General Knowledge Quiz

[Calthrop]

Port Vila,

An easy one, for i have been there!

@yoyothehobo : you win / vous etes le vainqueur (Vanuatu having been pre-independence, a joint British / French territory).

Yours to set the next question.

 

[yoyothehobo]

A vexing question for you all now.

Which national flag has the most colours on it.

 

[MotCO]

Barbados?

 

[yoyothehobo]

Barbados?

Nope, only 3 colours on that flag

 

[Greenheart]

Mexico?

 

[yoyothehobo]

Mexico?

Nope

 

[MotCO]

Zimbabwe?

 

[yoyothehobo]

Zimbabwe?

Afraid not

 

[Spamcan81]

Colombia?

 

[yoyothehobo]

Colombia?

Nope

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Pretty sure it is a recent one.
Pretty sure it is a former British Colony.
Pretty sure it has something crazy like 10 colors on it.
I think it is Belize.

 

[yoyothehobo]

Pretty sure it is a recent one.
Pretty sure it is a former British Colony.
Pretty sure it has something crazy like 10 colors on it.
I think it is Belize.

It is the correct answer. Your turn to set the question

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Really sorry about this - but going away for weekend in a few moments. So Open Floor please.

 

[DaleCooper]

Really sorry about this - but going away for weekend in a few moments. So Open Floor please.

Next question:

What do the following have in common (according to Wikipedia)?

Joseph Merrick ("The Elephant Man")
Rupert Brooke (Poet)
Ghazi ibn Faisal (former King of Iraq)
Jade Goody (TV Personality)
Anton Yelchin (Star Trek's Chekov)
Christian Benítez (Footballer)
Benjamin Keough (Elvis Presley's grandson)

 

[MotCO]

They've all got more toes than usual (or less)?

 

[DaleCooper]

They've all got more toes than usual (or less)?

Not according to my edition of Wikipedia.

 

[DaleCooper]

Next question:

What do the following have in common (according to Wikipedia)?

Joseph Merrick ("The Elephant Man")
Rupert Brooke (Poet)
Ghazi ibn Faisal (former King of Iraq)
Jade Goody (TV Personality)
Anton Yelchin (Star Trek's Chekov)
Christian Benítez (Footballer)
Benjamin Keough (Elvis Presley's grandson)

...plus Amy Winehouse

 

[Peterthegreat]

They're all dead.

 

[petergb]

They all died aged 27?

 

[Calthrop]

Same Zodiac birth-sign for all of them?

 

[DaleCooper]

They're all dead.

A bit more detail needed, see below.

They all died aged 27?

Yes, they're all members of the "27 Club" along with Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain among others. Your turn...

 

[DaleCooper]

Same Zodiac birth-sign for all of them?

No, see above.

 

[petergb]

OK, let's try a musical one...

There's something which connects early John Otway, with early Pink Floyd.

Now, what could that possibly be?

 

[Gloster]

OK, let's try a musical one...

There's something which connects early John Otway, with early Pink Floyd.

Now, what could that possibly be?

Barrett: Wild Willy and Sid.

 

[petergb]

I'll give it to you because you're so close - I was actually after the name "Roger Barrett"
Roger John Barrett aka Wild Willy
Roger Keith Barrett aka Syd

Over to you!

 

[Gloster]

What song includes references to two European paramilitary organisations, an African political party (and former freedom fighters group) and a musical paper?

 

[xotGD]

We Didn’t Start the Fire

 

[DaleCooper]

We Didn’t Start the Fire

What song includes references to two European paramilitary organisations, an African political party (and former freedom fighters group) and a musical paper?

Your move.

 

[Gloster]

We Didn’t Start the Fire

Sorry, wrong. It is a UK song. (And that is a clue.)

 

[Gloster]

It is so much of a UK song that UK is in the title.