General Knowledge Quiz

[Calthrop]

Georgia, I'm thinking -- if it is, open floor please !

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Georgia is correct- Dalton/ Cohutta GA to be precise. Marla Maples Trump is from Cohutta GA a suburb of Dalton and went to high school in NW Whitfield County in Tunnel Hill. All 3 locations are in Whitfield County. She was a beauty queen and won Miss Georgia. Being a model she naturally caught the Donald’s eye.

 

[Calthrop]

Shows how interested I am in current affairs: I was clearly thinking originally, of an earlier holder of the honour concerned.

Emphasising if I may, that it's open floor -- I got the correct state via elimination, not knowledge !

 

[MotCO]

If I may take the floor.

What is the shortest motorway in Britain, and where does it run to and from?

Edit: For clarity, these are the M classified roads, not Ax(M).

 

[GRALISTAIR]

The M606 into Bradford has to be pretty damned short.

 

[MotCO]

The M606 into Bradford has to be pretty damned short.

It's only 3 miles long, but it's not the shortest.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

The A6144(M) "Carrington Spur" branching off the M60 at Junction 8 in Greater Manchester isn't very long, just over a mile or so; not sure if it still has motorway status. Certainly wasn't ever built to normal motorway standards!

 

[GRALISTAIR]

What about the M275 into Portsmouth?

 

[SuspectUsual]

What about the little bit of motorway that goes up to Erskine Bridge? Is that a proper motorway or an Axx(M) one?

 

[A Challenge]

The Walden Summit Motorway, which I think is a separate road on pathetic motorways? Other than that, the A64(M) in Leeds?

 

[MotCO]

The A6144(M) "Carrington Spur" branching off the M60 at Junction 8 in Greater Manchester isn't very long, just over a mile or so; not sure if it still has motorway status. Certainly wasn't ever built to normal motorway standards!

Sorry, doesn't fit my definition of motorway. My opening post says that A(x)M , e.g. A6144(M) does not count. (Sorry, I should have said Ax(M).)

 

[MotCO]

What about the M275 into Portsmouth?

Moving in the right direction, but that is 2 miles long. (Right direction lengthwise, not geographic-wise)

 

[MotCO]

The Walden Summit Motorway, which I think is a separate road on pathetic motorways? Other than that, the A64(M) in Leeds?

The A64(M) does not qualify under my definition of motorway (M roads, not Ax(M)). Where is the Walden Summit motorway?

 

[MotCO]

What about the little bit of motorway that goes up to Erskine Bridge? Is that a proper motorway or an Axx(M) one?

It is a proper motorway, and it is the winner at 0.5 miles. Do you want to provide a number?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Being Scotland I suggest it is M8xx series

 

[SuspectUsual]

A high number. 878?

 

[A Challenge]

The Walton Summit Motorway (misspelt it earlier) again doesn't qualify if it needs to be Mx, it doesn't even have an Ax(M) number! See https://pathetic.org.uk/secretive/walton_summit_motorway

Its proper name is The Special Road under motorway regulations that runs between Tramway Lane and the roundabout at the junction between the M61 and M65 in Lancashire

 

[A Challenge]

And on that subject, on the website there is also the M96, a 360m long length of motorway through the Fire Service College in Moreton-in-Marsh.

Pathetic Motorways

Examines and pokes fun at some of the lesser known British motorways. Includes photos and videos

pathetic.org.uk

 

[MotCO]

A high number. 878?

In the words of the late Bruce Forsyth, "Higher, Higher"

 

[MotCO]

The Walton Summit Motorway (misspelt it earlier) again doesn't qualify if it needs to be Mx, it doesn't even have an Ax(M) number! See https://pathetic.org.uk/secretive/walton_summit_motorway

Its proper name is The Special Road under motorway regulations that runs between Tramway Lane and the roundabout at the junction between the M61 and M65 in Lancashire

And that's a Motorway???

 

[GRALISTAIR]

In the words of the late Bruce Forsyth, "Higher, Higher"

M898 ?

 

[MotCO]

M898 ?

That's the one.

What about the little bit of motorway that goes up to Erskine Bridge? Is that a proper motorway or an Axx(M) one?

I think the floor should belong to SteveM70 since he did identify the location of the motorway first.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

I think the floor should belong to SteveM70 since he did identify the location of the motorway first.

I totally agree.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Cricket. Most people will be aware that Don Bradman has the highest test batting average. But of players who’ve completed at least 20 innings, who has the second highest?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Tendulkar ?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Tendulkar ?

23rd

 

[GRALISTAIR]

23rd

Bloody hell. How about out of the box Pollock South Africa

 

[SuspectUsual]

Bloody hell. How about out of the box Pollock South Africa

Assuming you mean Pollock Sr, 5th, so you’re heading in the right direction

 

[MotCO]

Lord Beefy?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Assuming you mean Pollock Sr, 5th, so you’re heading in the right direction

Yes I did. R.G Pollock played in the 1960s.

So how about Wally Hammond?