General Knowledge Quiz

[TheEdge]

No, you are all thinking far too secret a secret.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

That "the secret service" exists?

Widely acknowledged but never formally admitted since Tudor times...

 

[TheEdge]

Nope, have a clue, it was revealed in 1993.

 

[theageofthetra]

Ok must be acknowledging the GPO/BT tower actually exists. Their microwave receiving counterparts in High Wycombe & Birmingham were forgotten about
!

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Unless it was the formal acknowledgement that GCHQ exists despite the fact of the press having talked about it for a decade or more beforehand?

 

[TheEdge]

Ok must be acknowledging the GPO/BT tower actually exists. Their microwave receiving counterparts in High Wycombe & Birmingham were forgotten about
!

That is the answer I was looking for. Indeed in 1993 it was revealed that the BT tower existed, obviously no-one had noticed it or the revolving restaurant at the top before that!

The floor is yours...

 

[theageofthetra]

Robin Knox Johnson, other than being quite useful with a yacht also turns out once a year for a cricket match. Where is it played and why is it (I believe) unique?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

The only current once a year match I can think of is the charity match on the Brambles sandbank in the Solent at the lowest daylight tide of the year.










( There used to be a similar match played on the Goodwin Sands as well until the hovercraft were stopped in October 2000 wasn't there? )

 

[theageofthetra]

Correct!









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[Peter Mugridge]

For once I'll take the floor!


Most people get this one wrong – do you know the correct answer?


For which film, if any, was the song “Come Josephine in my Flying Machine” written?

a) Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines

b) Titanic

c) The Hindenburg

d) None of the above.

 

[Golghar]

As far as I know the original song was a contemporary of the real Titanic. As films in those days were silent I'd choose answer "d".

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Most people go for b) because it features so heavily in the film, but you are quite right - it was a popular 1910s song.

Your floor.

 

[Golghar]

In which film did Ronald and Nancy Reagan play the leading roles?

 

[D841 Roebuck]

In which film did Ronald and Nancy Reagan play the leading roles?

"Uses and Abuses of Viagra": a Tea Party production...

 

[Golghar]

No, Paul Ryan and Sarah Palin starred in that one.

 

[Pride Of Crewe]

Hellcats of the Navy

 

[Golghar]

Correct! The film was made in 1956 when they were already married but she appeared under her screen name Nancy Davis. In fact her real name was Anne Frances Robinson so as "First Lady" she should have called herself Anne and not Nancy Reagan.
I watched it once but for a "war" film it was quite dull.

Over to you!

 

[Pride Of Crewe]

In what year was the film "Saturday Night Fever" released.

 

[Heinz57]

That would be 1977

 

[Pride Of Crewe]

Is correct the movie is full of cheesy dance moves.

Over to you!

 

[Heinz57]

In the BBC sitcom My Family name the actor who played 'Alfie Butts'

 

[Welshman]

Rhodri Meilir

 

[Heinz57]

Spot on! Your go...

 

[Welshman]

What is the technical term for phrases such as:-

crash landing
deafening silence
devout atheist?

 

[D6975]

Oxymoron

military intelligence is the most famous one

 

[Welshman]

Oxymoron

military intelligence is the most famous one

Correct.

"Fun-Run" has always amused me!

 

[The Barlow Boy]

Surely the clear winner of an oxymoron contest is "Socialist Worker".

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Surely the clear winner of an oxymoron contest is "Socialist Worker".

Not even close. "Compassionate Conservatism" beats it by a mile...

 

[Welshman]

Perhaps we should have an "ironical oxymoron game"

"Care in the Community" would sadly be near the top around here.

 

[D6975]

Apologies for the delay folks, and thanks to Paul for the nudge.
Been busy lately including a couple of weeks away on hols.

Anyway, the next question is...

Who was arguably the most famous person to call the Landoger Trow in Bristol his local pub?

ps He was the subject of a classic book, albeit under a different name.