General Knowledge Quiz

[yoyothehobo]

Who are the only professional football club located in the United Kingdom, not on the island of Great Britain or Ireland.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Who are the only professional football club located in the United Kingdom, not on the island of Great Britain.

Surely any professional Northern Ireland club would fulfill that criteria.

 

[yoyothehobo]

Surely any professional Northern Ireland club would fulfill that criteria.

Sneaky Edit performed (though there are only 3 professional football clubs in northern ireland i believe)

 

[OhNoAPacer]

As it happens I believe I know the answer, Portsmouth

 

[yoyothehobo]

As it happens I believe I know the answer, Portsmouth

That is indeed the correct answer!

Located on Portsea Island.

The floor is yours, use it wisely.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Let us imagine that Scotland has voted for independence and decided that they no longer wish to have the current monarchy but want to install the Jacobite succession.

The new king of Scotland would in this scenario be the current Duke of where?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Good question, wouldn't have guessed the correct answer to this one anytime soon!

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Good question, wouldn't have guessed the correct answer to this one anytime soon!

Thank you, I came across the info when doing a 'I wonder'search on t'internet

 

[yoyothehobo]

Thank you, I came across the info when doing a 'I wonder'search on t'internet

Thats how i found it in the first place as well!

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Let us imagine that Scotland has voted for independence and decided that they no longer wish to have the current monarchy but want to install the Jacobite succession.

The new king of Scotland would in this scenario be the current Duke of where?

Saw something about this on telly a few days ago!

Duke of Bavaria.



I won't take the throne on this occasion...

 

[yoyothehobo]

If i slip in a question.

The highest point of which country is situated on the tee of hole number 8 on a golf course and how many metres above sea level is it?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Saw something about this on telly a few days ago!

Duke of Bavaria.



I won't take the throne on this occasion...

Is the correct answer.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Is the correct answer.

Thank you, then as indicated the throne is up for grabs!


Out of curiosity, did you get the idea for the question after seeing it on telly a few days ago...?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Thank you, then as indicated the throne is up for grabs!


Out of curiosity, did you get the idea for the question after seeing it on telly a few days ago...?

No I was just looking up out if interest who would be in line for the throne on the Jacobite succession after seeing something about James II and VII

 

[Caboose Class]

If i slip in a question.

The highest point of which country is situated on the tee of hole number 8 on a golf course and how many metres above sea level is it?

Maldives? 2 metres asl?

 

[yoyothehobo]

Maldives? 2 metres asl?

Maldives is the correct answer, and the tee of hole 8 (termed mount villingilli is the highest point at 5.1m)

The Tee is yours.

 

[Caboose Class]

I'm out for the day - Open Floor.

 

[DaleCooper]

As it's open floor, next question:

What connects the following?

Facial hair
The Beatles
A carpenter
A WW2 aeroplane
A narrow gauge diesel locomotive

 

[SuspectUsual]

Walrus?

 

[DaleCooper]

Walrus?

Correct, your turn...

Walrus moustache
I Am the Walrus
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Supermarine Walrus
"Walrus" on the Groudle Glen Railway IOM

 

[SuspectUsual]

Who holds the UK record for having declined the most honours, having refused five offers spanning four different honours?

 

[Neo9320]

Was it Stephen Hawking?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

John Lennon?

 

[DaleCooper]

Tony Benn?

 

[SuspectUsual]

None of those I'm afraid

 

[Peterthegreat]

L.S. Lowry.

 

[SuspectUsual]

L.S. Lowry.

Is the correct answer

He rejected an OBE, a CBE, a knighthood, and (twice) a companion of honour

Your floor

 

[Peterthegreat]

Emil Jannings was the first recipient of what?

 

[Gloster]

An Oscar?

 

[xotGD]

The Moderna Covid vaccine?