General Knowledge Quiz

[TheEdge]

Well, lets stay geographic.

There is one mountain range on Earth that is the size of the Alps, their tallest peak is "only" 2,700m tall yet not a single peak, either of the main range or their foothills have been climbed. Which mountains are they, and why are they unconquered?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

I'll take a wild stab at an undersea mountain range that doesn't break the surface. Mid Atlantic Ridge?

 

[TheEdge]

I'll take a wild stab at an undersea mountain range that doesn't break the surface. Mid Atlantic Ridge?

No, this is a continental mountain range, its on land. But good thinking.

 

[ComUtoR]

Would they be volcanic ?

 

[TheEdge]

Would they be volcanic ?

Probably not (that answer will become clearer when the answer is revealed)

 

[Cowley]

Are they on Antarctica?

 

[DaleCooper]

Under the Antarctic ice, perhaps named after a famous explorer?

 

[TheEdge]

Cowley and DaleCooper are both halfway there, its a photo finish, the photo being whoever can name the mountain range.

 

[Cowley]

Cowley and DaleCooper are both halfway there, its a photo finish, the photo being whoever can name the mountain range.

I wouldn't have a clue. Dale?

 

[DaleCooper]

I wouldn't have a clue. Dale?

I would like to name it Derek but if it already has a name what about McMurdo, that seems popular in them parts.

 

[TheEdge]

McMurdo is the name of an equally amazing bit of Antarctic geography but sadly not this particular range. Little hint, they were named after a Soviet academic who died in the mid-1950s

 

[TheEdge]

I feel like it might be unreasonable to expect people to know the name as well, "research" is allowed...

 

[DaleCooper]

I feel like it might be unreasonable to expect people to know the name as well, "research" is allowed...

I "researched" it and came up with this nonsense: Григо́рий Алекса́ндрович Га́мбурцев

 

[Cowley]

I "researched" it and came up with this nonsense: Григо́рий Алекса́ндрович Га́мбурцев

That's disgusting. The police have been called.

 

[TheEdge]

DaleCooper is disgusting yet correct. The Gamburtsev mountains. Discovered by accident in the 1950s buried under 600m of ice. Believed to be billions of years old, eroded flat once and then totally regrown again. It's also believed that the entire Antarctic ice sheet started from a glacier somewhere on their slopes.

Your ice dome.

 

[Cowley]

Blimey.

 

[DaleCooper]

DaleCooper is disgusting yet correct. The Gamburtsev mountains. Discovered by accident in the 1950s buried under 600m of ice. Believed to be billions of years old, eroded flat once and then totally regrown again. It's also believed that the entire Antarctic ice sheet started from a glacier somewhere on their slopes.

Your ice dome.

I don't deserve it as I answered in the wrong language; anyway I haven't got a question so open floor...

 

[krus_aragon]

Here's a quick question, then:

What company founded in 1902 allowed cyclists of the world to go at more than one speed?

 

[DaleCooper]

Sturmey-Archer?

 

[krus_aragon]

Sturmey-Archer?

The very one.

Pedal away...

 

[DaleCooper]

The very one.

Pedal away...

Correct answer and right language, I'm improving.

Next question:

Beyond, Goose, Sledge, Time - how are these words related?

 

[TheEdge]

You typed them?

 

[DaleCooper]

You typed them?

No, I used psychic energy to make the words appear on your screen. It's hard work because I have to do again it every time someone views this thread.

 

[Calthrop]

None of them contain the vowels "a" or "u"?

 

[TheEdge]

For some reason I want to say Tom Cruise films.

 

[DaleCooper]

None of them contain the vowels "a" or "u"?

That's true but it's not the very specific relationship that I'm looking for. If it becomes necessary I'll add some more members to the group which will contain those missing letters.

 

[DaleCooper]

For some reason I want to say Tom Cruise films.

They're not relevant but go on, I'm not stopping you.

 

[GusB]

Beyond, Goose, Sledge, Time - how are these words related?

Brother Beyond, Mother Goose, Sister Sledge and Father Time

 

[DaleCooper]

Brother Beyond, Mother Goose, Sister Sledge and Father Time

That's right and the other two for Calthrop's missing vowels would have been Aunt Sally and Uncle Remus if a hint were needed. Your turn...

 

[GusB]

Open floor