General Knowledge Quiz

[Gloster]

Correct. A girder framework was fitted over the bows of a merchant ship and an almost life-expired Hurricane was fired off it using rockets out when out of range of land-based protection. After the sortie the pilot had to either ditch in the sea (not a wise idea as the Hurricane had a large air scoop underneath) or bail out afterwards. Not a pleasant experience in the Atlantic and incredible on the Russian convoys. A quite extraordinary level of cold courage by the pilots, who volunteered.

CAM stood for Catapult Aircraft (or Assisted) Merchant Ship.

To you the joystick.

 

[millemille]

Continuing the WWII aeronautical theme then...

What invaluable contribution to the war did one of only 3 women, at the time, to have been awarded the British Motorcycle Racing Club's "Gold Star" (for lapping Brooklands circuit at over 100mph) make?

 

[DaleCooper]

Continuing the WWII aeronautical theme then...

What invaluable contribution to the war did one of only 3 women, at the time, to have been awarded the British Motorcycle Racing Club's "Gold Star" (for lapping Brooklands circuit at over 100mph) make?

Was that the one who came up with a modification to the Merlin's carburettor to prevent fuel starvation under negative G?

 

[millemille]

Was that the one who came up with a modification to the Merlin's carburettor to prevent fuel starvation under negative G?

It was, "Miss Shillings Orifice", designed by Beatrice Schilling OBE PhD MSc & CEng

 

[DaleCooper]

Next question:

What are the missing numbers? ((Hint: In this instance the answer is not 7575, 8585)

2525, 3535, 4545, 5555, 6565, ...., ...., 9595

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Next question:

What are the missing numbers? ((Hint: In this instance the answer is not 7575, 8585)

2525, 3535, 4545, 5555, 6565, ...., ...., 9595

Sounds like these are maybe the years mentioned in the lyrics of the 1969 Zager and Evans hit song. No idea what the two missing years/numbers are, though!

 

[DaleCooper]

Sounds like these are maybe the years mentioned in the lyrics of the 1969 Zager and Evans hit song. No idea what the two missing years/numbers are, though!

I thought your post would trigger a response from someone who knows the lyrics but 24 hours have passed so I'm declaring you the winner. The answer is 7510, 8510; presumably for the sake of the rhymes..

Your turn...

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Thank you. Which football team was the first not to be successfully re-elected at the end of a season in the Football League?

 

[xotGD]

Gateshead?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Gateshead?

Voted out in 1960, but, no, not them.

 

[Neo9320]

Barrow?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Barrow?

Voted out in 1972, and only recently got back into League Two but no, not them.

 

[Trackman]

Scarborough?

 

[Gloster]

Lincoln City?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Scarborough?

No, not Scarborough. They were automatically relegated in 1999, rather than not re-elected.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Lincoln City?

Not re-elected on a number of occasions, the first of which was in 1908, then 1911 and again in 1920, but no, not them.

 

[xotGD]

Bradford Park Avenue?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Bradford Park Avenue?

No, they failed to be re-elected and so lost their place in 1970, but not them.

A reminder that we're looking for the football team which was the first not to be successfully re-elected at the end of a season in the Football League.

 

[perryman]

Southport, possibly?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Southport, possibly?

They lost their place in 1978, but no, not them either.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Had this in a pub quiz before and can’t for the life of me remember the answer. Someone like Merthyr Tydfil?

 

[xotGD]

Accrington Stanley

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Had this in a pub quiz before and can’t for the life of me remember the answer. Someone like Merthyr Tydfil?

If you mean the former Merthyr Town FC, they were voted out in 1930, but no, not them.

Merthyr Tydfil FC, as such, haven't ever been a Football League club.

 

[perryman]

I'll now go for Workington. A team remember from my early days of getting into football.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Accrington Stanley

They weren't voted out. They resigned in 1962.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

I'll now go for Workington. A team remember from my early days of getting into football.

Voted out in 1977, but no, not them.

 

[Neo9320]

I’ll admit this has come form asking my brother…Stoke? (If he’s right open floor)

 

[Mcr Warrior]

I’ll admit this has come form asking my brother…Stoke? (If he’s right open floor)

Yep. Stoke City the right answer. Founder member of the Football League and not re-elected in 1890.

 

[Neo9320]

Yep. Stoke City the right answer. Founder member of the Football League and not re-elected in 1890.

Happy to get a right answer, though not under proper play! Open floor!

 

[Calthrop]

The names are given below, of six naturalists, all in some degree famous -- all of them operated at some time in the past three-hundred-odd years. In which part of the world did each of them do, first and foremost, his naturalist "thing"?

(1) Alexander von Humboldt

(2) Gilbert White

(3) William John Burchell

(4) Father Armand David

(5) David Fleay

(6) John James Audubon