General Knowledge Quiz

[randyrippley]

Was it the first race where the winner was using a racing short-stirrup "standup" saddle?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Was it the first race where the winner was using a racing short-stirrup "standup" saddle?

Not as far as I know!

 

[Neo9320]

Finished without a rider?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Was the winner owned by a member of the race organisers?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Finished without a rider?

Sorry.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Was the winner owned by a member of the race organisers?

It was but that's not the answer I was looking for.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Was it the only horse that finished?

 

[Peterthegreat]

The unusual aspect refers to the actual horse.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Was it the only horse that finished?

No sorry.

 

[DaleCooper]

The unusual aspect refers to the actual horse.

Like the one's I back it was three-legged.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Was the winner fitted with special racing plates?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Not that I know of.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Not that I know of.

Was the winner fitted with special racing plates?

 

[SuspectUsual]

The horse and jockey had the same name

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Was the horse nameless when it won that race and was not given a racing name after a period of time had elapsed.

 

[xotGD]

The horse only had one eye?

 

[Peterthegreat]

The horse and jockey had the same name

That would have been difficult.

 

[Peterthegreat]

The horse only had one eye?

Don't think so.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Was the horse nameless when it won that race and was not given a racing name after a period of time had elapsed.

That is correct. It was later given the name Allabaculia.
Please name a question.

 

[SuspectUsual]

That would have been difficult.

They might both have been called Roger. You never know

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

One for the anglers amongst us. Which freshwater fish is a member of the perch family but with the predatory feeding behaviour of a pike and once caught, is forbidden to be put back in the water.?

 

[Calthrop]

There's a fish called the zander, is there not -- seemingly not a very nice critter?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

There's a fish called the zander, is there not -- seemingly not a very nice critter?

Well done...a very quick correct answer.

Your turn to cast the line with the next conundrum as bait.

 

[Calthrop]

A lucky guess on my part; while I think fish are cute, I don't know a lot about them. Thank you, anyway.

There is a novel, written roughly mid-20th-century -- pretty well-regarded by the reading intelligentsia -- whose setting is Gdansk in Poland; though in a time before the city had that name or nationality. The novel -- widely translated -- was originally written by a non-Anglophone author, in their language (maybe a bit of bit of a clue -- said lingo not Polish, either). Please give name of the author, and of the novel (in language of your choice, within reason !).

 

[Peterthegreat]

The Tin Drum?
If so Gunter Grass.

 

[Calthrop]

The Tin Drum?
If so Gunter Grass.

Sie haben Recht, mein Herr -- alle beide. Next question is yours to set.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Danke schön.
Staying with German literature which play commences with a water carrier explaining he is awaiting the expected appearance of several important gods.

 

[randyrippley]

Danke schön.
Staying with German literature which play commences with a water carrier explaining he is awaiting the expected appearance of several important gods.

How about a confused German translation of "Waiting for God(ot)"

 

[Gloster]

The Ring?

 

[Peterthegreat]

The Ring?

If you mean The Ring by Wagner (or indeed anyone else) the answer is no.