General Knowledge Quiz

[LSWR Cavalier]

Uninstall?

That is not the answer but it jolly well should be, as Robert Robinson used to say.

Verunstaltung is used to signify a Veranstaltung (event) one dislikes (slang), it also means vandalism (graffiti etc), defacement.

Over to you.

 

[Gloster]

Presuming you mean that I should set the next question.

So, as you mentioned Robert Robinson: who is generally regarded as being the first person to use the F-word on British TV. (It wasn’t Robert Robinson, “Oh, dear me, no,” but he was the presenter.)

 

[perryman]

Frank Muir?

 

[DaleCooper]

Presuming you mean that I should set the next question.

So, as you mentioned Robert Robinson: who is generally regarded as being the first person to use the F-word on British TV. (It wasn’t Robert Robinson, “Oh, dear me, no,” but he was the presenter.)

Kenneth Tynan?

 

[Gloster]

Frank Muir?

Oh, dear me, no.

Kenneth Tynan?

Correct.

Although Tynan is usually regarded as the first person to use the word on TV, it seems that Brendan Behan had done so in an interview on Panorama in 1956. However, he was drunk and his speech was so slurred that few could understand him. It was also used on a local Ulster TV interview in 1959 of a chap painting some railings when asked if he found it boring.

 

[DaleCooper]

Oh, dear me, no.

Correct.

Although Tynan is usually regarded as the first person to use the word on TV, it seems that Brendan Behan had done so in an interview on Panorama in 1956. However, he was drunk and his speech was so slurred that few could understand him. It was also used on a local Ulster TV interview in 1959 of a chap painting some railings when asked if he found it boring.

That's one of those odd facts that stick in my brain yet I can't remember what I did 2 minutes ago.

Next question:

Vernon Dudley Bowhay-Nowell and "Sweet essence of giraffe"
What's the connection?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Presuming you mean that I should set the next question.

So, as you mentioned Robert Robinson: who is generally regarded as being the first person to use the F-word on British TV. (It wasn’t Robert Robinson, “Oh, dear me, no,” but he was the presenter.)

That's one of those odd facts that stick in my brain yet I can't remember what I did 2 minutes ago.

Next question:

Vernon Dudley Bowhay-Nowell and "Sweet essence of giraffe"
What's the connection?

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

 

[DaleCooper]

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

That's right, your turn...

 

[Peterthegreat]

That's right, your turn...

OK let's stay on music.
Who is the oldest person to have had a SOLO number one hit in the UK singles chart?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Clive Dunn?

 

[MotCO]

Vera Lynn

 

[Peterthegreat]

Clive Dunn?

Nope. Surprisingly he was only 50 when Grandad was released.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Vera Lynn

No. Her last single no 1 was in 1954. She had a number one album in 2009.

 

[DaleCooper]

OK let's stay on music.
Who is the oldest person to have had a SOLO number one hit in the UK singles chart?

Tom Jones?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Bing Crosby, perhaps?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Tom Jones?

Tom Jones is the second oldest person after Sir Tom Moore to have a number one. However neither of these were solo artists at the time.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Bing Crosby, perhaps?

The highest position Bing Crosby has been in the UK charts as a solo artist is no. 4. However he did get one place higher with David Bowie.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Lee Marvin (Wandrin Star)?

 

[MotCO]

Cliff Richard?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Lee Marvin (Wandrin Star)?

He certainly looked (and sounded) old but he was only 45!

 

[DaleCooper]

Tony Bennett?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Cliff Richard?

Not yet! His last no.1 was in 1999 when he was 59.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Tony Bennett?

Nope. When he had his last UK no. 1 in 1953 he was only 27!

 

[DaleCooper]

Nope. When he had his last UK no. 1 in 1953 he was only 27!

Average life expectancy back then was only 25.

 

[perryman]

Clive Dunn? Obviously not as old as portrayed in Dad's Army but he was no youth at the time Grandad was released.

 

[Spamcan81]

Frank Sinatra?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Clive Dunn? Obviously not as old as portrayed in Dad's Army but he was no youth at the time Grandad was released.

He was only 50 as I said upstream.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Frank Sinatra?

No sorry.
His last UK number 1 was in 1966 when he was 50.

 

[perryman]

Demis Roussos?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Demis Roussos?

Nope. The highest place he reached was number 2 in 1973.