General Knowledge Quiz

[D6130]

Happiness of their inhabitants?

 

[Gloster]

Highest capitals?

 

[yoyothehobo]

Highest capitals?

Close, but not quite

 

[Calthrop]

Each containing the highest human settlement of respective continent?

 

[yoyothehobo]

Each containing the highest human settlement of respective continent?

Nope.

Though it is to do with elevation.

 

[D6130]

They have the highest inhabited settlement in each continent?

 

[yoyothehobo]

They have the highest inhabited settlement in each continent?

Nope

 

[DaleCooper]

Nope.

Though it is to do with elevation.

The highest average elevation above sea level?

 

[Strat-tastic]

The steepest hill.

On second thoughts that's probably silly (cliffs!) but I will leave it in.

 

[MotCO]

The highest 'low point' in a country on each continent?

 

[xotGD]

The lowest low point (below sea level)?

 

[yoyothehobo]

The highest average elevation above sea level?

That is correct. Your floor

 

[DaleCooper]

That is correct. Your floor

Thank you.

Next question:

How big is a barn?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Next question:

How big is a barn?

You talking about the sub-atomic unit of area measurement? If so, it's not very big!

 

[DaleCooper]

You talking about the sub-atomic unit of area measurement? If so, it's not very big!

It's actually 1e-28 m^2 (approx. the cross sectional area of a uranium nucleus) but you got the important bit so it's your turn...

Even smaller units of area are the outhouse and the shed.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Which was the last senior football club in the Scottish League to have a set of floodlights installed?

 

[D6130]

Berwick Rangers?

 

[xotGD]

I'm thinking whichever moved to a new stadium most recently. Livingston?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Berwick Rangers?

No, not them. Been floodlights at Shielfield Park since 1972.

 

[D6130]

Brechin City?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

I'm thinking whichever moved to a new stadium most recently. Livingston?

No, Livingston were effectively a continuation/renaming of Meadowbank Thistle, who had use of floodlights at Meadowbank Stadium when they first entered the Scottish League in 1974.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Brechin City?

No, not them. Floodlights were installed at Glebe Park in 1977.

 

[D6130]

Stranraer?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Stranraer?

Is the right answer. The South West Scotland based outfit didn't have floodlights installed at Stair Park until the summer of 1981. Would have meant early afternoon KOs during the winter months before then.

@D6130. You're the shining light!

Next question, please!

 

[D6130]

Is the right answer. The South West Scotland based outfit didn't have floodlights installed at Stair Park until the summer of 1981. Would have meant early afternoon KOs during the winter months before then.

TBH, most of their home games would have been early afternoon kick-offs at that time, as the manager and entire first team lived in the Glasgow area....therefore they had a 200 mile round-trip coach journey for a supposedly 'home' game!

@D6130. You're the shining light!

Thanks! Staying in the same area, which noted naval officer and Antarctic explorer was born in a village near Stranraer and was eventually seconded to the Swedish navy, as well as becoming British Consul in Stockholm?

 

[martinsh]

Is the right answer. The South West Scotland based outfit didn't have floodlights installed at Stair Park until the summer of 1981. Would have meant early afternoon KOs during the winter months before then.

@D6130. You're the shining light!

Next question, please!

Aren't Bonnyrigg Rose now in the Scottish League ? Their floodlights weren't installed until about 3 years ago !

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Aren't Bonnyrigg Rose now in the Scottish League ? Their floodlights weren't installed until about 3 years ago !

That's as may be, but they weren't in the Scottish League at the time.

 

[DaleCooper]

Thanks! Staying in the same area, which noted naval officer and Antarctic explorer was born in a village near Stranraer and was eventually seconded to the Swedish navy, as well as becoming British Consul in Stockholm?

Captain Scott? (He's the only one I know)

Edit: Oh dear, he was famous for dying so there was no "eventually", was there?

 

[MotCO]

Amundsen? (Thinking outside the box!)

 

[htafc]

Amundsen? (Thinking outside the box!)

Believe it or not I had the same thought. Doubt it's right though...