General Knowledge Quiz

[DaleCooper]

Little Richard?

British? No
psychedelic/progressive? No

 

[Gloster]

Donovan?

 

[Greenheart]

Greg Lake?

 

[DaleCooper]

Donovan?

Greg Lake?

Neither of those.

Hint:

Canterbury scene

 

[GRALISTAIR]

You don't mean Kevin Ayers do you?

 

[DaleCooper]

You don't mean Kevin Ayers do you?

"Oh My" yes, I do mean Kevin Ayers. Your turn...

 

[GRALISTAIR]

3, 11, 19, 37, 55 -What is the next number in the series?

 

[MotCO]

103

 

[Peterthegreat]

87

 

[DaleCooper]

83

 

[GRALISTAIR]

87

Is correct. Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, and Francium at atomic number 87. Your turn at periodicity

 

[Peterthegreat]

OK. Let's have another sequence.
28, 30, 51, 65, 67, ?

 

[Strat-tastic]

88

 

[Peterthegreat]

Sorry not 88.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

28, Nickel Ni
30, Zinc Zn
51, Antimony Sb
65, Terbium Tb
67 Holmium Ho

I can confidently State this is NOT anything at all to do with the periodic table.

 

[Peterthegreat]

28, Nickel Ni
30, Zinc Zn
51, Antimony Sb
65, Terbium Tb
67 Holmium Ho

I can confidently State this is NOT anything at all to do with the periodic table.

Absolutely correct it has nothing to do with the periodic table.
Think of a sporting event since the start of the millennium.

 

[DaleCooper]

64 (2020 Olympics GB medals)

 

[Peterthegreat]

64 (2020 Olympics GB medals)

The gold medal is yours.
You may start the next competition.

 

[DaleCooper]

The gold medal is yours.
You may start the next competition.

Thank you.

Next clue:

What are Major William Martin and Glyndwr Michael known for?

 

[Gloster]

They are both the Man who never was.

 

[DaleCooper]

They are both the Man who never was.

Yes they are/were/weren't, your turn...

 

[Gloster]

In which country was the first occasion when one female directly-elected president immediately succeeded another female directly-elected president?

 

[Peterthegreat]

In which country was the first occasion when one female directly-elected president immediately succeeded another female directly-elected president?

Ireland?

 

[Gloster]

Ireland?

Correct. Mary McAleese succeeded Mary Robinson in 1997.

To you to choose the next question.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Sorry rather occupied at the moment. Open floor please.

 

[Calthrop]

The name Purim: viz. the Jewish festival of that name -- which takes place essentially at dates varying from year to year, but in the month of March -- is from the Hebrew for "casting lots", i.e. making a chance decision by the equivalent of "picking a card at random". What, briefly, does Purim commemorate; and what does the "casting lots" element, refer to?

 

[DaleCooper]

The name Purim: viz. the Jewish festival of that name -- which takes place essentially at dates varying from year to year, but in the month of March -- is from the Hebrew for "casting lots", i.e. making a chance decision by the equivalent of "picking a card at random". What, briefly, does Purim commemorate; and what does the "casting lots" element, refer to?

It commemorates the first film about Sodom and Gomorrah and the difficulty in choosing an actor for the lead part.

 

[Calthrop]

It commemorates the first film about Sodom and Gomorrah and the difficulty of choosing an actor for the lead part.

Imaginative, but no -- it concerns something rather later on in the Old Testament.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

I wont answer. My wife's brother is married to an Israeli born on Kibbutz Sa'ar near Tiberias Western Galilee.

My sister is married to a guy also born in Tiberias -his family escaped Arab persecution in Iraq and moved to Israel in 1948. He was born in 1951 and married my sister in Preston (Catterall to be precise - very near the grid feeder on the WCML north of Preston. ) in 1986. I have 7 nephews and nieces who are half Israeli/Jewish.

Not my place to give a clue but if you read the bible book of Ester you will get the answer.

 

[Calthrop]

I've been out all day today (Tue. 9th) -- no chance before now, to come back on this one.

I don''t see clues as easy to think of -- as @GRALISTAIR says, read the book of Est(h)er, and you'll have it. When having trouble coming up with a possible question: matters told of at my church on Sunday, came to mind -- about the book concerned, and the Purim episode. I had previously known of Purim, and was vaguely aware of its historic / Biblical background; but the "lots" stuff was new to me, and intriguing.

Will give things until tomorrow; then do as seems appropriate.