General Knowledge Quiz

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lord Salisbury

Not this personage.

 

[deltic1989]

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Sailsbury

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Not that one also, but like him, the one in question also had a double-barrelled surname....and a title.

 

[GaryMcEwan]

Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount?

 

[Whistler40145]

Edward Stanley-Smith, 14th Earl of Derby?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Edward Stanley-Smith, 14th Earl of Derby?

Well done...this is the man in question.

Over to you now.

 

[Whistler40145]

Name the two bowlers who have taken 10 wickets in a Test Match.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Name the two bowlers who have taken 10 wickets in a Test Match.

Do you mean 10 wickets in a single innings in a Test Match?

 

[Whistler40145]

Yes, I do mean in a single innings

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Jim Laker (England) took 10-53 v Australia in 1956 at Old Trafford in the 2nd innings (after taking 9 wickets in the first innings. Tony Lock took the other wicket).

Anil Kumble (India) took 10-74 v Pakistan in the 1998/9 test series.

 

[Whistler40145]

Quite correct. I'm not old enough to remember, but Jim Laker also took 10 wickets in an innings for Surrey against the Australians at the same period.

Please set another Paul.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Archbishop Turpin of Rhiems, Baligant the Emir of Babylon and Ogier the Dane are all characters in which epic poem

 

[Spamcan81]

Archbishop Turpin of Rhiems, Baligant the Emir of Babylon and Ogier the Dane are all characters in which epic poem

Probably not the Ballad of Eskimo Nell.
On a serious note, is it the Song of Roland?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

It is indeed.

Over to you to set the next conundrum.

 

[Spamcan81]

Born in Bristol in January 1904 he went on to become one of Holywood's biggest male stars. Who was he?

 

[Whistler40145]

Cary Grant

 

[Spamcan81]

Cary Grant

His first given name being?

 

[Whistler40145]

Archibald Alexander Leach

 

[Spamcan81]

Archibald Alexander Leach

Correct. Your turn.

 

[Whistler40145]

I claim open floor

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Which artistic method was brought to Britain by Prince Rupert of the Rhine?

 

[theageofthetra]

Wasn't it some kind of fake marble? Alabaster?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Not the actual word that I am seeking.

 

[Welshman]

The Mezzotint method?

 

[Spamcan81]

The Mezzotint method?

Beat me to it.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The Mezzotint method?

This was the actual name that I sought....over to you.

 

[Welshman]

Which British crime-writer, who created a poetry-loving Police Commander, has been in the news this week, and for why, and what is the name of his/her creation?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

P D James is the author (The Rt. Hon Phyllis Dorothy, Baroness James of Holland Park) and she died yesterday, 27th November at the age of 94.

Adam Dalgliesh was the Police Commissioner in question.

 

[Welshman]

Absolutely correct.
Back to you.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

What name was adopted by Pharoah Amenhotep IV after a change in religion?