General Knowledge Quiz

[444045]

Lucinda ?

 

[Loppylugs]

Time to give the answer as it is not a usual name. It is Leigh which was her mother's maiden name. Open floor.

 

[CarltonA]

Open floor.

In which country would you have been able to make purchases with Stotins prior to 2007?

 

[MotCO]

In which country would you have been able to make purchases with Stotins prior to 2007?

Albania?

 

[CarltonA]

Albania?

No, Albania uses the Lek.

 

[DaleCooper]

In which country would you have been able to make purchases with Stotins prior to 2007?

Estonia?

 

[CarltonA]

Estonia?

No, that was the Kroon/Senti. I've made this slightly difficult as 100 Stotins = "a larger currency unit".

 

[yoyothehobo]

my guess is a country which joined the euro in 2007.

Slovenia i think joined in 2007

 

[CarltonA]

my guess is a country which joined the euro in 2007.

Slovenia i think joined in 2007

That is the correct country. There were 100 Stotins to the Tolar in Slovenia before adopting the Euro. Your turn to coin a question.

 

[yoyothehobo]

What numbers 214, of which 978 is the greatest of these and 290 the least.

 

[MotCO]

What numbers 214, of which 978 is the greatest of these and 290 the least.

The number of islands off the coast if somewhere - Canada?

 

[yoyothehobo]

The number of islands off the coast if somewhere - Canada?

nope, closer to home

 

[xotGD]

Class 08 shunters still mainline registered?

 

[yoyothehobo]

Class 08 shunters still mainline registered?

Nope.

A further clue to help out is that the largest of these was donated to the national trust in 1919 as a war memorial

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Anything to do with hills and mountains in the Lakes? Scafell Pike is 978 metres above sea level and there are 214 so-called "Wainwright" tops and summits in and around the Lake District, collectively named after the somewhat grumpy fellwalker Alfred Wainwright. Maybe the 290 is the height above sea level in metres for the lowest of the various peaks.

 

[yoyothehobo]

Anything to do with hills and mountains in the Lakes? Scafell Pike is 978 metres above sea level and there are 214 so-called "Wainwright" tops and summits in and around the Lake District, collectively named after the somewhat grumpy fellwalker Alfred Wainwright. Maybe the 290 is the height above sea level in metres for the lowest of the various peaks.

You are correct, 290 is the height in metres of castle crag, the lowest of the Wainwright, 978 is Scafell Pike in metres and there are 214 wainwrights.

Your adventure....

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Staying with the British topographical theme, what's the generally acknowledged height in metres above sea level of the summit of Snowdon / Yr Wyddfa?

 

[MotCO]

Staying with the British topographical theme, what's the generally acknowledged height in metres above sea level of the summit of Snowdon / Yr Wyddfa?

970 m

 

[Mcr Warrior]

970 m

Nope. That would make it a lower hill than Scafell Pike.

 

[yoyothehobo]

1085m. Or thats what it says on the t shirt i am wearing at the mo

 

[Mcr Warrior]

1085m. Or thats what it says on the t shirt i am wearing at the mo

You are top of the class. Or top of the mountain, as the case may be!

Over to you for the next question.

 

[yoyothehobo]

Off to climb scafell, open mountain

 

[DaleCooper]

Off to climb scafell, open mountain

Next question:

In what field are Thévenin, Norton and Kirchhoff important names?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Next question:

In what field are Thévenin, Norton and Kirchhoff important names?

They are all involved in the field of electricity and electronics about current and voltage entering and leaving junctions.

 

[DaleCooper]

They are all involved in the field of electricity and electronics about current and voltage entering and leaving junctions.

Yes, they are theorems and laws in electrical circuit analysis. Your turn...

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Sorry traveling back to USA. Won’t be able to monitor. Open floor declared.

 

[xotGD]

Commander Arthur Bourne is a lead character in which TV series?

 

[444045]

My late grandmother used to watch this programme because of Phillip Latham who played Bourne, (also watched him in The Pallisers)

The Cedar Tree.

 

[xotGD]

My late grandmother used to watch this programme because of Phillip Latham who played Bourne, (also watched him in The Pallisers)

The Cedar Tree.

Correct! We are currently working our way through the DVD box set.

The floor is yours...

 

[444045]

Thank you......

Which player in the 1966 England World Cup squad played 1 county championship cricket match in 1962
and for which county please ?