General Knowledge Quiz

[Xenophon PCDGS]

In "The Tablet Goblet of Fire", the name of nine-year old Natalie McDonald is mentioned.

This is indeed a very sad story as Natalie who was from Canada was suffering from leukaemia and a friend wrote to J K Rowling to say that Natalie took great comfort in her pain suffering from the reading of the Harry Potter books. Both the author and Natalie's mother corresponded before Natalie died.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Close enough - it was Goblet of Fire... She is sorted into Gryffindor house, just like Harry.

I write fanfiction, most of it is Harry Potter, and I always find a way to include her/her avatar in as many stories as possible so that, as long as one person reads the story, she will never be forgotten.

*wipes tear from eye* I am a sentimental old bugger

Your floor, Sir

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

What is the average life span of a red blood cell in a normal adult human body?

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

120 days depending on certain circumstances

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Correct. Over now to you.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

When Sir Terry Pratchet died, his fans signed condolence messages with GNU - why?

 

[ComUtoR]

So his name will live on *forever.


























































*at least on the internet or maybe the clacks

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

So his name will live on *forever.


























































*at least on the internet or maybe the clacks

Close enough - it was a nod to how one of the clack workers had been killed and his fellow workers would pass his name up and down the lines

G - Pass Message On

N - Do not record

U - Return message to point of origin


Your floor

 

[ComUtoR]

Open Floor

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Seeing as I am in a cheeky mood right now...

On the website RailUK Forums, what phrase is used to indicate that a person has no wish to pose a question and is allowing other people to do that?

 

[ComUtoR]

I have reported your post for moderation. This is a General knowledge forum for General knowledge people.....

However; I did open the floor and will do so again should you correctly identify the show.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

I have reported your post for moderation. This is a General knowledge forum for General knowledge people.....

However; I did open the floor and will do so again should you correctly identify the show.

Nicely played, Sir...

Your floor

 

[ComUtoR]

Correctly identify the show. The clue and question is in the post

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Well it could be either

A) League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

B) Battlestar Galactica

 

[DaleCooper]

I think it's "The League of Gentlemen" (although I'm not sure what's going on)

This is a local forum.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

I think it's "The League of Gentlemen" (although I'm not sure what's going on)

None of us do... The only sane people are the crazy people

What happened was that ComUtoR declared "open floor" which, in the spirit of cheekiness, I turned around and asked

On the website RailUK Forums, what phrase is used to indicate that a person has no wish to pose a question and is allowing other people to do that?

A sort of trick question

 

[ComUtoR]

It is The League of Gentlemen.

Don't eat the "pork" pies !

Ark got in the first but didn't specify which answer but I guess its His/Her floor, which is no longer open...

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Well I was confused as my first thought was the correct answer (I always get the show and the film mixed up) but then the second line made me wonder if it was what the Cylons said on BSG...

Assuming it is my floor,

On his last morning in office, what did Bill Clinton's staffers do to all the keyboards in the White House?

 

[DaleCooper]

Well it could be either

A) League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

B) Battlestar Galactica

I think it's "The League of Gentlemen"

I thought I was first

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

I thought I was first

It is The League of Gentlemen.

Don't eat the "pork" pies !

Ark got in the first but didn't specify which answer but I guess its His/Her floor, which is no longer open...

However, lets ask ComUtor for his ruling

 

[ComUtoR]

The answer to your question is that they removed the W key.

It's Dales floor 100% my error AGAIN ! !

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Correct - Dale's floor

 

[DaleCooper]

What is next and last number in this sequence:

4, 6, 8, 12, ?

Incidentally, shouldn't the answer to HMS Ark Royal's question be "B" and "J"?

 

[ComUtoR]

16 ?

4*2=8
6*2=12
8*2=16

 

[DaleCooper]

16 ?

4*2=8
6*2=12
8*2=16

That wouldn't need to be the last number, would it?

 

[ComUtoR]

It was best guess. Not my first, but the other pattern I see didn't quite make sense.

I must admit that if I was president I would have made Monica type those letters repeatedly. She's gorgeous, curvy and ....

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Is it 20 - referring to a polyhedra dice?

 

[DaleCooper]

Is it 20 - referring to a polyhedra dice?

Yes although it's a bit more general than that. They are the numbers of faces of the five Platonic solids (regular, convex polyhedra):

Tetrahedron
Cube
Octahedron
Dodecahedron
Icosahedron

Apparently it has been proved that, on this plane of existence, there can be no others.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

I see...

*scratches chin in thought*

What was the first unauthorised payload carried into orbit by a NASA spacecraft?

 

[DaleCooper]

Was it the mission controller's mother-in-law?