General Knowledge Quiz

[43172]

Heidegger?

I'm afraid not

Socrates ?

Is the correct answer (even though he was offside). The trophy is yours to set the next question

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Socrates was permanently pissed though!

 

[444045]

Thank you very much, not going to be around for next few days so Open Floor please

 

[MotCO]

If I may.

What is the link between the following:

• A broad measure of money supply
• A coupe
• The Prince of Wales Bridge
• A Sherman tank

 

[43172]

M4?

 

[MotCO]

M4?

It is indeed.

M4 is one of the broad measures of money supply used by economists, BMW make the M4 coupe, the Prince of Wales Bridge is the new Severn crossing on the M4, and the Sherman tank was model M4.

Your turn to take to the highway.

 

[43172]

I was only going by the tank. I'll let someone else take the wheel and declare open floor.

 

[Spamcan81]

What connects Schlageter, Grünherz and Pik As?

 

[xotGD]

What connects Schlageter, Grünherz and Pik As?

An Autobahn?

 

[yoyothehobo]

They all played cards together. I dont know

My standard answer at pub quizzes when i dont know is normally Shergar, Francis Bacon or Lord Byron so one of them.

 

[DaleCooper]

What connects Schlageter, Grünherz and Pik As?

A USB cable.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Playing cards? Pik As = ace of spades??? Herz = hearts???

 

[Spamcan81]

An Autobahn?

They all played cards together. I dont know

My standard answer at pub quizzes when i dont know is normally Shergar, Francis Bacon or Lord Byron so one of them.

A USB cable.

Playing cards? Pik As = ace of spades??? Herz = hearts???

All wrong I'm afraid. On a pub crawl of Brighton tomorrow but I'll try and remember to check in to see how things are going.

 

[Peterthegreat]

The Luftwaffe?

 

[Spamcan81]

The Luftwaffe?

Very warm but what specifically about the Luftwaffe?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

They were all types of radio equipment used on their planes?

 

[MotCO]

Were they different versions of the German answer to our radar?

 

[yoyothehobo]

were they all Luftwaffe fighter Aces?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Planes?

 

[Spamcan81]

They were all types of radio equipment used on their planes?

Were they different versions of the German answer to our radar?

were they all Luftwaffe fighter Aces?

Planes?

None of the above. It is to do with the WW2 Luftwaffe but I'm looking for the specific connection between the three names.

 

[Greenheart]

Airlift operation names? Stalingrad etc?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Were they all shot down by the same Allied fighter pilot or did they all shoot down the same Allied fighter pilot?

 

[Spamcan81]

Airlift operation names? Stalingrad etc?

Were they all shot down by the same Allied fighter pilot or did they all shoot down the same Allied fighter pilot?

Neither.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Were they examples of nose art on the aircraft?

This practice was not unique to the UK and USA... and one of the items mentioned in an earlier post ( Ace of Spades ) sounds exactly like the sort of thing a pilot might have painted on his aircraft?

 

[Spamcan81]

Were they examples of nose art on the aircraft?

This practice was not unique to the UK and USA... and one of the items mentioned in an earlier post ( Ace of Spades ) sounds exactly like the sort of thing a pilot might have painted on his aircraft?

Nope. I'm trying to think of a clue that doesn't give the game away immediately.

 

[yoyothehobo]

Are they nicknames or names of different fighter wings?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

I confess that I have asked Mr W Pedia for his help with this, and he's given me what I think is the correct answer. However, I'll hold of saying what I think it is unless Spamcan81 is happy for me to do so.

 

[Spamcan81]

Are they nicknames or names of different fighter wings?

Got it. WW2 Luftwaffe Jagdgeschwadern.
Schlageter was the name given to Jagdgeschwader 26. Named after Albert Leo Schlageter, WW1 veteran and seen as a national hero by the Nazis for his participation in anti Bolshevik campaigns sabotage of French infrastructure in the occupied Ruhrland - for which he was elected executed by the French.
Grünherz was the name given to Jagdgeschwader 52. Named after its emblem of a green heart.
Pik-As was the name given to Jagdgeschwader 53. Named after its emblem of the Ace of Spades.
The joystick is yours.

 

[Gloster]

Got it. WW2 Luftwaffe Jagdgeschwadern.
Schlageter was the name given to Jagdgeschwader 26. Named after Albert Leo Schlageter, WW1 veteran and seen as a national hero by the Nazis for his participation in anti Bolshevik campaigns sabotage of French infrastructure in the occupied Ruhrland - for which he was elected by the French.
Grünherz was the name given to Jagdgeschwader 52. Named after its emblem of a green heart.
Pik-As was the name given to Jagdgeschwader 53. Named after its emblem of the aAce of Spades.
The joystick is yours.

Methinks it should be executed, rather than elected, by the French.

 

[Spamcan81]

I confess that I have asked Mr W Pedia for his help with this, and he's given me what I think is the correct answer. However, I'll hold of saying what I think it is unless Spamcan81 is happy for me to do so.

yoyothehobo got it. Was your answer going to be similar?

Methinks it should be executed, rather than elected, by the French.

Quite so but that's blasted auto correct for you.