General Knowledge Quiz

[perryman]

The Washington Football Team (NFL)
Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL)
Chicago White Sox (MLB)

 

[SuspectUsual]

The Washington Football Team (NFL)
Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL)
Chicago White Sox (MLB)

They’re also all correct

 

[SuspectUsual]

Update on the question - I used this in a quiz I wrote last year and I’ve forgotten that the Washington Redskins became Washington Football Team between then and now. So in fact there are ten correct answers not nine. So far we have six, so there are four still remaining

 

[SuspectUsual]

Time for a clue

Of the four teams remaining, two are basketball and two are ice hockey. One of the basketball teams is a relatively new addition to the NBA, joining in 1989 as an expansion team. The other moved cities and changed names in 2008, and changed both city name and suffix.

 

[perryman]

Ah, one of the Seattle teams moved to Oklahoma in 2008. I think they are now the Oklahoma Thunder (NBA). Seattle doesn't have a basketball team, I think, surprisingly for a very sports-orientated city.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Ah, one of the Seattle teams moved to Oklahoma in 2008. I think they are now the Oklahoma Thunder (NBA). Seattle doesn't have a basketball team, I think, surprisingly for a very sports-orientated city.

Spot on, the Supersonics became the Thunder

 

[SuspectUsual]

Seattle doesn't have a basketball team, I think, surprisingly for a very sports-orientated city

There are only 30 teams, and fewer than 30 cities host a team as places like New York have two. Ultimately it’s about money - OKC made an offer that couldn’t be refused

 

[SuspectUsual]

The has probably run its course, and I can’t think of any more clues I can give. The three that weren’t identified are:

Orlando Magic (NBA)
Colorado Avalanche (NHL)
Minnesota Wild (NHL)

I make @perryman the winner with four, so the league commissioner’s seat is his

 

[perryman]

High-fives and whoops all round, thank you. Keeping to a sporting theme:

Which two countries participated in the first cricket international match, which city was the match played, and in which year.

Can I have the 4 answers as one guess, and I'll advise how many of the answers are correct, if that's OK?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

England, Scotland, Glasgow, 1877.

 

[perryman]

England, Scotland, Glasgow, 1877.

0/4.

 

[444045]

Australia vs New Zealand at MCG in 1877.

 

[perryman]

Australia vs New Zealand at MCG in 1877.

0/4.

 

[xotGD]

USA v Canada, New York City, 1888

 

[444045]

Sorry my apologises, I read the question wrong, I thought you said test match not international match, somewhat different,

It was USA vs Canada - (two unlikely sides really) in 1847 in Washington I think, was a question in my local cricket team quiz.

 

[perryman]

USA v Canada, New York City, 1888

3/4. The date is earlier.

 

[perryman]

Sorry my apologises, I read the question wrong, I thought you said test match not international match, somewhat different,

It was USA vs Canada - (two unlikely sides really) in 1847 in Washington I think, was a question in my local cricket team quiz.

2/4 - the location and date aren't right although you are closest with the date. @xotGD has the location right, NYC.

 

[444045]

Found my quiz paper - the year was 1844. Canada won by 23 runs.

 

[perryman]

Found my quiz paper - the year was 1844. Canada won by 23 runs.

Indeed, well done. @xotGD answered 3 first (I think) so he's won the pre-match toss up in the middle to see who sets the next question.

Canadian cricket team in the United States in 1844 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[xotGD]

Not bad for a random guess!

Changing topic. What is the name of the non-dimensional number defined as (Diameter x Velocity x Density)/Dynamic Viscosity

Also referred to as "D-u-rho over mu"

 

[FrodshamJnct]

Not bad for a random guess!

Changing topic. What is the name of the non-dimensional number defined as (Diameter x Velocity x Density)/Dynamic Viscosity

Also referred to as "D-u-rho over mu"

Would that be the Reynolds number?

 

[xotGD]

Would that be the Reynolds number?

Indeed it is.

Over to you...

 

[FrodshamJnct]

Indeed it is.

Over to you...

Thanks! A history question if I may. How old was King Henry VIII at the time of his death?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

55 yrs old?

 

[FrodshamJnct]

55 yrs old?

Is correct! The court is yours...

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Thanks. Lucky guess. Could easily have been a year out as I thought he was born a year later than he actually was.

In a similar vein, how old was (the one time) King Edward VIII at the time of his death?

 

[FrodshamJnct]

Thanks. Lucky guess. Could easily have been a year out as I thought he was born a year later than he actually was.

In a similar vein, how old was (the one time) King Edward VIII at the time of his death?

He died in the 70s I think and going to assume late 19th century birth. 82?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

He died in the 70s I think and going to assume late 19th century birth. 82?

Sorry, not 82.

 

[MotCO]

80?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

80?

No, he wasn't 80.