General Knowledge Quiz

[DaleCooper]

On the Moon.

 

[MasterSpenny]

Jupiter

 

[Gloster]

On the Moon.

No.

Jupiter

No, again.

A blind guess -- Greenland?

A good guess with your eyes wide shut. Correct. Your turn.

 

[Calthrop]

I'm amazed -- would have reckoned the other two submissions more likely, than the place's being on boring old Planet Earth !

Which well-known, loved and acclaimed play -- a comedy, written (by whom?) -- "a couple / three" centuries ago -- has prominent characters whose surnames share those of: settlements in East Sussex; and Buckinghamshire; and a word of the two-word name of a much-visited geographical feature / National Trust property in West Yorkshire?

 

[MotCO]

The Importance of being Earnest -Oscar Wilde? It features Lady Bracknell

 

[DaleCooper]

Something by Sheridan?

 

[Gloster]

Vanity Fair? (Was it Lord Steyne?)

 

[Calthrop]

The Importance of being Earnest -Oscar Wilde? It features Lady Bracknell

Something by Sheridan?

Vanity Fair? (Was it Lord Steyne?)

Author / play none of these, I'm afraid -- the closest to a contemporary dates-wise, is Sheridan. (Neither Bracknell nor Steyne, feature.)

 

[xotGD]

A character called Malham?

 

[Calthrop]

A character called Malham?

No -- but, a family with a locational proper name; which goes with a geographical-type second word which begins with the same letter, as Malham's celebrated feature -- hope that this makes sense...

 

[xotGD]

Old Mother Shipton's Cave?

 

[Gloster]

I don’t thinks Mrs Dale’s Diary was that long ago.

 

[Calthrop]

No Ma Shiptons or Mrs. D's. Think -- purely re the "operative word"; the play has nothing to do with Catholicism or priests -- of Father Ted...

 

[Calthrop]

Possible hint -- the author concerned, wrote a novel whose title, taken literally, would make it about a Yorkshire clergyman (settlement name, it seems, actually "borrowed" and applied to a fictional one).

 

[Gloster]

Would that be the Vicar if Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith (I think)? But I am still as much at ‘see‘ with the original question.

 

[Calthrop]

Would that be the Vicar if Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith (I think)? But I am still as much at ‘see‘ with the original question.

That's it, by that same guy. Answer to original question is: what I'd have considered to be the most renowned piece, of which he was the author -- name of same, would fully answer the question (I'd explain my "geographical shenanigans").

 

[Calthrop]

End of road reached, I feel; and will be out for most of today. The play asked for, is Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer. Among its principal characters: the two dashing young blades Hastings and Marlow; and the Hardcastle family, especially their daughter Kate; who after sundry ups and downs, ends up happily paired-off with, I think it's Marlow. My geographical Nat. Trust / West Yorkshire thing re the family, refers to the wooded valley called Hardcastle Crags, near Hebden Bridge. (Father Ted in the sitcom, does his thing on Craggy Island, I believe.)

@Gloster: you got the author -- so: your go.

 

[Gloster]

I did just beat that: the answer slid into my head at around 07.30 this morning, but I was dozing off again so I stayed in bed.

As I am tidying up after selling my house, I will limit to a quick question.

Which lake is the deepest in England?

 

[MotCO]

Ullswater?

 

[randyrippley]

Coniston?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Wast Water?

 

[Gloster]

Ullswater?

Coniston?

Both wrong, I am afraid.

Wast Water?

But this is correct, Wastwater it is: 243, 258 or 260 feet deep, according to sources.

Your turn to show us the depth of your knowledge.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

The one time rugby league team Hunslet FC were generally acknowledged to have invented which rugby innovation, which nowadays is widely used in both codes of the game, this following an incident involving their bulky prop forward Sammy Newbound in the late 1930's?

 

[Spamcan81]

The one time rugby league team Hunslet FC were generally acknowledged to have invented which rugby innovation, which nowadays is widely used in both codes of the game, this following an incident involving their bulky prop forward Sammy Newbound in the late 1930's?

Scrum cap?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Scrum cap?

Good guess, but no.

 

[AndyPJG]

Gum-shield?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Gum-shield?

Another good guess, but not that, either.

 

[randyrippley]

The one time rugby league team Hunslet FC were generally acknowledged to have invented which rugby innovation, which nowadays is widely used in both codes of the game, this following an incident involving their bulky prop forward Sammy Newbound in the late 1930's?

Goal post pads/protection

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Goal post pads/protection

Is the correct answer. Apparently, the bulky Sammy Newbound had crashed into the uprights and broken them (or himself!) hence the innovation, and some 80+ years on, the present day semi pro Hunslet RLFC are attempting to raise some much needed funds by asking modern day clubs to donate £10 in recognition of their predecessor club's invention (which unfortunately for the Parksiders, who disbanded in 1973, wasn't ever patented).

Your turn to kick off with the next question.

 

[randyrippley]

That was a total guess!

OK try this one.

Who was the first English man to walk to India?
He also is believed to have introduced the table fork and umbrella to the UK, and still holds the record for the longest English book title.