A miniature monitor designed for use in outside broadcast vans, highly valued by audiophiles and attracting silly prices on eBay.

It's your turn dgl...
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The 24 hour deadline has passed, anybody want to jump in?

 

[backontrack]

Oh, sure!

 

[Gutfright]

By my reckoning 24 hours has ticked away.

How about the first person to name six current or former England football internationals whose name begins and ends in the same letter (like Danny Ward only not Welsh) gets the floor?

 

[DaleCooper]

Stanley Matthews
Theo Walcott
Shaun Wright-Phillips
Neil Franklin
Adam Lallana
Sammy Crooks

 

[Gutfright]

Stanley Matthews
Theo Walcott
Shaun Wright-Phillips
Neil Franklin
Adam Lallana
Sammy Crooks

Well done, you could also have had Stan Bowles, Ugo Ehiogu, Robbie Fowler,
Nigel Martyn, Ray Parlour and Nigel Winterburn.

Your turn to take to the pitch...