General Knowledge Quiz

[deltic1989]

Giuseppe Sarto received a special name to mark an occasion. What was this name ?

Pope Saint Pius X

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Pope Saint Pius X

I will give you this. He was just known as Pope Pius X during his reign.

Please set the next one.

 

[deltic1989]

Please give the next line of the song the title and artist.
"For those who voulenteerd to come"

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I must have seen most of the "Sharpe" episodes, with its iconic opening music.....

To 'list and fight the foe today

"Over the hills and far away"

John Tams.

 

[deltic1989]

Crikey forgot I had set this. You are of course correct. I was watching Sharpe on Youtube when I set it.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

What song commemorated a visit to an event where the following attractions were visited:-

Fat Girl...House of Mystery...Mermaid...Tattoed Lady.

 

[martinsh]

Rawtenstall Annual Fair !!!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Most correct. You are obviously a man of musical discernment. I actually know the song off by heart.

Please set the next conundrum.

 

[martinsh]

What links the following ?

Salford University student accommodation
Keele services on the M6
a shopping centre / retail park on Teesside

 

[cjp]

The same Architect?

 

[martinsh]

The same Architect?

No.

Add Blackpool Airport to the list.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Disused racecourses? Salford Uni is near the former Manchester racecourse, and I think there used to be one at Blackpool.

 

[martinsh]

Correct they were all built on the site of former racecourses. [ Keele having closed over 50 years before ]

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Seven former members of the Football League played their home games in Yorkshire.

Hull City (Premiership) are one - who are the other six?

 

[Buttsy]

Not sure I understand the question fully. Do you mean they no longer play in what constitues the current boundaries of North, East, South and West Ridings of Yorkshire? Or do you mean are no longer one of the 72?

If my first thinking is correct, I'll go with:
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough Ironopolois
Rotherham Town
Scarborough
Leeds City
Bradford Park Avenue
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If it's not the Middlesborough teams (which used to be in Yorkshire), then I'd wager it's Rotherham County & Halifax

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Not sure I understand the question fully. Do you mean they no longer play in what constitues the current boundaries of North, East, South and West Ridings of Yorkshire? Or do you mean are no longer one of the 72?

If my first thinking is correct, I'll go with:
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough Ironopolois
Rotherham Town
Scarborough
Leeds City
Bradford Park Avenue
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If it's not the Middlesborough teams (which used to be in Yorkshire), then I'd wager it's Rotherham County & Halifax

Not part of the 72 - so Bradford PA, Halifax, Leeds City, Middlesbrough Ironopolis, Rotherham Town and Scarborough. (Rotherham County are now Rotherham U, so I didn't count them.)

You got them all anyway!

 

[Buttsy]

Carrying on a football theme, 8 players have played for England since the war who have had an 'x' in their surname. Name them.

 

[FQ]

Jason Wilcox
Albert Quixhall
Lee Dixon
Kerry Dixon
Freddie Fox
Mike Duxbury
Graham Rix
Graeme Le Saux

 

[Buttsy]

Jason Wilcox
Albert Quixhall
Lee Dixon
Kerry Dixon
Freddie Fox
Mike Duxbury
Graham Rix
Graeme Le Saux

Freddie Fox played for England in 1925, so not what I was looking for, though I should have specified which war (2nd rather than 1st)...

There is one other that is missing.
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Freddie Fox played for England in 1925, so not what I was looking for, though I should have specified which war (2nd rather than 1st)...

There is one other that is missing.

The final one is Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

Fishquinn's floor

 

[FQ]

Open Floor.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

What cerebral activity consists of oscillations with a frequency of 8-13 hertz ?

 

[Whistler40145]

Is it Electroencephalography (EEG)?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

This is not what I had in mind. The matter that you state is something that can detect them.

 

[Buttsy]

REM sleep?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Not that either.

 

[theageofthetra]

Snoring?

 

[Whistler40145]

Brain Wave?


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[Buttsy]

Migraine

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Brain Wave?


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There are different types of these, but you are now on the right track.

 

[Buttsy]

Orgasm (ooo-er!!!!)