General Knowledge Quiz

[DaleCooper]

All had chart entries in 2002

That's not it.

Kate. I wanted it to be Rob or White in relation to Zombie but I am sure I have heard of a Kate Zombie and deffo of a Kate Bush. Other than that it is a guess.

It's not Kate.

To help you I've added another to the list:

Bush, Fair, Hill, Way, Zombie

 

[TheEdge]

They're not equipment makers are they?

 

[AlterEgo]

Is the link fruit?

The Cranberries - Zombie
Blueberry Hill
Strawberry Fair Festival
Kate Bush did the Fruitopia commercial

Struggling to think of the "way" connection....!

 

[DaleCooper]

They're not equipment makers are they?

No they're not, although Orange (see below) make amplifiers.

Is the link fruit?

The Cranberries - Zombie
Blueberry Hill
Strawberry Fair Festival
Kate Bush did the Fruitopia commercial

Struggling to think of the "way" connection....!

Correct, the link is fruit, specifically "...berry"

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush - Traffic
Strawberry Fair - Anthony Newley
Blueberry Hill - Various
Blackberry Way - The Move
Zombie - The Cranberries

I was going to include "Switchblade" (Strawberry Switchblade) but I thought that was too obvious.

Your turn...

 

[AlterEgo]

No they're not, although Orange (see below) make amplifiers.



Correct, the link is fruit, specifically "...berry"

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush - Traffic
Strawberry Fair - Anthony Newley
Blueberry Hill - Various
Blackberry Way - The Move
Zombie - The Cranberries

I was going to include "Switchblade" (Strawberry Switchblade) but I thought that was too obvious.

Your turn...

I did rather cobble together that answer...

Anyway. Next question.

Which is the odd one out, and why?

Thirty-nine plus one
A dialect
An invasive medical test
A novice?
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No takers yet? It's easier than you think...

 

[TheEdge]

Forty, Geordie and Rookie all sort of rhyme, although now I come to think of it so does biopsy, so of.

But still, those three rhyme.

 

[DaleCooper]

Forty, Geordie and Rookie all sort of rhyme, although now I come to think of it so does biopsy, so of.

But still, those three rhyme.

Inspired by and building on the above:

They are all chess pieces.

Thirty-nine plus one > Forty > Fort > Castle
A dialect > Geordie > Newcastle > Castle
A novice > Rookie > Rook > Castle

So the odd one out is:

An invasive medical test > Biopsy > near anagram of Bishop

 

[AlterEgo]

Neither are right. Though I'm impressed with Dale's attempt!

Clue: Forty, rookie, and biopsy are all correct "answers". Geordie is not. With dialect, think thesaurus, not dictionary.

 

[TheEdge]

Accent? I return to my rhyme answer

 

[DaleCooper]

Forty, Cockney, Biopsy - all end with "y"

Rookie - ends "ie"

 

[AlterEgo]

Accent? I return to my rhyme answer

Accent is the right derivative of dialect.

So:

Forty
Accent
Biopsy
Rookie

Which is the odd one out? The answer is right in front of you...

 

[DaleCooper]

Forty - five letters, the rest six

Accent - only one without the letter "o"

 

[AlterEgo]

Forty - five letters, the rest six

Accent - only one without the letter "o"

Well, I'll give it to you as you were close, and it would be churlish to say "not what I'm looking for".

The answer I WAS looking for is that all of them have letters in alphabetical order, except for rookie, which has them in reverse alphabetical order.

Your floor.

 

[DaleCooper]

Well, I'll give it to you as you were close, and it would be churlish to say "not what I'm looking for".

The answer I WAS looking for is that all of them have letters in alphabetical order, except for rookie, which has them in reverse alphabetical order.

Your floor.

I don't really deserve it so I'll let someone else set a question, open floor...

 

[Calthrop]

A sort-of Tolkien-related question. Whereabouts in the world is the kids' outdoor- and adventure-activity centre called Hobbiton-on-Hogsback, located?

 

[fowler9]

A sort-of Tolkien-related question. Whereabouts in the world is the kids' outdoor- and adventure-activity centre called Hobbiton-on-Hogsback, located?

Matamata?

 

[Calthrop]

Matamata?

I had to Google that one ! Afraid not -- the place I'm asking about, way pre-dates the films; and it's not in NZ: though it is in a country which has a fair number of similarities thereto.

 

[Cowley]

Can I guess somewhere like Norway?

 

[Calthrop]

Can I guess somewhere like Norway?

Geographically, you could hardly be more wrong, I fear. Culturally, you're somewhat nearer the mark.

 

[AlterEgo]

Wales?

 

[fowler9]

I had to Google that one ! Afraid not -- the place I'm asking about, way pre-dates the films; and it's not in NZ: though it is in a country which has a fair number of similarities thereto.

Ha ha, I have been there, as you probably now know it was the set of Hobbiton on the North Island of New Zealand.
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Is it Iceland?

 

[Calthrop]

Nobody's got it yet. Think hot countries (my earlier hints apply, but maybe not re climate).

 

[DaleCooper]

South Africa?

 

[Calthrop]

South Africa?

Correct ! Nearest big city, East London.

www.hogsback.co.za/activities/hobbiton.aspx

(J.R.R. Tolkien was in fact born in South Africa, in Bloemfontein; circumstances caused the family to move to Britain for good, when he was aged three.)

Your floor.

 

[DaleCooper]

Correct ! Nearest big city, East London.

www.hogsback.co.za/activities/hobbiton.aspx

(J.R.R. Tolkien was in fact born in South Africa, in Bloemfontein; circumstances caused the family to move to Britain for good, when he was aged three.)

Your floor.

I'm not sure Norwegians would be flattered by the cultural comparison with South Africa.

A picture question this time.

Of what car is this a part?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

That looks like a Triumph Herald?

 

[Calthrop]

I'm not sure Norwegians would be flattered by the cultural comparison with South Africa.

Well -- both places (pace SA's non-whites) inhabited, and culturally formed, by north-west-European folk; lots of splendid scenery and lots of room, all much enjoyed by the inhabitants; 3ft 6in gauge railways once widespread in the former, and still universal in the latter ...

 

[DaleCooper]

That looks like a Triumph Herald?

That's because it is a Triumph Herald, your turn...

 

[Peter Mugridge]

That's because it is a Triumph Herald, your turn...

Ha! One of my uncles used to have one so it's a shape I am quite familiar with...



Given that we are in the midst of winter with long, dark nights I feel an ( easy! ) astronomy question is in order:


Most comets are named after their discoverer; the most famous comet of all is not. Why is this?

 

[me123]

Halley's Comet wasn't actually discovered by Halley. He was able to predict the return of the comet by calculating its orbit. The comet was actually discovered many years previously.