General Knowledge Quiz

[Ashley Hill]

The Power of Love?

No,not that one.

 

[DaleCooper]

Your Evergreen clue gave it away .

Most people will remember Frankie Goes to Hollywoods first single Relax,but what was the name of their last?

Rage Hard

 

[Ashley Hill]

Rage Hard

Not Rage Hard.

 

[Neo9320]

Ferry cross the Mersey?

 

[150249]

Warriors of the Wasteland?

I don't even know if that's the name

 

[Trackman]

Guessing 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' single re-release.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Ferry cross the Mersey?

They covered it but never a single.

Warriors of the Wasteland?

I don't even know if that's the name

That’s the name but not the answer.

Guessing 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' single re-release.

I’m not including re-issues but it’s not that anyway.

 

[Cowley]

Have we had ‘War’ yet (as in: What is it good for)?

 

[Ashley Hill]

Have we had ‘War’ yet (as in: What is it good for)?

Absolutely nothing. That was released as a 12” as part of the Two Tribes collection.

 

[MotCO]

Two Tribes?

 

[Ashley Hill]

Two Tribes?

That was their second single,not their last.

 

[MotCO]

That was their second single,not their last.

They may only have had two

 

[Ashley Hill]

They may only have had two

There were seven official singles.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Well you’ve guessed 5 of the singles which leaves to 2 left to try.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

12 inches ?

 

[Ashley Hill]

12 inches ?

30.48 cm! A 12” single for extended versions of a 7” single occasionally with a bonus track.

 

[Ashley Hill]

So,no takers. The final original single by Frankie Goes To Hollywood was “Watching The Wildlife “ Released in 1987 it only reached 28 in the UK charts.

Open dance floor…….

 

[Calthrop]

What was the news item, the truth of which Hiroo Onada finally came to believe in 1974 -- nearly 29 years after the event concerned; and in what circumstances did this come about?

 

[Gloster]

For you, the war is over.

Did his former commanding officer have to tell him, or was that the other one?

 

[Calthrop]

You're absolutely right -- Japanese army "holdout" from World War II: did his thing on the remote jungle-clad Philippine Island of Lubang -- it indeed required his former commanding officer to go there and formally order laying-down-of-arms. It's quite a story -- gettable by Googling Hiroo Onada.

Pray emerge back into civilisation from the dense forests of Wight, and set the next question.

 

[Gloster]

What programme was first broadcast on 25 January 1954?

 

[MotCO]

The World at Night?

 

[Greenheart]

Panorama?

 

[Gloster]

The World at Night?

Panorama?

No, both are incorrect.

 

[D6130]

The Archers?

 

[DaleCooper]

The Sky at Night

 

[Gloster]

The Sky at Night

No.

The Archers?

No, but you have realised that ‘broadcast’ has other meanings than ‘on TV’.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Letter From America

 

[D6130]

Listen with Mother?

 

[Gloster]

Letter From America

Listen with Mother?

No, but you have the right medium.