General Knowledge Quiz

[Loppylugs]

PURITY

Nice thought !

Typewriter

Blimey, didn't get enough time for the ink to dry! Over to you.

 

[Strat-tastic]

Typewritery

 

[SuspectUsual]

One of those pub quiz questions that’s lodged in my head over the years

Open floor please

 

[DaleCooper]

Quietwriter (IBM Quietwriter Printer)

However as it's open floor:

In which TV series did George Harrison appear as a pirate?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

What is the longest word you can make from the top row of letters on a keyboard ?

Typewriter

Wasn't that, however, by using certain letters more than the one time? Reckon it was a maximum of seven if you didn't do that.

 

[xotGD]

Captain Pugwash?

 

[DaleCooper]

Captain Pugwash?

No, not Captain Pugwash.

 

[TheEdge]

Thomas the Tank Engine?

 

[DaleCooper]

Thomas the Tank Engine?

No, not Thomas the Tank Engine.

 

[Peterthegreat]

The Simpsons?

 

[DaleCooper]

The Simpsons?

No.

Hint: It was broadcast in the 70s.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Rutland Weekend Television

 

[DaleCooper]

Rutland Weekend Television

Correct, your turn...

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Shiver my timbers I remembered correctly, yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.

Anyway, less of that, on with the next question

Which fictional character is linked to the position 48 degrees 52.6' S 123 degrees 23.6' W ?

 

[Gloster]

Captain Nemo?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Captain Nemo?

Is the correct. This point in the Pacific is the furthest point in Earth from land and is often referred to as Point Nemo.
The location is so remote that if you were here then it could be that the nearest person to you was an astronaut!

 

[Gloster]

What is the smallest (by population) town or city to have hosted the final of the Eurovision Song Contest?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

What is the smallest (by population) town or city to have hosted the final of the Eurovision Song Contest?

Brighton?

 

[DaleCooper]

What is the smallest (by population) town or city to have hosted the final of the Eurovision Song Conte

Luxembourg City?

 

[Gloster]

Brighton?

Luxembourg City?

Neither, I am afraid.

 

[DaleCooper]

Monaco?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Millstreet

 

[Gloster]

Monaco?

Sorry, no.

Millstreet

Correct. Millstreet, County Cork, with a population of around 1,500, is by a considerable margin the smallest location to have been the host.

Douze points.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Let us stay with Eurovision.
In terms of population which is the largest eligible* country not to have hosted the contest?

* ie Europe (not counting the likes of Australia !).

 

[MotCO]

Spain?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Spain?

Madrid hosted in 1969.

 

[xotGD]

Ukraine?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Ukraine?

Nope. Hosted it in 2005 and 2017.

 

[MotCO]

Lithuania?

 

[martinsh]

Poland ?