General Knowledge Quiz

[SuspectUsual]

Blimey. Wasn’t expecting that to be right.

Why could it be argued that Burnley is a spelling mistake?

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Because the town is south of the line where 'Beck' for stream is replaced by 'Burn'?

I think the line is somewhere around Swaledale/Stainmoor

 

[SuspectUsual]

Because the town is south of the line where 'Beck' for stream is replaced by 'Burn'?

I think the line is somewhere around Swaledale/Stainmoor

Not that

 

[Calthrop]

The local river, which runs into the River Calder near the town: is the River Brun, not "Burn".

 

[SuspectUsual]

The local river, which runs into the River Calder near the town: is the River Brun, not "Burn".

Spot on. The freedom of East Lancashire is all yours

 

[Calthrop]

My thanks for same.

In which US state is there to be found a greater number of bird species, than in any other?

 

[FrodshamJnct]

My thanks for same.

In which US state is there to be found a greater number of bird species, than in any other?

California?

 

[Calthrop]

Not California, I'm afraid.

 

[Gloster]

Florida?

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Alaska?

 

[MotCO]

Hawaii?

 

[Calthrop]

Alaska?

Alaska it is (506 species -- beating by a shortish head the next contender, Washington State, with 503).

It's for you to take up your binoculars and (has to be nowadays, anyhow, in a virtual way), head for Anchorage.

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Anchorage? Penmaenpool is more convenient, the old signal box was/is a birdy place
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Many Welsh places have English names, and many English places have Welsh names

Pleas supply the English names for these places:

Amwythig
Caer
Caer Noddfa
Croesoswallt
Lerpwl
Llanandras
Manceinion
Moel Bryn
Rhydychen
Trefyclawydd

All the places have, or did have, train stations

 

[SuspectUsual]

Caer = castle

 

[Calthrop]

Variously known or guessed by me:

Amwythig: Shrewsbury
Caer: Chester
Croesoswallt: Oswestry
Lerpwl: Liverpool
Llanandras: London ??
Manceinion: Manchester
Rhydychen: Oxford

The others -- no idea !

 

[xotGD]

Caer = castle

In that case Caer Noddfa = Newcastle

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Isn't Tref-y-clawdd otherwise known as Knighton (= Town on the Dyke) which as many will know is a Welsh location with the town's station site on the English side of the Wales/England boundary?

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Variously known or guessed by me:

Amwythig: Shrewsbury
Caer: Chester
Croesoswallt: Oswestry
Lerpwl: Liverpool
Llanandras: London ??
Manceinion: Manchester
Rhydychen: Oxford

The others -- no idea !

Llanandras is not London, it is a very small town that no longer has a station
Your other answers are correct

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

In that case Caer Noddfa = Newcastle

No, a long way off
Caer Noddfa is a small village that used to be fairly famous internationally, campaigns to reopen the station have been going on for decades

Caer = castle

Wrong, the place has a roman name too, four letters

Isn't Tref-y-clawdd otherwise known as Knighton (= Town on the Dyke) which as many will know is a Welsh location with the town's station site on the English side of the Wales/England boundary?

Correct, not to be confused with Kington (Herefordshire)

 

[Calthrop]

Llanandras is not London, it is a very small town that no longer has a station

I've Googled it -- am thus disqualified !

 

[Gloster]

Blast. I have just been doing some research into Llanandras, under its other name, but failed to make the connection.

 

[Spamcan81]

Would Caer Noddfa be Carno?

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Would Caer Noddfa be Carno?

Correct, it used to be famous for Laura Ashley of Paris, London, New York, Carno
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Clue for Llanandras posted earlier. It is very near one of the places already guessed
Moel Bryn is an 'upland' place in England, it still has two open train stations

 

[MotCO]

Caer = Bath?

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

No, Caer is Chester/Deva, already solved

 

[martinsh]

Moel Bryn = Malvern ?

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Moel Bryn = Malvern ?

Correct
Now only Llanandras is missing, it is a very small town that has no station now, it is a short hilly cycle ride from one of the other places mentioned

 

[444045]

Would that be Presteigne by any chance, friend used to live there awhile ago.

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Would that be Presteigne by any chance, friend used to live there awhile ago.

Presteigne is right, not far from Trefyclawydd over a big hill
Llanandras could also be St Andrews, Scotland

@Calthrop got 6/10 and may set the next question

 

[Calthrop]

Thanks. There was a river-related question just a very few ago; but the only questions which come to my mind at present, are also to do with rivers -- so if folk will allow:

Please name the second- and third-longest rivers, of the island of Ireland.