General Knowledge Quiz

[DasLunatic]

What game is this screenshot taken from?

 

[DaleCooper]

Your pc?

 

[DasLunatic]

Your pc?

Nice try.

 

[DaleCooper]

Is it one of the Mario Bros. games?

 

[DasLunatic]

Nope... wrong console...

 

[fowler9]

Sonic?

 

[DasLunatic]

Sonic?

Almost there... more specifically...

 

[fowler9]

the Hedgehog?

 

[DasLunatic]

the Hedgehog?

Still wrong. Correct series, though.

 

[DaleCooper]

Was there one called Sonic and Tails?

 

[DasLunatic]

Was there one called Sonic and Tails?

Not AFAIK... but they both appear in this game.

 

[krus_aragon]

Sonic the Hedgehog II, specifically Chemical Zone I or II.

(My other half has virtually every Sonic title released!)

 

[DasLunatic]

Sonic the Hedgehog II, specifically Chemical Zone I or II.

(My other half has virtually every Sonic title released!)

Correct.

 

[krus_aragon]

Thank you. Next question:

Historically, why were pewter tankards not commonly used in Herefordshire?

 

[Springs Branch]

Is this related to the tendency of cider to leach lead from the pewter?

In the days before lead was more or less eliminated from pewter alloy, this could result in the drinker suffering lead poisoning.

 

[krus_aragon]

Is this related to the tendency of cider to leach lead from the pewter?

In the days before lead was more or less eliminated from pewter alloy, this could result in the drinker suffering lead poisoning.

Spot on.

In days of yore, wood or bone drinking vessels were the mainstay in Herefordshire (and in Somerset, another cider-drinking area).

Your floor.

 

[DaleCooper]

All this time I thought the cider was getting me drunk but it was just lead poisoning

 

[Springs Branch]

What was the significance of an event which took place on a Saturday earlier this year:- March 14th at 9:26:53?

Hint - Some may think this is irrational, but the time zone doesn't really matter.

 

[deltic1989]

Was this the thing about the date and time reflecting Pi, or something like that?

Open Floor if correct.

 

[Springs Branch]

Correct. Written in American format, this was 3/14/15 9:26:53 - the first 10 significant figures of pi.

Obviously will not work in the European date format, unless we added a Leap Day to the end of April.
Or you can wait a few days until next Wednesday for Pi Approximation Day on 22/7.

As stated, Open Floor.

 

[DasLunatic]

Name five ingredients required to make a Pangalactic Gargleblaster.

 

[D6975]

Name five ingredients required to make a Pangalactic Gargleblaster.

Ol' Janx Spirit
Santraginus seawater
Arcturan Mega-gin
Fallian marsh gas
Olive.

The last item particularly important - worthy of a distress call if missing

 

[DasLunatic]

Ol' Janx Spirit
Santraginus seawater
Arcturan Mega-gin
Fallian marsh gas
Olive.

The last item particularly important - worthy of a distress call if missing

Correct - my bartender adds a nirwoodberry seed or five and a measure of Old Earth cider, though. Just as effective, if not more so.

 

[krus_aragon]

Olive.

The last item particularly important - worthy of a distress call if missing

Surely the lack of tooth of sun-tiger is a more serious issue? :P

 

[D6975]

Surely the lack of tooth of sun-tiger is a more serious issue? :P

No, it was definitely the lack of an olive that caused Zaphod to send a message on the emergency channel.

Anyway, next question is:

Where in Bristol would you find a clock that told you the time in London.

 

[DaleCooper]

Given that Bristol and London are in the same time zone I expect any decent clock, particularly if radio controlled, in Bristol would indicate the correct time (allowing for small errors) in London.

 

[D6975]

Given that Bristol and London are in the same time zone I expect any decent clock, particularly if radio controlled, in Bristol would indicate the correct time (allowing for small errors) in London.

No, you are ignoring the careful wording of the question regarding tenses.
Bristol and London are in the same time zone now, but haven't always been.

 

[DaleCooper]

No, you are ignoring the careful wording of the question regarding tenses.
Bristol and London are in the same time zone now, but haven't always been.

So what you meant was:

Where in Bristol would you have found a clock that told you the time in London.

No I take that back, I think I see what you mean,.

 

[D6975]

The clock is still there, and still has two minute hands. They used to show local Bristol time and local London time. It was not the only clock of its type, but with the advent of GMT, most of such clocks had one of their minute hands removed. The one in Bristol is quite rare if not unique.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Does it lurk somewhere at Temple Meads?