General Knowledge Quiz

[yoyothehobo]

With regards to Borromean Rings i dont know. I will take a stab in the dark and say its the correct name for the Audi logo.

 

[Steddenm]

A borromean ring is a set of usually three rings which are intertwined and cannot be separated if that's what I'm thinking of from 20 odd years ago physics.

 

[DaleCooper]

Saturns rings?

No.

With regards to Borromean Rings i dont know. I will take a stab in the dark and say its the correct name for the Audi logo.

Good idea but no.

A borromean ring is a set of usually three rings which are intertwined and cannot be separated if that's what I'm thinking of from 20 odd years ago physics.

There is something very important missing from your answer. That detail is needed before I declare a winner.

 

[Steddenm]

No.

Good idea but no.

There is something very important missing from your answer. That detail is needed before I declare a winner.

The strength in unity. If one of the rings breaks the other two remain together?

 

[DaleCooper]

The strength in unity. If one of the rings breaks the other two remain together?

No that's not it.

 

[Steddenm]

No that's not it.

I have no idea then!

 

[DaleCooper]

I have no idea then!

Don't give up you were nearly there. You could say you were half right and half wrong.

 

[AndyPJG]

if any ring is cut and removed, the other 2 are also unlinked

 

[DaleCooper]

if any ring is cut and removed, the other 2 are also unlinked

That is it essentially, no ring is linked to any other ring but all three are interlocked. Best explained with a picture. Your turn...

 

[AndyPJG]

The strength in unity. If one of the rings breaks the other two remain together?

Steddenm did the work and gave me the clue, so he's the ringmaster else Open Floor please.

 

[Steddenm]

Which musical artist entered the BBCs "Song for Europe"/"Making Your Mind Up" show twice, winning once in the 90s and 5th place in the 2000s?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

As my knowledge of anything eurovision is severely lacking I will make a guess using the name of the only act I can think of that might be sort of okay for those dates.
Katrina and the waves.

 

[Steddenm]

Not Katrina & The Waves, sorry @OhNoAPacer

 

[DaleCooper]

Which musical artist entered the BBCs "Song for Europe"/"Making Your Mind Up" show twice, winning once in the 90s and 5th place in the 2000s?

It looks like we need some help.

 

[Steddenm]

CLUE: It is the last UK Eurovision artist to get to number one in the UK, and it was also a hit in the USA. They are both dance tracks.

 

[Neo9320]

Gina G?

 

[Steddenm]

Gina G?

It is Gina G yes. In 1996 she won A Song For Europe with Ooh Aah Just A Little Bit, which was our entry into Eurovision that year and in 2005 she entered Making Your Mind Up with Flashback which places 5th behind Javine and oddly Katie Price. Well done @Neo9320 .

 

[Neo9320]

Oh wow! Total guess. I’ve got nothing at the moment so open floor please!

 

[Caboose Class]

Bradford was the first, Leeds was the second and Glasgow was the last. To do what?

 

[martinsh]

Open trolleybus systems in the UK

 

[Caboose Class]

Open trolleybus systems in the UK

Correct answer - and in record breaking time. Your turn to pole up!

 

[martinsh]

OK. Staying on the trolleybus theme, which was the last city in the world to use double deck trolleybuses in normal service ?

 

[Gloster]

Cadiz?

 

[Caboose Class]

I'll have a stab with Porto. I believe double-decker trolleybuses ran there until 1995.

 

[martinsh]

I'll have a stab with Porto. I believe double-decker trolleybuses ran there until 1995.

Porto is correct - your floor

 

[Caboose Class]

On Wednesdays, who has buttered scones for tea?

 

[DaleCooper]

On Wednesdays, who has buttered scones for tea?

Lumberjack

 

[Gloster]

Called Bevis.

 

[Caboose Class]

Lumberjack

That's the one - from the Monty Python "Lumberjack song / sketch". Over to you - Timber!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DaleCooper]

That's the one - from the Monty Python "Lumberjack song / sketch". Over to you - Timber!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you.

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Who wrote "The Helliconia trilogy"?