General Knowledge Quiz

[theageofthetra]

1903?

 

[Pride Of Crewe]

Yes 1903. Over to you.

 

[theageofthetra]

As the Ashes are on.... Which two countries contested the first ever international test match?

 

[Pride Of Crewe]

Canada and the USA

 

[theageofthetra]

Too easy! Over to you..

 

[Pride Of Crewe]

Ok an easy one. Who played Sicknote in London's Burning?

 

[deltic1989]

Richard Walsh. Though I had to check the credits of the episode i just finished watching of my new boxset.

Open Floor.

 

[theageofthetra]

Which England cricketers and BBC cricket commentator made guest appearances in a famous 1956 radio episode of Hancocks Half Hour.

 

[Johnuk123]

John Arlott from the BBC, Colin Cowdrey, Frank Tyson and Godfrey Evans being the cricketers.

Although I wasn't around at the time my dad had all these programmes.

 

[theageofthetra]

Well done. The episode was on 4extra recently in time for the Ashes. The piece where you hear John Arlott being caught telling some joke about a commercial traveller & a farmers daughter caused quite a stir at the time. These two subjects being on the BBC's long list of subjects deemed too lewd to broadcast! The later episode where Hancock turns Lords into a farm is another must hear for cricket lovers. Your floor

 

[Johnuk123]

Open floor.

 

[Pride Of Crewe]

Which famous tv star sang in Berlin when the wall was being taken down?

 

[Buttsy]

Was it the 'Hoff'?

 

[Pride Of Crewe]

Yes it was the "Hoff" he sang Looking for Freedom. Over to you.

 

[Buttsy]

Which English football club had the following firsts:
1) To have a player fee decided by the football tribunal;
2) To have their home game on pay-per-view;
3) To go from non-league to the top flight through all 4 divisions;
4) To do 3) in reverse;
5) To win (in old money) the 3rd and 2nd divisions in consectutive seasons.

 

[theageofthetra]

Oxford United?

 

[Buttsy]

Oxford United?

Correct

 

[theageofthetra]

Why does an Oregon Girl Guide troop have a place in the military history of the United States?
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Ok as no one got it. They were the only US citizens injured or killed on US soil as a direct result of enemy action in WWII. The Japanese launched ballons with explosives attached up into the jet stream and one came down in the guide camp.

Next question. Who was the highest earning member of Team GB at the London 2012 Olympics?

 

[Heinz57]

Was it Jessica Ennis?

 

[Buttsy]

I reckon it was someone like Ryan Giggs

 

[theageofthetra]

Neither of them

 

[Buttsy]

Garteh Bale?

 

[theageofthetra]

No not Monkey Boy.

 

[Heinz57]

Mo Farah?

 

[TheEdge]

Was Lord Coe officially part of Team GB? If so, him.

 

[theageofthetra]

No and it was someone who competed. Even so Lord Coe earns nothing near this person.

 

[Meridian richard]

Has to be the basketball player Luol Deng

 

[theageofthetra]

We have a winner. Your floor.

 

[Meridian richard]

Which event this week broke the record for most tweets in a second

 

[theageofthetra]

The new Batman being announced?