General Knowledge Quiz

[The Snap]

Alcibiades?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Alcibiades?

This was indeed the correct answer that I sought.

Darren R had already correctly named the play as that of "Timon of Athens", so either of you can set the next conundrum.

 

[The Snap]

Pardon my ignorance. Can the topic be anything or are we on a current subject that a question must relate to?

 

[Buttsy]

Pardon my ignorance. Can the topic be anything or are we on a current subject that a question must relate to?

Anything

 

[The Snap]

In an episode of Only Fools and Horses, Del drove his car to an evening event but was too drunk to drive home. He called Rodders to pick him up, who did so in the three wheel van. What was the make and model of car that Del drove to the event, and the name of the episode in which this scene featured?

 

[Buttsy]

The car would have been the Vauxhall Velox I suspect.

 

[The Snap]

The car would have been the Vauxhall Velox I suspect.

Correct. And the name of the episode?

 

[Buttsy]

No idea of the episode title, though I think it was the one with the Hindi statuettes.

 

[The Snap]

No idea of the episode title, though I think it was the one with the Hindi statuettes.

That's the one.

 

[Buttsy]

That's the one.

Cash & Curry

 

[The Snap]

Cash & Curry

That's the one.

Your go...

 

[Buttsy]

"When you're in Matlock Bath, you don't need Sylvia Plath, not while they've got Mrs Gibson's jam" is a line from which song by whom?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

"When you're in Matlock Bath, you don't need Sylvia Plath, not while they've got Mrs Gibson's jam" is a line from which song by whom?

"The Light at the end of the tunnel , (is the light of an oncoming train").

Half Man Half Biscuit.

Cammell Laird Social Club album.

 

[Buttsy]

"The Light at the end of the tunnel , (is the light of an oncoming train").

Half Man Half Biscuit.

Cammell Laird Social Club album.

Correct!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Which musician exerted an unwholesome influence over singer Trilby O'Ferral?

 

[Spamcan81]

That just has to be Svengali.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Correct...over to you.

 

[Spamcan81]

Which rock band has had three members all with the same surname but only two of whom were related? The unrelated member then breaking off to form his own version of the band.
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Looks like it's time for a clue. The band in question was well known for having twin lead guitars.

 

[Whistler40145]

Does this band still exist and where in the world do they originate?

 

[Spamcan81]

Yes the band still exists and they originated in the south west of England. I should correct one statement in the original question - it was one of the related pair who broke away to form his own version of the band.

 

[Whistler40145]

Wishbone Ash and Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash?

 

[Spamcan81]

Correct.

 

[Whistler40145]

Which former West Ham and England Footballer played one First Class cricket match for Essex?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Geoff Hirst, born in Ashton-under-Lyne in Lancashire, who was a wicketkeeper and a right-hand batsman, played one game for Essex in 1962.

 

[Whistler40145]

That was far too easy Paul!

Please set another.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Which musician is so called because he can trace his ancestry to Herman Melville?

 

[Darren R]

That would be Moby, aka Richard Melville Hall?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I thought that you would be the one that guessed the answer first.

Over to you.

 

[Darren R]

I'll forget if I set a question, so I shall declare

Open Floor

 

[Heinz57]

I'll take up the floor, its been a while since I've set one...

In acoustics, what is STI and STIPA and what do they do?