General Knowledge Quiz

[Cross City]

What two independent sovereign nations have a dragon on their flag?

 

[yoyothehobo]

What two independent sovereign nations have a dragon on their flag?

Bhutan and Wales (Just Kidding),

I believe its Malta isnt it?

Vexology!

 

[Cross City]

Bhutan and Wales (Just Kidding),

I believe its Malta isnt it?

Vexology!

Aye Malta is correct. Thought that one would take ages!

 

[GRALISTAIR]

No

That or more generally a casino, they are betting strategies. My strategy is Don't Gamble. Your turn...

Or, as my father put it, the only way to make money gambling is to own the casino.

Very wise!

 

[yoyothehobo]

If i was surrounded by the Scourie Dyke Swarm, where would i be and what is it?

 

[Gloster]

Scotland? Midges?

 

[yoyothehobo]

Scotland? Midges?

Which particular bit of Scotland, and no, not midges

 

[MotCO]

Was the previous question fully answered? I thought it was a two part question.

 

[yoyothehobo]

Was the previous question fully answered? I thought it was a two part question.

The answer is BHutan and Malta, not sure whether Bhutan was confirmed though.

The question is generally there to trip you up as Wales is often given as an incorrect answer, and the dragon on the Maltese flag is tiny

 

[Gloster]

Which particular bit of Scotland, and no, not midges

I think that Scourie is somewhere on the north coast. Seals? (Do seals swarm?)

 

[yoyothehobo]

I think that Scourie is somewhere on the north coast. Seals? (Do seals swarm?)

Closer to the location, but the thing swarming isnt seals

 

[D6130]

Sutherland and a series of volcanic geomorphological features.

 

[yoyothehobo]

Sutherland and a series of volcanic geomorphological features.

I shall give you that.

The Scourie Dyke swarm is a series of volcanic intrusions situated with the Lewisian Gneiss of Northwest Scotland, within Sutherland.

Your question

 

[D6130]

I shall give you that.

Thanks.

In which area of Paris was the singer Edith Piaf born? (Name of area and arrondissement number required).

 

[DaleCooper]

Thanks.

In which area of Paris was the singer Edith Piaf born? (Name of area and arrondissement number required).

Non, rien de rien
Non, je ne sais rien

 

[D6130]

Non, rien de rien
Non, je ne sais rien

En ce cas, c'est peut-etre meilleur non dire quelque chose!

 

[Gloster]

I have a feeling that she was born close to where she is buried, which I expect is Pere Lachaise. So 12th?

 

[yoyothehobo]

Trick question, she was born in Paris, Texas

 

[D6130]

I have a feeling that she was born close to where she is buried, which I expect is Pere Lachaise. So 12th?

Not too far away....but a different arrondissement.

Trick question, she was born in Paris, Texas

Non....non....et trois fois non!

 

[xotGD]

I'll try the only district of Paris I know (thanks to the football team): St Germaine?

 

[Gloster]

While eating my dinner a little bell rang: Belleville? Is that the 19th?

 

[Peterthegreat]

20th arrondissement.

 

[D6130]

I'll try the only district of Paris I know (thanks to the football team): St Germaine?

Afraid not!

While eating my dinner a little bell rang: Belleville? Is that the 19th?

Right area....wrong arrondissement.

20th arrondissement.

Correct. @Gloster and @Peterthegreat have half the answer each. Would you both be interested in a tie breaker to decide who sets the next question?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Afraid not!

Right area....wrong arrondissement.

Correct. @Gloster and @Peterthegreat have half the answer each. Would you both be interested in a tie breaker to decide who sets the next question?

Not sure if I will have time to set a question so happy for @Gloster to set the next question.

 

[Gloster]

Ok, I’ll sing.

Piaf died on 10 October 1963, although the date of death was initially given wrongly as 11 October, but another major figure in French cultural life did die on the 11 October. Who?

 

[Calthrop]

I initially thought -- among the "couple of" famous people whose deaths were overshadowed by the assassination of J.F. Kennedy? -- but looking it up, that happened in Nov. '63.

 

[Gloster]

I initially thought -- among the "couple of" famous people whose deaths were overshadowed by the assassination of J.F. Kennedy? -- but looking it up, that happened in Nov. '63.

No, not JFK. He was a major figure, but not in French cultural life.

 

[D6130]

Jacques Brel?

 

[Gloster]

Jacques Brel?

No. Almost exactly correct with the date, it was 9 October, but fifteen years out with the year: he died in 1978. Et on lui mettre dans le trou. (I’ll overlook him being Belgian.)

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Johnny Holliday?