General Knowledge Quiz

backontrack · 4 Jan 2018

DaleCooper said:
Is it from The Oxford Encyclopaedia of Insignificant Sequences?

Yes - but which volume?

DasLunatic said:
If I'm not mistaken, the colours going round a Monopoly board?

You are not mistaken - unlike Churchill's views on socialism, that's correct.

The floor is yours, good Sir.

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DasLunatic · 4 Jan 2018

What company links Blackpool to the 2002 Winter Olympics?

kevconnor · 4 Jan 2018

Would this have anything to do with the Wind Tunnel at BAE's Warton site down the road?

fowler9 · 4 Jan 2018

The bobsleigh track is the same design as the Avalanche at Blackpool Pleisure Beach?

DasLunatic · 4 Jan 2018

kevconnor said:
Would this have anything to do with the Wind Tunnel at BAE's Warton site down the road?

It wouldn't, no.

fowler9 said:
The bobsleigh track is the same design as the Avalanche at Blackpool Pleisure Beach?

You're looking in the right place, but that's not it.

DaleCooper · 6 Jan 2018

DasLunatic said:
What company links Blackpool to the 2002 Winter Olympics?

Unlikely to be the right answer but coincidentally there is a "Salt River Blackpool Football Club" in Cape Town, South Africa and of course the 2002 Winter Olympics were held in Salt Lake City.

DasLunatic · 6 Jan 2018

It is a coincidence, but it's not the one I'm after.

Allow me to alter the question slightly, then:

DasLunatic said:
What company links Blackpool Pleasure Beach to the 2002 Winter Olympics?

backontrack · 6 Jan 2018

It's not going to be Northern Rail surely...

EbbwJunction1 · 8 Jan 2018

I confess that I've looked this up, but the answer is, I believe, Arrow Dynamics.

This is the company that designed "The Big One" rollercoaster, and also designed the the steel frame supporting the Olympic Cauldron for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.

If you'll accept this, I have a question, which goes like this:

Who are the following, who all "celebrate" or otherwise events in their life today:

Welsh singer, born today in 1937
English Author, the pioneer of the detective and suspense novel, born today in 1824
American singer, born today in 1935, the survivor of twin boys
English football manager who resigned from Newcastle United FC today in 1997.

DasLunatic · 8 Jan 2018

EbbwJunction1 said:
I confess that I've looked this up, but the answer is, I believe, Arrow Dynamics.

This is the company that designed "The Big One" rollercoaster, and also designed the the steel frame supporting the Olympic Cauldron for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.

That's the one

EbbwJunction1 · 8 Jan 2018

DasLunatic said:
That's the one

Thank you.

EbbwJunction1 · 10 Jan 2018

I don't think that my question at 10539 is going anywhere, so here are the answers:

Who are the following, who all "celebrate" or otherwise events in their life today:

Welsh singer, born today in 1937 Dame Shirley Bassey
English Author, the pioneer of the detective and suspense novel, born today in 1824 Wilkie Collins
American singer, born today in 1935, the survivor of twin boys Elvis Presley
English football manager who resigned from Newcastle United FC today in 1997. Kevin Keegan

I'll declare an open floor!

DaleCooper · 10 Jan 2018

EbbwJunction1 said:
I don't think that my question at 10539 is going anywhere, so here are the answers:

Who are the following, who all "celebrate" or otherwise events in their life today:

Welsh singer, born today in 1937 Dame Shirley Bassey
English Author, the pioneer of the detective and suspense novel, born today in 1824 Wilkie Collins
American singer, born today in 1935, the survivor of twin boys Elvis Presley
English football manager who resigned from Newcastle United FC today in 1997. Kevin Keegan

I'll declare an open floor!

I found them but had to use Google.

As it's open floor here's my question:

What are the next two terms in this infinite sequence?
27,18,28,18,?,?,...
Hint: The answer is not 29,18 (A171181 in the OEIS)

Calthrop · 10 Jan 2018

Here's one about flags. The flags of Australia and New Zealand look rather similar, but are not identical; please describe the ways in which they differ from each other.

fowler9 · 10 Jan 2018

Calthrop said:
Here's one about flags. The flags of Australia and New Zealand look rather similar, but are not identical; please describe the ways in which they differ from each other.

The Australian flag has six white stars, the New Zealand one has four red stars with white surrounds.

If I had to expand the New Zealand flag has the Southern Cross on it, the Australian flag has a star for each state.

That last bit is a guess apart from the Southern Cross.

A Challenge · 10 Jan 2018

You appear to have missed DaleCooper's question:

DaleCooper said:
I found them but had to use Google.

As it's open floor here's my question:

What are the next two terms in this infinite sequence?
27,18,28,18,?,?,...
Hint: The answer is not 29,18 (A171181 in the OEIS)

Calthrop · 10 Jan 2018

fowler9 said:
The Australian flag has six white stars, the New Zealand one has four red stars with white surrounds.

If I had to expand the New Zealand flag has the Southern Cross on it, the Australian flag has a star for each state.

That last bit is a guess apart from the Southern Cross.

fowler9 -- you're right, but see below.

Calthrop · 10 Jan 2018

A Challenge said:
You appear to have missed DaleCooper's question:

DaleCooper -- sorry ! Your question must have come on-screen while I was composing mine (two minutes between them); mine appeared, and I didn't think to check above it.

Can people sort out amicably, who does what next?

A Challenge · 10 Jan 2018

I would recommend just answering DaleCooper's question.

...29, 24?

fowler9 · 10 Jan 2018

A Challenge said:
I would recommend just answering DaleCooper's question.

...29, 24?

Sorry guys, I just scrolled to the end. Glad I got it right but my answer is void. Go with DaleCoopers question. It was there first to be fair. I thought it was too good to be true, I haven't got one right for a while. Ha ha.

DaleCooper · 10 Jan 2018

A Challenge said:
...29, 24?

No, that's not the answer.

DaleCooper · 11 Jan 2018

DaleCooper said:
What are the next two terms in this infinite sequence?
27,18,28,18,?,?,...
Hint: The answer is not 29,18 (A171181 in the OEIS)

I've been a bit sneaky with this sequence, try different ways of looking at it.

DaleCooper · 12 Jan 2018

Hint:

A bit of transcendental meditation might help especially if you're a mathematician.

DaleCooper · 13 Jan 2018

Another hint:

Get rid of the commas and see what happens.

A Challenge · 13 Jan 2018

You get 27 million (or there abouts!)

DaleCooper · 13 Jan 2018

A Challenge said:
You get 27 million (or there abouts!)

I meant like this: 27182818...

DaleCooper · 13 Jan 2018

e ba gum! This is proving difficult; it should be as easy as pie or is that irrational?

A Challenge · 13 Jan 2018

2.7182818 is e so it is 28 and 46, thanks to my scientific calculator for that answer!

DaleCooper · 13 Jan 2018

A Challenge said:
2.7182818 is e so it is 28 and 46, thanks to my scientific calculator for that answer!

Did I give it away?

28,46 is what you get if it is rounded to 11 decimal places; it should be 28,45 (2.7182818284590...) but essentially you got it so it's your turn...

A Challenge · 13 Jan 2018

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