General Knowledge Quiz

[Strat-tastic]

They are the digits 0-7 on an upside down 7 segment display.

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No it's 8

Sorry, forgot to quote Dale to clarify the winner.

 

[DaleCooper]

Sorry, forgot to quote Dale to clarify the winner.

Thank you.

Next question:

In WW2 how did the Royal Netherlands Navy minesweeper HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen avoid detection by Japanese aircraft?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Did they disguise themselves as floating wreckage?

 

[SuspectUsual]

It was disguised as a small island

 

[DaleCooper]

Did they disguise themselves as floating wreckage?

Close but no cigar

It was disguised as a small island

Indeed it was, your turn...

 

[SuspectUsual]

Which musician has been a member of the Pretenders, Modest Mouse, the Cribs and The The?

 

[perryman]

Johnny Marr has played with The Pretenders and The The, so he would be my semi-educated guess.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Johnny Marr has played with The Pretenders and The The, so he would be my semi-educated guess.

Spot on, he was in all four bands at various points (obviously I omitted his better known membership of the Smiths and Electronic).

Your turn on lead guitar

 

[perryman]

Thank you. Rocking on with the music theme:

Johnny Cash's One Piece At A Time ends with him trying to date (not in the biblical way) the car he put together. What are the start and end years of the kit-car, as per the song lyrics?

Can I have, as one answer, both start and end years, and not a guess at the start or end year only. Also, if your guess has one year of the two incorrect, I'll only say you have a wrong answer.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Fantastic song -saw it live in Nashville 1949-1970

 

[MotCO]

1956 - 1962?

 

[perryman]

Fantastic song -saw it live in Nashville 1949-1970

Not really my kind of music but it is a fantastic song. Keys are all yours, well done.

1956 - 1962?

Early and too short. See above for the correct answer.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Staying on Johhny Cash and moving to a very easy one - how old was Johhny Cash when his father left home according to the song "A boy named Sue"?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Three

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Correct - your turn to handle the empty bottle of booze

 

[Peterthegreat]

What was invented/developed by Caleb Bradham and what was it originally called?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Invented in the next state over from me about 75 minutes drive. North Carolina but I will give someone else’s chance

 

[DaleCooper]

What was invented/developed by Caleb Bradham and what was it originally called?

Bradham's patented horse purgative?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Initially called Brad's drink. He was a pharmacist. He wanted something to settle the stomach and thus "peptic" - it was renamed Pepsi Cola.

 

[DaleCooper]

Initially called Brad's drink. He was a pharmacist. He wanted something to settle the stomach and thus "peptic" - it was renamed Pepsi Cola.

I wasn't far off then.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Initially called Brad's drink. He was a pharmacist. He wanted something to settle the stomach and thus "peptic" - it was renamed Pepsi Cola.

Correct. Your turn to take the bottle....

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Where is Hendricks Gin made?

 

[Strat-tastic]

Over there --->

 

[Spamcan81]

Where is Hendricks Gin made?

The Netherlands?

 

[xotGD]

Warrington?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

No correct answer so far sorry.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

I think it is made in Scotland (not from girders) but don't know where in Scotland.

 

[D6130]

Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

I think it is made in Scotland (not from girders) but don't know where in Scotland.

correct

Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Exactly correct and your turn to mix a cocktail

 

[D6130]

Thanks. I'll think of a new question in the morning. I'm off to bed now!