General Knowledge Quiz

[EM2]

Alvin Martin holds the distinction of scoring a hat-trick, where each goal was past a different goalkeeper.
Who were the goalkeepers?

 

[deltic1989]

Martin Thomas, Chris Hedworth and, Peter Beardsley. In a match against Newcastle in April 1986.

 

[EM2]

Well done, it's the middle one a lot of people forget!

 

[Ivo]

Alvin Martin

I remember him

What a failure. Well, from a management perspective in relation to Southend anyway.

 

[deltic1989]

I'll set another one of my musical challenges.

Please give the next line of the song and also the title and artist.

'Die Sonne scheint mir aus den Händen'

I'll also be very impressed if you can get the English translation too.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I'll set another one of my musical challenges.

Please give the next line of the song and also the title and artist.

'Die Sonne scheint mir aus den Händen'

I'll also be very impressed if you can get the English translation too.

Kann verbbennen kan euch blenden (Cannot offer translation)

I am not totally sure of this but think "Sun" may be part of it.

Rammstein (the German Industrial Metal bend)....Till Lindermann on vocals.

 

[deltic1989]

Kann verbbennen kan euch blenden (Cannot offer translation)

I am not totally sure of this but think "Sun" may be part of it.

Rammstein (the German Industrial Metal bend)....Till Lindermann on vocals.

You have the answer correct on all counts. I say this as the title of the song is Sonne, which is German for sun.

Well done, your turn.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I will keep the Germanic poetical and musical theme running, but of a much earlier vintage and ask the following three-part question:-

What was the name of the poem about a feminine water spirit on the River Rhine, that gives its name to a large rocky outcrop in that river...and who wrote the poem

Who wrote the lyrics for the song that is well-known that was based on the poem

Which famous composer wrote the musical score for the song

Incidentally, I was part of the school choir that sang this in 1957 in a musical festival at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester in 1957...aged 12.

 

[Golghar]

I will keep the Germanic poetical and musical theme running, but of a much earlier vintage and ask the following three-part question:-

What was the name of the poem about a feminine water spirit on the River Rhine, that gives its name to a large rocky outcrop in that river...and who wrote the poem

Who wrote the lyrics for the song that is well-known that was based on the poem

Which famous composer wrote the musical score for the song

Incidentally, I was part of the school choir that sang this in 1957 in a musical festival at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester in 1957...aged 12.

The name of the the poem is "The Lorelei" (or German: "Die Lorelei")
The poet is Heinrich Heine.
The version I know was composed by Friedrich Silcher.

I can't answer the part about "who wrote the song based on the poem".

 

[Welshman]

Wasn't the song written by George Gershwin and the lyrics by Ira Gershwin?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The name of the the poem is "The Lorelei" (or German: "Die Lorelei")
The poet is Heinrich Heine.
The version I know was composed by Friedrich Silcher.

I can't answer the part about "who wrote the song based on the poem".

You are correct on those parts that you have answered.


The final question actually concerned the writing of the musical score and my records show the composer of the original and best known version as being written by a composer that is usually said the be one of the great composers of Classical Music.

I will let this quiz continue continue until that final question is answered.
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Wasn't the song written by George Gershwin and the lyrics by Ira Gershwin?

A modern version maybe, but not the original version. Heinrich Heine wrote it in 1824.

 

[Oswyntail]

With my tongue slightly in my cheek, I offer you Clara Schumann (though I guess you actually want the old charlatan, Franz Liszt)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

With my tongue slightly in my cheek, I offer you Clara Schumann (though I guess you actually want the old charlatan, Franz Liszt)

Indeed, Franz Liszt is the composer. He wrote two versions, the first being in 1841 and the second one that took him so long to be totally satisfied with was commenced in late 1854 but not completed until 1856. I must confess that this final part of my conundrum to be as difficult to solve as all the other parts of the question grouped together.

It was this far more musically challenging musical score that our choir sang in 1956, but I do confess to enjoying the far better known musical version of these days.

Either Golghar or you can set the next one.

 

[Oswyntail]

Indeed, Franz Liszt is the composer. He wrote two versions, the first being in 1841 and the second one that took him so long to be totally satisfied with was commenced in late 1854 but not completed until 1856. I must confess that this final part of my conundrum to be as difficult to solve as all the other parts of the question grouped together.

It was this far more musically challenging musical score that our choir sang in 1956, but I do confess to enjoying the far better known musical version of these days.

Either Golghar or you can set the next one.

I leave it to Golghar

 

[Golghar]

In that case I set the following philatelic question: Which territories was the following postage stamp valid for use in?

Note: In stamp catalogues it is usually listed under the name of just one of these territories.

 

[ainsworth74]

British India (which would include the likes of modern day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar)?

 

[Golghar]

British India (which would include the likes of modern day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar)?

Unfortunately you have given the wrong answer. Note that this stamp carries a portrait of QEII so it must have been in use after 1952, by which time India, Pakistan and Burma were independent states.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Could I venture the title of:-

British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia ?

 

[Golghar]

Could I venture the title of:-

British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia ?

You are absolutely right! I would also have accepted "Gulf States", "Trucial States" or the names of the present day states covering these territories: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
In stamp catalogues this stamp and others of its kind, i.e. UK stamps with an overprint in Indian currency, are invariably listed under "Muscat", "Muscat and Oman" or "Oman". In fact these particular stamps which didn't specify the name of a territory were also valid in Bahrain, Kuwait, and later Qatar, which had their own overprinted issues with the name of the territory.
These states were under Indian postal and currency administration till Indian independence in 1947 when the UK took over direct responsibility for postal services. Indian currency remained valid till these territories introduced thier own currencies and postage stamps.(Kuwait in the late 50s, the others in the course of the 60s).

Over to you now, Paul!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

What was described as "The bestest band what am"....and whose words were these. ?

 

[Johnuk123]

Alexander's ragtime band - Irving Berlin

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Obviously correct....please set the next one

 

[Johnuk123]

Where do the "cows go bong"

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We are indeed indebted to Spike Milligan, who informed us that it would be "On the Ning Nang Nong"....not to forget that "the monkeys all say BOO!"

 

[Johnuk123]

We are indeed indebted to Spike Milligan, who informed us that it would be "On the Ning Nang Nong"....not to forget that "the monkeys all say BOO!"

Correct - they don't write them like that anymore,

Your go.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Where would you likely to find a subterranean shell grotto in England.

 

[Meridian richard]

Margate

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Well done...it proves that I do not always set difficult ones....

Please set the next one.

 

[Meridian richard]

For which football team did Mick Hucknall sign and play for

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Hucknall Town???

If he didn't he did ought to have...