General Knowledge Quiz

[Marton]

Sorry for the delay. New Tapatalk is terrible.

When I undertake pogonotrophy what do I do?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Grow facial hair for effect, such as a beard, moustache, mutton-chops sideburns, etc.

 

[Marton]

Correct.
Yours.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

As I feel somewhat unwell as I type this message, it is time for someone else to set the next one...OPEN FLOOR.

 

[johnnychips]

Hope you're feeling better soon, Paul

Where was the 'White March' held, and to what purpose?

 

[Welshman]

I think it was protesting about police and political incompetency after the arrest of the child-killer Marc Dutroux in Brussels in 1996.

 

[johnnychips]

Well done!

 

[Welshman]

Which novelist wrote a sequel to Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" and what is its title?

 

[Darren R]

"Death Comes to Pemberley" by the late P.D. James.



I think!

 

[Welshman]

You're right.
Over to you.

 

[Darren R]

Since I'm highly likely to forget I've set a question, I best declare Open Floor.

 

[johnnychips]

In which country is the 'Pool' region and how is it related to Chris Tarrant?

 

[Welshman]

I think the Pool region is in the Republic of the Congo.
The authority managing the wetlands is the Tarrant Authority, headed by a man called Chris Zachary.

 

[johnnychips]

I'll give you this as I'm fascinated by the info you've given. I was thinking about the celeb Chris Tarrant, who made a documentary about the Point Noire - Brazzaville railway!

All yours!

 

[Welshman]

I'll give you this as I'm fascinated by the info you've given. I was thinking about the celeb Chris Tarrant, who made a documentary about the Point Noire - Brazzaville railway!

All yours!

Thank you, for, compared with your answer, mine was a bit contrived!

Concerning British Composers, when is it important to pay specific attention to the numbers of the letter "r" ?
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Clue

Think of a 16c and a 20-21c composer.
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OK - I give up!

The answer I was looking for was so as not to confuse John Taverner [c1490-1545] with John Tavener [1944-2013].

Open floor.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Matilda and Alice were the forenames of which two music hall stars?

 

[deltic1989]

Marie Lloyd and Vesta Tilley.
I can provide no further information, except that Paul and I may be looking in the same place for quiz questions.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Both your answers are totally correct.....are you "telegraphing" your stated view of joint knowledge base?

Over to you to set the next conundrum.

 

[deltic1989]

Both your answers are totally correct.....are you "telegraphing" your stated view of joint knowledge base?

Over to you to set the next conundrum.

Perhaps a question of great minds thinking alike

Which ship named after a Roman province in Northwest Africa, held the Blue Riband title for 20 years?
Bonus point if you can give the years from and to.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Mauretania of the Cunard Line held the Blue Riband from 1909 to 1929.

 

[deltic1989]

Mauretania of the Cunard Line held the Blue Riband from 1909 to 1929.

She certainly did.
I hand the torch back to you.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

One of the plays by William Shakespeare has an ending with a character who reads an epitaph and also promises to bring peace to the home city of the epitphee.

Who read the epitaph and what was the name of the play?

 

[johnnychips]

Escalus, Prince of Verona, and therefore Romeo and Juliet.

Funny, read it last week.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Escalus, Prince of Verona, and therefore Romeo and Juliet.

Funny, read it last week.

Not so, unfortunately.

 

[Welshman]

Prospero in The Tempest has a eulogy, but I'm not sure it fits your description.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Not that one, either.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Hamlet? Don't know the character name, though.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Not that one, unfortunately
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HINT

Think of the times of past great civilisations.

 

[Darren R]

Timon of Athens? I can't remember the character name though!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Well you have the name of the play correct.

So I am now waiting for the name of the character who reads the epitaph of the title's character.