General Knowledge Quiz

[Buttsy]

It was initially Woman followed by Shuddapa You Face.

I think Paul wins that one.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Back to philately...

What area that is now part of Russia but on the Mongolian border issued pastage stamps from 1921 to 1944 and what two-word country phrase was printed on these.

 

[Golghar]

Tannu Tuva

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tannu Tuva

Correct...and quite a selection of stamp shapes. I knew that if you saw this conundrum it would attract you..

Please set the next one.

 

[Golghar]

I'll go back to Eagle's question about Mount Everest and rephrase it somewhat:

What was thought to be the world's highest mountain at the beginning of the nineteenth century, before the Eastern Himalayas were surveyed?

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Chimborazo, in Ecuador?

 

[Golghar]

Correct!
In fact Chimborazo isn't even the highest peak in the Americas: that honour goes to Aconcagua. But the Southern Andes hadn't been surveyed at that time either.
Your turn now, Roebuck!

 

[Eagle]

It is, however, the point furthest away from the centre of the Earth (and subsequently the point on the Earth's surface with the weakest gravity).

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Back to literature, then...

What are the names of Lord Peter Wimsey's two nieces?

 

[Golghar]

This question seems to have killed the quiz. I had absolutely no idea Lord Peter had any nephews or nieces. But somehow I stumbled upon this site with the fictitious genealogy of the Wimseys and it does turn up two nieces of Lord Peter's, Lady Winifred Wimsey and Mary Lucasta Parker. Do they actually occur in any of the original books, or are they inventions in the sequels of Jill Paton Walsh? Of course I'm not taking any credit for answering the question. Back to you, Roebuck!

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Lady Winifred Wimsey and Mary Lucasta Parker are correct, and both the work of Sayers rather than Paton-Walsh.

Probably best to call Open Floor...

 

[Trainfan344]

How many wives did Henry VIII have?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Six, but only one at a time!



Open floor.

 

[Trainfan344]

Six, but only one at a time!



Open floor.

Nope.

 

[Buttsy]

Only 2 were recognised by teh church as being teh wife of Henry VIII

 

[Trainfan344]

Only 2 were recognised by teh church as being teh wife of Henry VIII

not two...

 

[Buttsy]

not two...

Was it 3 then?
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The book of General Ignornace has it as 2 or 4 if you're catholic....

 

[Trainfan344]

Was it 3 then?
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The book of General Ignornace has it as 2 or 4 if you're catholic....

Ahh, i have it down as 3 or 4 from the transcript from the show availble here:

https://sites.google.com/site/qitranscripts/transcripts/1x04

I do have the book of General Ignorance somewhere around here, you are correct though Buttsy.

 

[Buttsy]

The lyric 'He flicked a kick and I didn't know' is (1) from what song, (2) who sang it, (3) who does it refer to, (4) what was he playing with reference to the lyric and (5) which band is also mentioned in the song.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

1)...My Perfect Cousin.
2)...The Undertones.
3)...His cousin Kevin.
4)...Subbuteo.
5)...The Human League.

 

[Buttsy]

1)...My Perfect Cousin.
2)...The Undertones.
3)...His cousin Kevin.
4)...Subbuteo.
5)...The Human League.

Correct!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

What country changed from an absolute monarchy to that of a constitutional monarchy in this current century.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Bhutan?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bhutan?

Spot on. Please set the next one.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

What was unusual about the Roman senator and consul Incitatus?

 

[Eagle]

He was of the equine persuasion...

 

[Seacook]

What was unusual about the Roman senator and consul Incitatus?

He had much more of a stable upbringing than any of the others.

I seem to recall reading that Caligula said he was going to make him a senator, but never went through with it.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

A horse is a horse of course of course

Eagle got there first...

 

[Eagle]

Let's go for an easyish one...

What's the only UK motorway that passes through a National Park?
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QUICK EDIT: Just had a quick look at OS Getamap and I'm revising the question to:

What are the only two UK motorways that pass through a National Park?

 

[gnolife]

M6...
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and M27 (I did ask a friend for the second one)