General Knowledge Quiz

[Gloster]

Johnny Holliday?

For Johnny Hallyday to have been a major cultural figure by October 1963 would have been quite a feat as he would only have been 19: he died in 2017. So, no.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

For Johnny Hallyday to have been a major cultural figure by October 1963 would have been quite a feat as he would only have been 19: he died in 2017. So, no.

That was a very large straw being clutched ... thanks!

 

[Gloster]

Well, I will give a cryptic clue:

He was not a twin.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Jean Cocteau.

 

[Gloster]

Jean Cocteau.

Correct. Your turn to design the next question.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Who is Colonel-in-Chief of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshire)?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Princess Anne?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Princess Anne?

Sorry not Anne.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Is it too obvious from the regimental name?

The Princess of Wales?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Is it too obvious from the regimental name?

The Princess of Wales?

I'm afraid it is too obvious. Not the Princrss I'm afraid.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

What about His Majesty King Charles III then...?

 

[Peterthegreat]

What about His Majesty King Charles III then...?

Sorry not him either.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

I'll give it one more try before giving up.

HRH The Prince of Wales?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Time for a clue.
The person concerned is a European head of state.

 

[Peterthegreat]

I'll give it one more try before giving up.

HRH The Prince of Wales?

Sorry. Missed that one. Unfortunately not him.

 

[yoyothehobo]

The Prince of Liechtenstein

 

[DaleCooper]

Time for a clue.
The person concerned is a European head of state.

Vladimir Putin

 

[Gloster]

The Dutch King?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Who is Colonel-in-Chief of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshire)?

Time for a clue.

The person concerned is a European head of state.

Vladimir Putin

Reckon that we'd never hear the end of it, if that was the correct answer!

 

[D6130]

Queen Margarethe II of Denmark?

 

[Peterthegreat]

The Prince of Liechtenstein

Sorry.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Vladimir Putin

Surprisingly not.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Not

The Dutch King?

Not him either!

 

[Peterthegreat]

Queen Margarethe II of Denmark?

Indeed it is! Your turn to take the salute.

 

[D6130]

Indeed it is! Your turn to take the salute.

Thanks. Next up:

Name the actors who played Dr Finlay, Dr Cameron and Janet in the original 1960s BBC TV series 'Dr Finlay's Casebook'.

 

[Welshman]

Ah - Arden House in Tannochbrae!

Andrew Cruikshank played Dr Cameron
Bill Simpson, Dr Finlay
& Barbara Mullen, Janet.

 

[D6130]

Andrew Cruikshank played Dr Cameron
Bill Simpson, Dr Finlay
& Barbara Mullen, Janet.

Correct. Your turn to administer the needle!

 

[Welshman]

Thank you. You'll be having a wee dram before you go?

Who said:-
"The harpsicord - the sound of two skeletons copulating on a tin roof in a thunderstorm"?

 

[Gloster]

Thank you. You'll be having a wee dram before you go?

Who said:-
"The harpsicord - the sound of two skeletons copulating on a tin roof in a thunderstorm"?

Sir Thomas Beecham. (I nearly said Sir Malcolm Sargent: then I remembered which was Flash Harry, I think.)

 

[Welshman]

Yes. Beecham it was.
Please set the next one, and keep on taking the powders.