General Knowledge Quiz

[yoyothehobo]

Charlton?

Charlton is the correct answer at 1.9km from London City Airport

 

[SuspectUsual]

Open floor please

 

[DaleCooper]

Open floor please

If I may.

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6 turning, 4 burning - what is it?

 

[xotGD]

An unsuccessful barbecue?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

If I may.

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6 turning, 4 burning - what is it?

An unsuccessful barbecue?

Brilliant!

 

[Gloster]

A moderately successful bonfire of heretics?

 

[yoyothehobo]

The B-36 i believe, 6 propellors and 4 jet engines

 

[DaleCooper]

An unsuccessful barbecue?

A moderately successful bonfire of heretics?

The B-36 i believe, 6 propellors and 4 jet engines

Not as funny as the two above but a lot more accurate. It is the Convair B-36 Peacemaker, your turn...

 

[millemille]

If I may.

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6 turning, 4 burning - what is it?

Or, as I am told by a relative who was in the RAF. 4 turning, 1 feathered, 1 overheating, 4 working very hard to keep it in the air...

 

[DaleCooper]

The B-36 i believe, 6 propellors and 4 jet engines

Not as funny as the two above but a lot more accurate. It is the Convair B-36 Peacemaker, your turn...

Have you got a question for us?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Have you got a question for us?

Doesn’t look like it, does it?

 

[Ashley Hill]

If I may,an easy one to keep us going.
Who replaced Siobhan Fahey when she left Bananarama?

 

[Whistler40145]

Jacquie O’Sullivan

 

[Ashley Hill]

Jacquie O’Sullivan

Correct. She left after a short while later saying she felt like an outsider and never part of the group.
Your turn to peel a banana!

 

[Whistler40145]

Which city has the most Skyscrapers?

 

[Gloster]

Which city has the most Skyscrapers?

Singapore?

 

[Ashley Hill]

Dubai?

 

[Whistler40145]

Singapore?

Neither

 

[DaleCooper]

Which city has the most Skyscrapers?

Glasgow

 

[Whistler40145]

Glasgow

Not in the UK

 

[Peterthegreat]

Hong Kong

 

[Whistler40145]

Hong Kong

Correct

 

[Peterthegreat]

Richard of Cornwall beat Alfonso X by 4 votes to 3 to become what?

 

[Gloster]

Holy Roman Emperor?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Holy Roman Emperor?

Very close. He most probably would have been except it was during the period of the Great Interregnum when there was no Holy Roman Emperor.

 

[MotCO]

Pope?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Pope?

No not the Pope.

 

[DaleCooper]

Doge of Venice

 

[Peterthegreat]

Doge of Venice

Sorry not that role.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

King of Germany.