General Knowledge Quiz

[DaleCooper]

b), because it references the 1955 Mille Miglia, while the others reference the 1992 Torie manifesto.

No

The route of the Mille Miglia was entirely in Italy, Vienna is in Austria.
By "Torie" I presume you mean "Tory", either way it's irrelevant.

No special knowledge needed, everything you need to know is in the question.

 

[Gutfright]

b) is not quite a palindrome

 

[NoMorePacers]

b) was Mussolini's route to the Anschluss, while the others are religious.

 

[DaleCooper]

b) is not quite a palindrome

Correct, well spotted.

Annie, vote more cars race Rome to Vienna.

...should be:

Anne, I vote more cars race Rome to Vienna.

...which is a palindrome.

I can't claim to have devised the palindromes but I will take credit for swapping the letters.

 

[Gutfright]

What links the following bands...

Eagles
Bay City Rollers
Suede
Kaiser Chiefs
McFly?

 

[NoMorePacers]

Back to the Future

 

[Gutfright]

Back to the Future

A good guess, but no.

 

[NoMorePacers]

They played at Newhaven Marine?

 

[Gutfright]

They played at Newhaven Marine?

Anyone who's anyone has played at Newhaven Marine, I'm gonna need something else.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

All played in California

 

[Whistler40145]

All had songs with California in their title or part of a song?

 

[DaleCooper]

Eagles - Hotel California
Bay City Rollers - San Francisco Ca, city by the bay
Suede - California Suede, paint colour
Kaiser Chiefs - don't know
McFly? - Back to the Future set in California

 

[Gutfright]

I'm not sure if Suede have ever played in California, and TimSYoung40145 may well be right that they all had songs with California in part of a song but this is too vague of an answer.

The "song title" angle may be worth exploring, however.
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Eagles - Hotel California
Bay City Rollers - San Francisco Ca, city by the bay
Suede - California Suede, paint colour
Kaiser Chiefs - don't know
McFly? - Back to the Future set in California

An interesting angle, but California has nothing to do with the answer.

 

[Whistler40145]

They were all signed to the a record label that would become part of the Warner Brothers group?

 

[DasLunatic]

Parkstone

Oh bugger - can someone move this post to the TNSI thread?

 

[backontrack]

Branksome? :P

 

[DaleCooper]

Songs

Eagles - One of These Nights/Heartache Tonight
Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night
Suede - Saturday Night
Kaiser Chiefs - ?
McFly - Friday Night

 

[Gutfright]

Ok, I admit this wasn't a very good question. Turns out there are a million things that could link all those bands. Cut me some slack, it was my first attempt.

Whigfield could also be added to the list.

 

[backontrack]

All have songs called 'Saturday Night'?

 

[Gutfright]

All have songs called 'Saturday Night'?

Is the correct answer!

I do feel a bit for DaleCooper, who was so close to the right answer.

 

[backontrack]

Same here.

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Which advertising duo linked Jackie Chan, Kelly Osborne, Rolf Harris and Darth Vader?

 

[DaleCooper]

I do feel a bit for DaleCooper,

Keep your hands to yourself!

 

[Gutfright]

Same here.

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Which advertising duo linked Jackie Chan, Kelly Osborne, Rolf Harris and Darth Vader?

Saatchi & Saatchi?

 

[backontrack]

Nope. The duo appeared actually in the commercials rather than behind the scenes.

 

[DaleCooper]

Wooly and Worth?

 

[backontrack]

Correct! I'm surprised you got it so quickly!

Wooly and Worth were the advertising duo - a sheep puppet and a sheepdog puppet - who fronted Woolworths' television adverts. I think it's pretty clear that something was wrong with Woolies' if they were selling quite high quality stuff as prices as low as they were. But they could somehow afford Jackie Chan!

For the record, here's the video:
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Your floor.

 

[DaleCooper]

Next question:

Which character in a TV comedy uses the catchphrase "I got a bad feeling about this"?

 

[NoMorePacers]

Ellmer Ffudd

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Fry - Futurama

 

[DaleCooper]

Ellmer Ffudd

Fry - Futurama

Neither of these.