General Knowledge Quiz

[krus_aragon]

Where did the original Transport Game finish?

"Wallis' New Railway Game", published circa 1830s(?), consisted of a race from Rochester to London, if I recall correctly.

 

[DasLunatic]

"Wallis' New Railway Game", published circa 1830s(?), consisted of a race from Rochester to London, if I recall correctly.

I meant on RUK.

 

[krus_aragon]

I meant on RUK.

Bah, I knew there'd be some technicality... :P

 

[DaleCooper]

Where did the original Transport Game finish, before the Quizmasters stopped it?

Sounds like a job for Paul Sidorczuk.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sounds like a job for Paul Sidorczuk.

Indeed, I have that answer for you. The original version of that quiz of which Zoe was the original quiz setter and it had its final posting made up it by me on posting # 7175 on 28th February 2014. It concerned the 2048 First ScotRail service to Springburn that arrived there at 2058 on a Saturday evening. The quiz was then locked by a member of the moderation team on the following posting # 7176.

I am horrified to find that I made no less than 2610 of those 7176 postings that were made upon that now-closed thread........but even more horrified when finding out that of the 89,883 postings on "The Next Station Is" quiz, I have made 22,213 of those.

 

[DasLunatic]

Indeed, I have that answer for you. The original version of that quiz of which Zoe was the original quiz setter and it had its final posting made up it by me on posting # 7175 on 28th February 2014. It concerned the 2048 First ScotRail service to Springburn that arrived there at 2058 on a Saturday evening. The quiz was then locked by a member of the moderation team on the following posting # 7176.

Loads more detail than I needed. Your floor, Paul.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Loads more detail than I needed. Your floor, Paul.

Open Floor

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Why did the KGB almost arrest an American comedy actor?

 

[backontrack]

Indeed, I have that answer for you. The original version of that quiz of which Zoe was the original quiz setter and it had its final posting made up it by me on posting # 7175 on 28th February 2014. It concerned the 2048 First ScotRail service to Springburn that arrived there at 2058 on a Saturday evening. The quiz was then locked by a member of the moderation team on the following posting # 7176.

I am horrified to find that I made no less than 2610 of those 7176 postings that were made upon that now-closed thread....

And what's more, half of those posts went to Lybster!

 

[TheEdge]

Why did the KGB almost arrest an American comedy actor?

Lets assume even though he, whoever it was, was on an arranged tour of the USSR/GDR etc but the KGB decided he was a spy.

 

[DaleCooper]

Why did the KGB almost arrest an American comedy actor?

Incompetence?

Did you mean to ask who the actor was as well?

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Lets assume even though he, whoever it was, was on an arranged tour of the USSR/GDR etc but the KGB decided he was a spy.

No, this happened in Moscow - it was only his great fame amongst Russians that set him free at once

Incompetence?

Not on the part of the KGB, rather it was incompetence on the part of filming team that he was with

Try again

 

[TheEdge]

Were the camera crew spotted either deliberately or accidentally filming something the KGB felt was a threat to security. Something like military persons, bases, hardware or buildings?

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Were the camera crew spotted either deliberately or accidentally filming something the KGB felt was a threat to security. Something like military persons, bases, hardware or buildings?

That is damned close, actually... They were filming at the time, but it was not the filming itself that was an issue

 

[TheEdge]

Were they stood in the way of a column of the Soviet Army making their way about Moscow.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Were they stood in the way of a column of the Soviet Army making their way about Moscow.

No... They were filming the actor doing something which was completely by accident

Try again

 

[TheEdge]

No... They were filming the actor doing something which was completely by accident

Try again

Unvetted chatting to a military bloke.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Unvetted chatting to a military bloke.

Now thats close, but no cigar

 

[TheEdge]

Was he enjoying and unvetted tour around a tank/APC/Scud launcher etc?

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Was he enjoying and unvetted tour around a tank/APC/Scud launcher etc?

No... I will say nothing more on the subject, except to say if it it correct or not, apart from it might be a good idea to see what American films were made in the Soviet Union

 

[Gutfright]

No... I will say nothing more on the subject, except to say if it it correct or not, apart from it might be a good idea to see what American films were made in the Soviet Union

I half remember a story about Michael Winslow getting in a bit of bother for his funny noises when filming Police Academy: Mission to Moscow, but not the exact details. Did the KGB mistake him for an invading attack helicopter or something?

EDIT: Seeing as the film crew were involved, did they accidentally broadcast Winslow doing his thing and the KGB thought he was trying to transmit sensitive information using some police siren and car alarm- based code?

 

[DaleCooper]

In the making of Red Heat with Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Belushi some filming was done in Red Square although an application for a permit had been denied.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

I half remember a story about Michael Winslow getting in a bit of bother for his funny noises when filming Police Academy: Mission to Moscow, but not the exact details. Did the KGB mistake him for an invading attack helicopter or something?

EDIT: Seeing as the film crew were involved, did they accidentally broadcast Winslow doing his thing and the KGB thought he was trying to transmit sensitive information using some police siren and car alarm- based code?

There was a gag where did his sounds over the radio - the production company accidentally used the alert frequency for the Moscow division of the KGB... When they found out who it was, they wagged their fingers at him and then went away

Your mic

 

[Gutfright]

What number comes next?

0,1,3,8,26,?

 

[DaleCooper]

There was a gag where did his sounds over the radio - the production company accidentally used the alert frequency for the Moscow division of the KGB... When they found out who it was, they wagged their fingers at him and then went away

Your mic

It appears Police Academy: Mission to Moscow was filmed in 1993, didn't the KGB cease to exist in 1991, being replaced by the FSB for internal security.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

It appears Police Academy: Mission to Moscow was filmed in 1993, didn't the KGB cease to exist in 1991, being replaced by the FSB for internal security.

Although the KGB had a dissolution date of November 6, 1991 (de facto) and December 3, 1991 (de jure), it was internally still known as the KGB within Russia

 

[DaleCooper]

Although the KGB had a dissolution date of November 6, 1991 (de facto) and December 3, 1991 (de jure), it was internally still known as the KGB within Russia

As we're not in Russia it was a case of right answer, wrong question.
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what number comes next?

0,1,3,8,26,?

4579?

 

[Gutfright]

4579?

It's not quite that high, but it is purely a maths question (in case anyone was looking up the points difference between the ninth and tenth placed football teams in the Ukrainian Druha Liha over the past six seasons).

 

[DaleCooper]

It's not quite that high, but it is purely a maths question (in case anyone was looking up the points difference between the ninth and tenth placed football teams in the Ukrainian Druha Liha over the past six seasons).

Does that mean it should be the teams in tenth and eleventh positions?

 

[Gutfright]

Does that mean it should be the teams in tenth and eleventh positions?

Not quite because, as any fule kno, the difference between tenth placed FC Shakhtar-3 Donetsk and eleventh placed FC Real Pharma Odessa was only six points in the 2013-14 Ukrainian Druha Liha season.