General Knowledge Quiz

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sounds like something from ancient times, so I'll hazard a guess at Rome.

Right time period and country, but wrong settlement.

 

[D6130]

(Up) Pompeii!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

(Up) Pompeii!

Spot on. I was going to give a hint that a viewing of the "Now playing" thread would pay dividends.

Over to you to set the next one.

 

[D6130]

Spot on. I was going to give a hint that a viewing of the "Now playing" thread would pay dividends.

Over to you to set the next one.

Thanks. Continuing the same theme.... Pompeii and the nearby town of Herculaneum were both engulfed by the eruption of Vesuvius in A D. 79. Which town was buried by volcanic lava and which one by volcanic ash?

 

[DaleCooper]

Thanks. Continuing the same theme.... Pompeii and the nearby town of Herculaneum were both engulfed by the eruption of Vesuvius in A D. 79. Which town was buried by volcanic lava and which one by volcanic ash?

Pompeii - ash
Herculaneum - lava

 

[D6130]

Pompeii - ash
Herculaneum - lava

Correct. Your turn to impersonate Frankie Howerd.

 

[DaleCooper]

Correct. Your turn to impersonate Frankie Howard.

Thank you, I won't get too cocky as it was 50/50.

Next question:

What is the mathematical term for the shape of Pringles?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Hyperbolic paraboloid

Once saw a suggestion that the universe may be this shape.

Edited to correct the autocorrect

 

[DaleCooper]

Hyperbolic paraboloid

Once saw a suggestion that the universe may be this shape.

Edited to correct the autocorrect

Well done, whatever shape the universe is I couldn't eat a whole tube of them. Your turn...

 

[OhNoAPacer]

By discharge volume what is the largest tributary river in the world?

 

[Calthrop]

The Amazon (I suspect).

 

[OhNoAPacer]

The Amazon (I suspect).

The Amazon is by far the largest river in the world by discharge volume but it is a main river not a tributary.

 

[Calthrop]

The Amazon is by far the largest river in the world by discharge volume but it is a main river not a tributary.

I really must learn to read ...

 

[DaleCooper]

I really must learn to read ...

To be fair I read it as meaning a river with tributaries.

 

[Gloster]

Missouri River?

 

[Calthrop]

To be fair I read it as meaning a river with tributaries.

Thanks -- but, in honesty: I was totally oblivious to the word "tributary".

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Missouri River?

Not correct I am afraid.

 

[RDP]

Blue Nile?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

The Amazon is by far the largest river in the world by discharge volume but it is a main river not a tributary.

So, is the answer some river that flows into the Amazon?

 

[Donny Dave]

Blue Nile?

Along that line, I will guess the Atbara (I think it's called that).

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Along that line, I will guess the Atbara (I think it's called that).

Blue Nile?

Neither of those.

So, is the answer some river that flows into the Amazon?

It is.

 

[Calthrop]

What the heck -- I'll guess, the Madeira.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

What the heck -- I'll guess, the Madeira.

That is the second largest tributary by discharge volume.

 

[Calthrop]

Let's try the Rio Negro.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Let's try the Rio Negro.

Which is the correct answer.

You may now go with the flow and discharge your question.

 

[Calthrop]

Thank you -- but I don't feel I've properly earned it: was really just doing eeny-meeny-miney-mo with South American rivers. Open floor, please.

 

[DaleCooper]

Thank you -- but I don't feel I've properly earned it: was really just doing eeny-meeny-miney-mo with South American rivers. Open floor, please.

I'll take it.

Next question:

Where would you find alligator lizards in the air?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

It sounds similar to some other matter that I once came across. Is it anything to do with how certain clouds in the sky assuming shapes when viewed?

 

[DaleCooper]

It sounds similar to some other matter that I once came across. Is it anything to do with how certain clouds in the sky assuming shapes when viewed?

Where would that be?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Where would that be?

I’ve been through the desert on a horse with no name