General Knowledge Quiz

[Peterthegreat]

Margaret Anne Lake is better known by which name?

 

[Ashley Hill]

I predict that she is Mystic Meg.

 

[Peterthegreat]

I predict that she is Mystic Meg.

Your Crystal Ball is correct. Your turn.

 

[Ashley Hill]

On a similar theme,who was born Rita Maria Crudgington?

 

[Steddenm]

On a similar theme,who was born Rita Maria Crudgington?

Cheryl Baker?

 

[Ashley Hill]

Cheryl Baker?

Well,clearly you've made your mind up. The Bucks Fizz is yours!

 

[Steddenm]

Staying on this theme who is Gina Mary Gardiner professionally known as?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Gina G?

Or is that going to get my the Alan Davies on QI stating the obvious klaxon?!

 

[Steddenm]

Gina G?

Or is that going to get my the Alan Davies on QI stating the obvious klaxon?!

Nope, you are right! Well done, now it's time for Ooh Aah Just A Little Bit from you!

 

[SuspectUsual]

Hope this makes sense…..

There are five letters that can be rearranged to produce 11 words that are permissible in Scrabble.

There are five letters that can be rearranged to produce 10 words that are permissible in Scrabble.

For clarity, some individual letters appear in both.

Name any of the 21 words

 

[DaleCooper]

Hope this makes sense…..

There are five letters that can be rearranged to produce 11 words that are permissible in Scrabble.

There are five letters that can be rearranged to produce 10 words that are permissible in Scrabble.

For clarity, some individual letters appear in both.

Name any of the 21 words

Large?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Large?

Sorry not that

 

[xotGD]

Darts

 

[DaleCooper]

Stale?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Stale?

Yes, well done

The full list is:

apers
apres
asper
pares
parse
pears
presa
rapes
reaps
spare
spear

least
setal
slate
stale
steal
stela
taels
tales
teals
tesla

Your turn with the dictionary

 

[DaleCooper]

Yes, well done

The full list is:

apers
apres
asper
pares
parse
pears
presa
rapes
reaps
spare
spear

least
setal
slate
stale
steal
stela
taels
tales
teals
tesla

Your turn with the dictionary

Good question, thank you.

Next question:

What is (allegedly) London's smallest public sculpture?

 

[Neo9320]

Is it a cathedral mouse sculpture in Westminster abbey or somewhere like that? Or am I getting confused with somewhere else?

 

[DaleCooper]

Is it a cathedral mouse sculpture in Westminster abbey or somewhere like that? Or am I getting confused with somewhere else?

That's not it but in one respect you're getting warm.

 

[Gloster]

Have they got a statue of Cuneo’s mouse at Waterloo?

 

[yoyothehobo]

is it of Boris Johnsons integrity?

 

[DaleCooper]

Have they got a statue of Cuneo’s mouse at Waterloo?

Not that I'm aware of.

is it of Boris Johnsons integrity?

No, it represents a real thing or things not an imaginary concept.

 

[xotGD]

Dick Wittington's cat?

 

[DaleCooper]

Dick Wittington's cat?

No, wrong animal.

 

[341o2]

Two mice near the junction of Philpot Lane and Eastcheap

 

[DaleCooper]

Two mice near the junction of Philpot Lane and Eastcheap

Don't forget the cheese, your turn...

 

[341o2]

Thanks, staying with London, what can you find in Chancery Lane dating from 1719?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Thanks, staying with London, what can you find in Chancery Lane dating from 1719?

Coffee shop?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Masonic Temple?

 

[Neo9320]

London’s first sewer?

 

[DerekC]

Would it be the lawyers' tailors near the bottom - Ede and Ravenscroft? They have been there for an unbelievably long time! (I used to walk that way a couple of times a week).