General Knowledge Quiz

[GRALISTAIR]

Elba.

Correct. It came up in a bar quiz last night with loads of local beers in Dalton GA. I answered St Helena - but it was wrong - that was 1815. But the correct answer was indeed Elba which I was shocked at and it cost my team 3rd place.

Your turn Loppylugs

 

[Loppylugs]

Correct. It came up in a bar quiz last night with loads of local beers in Dalton GA. I answered St Helena - but it was wrong - that was 1815. But the correct answer was indeed Elba which I was shocked at and it cost my team 3rd place.

Your turn Loppylugs

Thank-you and a very good morning to you in Dalton.

Which is the longest 2-digit A road in this country ?

For a show of brilliance, roughly how long is it (miles please, I can't handle that km stuff) and from which two towns does it start and finish (either direction) ?

 

[SuspectUsual]

I’ll have a guess at the A38. Somewhere in Cornwall to somewhere near Derby. 175 miles ish

 

[GRALISTAIR]

A30 Lands End to London - 250ish?

 

[Steddenm]

I’ll have a guess at the A38. Somewhere in Cornwall to somewhere near Derby. 175 miles ish

I would say the A38 also but it goes from Bodmin (Cornwall) to Mansfield (Nottinghamshire) at ≈305 miles ish...

 

[Loppylugs]

A30 Lands End to London - 250ish?

Not that one.

I’ll have a guess at the A38. Somewhere in Cornwall to somewhere near Derby. 175 miles ish

A38 is correct. It does meander a bit, you will need more fuel for your journey.

I would say the A38 also but it goes from Bodmin (Cornwall) to Mansfield (Nottinghamshire) at ≈305 miles ish...

All correct there, mileage is actually 292.

@SteveM70 got the main question correct first but I will leave you two to sort things out.

 

[SuspectUsual]

I’m not around for most of tomorrow so I’ll happily let @Steddenm take the wheel

 

[Steddenm]

Thanks @SteveM70

What links Kylie Minogue, Bee Gees, Bananarama, Tina Cousins and Matt Pop?

 

[Trackman]

Stock Aitken Waterman?

 

[Steddenm]

Stock Aitken Waterman?

Unfortunately not no

 

[DaleCooper]

Thanks @SteveM70

What links Kylie Minogue, Bee Gees, Bananarama, Tina Cousins and Matt Pop?

Do they all have some peripheral connection to the music industry?

 

[Steddenm]

It is to do with the music industry and a certain person/group.

 

[MotCO]

Jason Donovan?

 

[Steddenm]

Not Jason Donovan, no. More modern.

 

[xotGD]

Their songs have all been recorded as cover versions by the same artist.

 

[Steddenm]

Kinda close to the answer... but who's the artist?

 

[MotCO]

Steps?

 

[Steddenm]

Well done @MotCO it is Steps.

Steps have covered "Better The Devil You Know" by Kylie Minogue, "Tragedy" by the Bee Gees, "Last Thing On My Mind" by Bananarama, "Deeper Shade of Blue" by Tina Cousins and they've all recently been remixed by Matt Pop.

So in 5, 6, 7, 8, its over to you.

 

[MotCO]

Continuing the Steps theme, Richard Hanney first appeared in The Thirty Nine Steps. What was the next book he appeared in?

 

[Gloster]

Greenmantle.

 

[DaleCooper]

Continuing the Steps theme, Richard Hanney first appeared in The Thirty Nine Steps. What was the next book he appeared in?

Richard Hanney wasn't in The Thirty Nine Steps, the hero was Richard Hannay,

 

[MotCO]

Greenmantle.

Correct. (Despite my spelling error!)

Please assume the role of spymaster

 

[Gloster]

Taking another step. Step in Time is a song in which 1960s film?

 

[DaleCooper]

Taking another step. Step in Time is a song in which 1960s film?

Sweet Charity?

 

[Steddenm]

Mary Poppins?

Open floor if correct

 

[Gloster]

Sweet Charity?

Sorry, wrong.

Mary Poppins?

Open floor if correct

Correct. So open floor for anyone to set a question in a perfect cockney accent.

 

[Caboose Class]

The Khunjerab Pass (4,693 metres) is the highest-paved international border crossing in the world and the highest point on the Karakoram Highway which links Pakistan and China. What rather surprising feature of normal everyday life can be found there?

 

[MotCO]

A McDonalds ? Or maybe a church?

 

[Caboose Class]

A McDonalds ? Or maybe a church?

Definitely no McDs and no church (well I didn't see one there). Think what might be handy at a border crossing.

 

[DaleCooper]

Definitely no McDs and no church (well I didn't see one there). Think what might be handy at a border crossing.

Is it something to do with the change of driving side?