General Knowledge Quiz

[gnolife]

What was the health warning on the back cover of the album Amarok by Mike Oldfield?

 

[D841 Roebuck]

What was the health warning on the back cover of the album Amarok by Mike Oldfield?

"Buying this record may contribute to future WCML passengers being unable to see out of the window whilst travelling on naff (albeit rapid) emus."

 

[gnolife]

"Buying this record may contribute to future WCML passengers being unable to see out of the window whilst travelling on naff (albeit rapid) emus."

I'm afraid I can't accept your answer - if only because I wasn't aware that large birds had windows and carried people up and down the country

 

[deltic1989]

I have this covered,( If you will pardon the pun) it reads.
HEALTH WARNING - This record could be hazardous to the health of cloth-eared nincompoops. If you suffer from this condition, consult your Doctor immediately

There is also a 'Secret Message' in there too I am told, some morse code saying "f**k off RB" directed at our good old friend Mr Branson. (do I get a bonus point for that? )


Open Floor

 

[gnolife]

I have this covered,( If you will pardon the pun) it reads.
HEALTH WARNING - This record could be hazardous to the health of cloth-eared nincompoops. If you suffer from this condition, consult your Doctor immediately

There is also a 'Secret Message' in there too I am told, some morse code saying "f**k off RB" directed at our good old friend Mr Branson. (do I get a bonus point for that? )


Open Floor

Yup, and Oldfield offered a reward (somewhere to the tune of 1000 pounds IIRC) for the first person to find said morse code message, found 47 minutes and 40 seconds into the song. Theres actually plenty of other cheap shots at Branson in the song as well.

Floor's open then

 

[deltic1989]

Since the baton has not been taken up. I will claim the floor back if I may.

Complete the sequence?
Natalya, Wei, Christmas, ????????

 

[Ivo]

Either Miranda or Jinx (sp?); presumably the latter given you have chosen Natalya ahead of Xenia. It's a list of Bond Girls' character names during the Brosnan era.

Happy 1,000th post by the way (obviously not the above since Quiz posts don't count)!

 

[deltic1989]

Jinx is quite correct.
And it is a double celebration. I have reached my 1000th post on my 24th Birthday.
(And nither milestone has improved my spelling or, grammar )

 

[Ivo]

I seemed to recall it being your birthday about now, so Happy Birthday!

Next Question:

What is or was the Hoddle Grid?

P.S.: The word "nither" hasn't improved your spelling either (It has an "e" before the "i".)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Something to do with a task carried out by Robert Hoddle in Australia in 1837 ?

 

[Ivo]

It is, but what exactly?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Melbourne central-area street grid pattern ?

Open floor if correct.

 

[Ivo]

Open floor it is then.

 

[Trainfan344]

Name the classical composer born in East Anglia who has a high school in Lowestoft named after him, and a piece of music he composed.

 

[Welshman]

Benjamin Britten

"Simple Symphony" [for String Orchestra]

 

[Trainfan344]

Benjamin Britten

"Simple Symphony" [for String Orchestra]

My appologies for the delay, but this is an correct awnser, so the floor is yours.

 

[Welshman]

Staying with a musical question:-

Which poem by Robert Burns was set to music by Vaughan Williams and adapted by Andy M Stewart?

 

[Buttsy]

Staying with a musical question:-

Which poem by Robert Burns was set to music by Vaughan Williams and adapted by Andy M Stewart?

Auld Lang Syne?

 

[Welshman]

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, but that's not the one, I'm afraid.

 

[Buttsy]

My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose?

 

[Welshman]

No - the answer is

Ca' the Yowes

open floor.

 

[w0033944]

No - the answer is

Ca' the Yowes

open floor.

OK, here goes:

Why is S2+1 much more sensible than S3?
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
Bump.

 

[maniacmartin]

To prevent head-on collisions?

 

[w0033944]

To prevent head-on collisions?

Absolutely! Your go.

 

[deltic1989]

Since it has been 7 days since the last post and I have noticed that this quiz is dropping towards what appears to be the 'lockdown zone' may I be so bold as to step in and take the floor? If only until maniacmartin returns to claim it, in the interest of keeping this great thread going? If no one has any objections here I go.

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

"I don't know if its little or something with his brain."

 

[D841 Roebuck]

In the spirit of keeping the thread alive I will have a wild guess here.

Next line: "I don't know very much about the words of this refrain"
Title: The Day Before You Came
Artists: ABBA

 

[deltic1989]

In the spirit of keeping the thread alive I will have a wild guess here.

Next line: "I don't know very much about the words of this refrain"
Title: The Day Before You Came
Artists: ABBA

Sorry for the delay in coming back to you. That is not the lyrics I was looking for I'm afraid.

------EDIT-------

If a correct answer isn't forthcoming by 19:00 I'll reveal the answer I was looking for and open the floor.

The answer I was looking for was:
But the the only words he ever says is "I Like Trains"
Artist: ADSF
Title: I like Trains
Open Floor

 

[Welshman]

Since no-one else has posted, I'll set another:-

Who invented the character of Detective Inspector Charlie Resnick, and in which city are his stories mainly based?

 

[Johnuk123]

John Harvey, Nottingham.

 

[Welshman]

Correct on both counts. Your go