General Knowledge Quiz

[TheEdge]

Liechtenstein

Is the correct answer.

Your uninspiring dirge of an anthem.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Open floor please I shall be busy today!

 

[Spamcan81]

Heracleum mantegazzianum has been in the news recently but what is Heracleum mantegazzianum?

 

[TheEdge]

Is that where they found the little fossilised tortoise looking for somewhere to lay her eggs?

 

[DaleCooper]

Heracleum mantegazzianum has been in the news recently but what is Heracleum mantegazzianum?

Giant Hogweed.

 

[Efini92]

Giant Hogweed.

Yeah it is. Bloody nasty stuff

 

[Spamcan81]

Is that where they found the little fossilised tortoise looking for somewhere to lay her eggs?

I think that was Herculaneam.

 

[Spamcan81]

Giant Hogweed.

Correct. Disposal of the invasive plant is yours.

 

[DaleCooper]

Correct. Disposal of the invasive plant is yours.

Thanks.
I only know that because of the Genesis song "The Return of the Giant Hogweed" on their album Nursery Cryme. Somehow Peter Gabriel managed to crowbar "Heracleum mantegazzianum" into the lyrics.

Next question:

Which Stephen King short story is set in a London area/suburb/district (I'm not sure of the correct terminology)?

 

[DaleCooper]

Which Stephen King short story is set in a London area/suburb/district (I'm not sure of the correct terminology)?

Hint;

The name of this area in North London is also the title of the short story. It doesn't have a station but the nearest stations are all operated by Great Northern.

 

[DaleCooper]

Oh well, it looks like there are no Stephen King fans among you, the answer is Crouch End. Open floor...

 

[xotGD]

If I may...

Name a city in England whose name only includes letters from the second half of the alphabet.

 

[Gloster]

Truro.

 

[xotGD]

Truro.

Well that was quick!

Your floor...

 

[Gloster]

Probably a fairly easy one. Where would you (normally) find the Resolute Desk?

 

[Efini92]

Probably a fairly easy one. Where would you (normally) find the Resolute Desk?

The White House

 

[Gloster]

The White House

Correct: normally in the Oval Office.

Your turn to provide the next clue for us to (re)solve.

 

[Efini92]

Correct: normally in the Oval Office.

Your turn to provide the next clue for us to (re)solve.

Sticking with the resolute desk,

Which president was the desk a gift to? And whom gifted it?

 

[xotGD]

Churchill to Franklin D. Roosevelt

 

[Efini92]

Churchill to Franklin D. Roosevelt

It wasn’t Churchill or Roosevelt

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Queen Victoria to Rutherford Heyes

 

[Efini92]

Queen Victoria to Rutherford Heyes

It was indeed a present from queen Victoria to Rutherford B. Hayes.

Over to you

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Traveling back to Blighty today so can’t monitor- open floor please

 

[yoyothehobo]

If i went to Saint-Rose, then Saint-Joseph, then Saint-Martin what country would i go to next and why (and where in particular if you know)?

 

[Gloster]

France (Reunion)?

 

[yoyothehobo]

France (Reunion)?

two of those places are in Reunion, one isnt. All are French.

The country i am looking for is not French.

 

[TheEdge]

Finland? The most northerly point of the EU?

 

[Gloster]

England, from the Channel Islands, as you are heading north?

 

[yoyothehobo]

Finland? The most northerly point of the EU?

Correct, the other three represent the most easterly and southerly (reunion) and westerly (saint martin) points of the EU.

The floor is yours

 

[TheEdge]

I don't like open flooring but I really shan't be able to check for the rest of the evening or tomorrow so open floor