General Knowledge Quiz

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Croatia
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....or at least the land area currently known by that name

 

[Whistler40145]

Quite correct. Please set another good sir.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The Roman philosopher Seneca was associated with which Roman emperor?

 

[deltic1989]

I'm a little rusty in that department, but I seem to remember that he was an adviser to Nero.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Your memory does not play you false and you are most correct.

Over to you.

 

[deltic1989]

Another musical one from me,
As always I am looking for the next line of the song, and the title and artist.

"and he's talking to Davy, who's still in the Navy"

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

"And probably will be for life"

Piano Man

William Martin "Billy" Joel

 

[deltic1989]

Once again your knowledge of music does you credit, and you are correct in all respects.
The 1983 album 'Innocent Man', was the sound track to a lot of road trips with my Mother, added to that the fact that 'We didn't start the fire' was Number 1 in the charts on the day I was born, and you could say that it would be inevitable that I would be a Billy Joel fan.
'Piano Man' is one of my favorite of his songs though, sharing that top spot with 'Innocent Man'.
But enough from me, over to Paul for your next conundrum.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The precursor to the 1600-1611 war between Sweden and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth had its roots in a Swedish civil war of 1597-1598 in which a one-time king of both the opposing forces was defeated in a battle of 1598.

What was the full name of the one-time king and what was the name of this battle?

 

[Marton]

Sigismund. Linköping or Stångebro.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sigismund III Vasa was the full title of the monarch involved.

Your second named battle is also correct.

Over to you.

 

[Marton]

Thanks. I thought the battle was dually named.

Why, until1836, was part of the North Riding of Yorkshire associated, for some administrative functions, with Chester?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I can only think of one matter which is in 1541, the Archdeaconry of Richmond was removed from the Diocese of York and united with the Archdeaconry of Chester to form the Diocese of Chester.

 

[Marton]

Correct. Restored to the right side of the Pennines in 1836 when Ripon was created as a diocese.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Who gave T S Eliot the nickname of "Old Possum"

 

[Marton]

Ezra Pound


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[Xenophon PCDGS]

Correct...Over to you

 

[Marton]

Open floor

 

[Peter Mugridge]

In which horror story is the key name commonly mistakenly applied to the wrong character?

 

[Darren R]

Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"? Although it has been some time since I read it, something at the back of my mind is saying that the eponymous doctor's creation is actually called Adam in the book (but I could well have made that up! )

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Too easy!

Yes, Frankenstein.

The name is that of the mad scientist but to the vast majority of the public it is taken to refer to the monster.

Your floor.

 

[Darren R]

Since I'm highly likely to forget I've set a question, I shall declare

open floor

 

[theageofthetra]

Of the football grounds used to host the 1966 World cup which no longer exist and which survive ?

 

[deltic1989]

No longer Exist:
Ayresome Park (Middlesboro')
Roker Park (Sunderland)
White City Stadium (London)

Still in Existence:
Wembley Stadium (London)
Old Trafford (The theatre of dreams, Manchester)
Villa Park (Birmingham)
Goodison Park (Liverpool)
Hillsbourough (Sheffield)

 

[theageofthetra]

That's close enough. Not the same Wembley. Your floor.

 

[deltic1989]

That's close enough. Not the same Wembley. Your floor.

It took me half an hour of agonising trying to figure out which category I should put Wembley in. On the one hand it still exists in the same place, but on the other as you correctly state it's not the same stadium that played host to the matches.

Now my conundrum:

In the Royal Navy what is a Soft Nosed Projectile? and what would you do with it?

 

[Marton]

A rope for transferring stores from one ship to another?


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[deltic1989]

A rope for transferring stores from one ship to another?


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This is only a small part of the answer I am looking for.
You are barking up the right tree, but to give it I would need a fuller explanation. Specifically of what a Soft Nosed Projectile is, and what it's used for.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Is it the projectile that is fired that carries the rope from ship to ship?

 

[deltic1989]

Is it the projectile that is fired that carries the rope from ship to ship?

Correct! Known to Sailors as 'The Dildo' (I can't find a picture, but if I could you would understand why), the SNP is an impliment slid over the muzzle of an SA80 rifle, with a guide rope attached. A blank round is then loaded into the rifle, and the projectile is fired from one ship to another, this is then used to haul over more heavy duty ropes, fuel pipes etc, to conduct a RAS or Replenishment at Sea.

Over to you Paul.

(I should have a keybind for that phrase )