General Knowledge Quiz

[GRALISTAIR]

Hussein

No sorry but you are definitely thinking the right way.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Jefferson?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Jefferson?

Correct - middle names of presidents starting with Carter.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Thank you.
What comes next in this sequence?
5, 8, 6 2, ?

 

[DaleCooper]

Thank you.
What comes next in this sequence?
5, 8, 6 2, ?

Should that be 5, 8, 62, or 5, 8, 6, 2, ?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Should that be 5, 8, 62, or 5, 8, 6, 2, ?

Sorry should be 5, 8, 6, 2, ?

 

[MotCO]

3?

 

[Peterthegreat]

3?

3 is correct.
George 5th
Edward 8th
George 6th
Elizabeth 2nd
Charles 3rd.
Please continue the sequence of questions.

 

[MotCO]

Thanks. Got it right for the wrong reasons!

Another sequence.

What comes next in this sequence?

8, 5, 4, 9, 1 …..

 

[DaleCooper]

Thanks. Got it right for the wrong reasons!

Another sequence.

What comes next in this sequence?

8, 5, 4, 9, 1 …..

8, 5, 4, 9, 1, 15
h, e, d. i, a, o
Hediao - Chinese nut carving

 

[MotCO]

8, 5, 4, 9, 1, 15
h, e, d. i, a, o
Hediao - Chinese nut carving

Er, no. Never heard of it before

 

[Peterthegreat]

The first numbers are listed alphabetically
Eight
Five
Four
Nine
One

then I'm stuck...

 

[MotCO]

The first numbers are listed alphabetically
Eight
Five
Four
Nine
One

then I'm stuck...

Why are you stuck?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Why are you stuck?

Because fifteen is not in order....

 

[Gloster]

It can’t go higher than Ten because Eleven isn’t there. The only question is whether it is Nil, None, Nothing or Zero.

 

[DaleCooper]

It can’t go higher than Ten because Eleven isn’t there. The only question is whether it is Nil, None, Nothing or Zero.

...or seven

 

[Gloster]

...or seven

Indeed, that appears to be the next, but I wondered if it was nine, ten or eleven, if you allow zero, in all. (I wasn’t going to queue jump others who had got so far.)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

...or even twelve

8 + 5 = 13 (Addition of first and second numbers)
4 + 9 = 13 (Addition of third and fourth numbers)
1 + 12 = 13 (Addition of fifth number to missing number)

 

[MotCO]

Because fifteen is not in order....

I didn't quote 15 in the question!

The answer I had was seven, being the next number alphabetically between 1 and 9. I know @DaleCooper said this, but I think you did the heavy lifting, so I'll award the question to you @Peterthegreat .

 

[Peterthegreat]

I didn't quote 15 in the question!

The answer I had was seven, being the next number alphabetically between 1 and 9. I know @DaleCooper said this, but I think you did the heavy lifting, so I'll award the question to you @Peterthegreat .

Thank you .
I got the 15 from @DaleCooper 's reply. Hopefully I'll set the next question before next year.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Was the exceedingly simple use of logic in my posting not correct?

 

[Peterthegreat]

In which year did the Britain (except Scotland) adopt 1 January as the beginning of the year?

 

[DaleCooper]

I didn't quote 15 in the question!

The answer I had was seven, being the next number alphabetically between 1 and 9. I know @DaleCooper said this, but I think you did the heavy lifting, so I'll award the question to you @Peterthegreat .

I agree.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

In which year did the Britain (except Scotland) adopt 1 January as the beginning of the year?

Hazard a guess at 1582 and the adoption of the Gregorian calendar.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Hazard a guess at 1582 and the adoption of the Gregorian calendar.

Sorry. It was after that.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

There was an act of Parliament that did things to the calendar in the mid 18th century, can't recall the year but will guess 1746

 

[Peterthegreat]

There was an act of Parliament that did things to the calendar in the mid 18th century, can't recall the year but will guess 1746

Much closer but still a little later.

 

[D6130]

1752?

 

[Peterthegreat]

1752?

1752 is correct. Scotland having adopted 1 January as the first day of the year in 1600.
For you to probably set the last question of the year (or the first question of 2025).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

If a question is answered correctly and accepted by the question setter, but then no new question is set within one day (twenty-four hours) by the successful contestant, on expiry of this period, the floor will open for any member to set a new question.

Perhaps it would be a good idea if this extract from the quiz rules was common knowledge amongst the thread contributors.