General Knowledge Quiz

[DaleCooper]

M

 

[Gloster]

The Saint?

Sorry, no.

M

Correct. Both Bernard Lee (Sergeant Paine) and Robert Brown (uncredited Military Policeman) later played M in the Bond films, with the latter succeeding the former. Geoffrey Keen was also in both The Third Man and Bond, but not as M.

 

[DaleCooper]

Correct. Both Bernard Lee (Sergeant Paine) and Robert Brown (uncredited Military Policeman) later played M in the Bond films, with the latter succeeding the former. Geoffrey Keen was also in both The Third Man and Bond, but not as M.

Thank you.

Next question:

With which navy did the frigate F47 Dodsworth serve?

 

[MotCO]

Royal Australian Navy Service?

 

[millemille]

Thank you.

Next question:

With which navy did the frigate F47 Dodsworth serve?

We've sold some decommissioned warships to various south American countries over the years and Uruguay were very helpful to us during the Falklands conflict, so I'll guess Uruguay?

 

[DaleCooper]

Royal Australian Navy Service?

No

We've sold some decommissioned warships to various south American countries over the years and Uruguay were very helpful to us during the Falklands conflict, so I'll guess Uruguay?

Close but no cigar.

Of course we also sold Type 42 Destroyers to Argentina who weren't quite so helpful.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Brazil,?

 

[DaleCooper]

Brazil,?

Yes, formerly HMS Brilliant. It was named after a Brazilian admiral I believe, your turn...

 

[Peterthegreat]

That was a good guess. Dodsworrh doesn't sound Portuguese.

Where would you find the "Port of the Moon"? (English translation).

 

[GRALISTAIR]

So that's why you asked about it.

On to the next question! An Arrhenius plot tells us what, exactly?

It is something to do with chemistry, but I can't remember exactly what.

That's right, it's to do with kinetics.

Rate of reaction vs temperature

That is correct! Your turn to come up with a question.

I am disappointed I missed this. It was my project/dissertation for my first degree. I synthesized triphenylmethane dyes and measured the rate of hydrolysis at 5 different temperatures and did Arrhenius plots.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

That was a good guess. Dodsworrh doesn't sound Portuguese.

Where would you find the "Port of the Moon"? (English translation).

Is it somewhere in France?

 

[Chrysalis]

I am disappointed I missed this. It was my project/dissertation for my first degree. I synthesized triphenylmethane dyes and measured the rate of hydrolysis at 5 different temperatures and did Arrhenius plots.

Ah, a fellow scientist. I hated everything to do with kinetics when we did chemistry at uni. Needless to say I chose not to pursue chemistry further than what was mandatory.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Is it somewhere in France?

It is. Port de la Lune. A bit more precise though please.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

So something to do with the moon. Islam is a lunar god religion so I will guess Marseille?

 

[Peterthegreat]

So something to do with the moon. Islam is a lunar god religion so I will guess Marseille?

Not Marseille. It was formerly an English possession.

 

[341o2]

Bordeaux, because as the Garrone passes through the city, it is the shape of a crescent moon

 

[Peterthegreat]

Bordeaux, because as the Garrone passes through the city, it is the shape of a crescent moon

Correct. Your turn to set the next question.

 

[341o2]

Staying with France, how are children supposed to receive their Easter eggs and other presents?

 

[DaleCooper]

Staying with France, how are children supposed to receive their Easter eggs and other presents?

Gratefully

 

[341o2]

I'll rephrase the question, by what means?

 

[Peterthegreat]

They 'hunt' for them.

 

[341o2]

You can't hunt for something which hasn't arrived yet. The Easter bunny is largely absent in the French version, when the eggs and other presents have been "delivered", an announcement is made which tells the children to start the Easter Egg hunt

 

[DaleCooper]

Staying with France, how are children supposed to receive their Easter eggs and other presents?

Wrapped in fancy paper secured with sellotape and/or ribbon with a card attached to show who the present is from.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

In church at the feet of the statue of the Virgin?

 

[xotGD]

In a dead drop from a CIA agent?

 

[Gloster]

In a bush?

 

[341o2]

In church at the feet of the statue of the Virgin?

you are on the right track regarding something found in a church, which according to legend, is supposed to deliver Easter eggs and other presents.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Church bells.

 

[341o2]

Is the right answer

Les cloches de Pâques, Pâques refers to the passion of Christ. According to legend, they do not sound from Good Friday until Easter Sunday, because they are no longer there. They have flown to Rome to be blessed by the Pope, and return with Easter eggs and other presents, which are deposited in gardens as they pass by.
Often, a family member will call out "Les cloches sont passes" as a signal for the children to begin the Easter egg hunt.

Your floor

 

[Peterthegreat]

Geoff Boycott had 16 different opening partners in test cricket. With whom did he open the most times?