General Knowledge Quiz

[GRALISTAIR]

Update on the quiz....

Which artist/group sang the following Eurovision songs please :

12/ Love Games.

Cant remember -but I think the year is extremely close to the year my 2nd child was born - 1985?

 

[444045]

Cant remember -but I think the year is extremely close to the year my 2nd child was born - 1985?

Yes you are correct - it was 1984.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Yes you are correct - it was 1984.

I am still coming up blank on the name of the group or artist.

 

[444045]

Time for a clue I think.....

12/ Love Games - It was the UK entry at Eurovision in 1984 and was a female singer who had two female singers added to become a group for Eurovision.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Good lord it wasn’t Belle and the Devotions was it?

 

[444045]

Good lord it wasn’t Belle and the Devotions was it?

You are correct, it certainly was.

 

[444045]

Well thats all the answers in now to the Eurovision Quiz....

The winner with 4 correct answers is @Gloster , please take to the stage with the next question...

Thank you to everyone who took part.

 

[Gloster]

In the 1960s the Beatles had seventeen Number One singles in the UK. One of these had a joint credit with another performer. Who?

 

[DaleCooper]

In the 1960s the Beatles had seventeen Number One singles in the UK. One of these had a joint credit with another performer. Who?

Billy Preston?

 

[Gloster]

Billy Preston?

Correct. On ‘Get Back’. Your turn at the table.

 

[DaleCooper]

Correct. On ‘Get Back’. Your turn at the table.

Thank you.

Next question:

What is a Tower of Hanoi?

 

[Neo9320]

The 3 pronged puzzle game in which 5 discs of numerous sizes must be moved from one end to the other without a larger disc being placed on top of a smaller one?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

The 3 pronged puzzle game in which 5 discs of numerous sizes must be moved from one end to the other without a larger disc being placed on top of a smaller one?

Not always just 5 discs, but if you do start with that many, it'll take you at least 31 moves to "solve" the problem.

With 6 discs it's 63 moves that are required and 7 discs, it's 127 moves. Calculated as 2 raised to the power N, then minus 1, where N is the number of discs.

 

[Caboose Class]

Not always just 5 discs, but if you do start with that many, it'll take you at least 31 moves to "solve" the problem.

With 6 discs it's 63 moves that are required and 7 discs, it's 127 moves.

The puzzle can be played with any number of disks. The minimal number of moves required to solve a Tower of Hanoi puzzle is 2n − 1, where n = the number of discs.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

The puzzle can be played with any number of disks. The minimal number of moves required to solve a Tower of Hanoi puzzle is 2n − 1, where n = the number of discs.

It's not 2n - 1, it's 2 raised to the power n, less 1.

 

[DaleCooper]

The 3 pronged puzzle game in which 5 discs of numerous sizes must be moved from one end to the other without a larger disc being placed on top of a smaller one?

That is correct although as pointed out by others there can be any number of discs. Your turn...

 

[Neo9320]

That is correct although as pointed out by others there can be any number of discs. Your turn...

I’m a tad busy so open floor please

 

[GRALISTAIR]

It's not 2n - 1, it's 2 raised to the power n, less 1.

I love mathematics

 

[GRALISTAIR]

I’m a tad busy so open floor please

History if I may. Who was the first legitimate born son of Henry 2nd and Eleanor of Aquitaine ?

 

[Caboose Class]

Deleted - Im in the wrong forum!!

 

[Mcr Warrior]

History if I may. Who was the first legitimate born son of Henry 2nd and Eleanor of Aquitaine ?

Richard I / Richard the Lionheart? Unless, of course, he maybe had one or more elder brothers who didn't live long enough to become King.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Richard I / Richard the Lionheart? Unless, of course, he maybe had one or more elder brothers who didn't live long enough to become King.

he was the 3rd son sorry.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

William

 

[MotCO]

Henry - who drowned on The White Ship?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Henry - who drowned on The White Ship?

Henry the young king was the 2nd son sorry.

William

Is the correct answer - he died at the age of 4 off memory. Your turn as heir to the throne.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

What event took place at Bristol Cathedral on 12 March 1994?

 

[MotCO]

Did the Pope pay a visit?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Did the Pope pay a visit?

It was not a papal visit.

 

[xotGD]

Something to do with the slave trade?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Something to do with the slave trade?

No, nothing to do with the slave trade