General Knowledge Quiz

[SuspectUsual]

Which football team have Mick Hucknall and Shakin Stevens both played for?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Melchester Rovers?

 

[Gloster]

Fulchester?

 

[DaleCooper]

The Variety Club

 

[SuspectUsual]

Fulchester?

Yes, Fulchester United of Viz fame

Your turn in the managerial hotseat

 

[Gloster]

Who was The Tough of the Track?

 

[DaleCooper]

Who was The Tough of the Track?

Alf Tupper

 

[Gloster]

Alf Tupper

You have correctly breasted the winning tape.

For you to fire the next starter’s pistol.

 

[DaleCooper]

You have correctly breasted the winning tape.

For you to fire the next starter’s pistol.

Thank you.

Next question:

What is the purpose of a crystal oven? ("Cooking crystals" isn't the required answer)

 

[xotGD]

Calorimetry?

 

[DaleCooper]

Calorimetry?

No, that's not it.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

I think that this basically a controlled temperature (and humidity iirc?) environment not necessarily an oven but could be a room/chamber. ( I have one at work for controlled curing of resins, coatings, concrete and grouts and paints) . It is for crystals ( used for frequency generation applications ) where a very precise frequency with almost zero variation is required.

 

[DaleCooper]

I think that this basically a controlled temperature (and humidity iirc?) environment not necessarily an oven but could be a room/chamber. ( I have one at work for controlled curing of resins, coatings, concrete and grouts and paints) . It is for crystals ( used for frequency generation applications ) where a very precise frequency with almost zero variation is required.

I had a feeling you would know. Yes, they are used to maintain a constant temperature for quartz crystal oscillators used in timing, signal generation, frequency measurement etc. Your turn...

 

[GRALISTAIR]

What are ALL elements on the periodic table with a symbol of only a single letter? I will start:

H = Hydrogen (1)

Brucie bonus for the atomic number.

 

[Peterthegreat]

C- Carbon 6
N- Nitrogen 7
O- Oxygen 8
U- Uranium 92

Not sure of the Atomic Numbers for these but
F- Fluorine
I - Iodine
K- Potassium
W - Tungsten

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Not a bad go fluorine is 9 iodine is 53 potassium is 19 tungsten is 74 - I count just 5 missing

 

[Mcr Warrior]

S is Sulfur / Sulphur. Atomic number 16.

 

[43172]

U for Uranium (92)

 

[GRALISTAIR]

U for Uranium (92)

correct but that has already been given

S is Sulfur / Sulphur. Atomic number 16.

Correct

 

[Peterthegreat]

B - Boron
P - Phosphorous

 

[xotGD]

V - Vanadium
Y - Yttrium

 

[GRALISTAIR]

B - Boron
P - Phosphorous

V - Vanadium
Y - Yttrium

Fantastic.

I declare that Peter the great is the W I N Ne R(h)

 

[Peterthegreat]

Ok let us stay with the elements.
Which element is named after a German town?

 

[Neo9320]

Darmstadtium?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Darmstadtium?

Correct. One of the newer elements. Over to you.

 

[Neo9320]

Correct. One of the newer elements. Over to you.

I read it on the side of my periodic table mug, so for the sake of fairness open floor please

 

[Steddenm]

As its an open floor... and it's Christmas...

Blue Peter a few years ago designed a Christmas ident (channel identifier) for BBC One from a competition winner, but an outtake was left in the final edit - what was the outtake and what item was involved?

 

[DaleCooper]

As its an open floor... and it's Christmas...

Blue Peter a few years ago designed a Christmas ident (channel identifier) for BBC One from a competition winner, but an outtake was left in the final edit - what was the outtake and what item was involved?

Was it this?

 

[xotGD]

A Banksy?

 

[Steddenm]

Was it this?
View attachment 125866

No wasn't that.

I'll give you a clue:
It is something you could have eaten at Christmas