General Knowledge Quiz

[perryman]

One of my friends is very old school Wimbledon and has told me enough times that one player scored all 4 goals for them. I have no idea of his name but I know they beat Sutton 4-2 (at Wembley, I think).

 

[Loppylugs]

That's it @perryman. I'm very old school Wimbledon too! Wimbledon's centre forward was a Northern Irishman called Eddie Reynolds and he headed all four goals at Wembley.

The turnstiles are open to you.

 

[perryman]

That's it @perryman. I'm very old school Wimbledon too! Wimbledon's centre forward was a Northern Irishman called Eddie Reynolds and he headed all four goals at Wembley.

The turnstiles are open to you.

Thank you. I don't think my friend ever mentioned the headed fact, although I may have long moved on, with (a degree of) respect...

Which country (official UN Sovereign State) has the uniquely official named prefix 'The Oriental Republic of...'?

 

[Calthrop]

Uruguay -- I think.

 

[perryman]

Uruguay -- I think.

That lasted.

Correct, of course. Named so because the country is situated east of the Uruguay River (on which sits the town of Fray Bentos).

The Times World Atlas is yours.

 

[Calthrop]

Thanks. I had the "Oriental" tag in my bonce; but didn't know why the country had it -- grateful for the explanation !

Which biological group or class of creature -- such as bird, arthropod, fish, or whatever -- do the following, belong to? Identification with the respective correct term for each, will score a point; but "virtual bonus marks" for any extra info which participants may fancy giving.

(1) fody

(2) peckoltia

(3) tarantula hawk

(4) axolotl

(5) murrelet

(6) phascogale

 

[SuspectUsual]

A tarantula hawk is an insect isn’t it?

 

[Calthrop]

A tarantula hawk is an insect isn’t it?

Correct: an extremely nasty one -- a kind of wasp whose larva grows up inside, and devours alive, a tarantula spider; and if a t.h. stings a human, it's agonisingly painful.

 

[xotGD]

4. Amphibian

 

[Calthrop]

4. Amphibian

Correct.

 

[Calthrop]

A hint or two (maybe); re the four remaining -- none of them belong to either group / class which pertain to the two which have been "got". Of the remaining four: two fly; one lives in water; and one belongs to an unusual, and overall not numerous, variety of its group / class.

 

[peri]

I think that (5) Murrelet is a type of Auk therefore bird.

 

[Calthrop]

I think that (5) Murrelet is a type of Auk therefore bird.

Fully correct: there are some half-dozen species of murrelet, all found in the North Pacific region. One species is called the "Ancient Murrelet": very irregularly and unusually, one solitary specimen thereof turned up and sojourned for a couple of years in the 1990s, around Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel; to the delight of the birdwatchers who were lucky enough to encounter it.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Feel like I've just stumbled across a more obscure episode of QI, or a re-run of some BBC Radio 4 panel show from 30+ years ago.

 

[Calthrop]

If it's any consolation -- I'm every bit as much at sea, on all and any questions about sport or music !

 

[peri]

I'll throw out a wild guess that (1) fody is a fish.

 

[Calthrop]

I'm afraid a fody isn't a fish.

 

[MotCO]

(1) fody - a bird?

(2) peckoltia - a fish?

(6) phascogale - a bird?

 

[Calthrop]

(1) fody - a bird?

Correct -- rather thrush-like bird, only brightly coloured: a number of species, found on the Indian Ocean's various islands.

(2) peckoltia - a fish?

Correct -- a type of South American catfish, much liked by aquarists.

(6) phascogale - a bird?

Alas, no. It's in a group / class which hasn't yet come up; that should do a bit of narrowing-down.

 

[MotCO]

(6) phascogale - bat? (Does that make it a reptile?)

 

[xotGD]

6. Mollusc?

 

[Calthrop]

(6) phascogale - bat? (Does that make it a reptile?)

You've got warm-ish; but then veered off. It isn't a bat; also by my understanding, bats aren't reptiles.

6. Mollusc?

Afraid not.

 

[MotCO]

6 Phascogale - Mammals?

 

[Calthrop]

6 Phascogale - Mammals?

Correct. A genus of small carnivorous Australian (thus marsupial -- hence the "unusual variety of" bit) mammal: comes in three different species.

@MotCO: you've got three right -- three others, got one apiece. @MotCO thus succeeds to the zookeeper's post.

 

[MotCO]

Correct. A genus of small carnivorous Australian (thus marsupial -- hence the "unusual variety of" bit) mammal: comes in three different species.

@MotCO: you've got three right -- three others, got one apiece. @MotCO thus succeeds to the zookeeper's post.

Thank you. Three complete guesses .

Now a bit of a cryptic question. What connects 4 in English, 5 in Spanish, 4 in German, 2 and 4 in Norwegian, and 3 in Italian?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

I'll take a guess that they contain the same number of letters as the number they represent.

 

[Gloster]

Same number of letters in the word as the actual number?

 

[MotCO]

I'll take a guess that they contain the same number of letters as the number they represent.

That didn't take long!.

The words respectively are FOUR, CINCO, VIER, TO and FIRE, and TRE.

Please don the teacher's mortar board!

 

[MotCO]

Same number of letters in the word as the actual number?

You were two minutes too slow!

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Bit of a guess if I am honest.

My question is:

By how much is the Atlantic Ocean getting wider per year?