General Knowledge Quiz

[dzug2]

John Thomas. He did most of the Houses of Parliament sculptures and was frim Gloucestershire. It think the statue you refer to is now in the V and A.

That's not the one I was thinking of

 

[DaleCooper]

John Thomas. He did most of the Houses of Parliament sculptures and was frim Gloucestershire. It think the statue you refer to is now in the V and A.

I hardly think a John Thomas statue is suitable for a public place where it might be seen by ladies.

 

[Springs Branch]

To continue with the Gloucestershire theme.

What connection has a sculpture, commissioned in the 1850s for the Crystal Palace, with Gloucestershire? Where is it now, and where has it been?

Is this the statue of Old Father Thames?

Originally for a fountain at Crystal Palace, subsequently moved to (one of) the sources of the Thames near Kemble in Gloucestershire, now relocated again to St. John's Lock, also on the Thames in Gloucestershire.

 

[dzug2]

Is this the statue of Old Father Thames?

Originally for a fountain at Crystal Palace, subsequently moved to (one of) the sources of the Thames near Kemble in Gloucestershire, now relocated again to St. John's Lock, also on the Thames in Gloucestershire.

correct - over to you

 

[Springs Branch]

One of the categories of Nobel Prizes awarded each year is said by some to be not a "genuine" Nobel Prize.

Which category is it and what is the reason for suggesting this?

 

[me123]

I think it's the Nobel Prize for Economics, which is the one prize that wasn't established by Alfred Nobel.

 

[Springs Branch]

I think it's the Nobel Prize for Economics, which is the one prize that wasn't established by Alfred Nobel.

That's correct.

The Economics prize is strictly "The Sveriges Riksbank (Swedish National Bank) Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel". It is funded by a cash donation from the bank 70-odd years after Alfred Nobel established the other categories of prizes and disguises itself as a Nobel Prize.

Your Floor.

 

[me123]

The broadway musical "Rent" was inspired by which opera by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

La boheme....a connection to Bohemian Alphabet City in New York?

 

[me123]

That would be 100% correct!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Where would a buccal cavity normally be found?

 

[me123]

In an animal's head (it's the mouth).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Correct...now over to you.

 

[me123]

Name the five known moons of the minor planet Pluto.

(Information correct as of 4/6/2015).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Discovery dates shown in brackets:-

Charon (1978)
Nix (2005)
Hydra (2005)
Kerberos (2011)
Styx 2013)

 

[me123]

Excellent knowledge! Yes, they're all correct and you can take the floor.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Which flower is said to be the symbol of secrecy?

 

[D6975]

Doesn't 'under the Rose' mean in secret?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Indeed it does...You to set the next one, please.

 

[D6975]

What links

Dire Straits
The Who
Queen
Duran Duran
Moody Blues

and yes, they're all bands smart a***s before you say it...

 

[theageofthetra]

Every member of the band has written or done lead vocals on a song for them?

 

[D6975]

No, but you're right about it being something to do with the band members, rather than the music.

 

[DasLunatic]

Are they all British bands, except for having foreign frontmen?

 

[DaleCooper]

Is it something to do with astronomy?

Brian May -astrophysicist
Freddie Mercury
Keith Moon
To Our Children's Children's Children - inspired by first moon landing
Duran Duran album - Astronaut
Dire Straits - I'm stuck on this one

 

[D6975]

No and No..

 

[fowler9]

Band members called Roger?

 

[D6975]

Band members called Roger?

OOOHHH
AAAHHH

a very near miss

 

[DaleCooper]

What about members called John?

 

[D6975]

yes, but a bit more specific than that

 

[DaleCooper]

One more go.

Bass guitarist called John?