General Knowledge Quiz

[Caboose Class]

Tie breaker is fine by me too.

 

[Calthrop]

OK, gents -- tie breaker it is (not a Yankee author this time). Who created:

Titus Groan ?

 

[Caboose Class]

OK, gents -- tie breaker it is (not a Yankee author this time). Who created:

Titus Groan ?

Never heard of him - so Ill guess at Hans Christian Andersen.

 

[Calthrop]

Never heard of him - so Ill guess at Hans Christian Andersen.

Sorry, no. A "little extra": a British author.

 

[DaleCooper]

Sorry, no. A "little extra": a British author.

Mervyn Peake - at last something I have read.

 

[Calthrop]

Yes indeed -- Mervyn's the guy. Please unleash your phantasy on setting the next question...

 

[DaleCooper]

Yes indeed -- Mervyn's the guy. Please unleash your phantasy on setting the next question...

Thank you although I think it better that my fantasies remain a private matter.

Next question:

What is an Ames window?

 

[MotCO]

A port hole?

 

[Neo9320]

It is church related? The window in a confessional booth maybe?

 

[xotGD]

Is it something to do with toxicity?

 

[DaleCooper]

A port hole?

It is church related? The window in a confessional booth maybe?

Is it something to do with toxicity?

Wide ranging and imaginative answers but none are correct.

 

[Calthrop]

Anything to do with Ames, second city of the US State of Iowa?

 

[MotCO]

Is Ames a construction company? Therefore something to do with construction / surveying / architecture? Maybe on one of those tripod things surveyors use.

 

[DaleCooper]

Anything to do with Ames, second city of the US State of Iowa?

Although Ames, Iowa probably has its proper allocation of windows they are not the kind in question.

 

[DaleCooper]

Is Ames a construction company? Therefore something to do with construction / surveying / architecture? Maybe on one of those tripod things surveyors use.

I don't know whether there is an Ames construction company but if there is I doubt they would use the Ames window.

 

[Neo9320]

Is it something perhaps psychological? Brain related? I know I’ve heard the term before, it’s driving me crazy (pun totally intended)

 

[DaleCooper]

Is it something perhaps psychological? Brain related? I know I’ve heard the term before, it’s driving me crazy (pun totally intended)

I think you're getting warm.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

I think it is some sort of optical illusion, but don't know what form it takes.

 

[DaleCooper]

I think it is some sort of optical illusion, but don't know what form it takes.

Optical illusion is the answer I wanted, video below. Your turn...

 

[Neo9320]

Optical illusion is the answer I wanted, video below. Your turn...

That’s the one! Damn I knew it was familiar! Very good question!

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Okay ...

Where would you find the oldest topiary garden in the world?

note for the barrack room lawyers in the room, by where I am wanting more precision than country or county/state or even city/town.

 

[xotGD]

Hampton Court Palace

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Hampton Court Palace

Not correct I am afraid.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Isn’t it Levens Hall in Cumbria

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Isn’t it Levens Hall in Cumbria

It is indeed, dating from the late 17th century.

So, your turn to cultivate a question.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Even though I have not had alcohol since January 2nd my brain ain’t functioning well enough to cultivate a question. So I declare Open Floor.

 

[Loppylugs]

I'll sneak in if I may.

What is the name of the southernmost active volcano on Earth ?

 

[Calthrop]

I'll sneak in if I may.

What is the name of the southernmost active volcano on Earth ?

Mount Erebus, in Antarctica.

 

[Loppylugs]

Oh @Calthrop, you didn't give me time to finish my cuppa ! Spot on.

 

[Calthrop]

Thanks. My go, I take it --

Who had three associates / carriers-out of his policies, all called Thomas; with all of whom, in time, he fell out, and who consequently met unhappy ends? The same gent also had three spouses (not his only ones) all with the same Christian name (not Thomas -- this chap was hetero, if anyone ever was !)