General Knowledge Quiz

[Gloster]

OK... it's John Tradescant, and there were three generations of gardeners all of the same name.

@Gloster - is that the name you found?

@yoyothehobo - please cultivate the next question.

Indeed it was.

 

[yoyothehobo]

What connects Peel and Wild Cat?

 

[Whistler40145]

Isle of Man?

 

[yoyothehobo]

Isle of Man?

Nope, though islands do play a part...

 

[DaleCooper]

Nope, though islands do play a part...

A bridge

 

[SuspectUsual]

Is this to do with Swallows And Amazons and the Lake District? There was a Wild Cat Island in the book and there’s a Peel Island in Coniston Water

 

[yoyothehobo]

Is this to do with Swallows And Amazons and the Lake District? There was a Wild Cat Island in the book and there’s a Peel Island in Coniston Water

Correctamundo,

Specifically, Wild Cat Island in the Book is the fictional counterpart to the real life Peel Island in Coniston Water.

Your turn to set the adventure.

 

[SuspectUsual]

What happened for the last time in the UK in 1868, but not in the USA till 1936?

 

[D6130]

What happened for the last time in the UK in 1868, but not in the USA till 1936?

A Yorkshireman bought a round of drinks? (Yorkshire Day tomorrow!)

 

[Whistler40145]

Last public hanging of a woman

 

[SuspectUsual]

A Yorkshireman bought a round of drinks? (Yorkshire Day tomorrow!)

How very dare you, I bought a round on Saturday

Last public hanging of a woman

Not quite but close enough - they were the last public hangings. Your turn to operate the trapdoor

 

[Whistler40145]

Where's the source of the River Mersey?

 

[yoyothehobo]

Where's the source of the River Mersey?

Would that be where the Tame and Irwell meet?

Edit: Tame and Goyt sorry

 

[Whistler40145]

Sure is

 

[yoyothehobo]

Open the floor

 

[yoyothehobo]

OK, I have a question.

Three rivers flow out of Yorkshire and NOT into the North Sea. Which rivers are these? Note that for the purpose of this question any river that start at the Watershed where it is also a county boundary are NOT included, for example the River Eden (Hell Gill Beck) in Mallerstang

 

[Whistler40145]

River Ribble is one

 

[yoyothehobo]

River Ribble is one

Correct

 

[Whistler40145]

River Lune

 

[D6130]

The Tame....which joins the Goyt to form the Mersey.

 

[xotGD]

Deleted - misread question!

 

[yoyothehobo]

The Tame....which joins the Goyt to form the Mersey.

Nope, rises in modern Greater Manchester i am afraid

 

[Whistler40145]

River Derwent

 

[Peterthegreat]

River Doe
River Greta

 

[SuspectUsual]

The Yorkshire River Dee, which rises between Dent Head and the northern portal of Blea Moor tunnel and ends up - I think - in the Lune

 

[yoyothehobo]

River Greta is a correct answer, River Doe is a tributary of the Greta.

River Dee rises in what is modern day Cumbria, with the watershed being the county dividing line.

One more to find. We have the Ribble and the Greta.

To ensure no confusion, the river name i am looking for is the name of the river when it leaves Yorkshire

 

[D6130]

River Eden?

 

[yoyothehobo]

River Eden?

Nope,

The river in question does run in close proximity to a railway line for most of its length

 

[SuspectUsual]

Nope,

The river in question does run in close proximity to a railway line for most of its length

Ah

River Wenning?

 

[yoyothehobo]

Ah

River Wenning?

River Wenning is correct.
We have a 3 way tie @SteveM70 , @Peterthegreat, @Whistler40145. First one to post a question gets the floor.