General Knowledge Quiz

[DaleCooper]

St Bernard?

 

[cjp]

Jack Russell

Yes
Parson"Jack" Russell

 

[theageofthetra]

From the earliest to the most recent name the Blue Peter dogs.

 

[deltic1989]

Used to be a favorite show of mine, but I had to ask for my Mum's help on some of the earlier ones.

Petra

[Down] Shep

Goldie

Bonnie

Mabel

Lucy

Meg

Barney

 

[theageofthetra]

That seems right to me. There was also an unamed first Petra who sadly caught distemper & was swapped. The other oddity was that the BBC refused to allow Noakes to use Shep for commercial purposes when he left so he gave him back! The canny Yorkshireman then used an identical dog called Skip in a famous (& very luctrative) set of commercials in the 80's. Your floor.

 

[deltic1989]

From the oldest to the most recent, please give the names of all the people to have played the role of Ian Flemming's James Bond.

 

[Strathclyder]

Motion picture portrayals

• Sir Sean Connery (1962 - 1967/1971/1983 (His last role as 007 was Never Say Never Again, released by Warner Bros. in 1983.)
• David Niven (1967 (Columbia Pictures' Casino Royale only.)
• George Lazenby (1969)
• Sir Roger Moore (1973 - 1985)
• Timothy Dalton (1987 - 1989)
• Pierce Brosnan (1995 - 2002)
• Daniel Craig (2006 - present)

TV & Radio

• Bob Holness
• Barry Nelson
• Michael Jayston
• Toby Stephens

 

[deltic1989]

That's a fair few of them, however my list contains more names.

 

[Strathclyder]

I forgot about the video game portrayals:

Motion picture portrayals

• Sir Sean Connery (1962 - 1967/1971/1983 (His last role as 007 was Never Say Never Again, released by Warner Bros. in 1983.)
• David Niven (1967 (Columbia Pictures' Casino Royale only.)
• George Lazenby (1969)
• Sir Roger Moore (1973 - 1985)
• Timothy Dalton (1987 - 1989)
• Pierce Brosnan (1995 - 2002)
• Daniel Craig (2006 - present)

TV & Radio

• Bob Holness
• Barry Nelson
• Michael Jayston
• Toby Stephens

Video Games

• Pierce Brosnan
• Adam Blackwood
• Andrew Bicknell
• Maxwell Caulfield
• Jason Carter
• Sean Connery
• Daniel Craig

 

[deltic1989]

My list doesn't include the Video games, however kudos to you for adding them as my research suggests they are correct.
However, you are still missing 2 names of screen actors that have portrayed James Bond.

 

[Strathclyder]

Do Barry Nelson (played a character called "Card Sense" James 'Jimmy' Bond in the 21st October 1954 episode of CBS' series Climax!) and Christopher Cazenove (played James Bond among many other characters in the 1973 BBC documentary Omnibus: The British Hero) appear on your list?

 

[deltic1989]

You mentioned Barry Nelson in your original answer, and Christopher Cazenove is another that I have on my list.
I shall award you the win as the final name that I am looking for could be considered to be rather obscure. Bob Simmons is considered to be the first actor to portray James Bond in the official United Artists series of films, an accolade usually (incorrectly) given to Sean Connery. Simmons never spoke but appeared as James Bond in Dr No, From Russia with Love, and Goldfinger. He was the actor in the familiar opening title that shows Bond walking from right to left, from the point of view of a gun barrel.
This scene was re-shot with Connery in Thunderball, and from then on used the incumbent James Bond actor.

Well done, your floor.

 

[Strathclyder]

Huh, never knew that it wasn't Connery in the first three 'gun-barrel' openings of the movie series. Learn something new every day.

OK, here goes nothing...

Name the only two Atlantic tropical storms in recorded history that existed in two calendar years.

 

[DaleCooper]

Waldorf and Statler?

 

[ComUtoR]

Betsy - 1961/1965
Gladys - 1964/1975

 

[Strathclyder]

Nope, sorry.

I'll clarify the original question: Name the only two Atlantic tropical storms in recorded history that spanned two calendar years (formed in one year, dissipated in the next).

 

[ComUtoR]

Alice - 1954/1955
Zeta - 2005/2006

 

[Strathclyder]

Alice - 1954/1955
Zeta - 2005/2006

Correct. Over to you...

 

[ComUtoR]

Where am I ? Name the city please.

 

[Darren R]

London?

(The Cheese-grater and The Walkie-Talkie being nicknames for two new buildings in the city.)

 

[ComUtoR]

London?

(The Cheese-grater and The Walkie-Talkie being nicknames for two new buildings in the city.)

Indeed.

The Leadenhall building is the Cheese-grater
The Walkie Talkie is 20 Fenchurch Street

 

[Darren R]

I can't honestly say I'm a fan of either!


Open Floor

 

[Buttsy]

"From Cullercoats to Whitley Bay out to rockaway" is line from which song by which artist?

 

[martinsh]

Tunnel; of Love - Dire Straits

 

[Buttsy]

Tunnel; of Love - Dire Straits

correct

 

[martinsh]

Who replied to two "Hot Buritto"s with a "cold enchilada" ?

 

[DasLunatic]

You, right now?

 

[martinsh]

You, right now?

Don't be silly !

This appears to be quite an easy question - if you do a little research

 

[theageofthetra]

The Flying Burrito Brothers?

 

[martinsh]

The Flying Burrito Brothers?

You'on the right track. The Flying Burrito Brothers records Hot Burrito Nos 1 & 2. Whose reply to these was a Cold Enchilada ?

I will accept either the name of the group, or the person who actually wrote the song.