General Knowledge Quiz

[D841 Roebuck]

What nickname is given to the New Zealand national basketball team?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Going on the average height of basketball players, I will go for the...

(T)all Blacks...

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Going on the average height of basketball players, I will go for the...

(T)all Blacks...

Absolutely spot on.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Which artist panted the church of St Jacques ?.... (near to the Quai Duquesne)

 

[Welshman]

Walter Richard Sickert?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Not that one.

 

[Welshman]

Charles Ginner also painted some scenes of the Quai Duquesne.
Could it be him?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Not that one, either. The artist in question is very well-known.

 

[Strathclyder]

Thomas Allom?

 

[Welshman]

OK - 3rd and final attempt:-

Camille PI-SSARRO?

It wouldn't let me type his surname other than in this form!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

OK - 3rd and final attempt:-

Camille PI-SSARRO?

It wouldn't let me type his surname other than in this form!

This is what you call ... Third time lucky...

Please let the next one.

 

[Welshman]

Which Saint, although marrying twice, retained her virginity, and what is her connection with sub-standard and tacky merchandise?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Saint Cecilia of Rome ?

 

[Welshman]

No, sorry.

As far as I know, Cecilia was married only once, [to Valerian],however that was unconsummated.

Come forward 5 centuries to an English Saint.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Saint Aethelryth (aka Saint Etheldreda). 636-679 AD.

 

[Seacook]

The tacky merchandise suggests St Audrey. I think it has been claimed that the word "tawdry" is derived from her name although that may be folk etymology.

 

[Welshman]

Hmmm!
Between you, we've got the full answer.

St Etheldreda [which I presume is who Paul meant] was the Saint. She was abbess of Ely.

She was also known locally as St Audrey [or Awdrey].

And according to legend, the local fair held on her feast day unfortunately gained a reputation for selling sub-standard lace goods, so anything bought on St.Awdrey's Day became known by the nickname "tawdry"

So I suggest Paul and Seacook decide amongst themselves who is to set the next one. Is that fair?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Since I have had a few wins recently, I have sent a PM to Seacook to ask him to set the next one.

 

[Seacook]

To what do the following refer and what do they have in common?

An annual US award.
A far Eastern uprising.
Sir Hyde Parker's greatest victory.
An opera by Wagner.
A mythical Græco-Roman hero.
An Austrian defeat in Northern Italy.
One of a quartet of Outlaws.

Eight answers in total including the common theme.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

To what do the following refer and what do they have in common?

An annual US award.
A far Eastern uprising.
Sir Hyde Parker's greatest victory.
An opera by Wagner.
A mythical Græco-Roman hero.
An Austrian defeat in Northern Italy.
One of a quartet of Outlaws.

Eight answers in total including the common theme.

Oscar (a pure guess)
Boxer (Animal Farm)
Copenhagen (Belonged to Duke of Wellingon)
The Flying Dutchman (sounds like a racehorse - Nationa winner?)
Bucephalus (Bonaparte's steed #1)
Marengo (Bonaparte's steed #2)
Ginger (Stable companion of Black Beauty)

All famous horses?

 

[Seacook]

Oscar (a pure guess)
Boxer (Animal Farm)
Copenhagen (Belonged to Duke of Wellingon)
The Flying Dutchman (sounds like a racehorse - Nationa winner?)
Bucephalus (Bonaparte's steed #1)
Marengo (Bonaparte's steed #2)
Ginger (Stable companion of Black Beauty)

All famous horses?

You are right that they are all horses, though none are racehorses.
Boxer, Copenhagen, Marengo and Ginger are spot on, but the other three are not.

You get to set the next question but perhaps some others might like to fill in the gaps now that they know what to look for.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Whilst folk are pondering the rest of Sea Cook's horses...

Who was the lasr member of England's 1966 football world cup winning squad to gain a full international cap?

 

[Buttsy]

Gordon West?

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Gordon West?

Not Gordon West.

 

[theageofthetra]

The late great Alan Ball in 1975.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

The late great Alan Ball in 1975.

Not Alan Ball. The player in question was selected in 1977.

 

[theageofthetra]

Oh blimey forgot about Ian Callaghan he got picked in 1977 when he was at Liverpool

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Oh blimey forgot about Ian Callaghan he got picked in 1977 when he was at Liverpool

That's the one. Your turn...

 

[Seacook]

No one has identified the three remaining horses, so here they are:

The US award is the Tony (Tom Mix's horse).
The Wagner opera is Rienzi (belonged to General Phil Sheridan).
The mythological hero is Hercules (the Steptoes' carthorse).

 

[theageofthetra]

At how many places & name them is it possible to take a normal non folding bicycle under the Thames in Greater London.