General Knowledge Quiz

[Greenheart]

Going to be away for a bit so open floor please.

 

[DaleCooper]

Going to be away for a bit so open floor please.

I'll take it.

Next question:

Which reggae musician shares his name with a Disney character and had a UK hit single with a song about buying pork from a butcher.

 

[DaleCooper]

I'll take it.

Next question:

Which reggae musician shares his name with a Disney character and had a UK hit single with a song about buying pork from a butcher.

Hint:

If you can name five Disney characters this is probably among them.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Goofy?

 

[DaleCooper]

Goofy?

Sorry, you picked the wrong one.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Mickey Mouse?

 

[DaleCooper]

Mickey Mouse?

No, not him.

 

[444045]

Pluto ?

 

[DaleCooper]

Pluto ?

Did you know the song or just guess? Your turn...

 

[444045]

Totally honest answer - I guessed it.....

Will be away for afew days so OPEN FLOOR please....

 

[Calthrop]

If I may have a go --

Which country -- basically advanced and quite prominent on the general world stage -- did not (for various "reasons of state" which those in charge there, saw as valid) initiate / engage in television broadcasting, until 1976?

 

[RDP]

South Africa?

 

[DaleCooper]

Iceland

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Rhodesia now Zimbabwe?

 

[Calthrop]

South Africa?

South Africa it was. (A good number of more-affluent South Africans -- eager to watch the moon landing in summer 1969 -- went on holiday at that time, to more "televisually normal" countries.)

Over to you.

RE THE ABOVE

Sorry, everyone... some cause for worry that in my mid-70s, senile dementia may be overtaking me with dismaying rapidity. I set my question at 0723 this morning (Friday); RDP answered, correctly, at 0815: I promptly replied to him as above, acknowledging his correct answer -- or so I thought: it turns out that I typed the wording out, but failed to post it -- then was "out and about", away from computers, for the next ten hours. Have just realised that this is what happened -- so, apologies to all concerned. As above -- it was South Africa; as given by RDP; so RDP gets to set the next question.

Feeling that it's perhaps time for "the men in white coats in their plain van" to come along and take charge of me ...

 

[DaleCooper]

I typed the wording out, but failed to post it

Easily done.

 

[Calthrop]

Easily done.

Thanks for "absolution". I do seem to be having a bad week Internet-message-board-and-site-wise generally -- not solely involving RailUKforums ...

 

[RDP]

Cheers

Cricket. Which country's governing body is the only one to hold a Royal Charter.

 

[xotGD]

New Zealand?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Dutch/Netherlands.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Cheers

Cricket. Which country's governing body is the only one to hold a Royal Charter.

The obvious one- The West Indies?

 

[RDP]

Dutch/Netherlands.

It is the Netherlands. Awarded in 1958.

Your turn

 

[Peterthegreat]

Open floor please.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Try this

Ten years ago Hartlepool bear Notts County 2-1 in a league one game. What was notable about the goalscorers?

 

[Strat-tastic]

They were brothers.

 

[SuspectUsual]

They were brothers.

Not that

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Ten years ago Hartlepool bear Notts County 2-1 in a league one game. What was notable about the goalscorers?

All were own-goals?

 

[SuspectUsual]

All were own-goals?

No



EDIT - should have been clearer, it’s the Hartlepool scorers we’re interested in

 

[DaleCooper]

No



EDIT - should have been clearer, it’s the Hartlepool scorers we’re interested in

Dave Monkey and Steve Hanger

 

[Greenheart]

They were both goalkeepers?