General Knowledge Quiz

[43172]

Iceland and New Zealand?

 

[Loppylugs]

Java

New Guinea

Not Java but New Guinea is number two.

Is that one off northwest Greenland one? Ellesmere Island?

Afraid not.

 

[Loppylugs]

Iceland and New Zealand?

Neither of those.

 

[Calthrop]

No. 3 -- Sumatra?

 

[Loppylugs]

No. 3 -- Sumatra?

Sixth largest @Calthrop but very close geographically.

 

[Calthrop]

Sixth largest @Calthrop but very close geographically.

Dear Lord -- Borneo, which I'd quite forgotten ! (Never very big on the railway scene -- or that's my excuse.)

 

[alistairlees]

Baffin Island must be one of them?

 

[Loppylugs]

Baffin Island must be one of them?

Very good effort......it's actually fifth largest.

Dear Lord -- Borneo, which I'd quite forgotten ! (Never very big on the railway scene -- or that's my excuse.)

You have it now! Number three.

So we have three contenders:

@DaleCooper @xotGD @Calthrop

You can either sort it out between you guys or go for a tie-break:

We have had fifth and sixth largest, Great Britain is eighth, so what is number 7 ?

 

[Calthrop]

So we have three contenders:

@DaleCooper @xotGD @Calthrop

You can either sort it out between you guys or go for a tie-break:

We have had fifth and sixth largest, Great Britain is eighth, so what is number 7 ?

I'll stand down -- @Loppylugs, you all-but had to tell me No. 3 !

 

[DaleCooper]

Very good effort......it's actually fifth largest.


You have it now! Number three.

So we have three contenders:

@DaleCooper @xotGD @Calthrop

You can either sort it out between you guys or go for a tie-break:

We have had fifth and sixth largest, Great Britain is eighth, so what is number 7 ?

Honshu?

 

[Loppylugs]

Honshu?

Honshu is no.7. Pleased you got that 'cos I now have to go out tonight. All yours.

 

[DaleCooper]

Honshu is no.7. Pleased you got that 'cos I now have to go out tonight. All yours.

Thank you.

Next question:

Where and when is the first nuclear fission reaction (on Earth) believed to have occurred?

 

[TheEdge]

Oklo reactor, many many many millions, if not possibly billions of years ago.

 

[DaleCooper]

Oklo reactor, many many many millions, if not possibly billions of years ago.

Yes, about 2 billion years ago (on a Wednesday). Your turn...

Meet Oklo, the Earth’s Two-billion-year-old only Known Natural Nuclear Reactor

 

[Calthrop]

@Calthrop I'm sure we had a similar question not long ago to which the answer was The White Knight. I remember quoting the number of the A3 loco 60077. As for earning a crust, I rob the occasional bank, just as a hobby you understand.

(Not a question or answer -- just, about a question earlier today -- yes; looking back, about a year ago I set one: describing an assortment of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear characters, and inviting identifications -- one of those was indeed, the White Knight from Through the Looking-Glass. It looks as though I need to give a rest to setting questions with Carroll / Lear themes ...)

 

[TheEdge]

Yes, about 2 billion years ago (on a Wednesday). Your turn...

Meet Oklo, the Earth’s Two-billion-year-old only Known Natural Nuclear Reactor

I'm sorry for snapping it up but I did use it as an answer many moons ago on this very same quiz.

Lets keep it geological. What are the fossils that actually make up the fossil fuels we know and love?

 

[xotGD]

Coal is the remains of trees. Oil and gas is the remains of marine organisms.

 

[TheEdge]

Correct, your well.

 

[TheEdge]

I suspect it's probably time for someone else to ask a question...

 

[DaleCooper]

I suspect it's probably time for someone else to ask a question...

I'll have a go.

Next question:

Who is the blind idiot god?

 

[TheEdge]

Grant Shapps?

 

[xotGD]

Sorry, I completely failed to notice that it was my turn.

Hanuman?

 

[DaleCooper]

Grant Shapps?

Sorry, I completely failed to notice that it was my turn.

Hanuman?

Neither of those.

 

[Neo9320]

Bacchus/Dionysus?

 

[Steddenm]

They are a US instrumental rock group who have featured on a member of film soundtracks and who recorded the original pilot theme for the Big Bang Theory, however the theme was then rewritten for the series and performed by the Barenaked Ladies.

 

[DaleCooper]

Bacchus/Dionysus?

No

They are a US instrumental rock group who have featured on a member of film soundtracks and who recorded the original pilot theme for the Big Bang Theory, however the theme was then rewritten for the series and performed by the Barenaked Ladies.

The question is "Who is the blind idiot god?" not "Who are Blind Idiot God?".

 

[341o2]

Must be Boris Johnson

 

[DaleCooper]

Must be Boris Johnson

He is certainly not a god and despite his many faults he's neither blind nor an idiot.

 

[DaleCooper]

Who is the blind idiot god?

Hint:

It's a character created by a well known science fiction/horror/fantasy author.

 

[43172]

Big Brother?