General Knowledge Quiz

[htafc]

A cylindrical object displaying the face of President Nixon?

 

[DaleCooper]

I have a memory of reading somewhere of a device called a Nixie that is/was towed along behind ships to create decoy propellor sounds, or something like that?

That was the AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy. Good memory, wrong Nixie.

A cylindrical object displaying the face of President Nixon?

Surely the two faces of Nixon, nice try but wrong.

A neon type vacuum tube that can display digits 0-9?

That is correct, your turn...

 

[AndyPJG]

Thank you. No decent question to hand ATM, so Open Floor please.

 

[htafc]

Who won the 1997 Formula One World Drivers' Championship?

 

[43172]

Jacques Villeneuve?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

The famous Schumacher disqualified year

 

[htafc]

Jacques Villeneuve?

Correct! Your floor

 

[43172]

What is the SI unit of capacitance?

 

[MotCO]

Ohm?

 

[DaleCooper]

Farad

 

[43172]

Farad

You are correct, and may set the next question.

 

[DaleCooper]

You are correct, and may set the next question.

Thank you.

Next question:

With which football club are the following associated?

Sid and Doris Bonkers
Ron Knee
Baldy Pevsner
Wally Foot

 

[Gloster]

Neasden FC, although is one from their enemies Dollis Hill?

 

[DaleCooper]

Neasden FC, although is one from their enemies Dollis Hill?

All from Neasden as reported in Private Eye:

Sid and Doris Bonkers - Fans
Ron Knee - Manager
Baldy Pevsner - prolific scorer of own goals
Wally Foot - one legged goal minder

Your turn...

 

[Gloster]

What is a pingo?

 

[MotCO]

A dingo with a cold?

 

[Gloster]

A dingo with a cold?

No. (Do dingos get colds? Australia is supposed to be hot.)

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Really sorry I can’t be. More specific because I am on my 6th drink. But it is something to do with cold and glaciers.

 

[DaleCooper]

What is a pingo?

It's the instructions for creating the General Post Office logo.

 

[Gloster]

It's the instructions for creating the General Post Office logo. View attachment 122951

No. EDIT: It took me a while to get this!

Really sorry I can’t be. More specific because I am on my 6th drink. But it is something to do with cold and glaciers.

You are very much in the right area, but not close enough.

 

[SuspectUsual]

35 year old geography A level stuff and @GRALISTAIR has helped jog my mind a bit. They’re hills found in areas of permafrost that have ice inside them

 

[Gloster]

35 year old geography A level stuff and @GRALISTAIR has helped jog my mind a bit. They’re hills found in areas of permafrost that have ice inside them

Correct.

Your turn to unfreeze a question.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Who was Thomas Power O’Connor and what was he the only person to do?

 

[Gloster]

Was he an MP? The only MP to be elected for two constituencies at once?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Was he an MP? The only MP to be elected for two constituencies at once?

He was an MP, and he was elected for two constituencies at the same time, but I don't believe that was unique in itself. What was unique was related to where - and who - he represented. Any ideas?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Was he not an Irish Nationalist who represented an English constituency?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Was he not an Irish Nationalist who represented an English constituency?

Spot on. He represented the erstwhile constituency of Liverpool Scotland with its large Irish population.

Over to you

 

[Peterthegreat]

In which town did Bing Crosby make his final (singing) public performance?

 

[xotGD]

Halifax?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Halifax?

Nova Scotia or West Yorkshire?
However it wasn't either.