General Knowledge Quiz

[martinsh]

It was the theme tune of the Prison film Unchained

Correct. Your turn to pick up the baton / script

 

[Whistler40145]

I declare open floor

 

[Calthrop]

What is hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia?

 

[Whistler40145]

Fear of the number 666

 

[Calthrop]

Correct ! -- the biblical-prophetic "Number of the Beast" -- "phobia" word which I first came across very recently, and thought wonderfully crazy.

Verily I say unto thee, Brother @Whistler40145 , prithee settest thou the next question.

 

[Whistler40145]

A simple two part question

Who was the first presenter of Mastermind and where was he born?

 

[Gloster]

Magnus Magnusson? Edinburgh?

 

[Whistler40145]

First part correct

 

[Gloster]

I’ve started, so I’ll finish. Iceland?

 

[John Griffiths]

Deleted

 

[Whistler40145]

I’ve started, so I’ll finish. Iceland?

Correct

 

[Gloster]

Lee Montague was the first person to do what on 13 December 1965?

 

[John Griffiths]

Successfully escape from Alcatraz?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Narrate Jackanory.

 

[Gloster]

Narrate Jackanory.

Correct.

Now tell us a question.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Staying with the same subject. Who was the last person to be storyteller on Jackanory?

 

[Whistler40145]

Alan Bennett

 

[Peterthegreat]

Alan Bennett

Correct. Please set the next question.

 

[Whistler40145]

What's the highest road in mainland Europe?

 

[DaleCooper]

What's the highest road in mainland Europe?

Brenner Pass

 

[Whistler40145]

Brenner Pass

No and it's not in Austria

 

[Gloster]

The road past the cannabis cafes in Amsterdam must be pretty high.

 

[Whistler40145]

The road past the cannabis cafes in Amsterdam must be pretty high.

Not that kind of high

 

[John Griffiths]

A track leading up to the summit of Mount Elbrus in the Caucusus.

 

[Whistler40145]

No, it's an actual road

 

[yoyothehobo]

Isnt there one in the sierra nevada that doesnt actually go anywhere?

 

[Whistler40145]

It's in Europe

 

[DaleCooper]

Isnt there one in the sierra nevada that doesnt actually go anywhere?

It's in Europe

Sierra Nevada is in Spain.

 

[Whistler40145]

A clue, it's in France

 

[GRALISTAIR]

A clue, it's in France

French Alps area?