General Knowledge Quiz

[DaleCooper]

Most probably barking up the wrong tree, in in the 1960s at Manchester University, I attended a series of lectures that covered Arabian Mythology and there were invisible beings called djinn.

That's from where the name derives but these are not those.

Wasn’t Jim Particles a character in the Goons?

There was Count Jim Moriarty and Little Jim but no Jinn.

 

[xotGD]

Theoretical particles that cannot be detected.

 

[DaleCooper]

Theoretical particles that cannot be detected.

Possibly but that's not their defining characteristic.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Do they share similar characteristics to black holes in that such is their internal regions are strong enough to not let any light matter escape?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

They are more a concept rather than an actual particle used to prevent temporal paradoxes.

 

[DaleCooper]

Do they share similar characteristics to black holes in that such is their internal regions are strong enough to not let any light matter escape?

No

They are more a concept rather than an actual particle used to prevent temporal paradoxes.

That's not quite what I wanted but I suspect it's as near as we're going to get. As you say they are a concept and can be particles, objects or ideas with no origin which exist in a time loop like the protagonist in All You Zombies by Robert A. Heinlein. Your turn...

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Who was the first president to serve as speaker of the house before being elected president?

 

[Donny Dave]

Monroe?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Monroe?

Sorry No.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Polk in the 1830s-1840s served a number of times in the House, finally being elected as Speaker. I think he served one term as President sometimes in the 1840s, but I am not sure of the exact dates of his Presidency.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Polk is indeed the answer

Note Gerald Ford did indeed serve as Speaker of the House but was never ELECTED as President. He got there by order of succession because of the 2 crooks Spiro Agnew and tricky Dicky.

Your turn Paul

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

There once was a whaling station at Grytviken, but where was its location?

 

[Neo9320]

Norway?

 

[Gloster]

South Georgia?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

South Georgia?

Is this the whaling station / remote location that Ernest Shackleton famously made his way to, in order to seek help for his stranded Antarctic Exploration party?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

South Georgia?

Most correct.

Over to you.

 

[Gloster]

To follow on from that: where, specifically, is the Shackleton crater?

 

[DaleCooper]

To follow on from that: where, specifically, is the Shackleton crater?

The Moon

 

[OhNoAPacer]

If it is specifically that is the point of the question then it is at the south pole of the moon.

 

[Gloster]

If it is specifically that is the point of the question then it is at the south pole of the moon.

Correct and specific enough. It just touches the Moon’s South Pole.

To you to produce the next question.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

With what is Rowena Cade most associated?


Edited to correct a misapplied autocorrect.

 

[DaleCooper]

With what is Rowena Cade most associated?


Edited to correct a misapplied autocorrect.

Any relation to Penny R. Cade?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Any relation to Penny R. Cade?

No relation at all

 

[Loppylugs]

With what is Rowena Cade most associated?


Edited to correct a misapplied autocorrect.

Was it her sibling Bro Cade ?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Was it her sibling Bro Cade ?

No

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The last time that we visited Porthcurno, whilst holidaying for two weeks in Falmouth, it was to see a rendition of Pirates of Penzance at the cliff-edge open air Minack Theatre, that Rowena and some of her friends constructed over the years.

Amazing what relatively unskilled human endeavour could achieve and it was a pleasure seeing how well it was constructed.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

The last time that we visited Porthcurno, whilst holidaying for two weeks in Falmouth, it was to see a rendition of Pirates of Penzance at the cliff-edge open air Minack Theatre, that Rowena and some of her friends constructed over the years.

Amazing what relatively unskilled human endeavour could achieve and it was a pleasure seeing how well it was constructed.

Minack theatre it is.

Interestingly her original idea was to build the theatre on the opposite headland.

Anyway, your turn to lead us onto the stage with next act and set a question.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Where would a Parhelic Circle be noted and what is it?

 

[DaleCooper]

Where would a Parhelic Circle be noted and what is it?

Is it a halo around the sun?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Is it a halo around the sun?

The answer is a specific occurrence that your answer is partly giving an example of and I am mindful to award you the accolade

A Parhelic Circle is recognised as white circular bands in the sky at the same level as the Moon and the Sun.

Over now to you.