General Knowledge Quiz

[fowler9]

Peter Mugridge has the floor.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Thank you. I'll put another easy one out.

What completes this series by size?



1) Cookie

2) Tallboy

3 ) ???

 

[DaleCooper]

Thank you. I'll put another easy one out.

What completes this series by size?



1) Cookie

2) Tallboy

3 ) ???

Grand Slam?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

I knew it was easy... DaleCooper, the giant crater is yours.

 

[DaleCooper]

I knew it was easy... DaleCooper, the giant crater is yours.

Your answer to the previous question helped.

Next question:

Cathy Gale, ?, Emma Peel, Tara King - who is missing?

 

[DaleCooper]

I didn't think this would last so long and I can't think of any clues other than the obvious which is: Female characters in The Avengers.

 

[Calthrop]

What are these "Avengers" of which you speak, Earthman?

 

[ComUtoR]

Er..... Purdey.

A bottle of Purdeys is yours Mr Cooper

 

[DaleCooper]

What are these "Avengers" of which you speak, Earthman?

The Avengers

Er..... Purdey.

She was in The New Avengers.

 

[D6975]

Venus something, can't remember her second name.

 

[DaleCooper]

Venus something, can't remember her second name.

That'll do, it was Venus Smith.

Your turn...

 

[D6975]

Here's a tricky one.

What is the middle name of the owner of Springfield nuclear power station? (The Simpsons)

 

[me123]

Montgomery.

His full name is Charles Montgomery Burns, and he is addressed by his middle name (by those who dare!).

 

[D6975]

Montgomery.

His full name is Charles Montgomery Burns, and he is addressed by his middle name (by those who dare!).

Wrong.

Told you it was tricky.

 

[me123]

Well, it's correct as Montgomery is his middle name. Although, IIRC, he also has Schicklgruber as a middle name too? (Or something else with ties to Nazi Germany).

 

[D6975]

Well, it's correct as Montgomery is his middle name. Although, IIRC, he also has Schicklgruber as a middle name too? (Or something else with ties to Nazi Germany).

No it isn't correct.
He has 5 names. I want the middle (3rd) one.

 

[AlterEgo]

No it isn't correct.
He has 5 names. I want the middle (3rd) one.

Plantagenet.

 

[D6975]

Plantagenet.

We have a winner - your floor

Charles Montgomery Plantagenet Schicklgruber Burns

 

[DaleCooper]

This has been left unattended for more than a day so I'm setting a question:

? b g d e ? e ...

What are the missing letters?

(The ellipsis indicates the sequence continues beyond "e".)

 

[krus_aragon]

Are we following musical notation here?

 

[DaleCooper]

Are we following musical notation here?

No we're not but I chose the missing letters so as to give that impression.

 

[ComUtoR]

looks a little Ephebian to me

 

[DaleCooper]

looks a little Ephebian to me

I had to google "Ephebian"; it looks like you might be getting warm. Either that or you have an unhealthy interest in adolescent males.

 

[krus_aragon]

Aha, Greek! Alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, and onwards to omega.

 

[DaleCooper]

Aha, Greek! Alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, and onwards to omega.

Yes they are the first letters of the English names for letters of the Greek alphabet, your turn...

 

[ComUtoR]

I had to google "Ephebian"; it looks like you might be getting warm. Either that or you have an unhealthy interest in adolescent males.

It's a Discworld reference. I was going to say Klatchian (the typical Discworld phrase) but Ephebian's are more Greek.

It was an easy one for your typical sequences. However, I digress...

 

[krus_aragon]

Spot the connection in the following:

Heroic, Pastor, Apotheosis, Little, Choir

 

[Calthrop]

Spot the connection in the following:

Heroic, Pastor, Apotheosis, Little, Choir

By any chance, could they all have relevance in connection with the Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) Church?

 

[krus_aragon]

By any chance, could they all have relevance in connection with the Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) Church?

None that I am aware of.

 

[DaleCooper]

After much deliberation, not to mention perspiration, I've come up with the following.

Hero - priestess of the goddess Aphrodite
Pastor - man of god
Apotheosis - elevation to a god
Little Gods (Anna Richards' book)
God's Choir (hymn)