General Knowledge Quiz

[theageofthetra]

Doh He was a vocalist for Aussie band Python Lee Jackson can't remember which song. I know he played harmonica on My Boy Lollipop but had forgotten this one!

 

[DaleCooper]

Doh He was a vocalist for Aussie band Python Lee Jackson can't remember which song. I know he played harmonica on My Boy Lollipop but had forgotten this one!

That's good enough for me, the song was In a Broken Dream (geddit?)

If anyone is wondering about the Mississippi reference, Jackson is it's capital.

Your turn.

 

[theageofthetra]

Keeping the Aussie theme- What is generally regarded as the best selling album in Australia by an Australian artist.

 

[D6975]

Delta Gudrem - If Innocent Eyes was as big a hit in Oz as it was in the rest of the world.

Don't like her myself, but it takes all sorts.

 

[theageofthetra]

Thats in the top 3 but not correct.

 

[Buttsy]

Rolf Harris Sings at the Down Under Club ?

 

[theageofthetra]

Not Rolf.

 

[DaleCooper]

Are the Bee Gees considered Australian?

 

[Buttsy]

Inxs x?

 

[D6975]

Are the Bee Gees considered Australian?

I thought they were from the IOM.

 

[deltic1989]

Ah my favorite musical era......
86 John Farnham Whispering Jack.
Delta is second, and Crowded House take third.
Bit of a fan of Australian music (though admittedly not Rolf Harris that much these days).

 

[martinsh]

Ah my favorite musical era......
86 John Farnham Whispering Jack.
Delta is second, and Crowded House take third.

Crowded House don't count as at least two of them are New Zealanders, surely ?

 

[DaleCooper]

I thought they were from the IOM.

Their family moved to Australia when they were young, they came back to Britain in 1967.

 

[deltic1989]

Crowded House don't count as at least two of them are New Zealanders, surely ?

This is true, but they appear to be classified as Australian due to the band being formed in Melbourne.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Men at Work?

 

[theageofthetra]

John Farnham is correct. Your floor

 

[deltic1989]

I'll set a nice easy one, staying with a slightly Aussie theme.

What connects Paul Hogan and James Bradford?

 

[theageofthetra]

Paul Hogan the Aussie actor or the darts player?

 

[deltic1989]

Paul Hogan the Aussie actor or the darts player?

Without giving too much away, I will only say that I don't follow darts.

 

[theageofthetra]

Ok given that both Paul Hogan the actor/comic and Paul Hogan the director (one who did Muriels wedding) are from Oz & Jimmy Nail's real name is James Bradford. Is it 'Oz'

 

[DaleCooper]

Paul Hogan and James Bradford are both actors.

 

[deltic1989]

Ok given that both Paul Hogan the actor/comic and Paul Hogan the director (one who did Muriels wedding) are from Oz & Jimmy Nail's real name is James Bradford. Is it 'Oz'

I had thought that that, would come up. The Paul Hogan referred to in the question was born in 1939, you correctly deciphered my small red herring, in that James Bradford does refer to Jimmy Nail. However I didn't have his role in Auf Wiedersehen Pet, in mind when I wrote the question.

Paul Hogan and James Bradford are both actors.

It's a little more specific than that.

 

[DaleCooper]

Did Jimmy Nail do a song called Crocodile Shoes or similar?

 

[D6975]

Did Jimmy Nail do a song called Crocodile Shoes or similar?

I reckon you've got it there - Crocodile shoes and Dundee

 

[DaleCooper]

Your next question is:

"Knowledge Brings Fear" is the motto of which institution?

 

[DasLunatic]

Would that be the Mars University from Futurama?

 

[DaleCooper]

Would that be the Mars University from Futurama?

Yes it would.

 

[DasLunatic]

Sort these into order, smallest first:

a) The length of the UK motorway network, in miles
b) The length of the UK railway network, in miles
c) The population of Sheerness-on-Sea
d) The length of the Severn Tunnel, in feet

 

[DaleCooper]

c) The population of Sheerness-on-Sea

Is that in feet or miles?

 

[DasLunatic]

Whoops! The units are in now.