General Knowledge Quiz

[Calthrop]

I'm rather out of ideas for questions -- and anyway poorly-informed about this "popular music" by which you Earthlings seem to set such great store; open floor, please.

 

[Donny Dave]

Which 2 countries contested the first international match in cricket?

 

[randyrippley]

Which 2 countries contested the first international match in cricket?

England and Wales?

 

[xotGD]

England and Scotland?

 

[Peterthegreat]

USA and Canada.

 

[Donny Dave]

USA and Canada.

We have a winner.

 

[randyrippley]

We have a winner.

I bet it wasn't a real 5-day international!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I bet it wasn't a real 5-day international!

The 5-day Test Match has not always been the case, as at one time there were "timeless" Test Matches played. From 1877-1939, no less the 99 such "timeless" Test Matches were played.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Only two UK Prime Ministers have been born outside the British Isles. One was Boris Johnson. Who was the other?

 

[Gloster]

Bonar Law?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Bonar Law?

Arthur Bonar Law was born in Canada.
Please preside over the next question.

 

[Gloster]

Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse was briefly (just) king of which country?

 

[Calthrop]

Albania??

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Finland

 

[Gloster]

Albania??

No.

Finland

Correct. He was elected to the throne in October 1918, but wisely renounced it two months later as the people clearly wanted a republic. He never even landed in the country or took up his position.

Your turn to rule over the next question.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Which film about a massive natural disaster had the wrong geographical location in the title of the film?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Krakatoa East of Java.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Krakatoa East of Java.

Correct...Krakatoa is situated west of Java.

Over now to you to set the next one.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Thank you.
Which dessert was invented by The Hungry Monk restaurant in 1972?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Thank you.
Which dessert was invented by The Hungry Monk restaurant in 1972?

Banoffee pie?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Banoffee pie?

Is the correct answer.
Your turn to serve up the goodies.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

In which summer Olympic competition did participants from the British Police once win the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals? A bonus point for the year.

 

[DaleCooper]

In which summer Olympic competition did participants from the British Police once win the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals? A bonus point for the year.

Tug of War

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Tug of War

Yep. 1908 was the year. The City of London police team beat the Liverpool City police team in the final. The Metropolitan Police 'K' division team from Stepney then got the bronze medal after the Sweden team scratched.

Not sure why tug of war subsequently got binned off as an Olympic sport after the 1920 summer Olympics.

 

[DaleCooper]

Yep. 1908 was the year. The City of London police team beat the Liverpool City police team in the final. The Metropolitan Police 'K' division team from Stepney then got the bronze medal after the Sweden team scratched.

Not sure why tug of war subsequently got binned off as an Olympic sport after the 1920 summer Olympics.

Tug of War had to make way for break dancing and synchronised swimming.

Next question:

What is a clepsydra?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

From 1956 to 1961/2, I was always in the Classics stream at St Bede's College, Manchester, studying both Latin and Greek. As part of expanding our knowledge of Rome and Greece, in the 6th form we often visited the museum at Manchester University where lectures were given on the cultures of those lands. It was during one of those visits that timekeeping in Ancient Greece was featured and a model of such a method that used water as its main driver of timekeeping was demonstrated. I will venture that item of water methodology was a clepsydra, with the word-base of the first part of the word definitely being Greek in origin.

 

[DaleCooper]

From 1956 to 1961/2, I was always in the Classics stream at St Bede's College, Manchester, studying both Latin and Greek. As part of expanding our knowledge of Rome and Greece, in the 6th form we often visited the museum at Manchester University where lectures were given on the cultures of those lands. It was during one of those visits that timekeeping in Ancient Greece was featured and a model of such a method that used water as its main driver of timekeeping was demonstrated. I will venture that item of water methodology was a clepsydra, with the word-base of the first part of the word definitely being Greek in origin.

I presume you also know the meaning of "prolix". Water clock would have sufficed, your turn...

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Indeed I am aware of the meaning of "prolix", but I put forward in my defence that the last matter brought back something that I had forgotten for the last 60 years and wanted to introduce it in my posting submission.
Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.

In a series of a type of film, one character often seemed to lose direction and made the comment "Should have turned left at Alburqueque". Who was the character?

 

[RDP]

Bugs Bunny?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Bugs Bunny?