General Knowledge Quiz

[yoyothehobo]

Honda Super Cub is the most produced motor vehicle, however i believe it comes second to the FLying Pigeon Bicycle

 

[DaleCooper]

A pushbike?

Yes but what model.

A trap

I'm avoiding that one.

That is what I thought, also been a pub quiz question, has the quiz master missed this post? Else the Honda 50(?) motor bike.

No

Hansom cab?

No

The car? (Not one particular type of road vehicle?)

The question asked for a particular model.

Honda Super Cub is the most produced motor vehicle, however i believe it comes second to the FLying Pigeon Bicycle

The Chinese Flying Pigeon is the answer, your turn...

 

[yoyothehobo]

Which company is the worlds largest manufacturer of Pianos?

 

[D6130]

Which company is the worlds largest manufacturer of Pianos?

Italy?

 

[WestAnglian]

China?

 

[DaleCooper]

Which company is the worlds largest manufacturer of Pianos?

Yamaha

 

[Greenheart]

Steinway?

 

[yoyothehobo]

Italy?

Not a Company

China?

Also not a company

Steinway?

Nope

Yamaha

Is the correct answer.

Your turn on the keys

 

[DaleCooper]

Your turn on the keys

Thank you.

Next question:

What is a sesquiplane?

 

[D6130]

Not a Company

Whoops! Another senior moment!

 

[Gloster]

Is it an aircraft with one pair of normal wings and one small of small ones set (usually?) above. A few were around in the 1920s, I think.

 

[DaleCooper]

Is it an aircraft with one pair of normal wings and one small of small ones set (usually?) above. A few were around in the 1920s, I think.

Yes it's half way between a monoplane and a biplane, your turn...

 

[Gloster]

In 1919 Ford opened its first factory outside the United States. Where?

 

[D6130]

Dagenham?

 

[150249]

I was going to say Dagenham but I will go for Manchester

 

[444045]

Southampton ?

 

[Gloster]

Dagenham?

I was going to say Dagenham but I will go for Manchester

Southampton ?

All wrong, I am afraid.

 

[Neo9320]

Was it fordlandia? The companies private town?

 

[Gloster]

Was it fordlandia? The companies private town?

No, that was in 1928 and seems only to have been as a source of rubber.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Manchester

 

[DerekC]

How about Canada - maybe Windsor, Ontario?

 

[Gloster]

Manchester

How about Canada - maybe Windsor, Ontario?

Still not correct. I will wait a bit before the first clue.

 

[DaleCooper]

Cologne (Köln)

 

[Peterthegreat]

Ireland?

 

[Gloster]

Cologne (Köln)

Wrong.

Ireland?

Please be more specific.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Wrong.


Please be more specific.

Cork? I believe the Ford Family originated from that area.

 

[Gloster]

Cork? I believe the Ford Family originated from that area.

Cork is correct. Ford’s father was born near Ballinascarthy, although the family had come from Somerset a couple of centuries before.

To you to assemble the next question.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Who wrote "The Parish Boy's Progress"?

 

[MotCO]

Was it part of Pilgrim's Progess, therefore Chaucer?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Was it part of Pilgrim's Progess, therefore Chaucer?

No it wasn't so not Chaucer.