General Knowledge Quiz

[Calthrop]

Friedrich III -- very briefly, in 1888, Emperor of Germany; about his impetuous son and successor, Emperor Wilhelm II ("Kaiser Bill")?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Who said of whom, “After I am dead, the boy will ruin himself within twelve months”?

I believe that was George V regarding his son Edward. He was right too.

 

[Gloster]

I believe that was George V regarding his son Edward. He was right too.

You are correct on all three points.

To you to rule on the next question.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Thank you.
Willie Park Sr was the first winner of what in 1860?

 

[MotCO]

The Derby?

 

[Peterthegreat]

The Derby?

Not the Derby.

 

[Donny Dave]

Doh. Answered wrong question

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The Open Golf Championshp ?

 

[Peterthegreat]

The Open Golf Championshp ?

A hole in one!
He won the first (British) Open in 1860.
Please tee off the next question.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Amongst the Australian indigenous peoples who were the first settlers of Australia, there is one Melanesian race who were from a totally different area of that part of the Pacific Ocean.. They chose to settle in the offshore islands and a part of the coastal lands of what is currently the administered area of Queensland.

What is the name given to these people?

 

[Andover]

Torres Islanders?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Torres Islanders?

Well done...I never expected it to be guessed so quickly. I have the full name as the Torres Strait Islanders.

Over now to you.

 

[Andover]

Well done...I never expected it to be guessed so quickly. I have the full name as the Torres Strait Islanders.

Over now to you.

Thanks - got lucky on a personal interest!

For whom were 'Märzveilchen' and 'camisas nuevas', among others, terms?

 

[DaleCooper]

Thanks - got lucky on a personal interest!

For whom were 'Märzveilchen' and 'camisas nuevas', among others, terms?

Is this something to do with the Spanish civil war?

 

[Andover]

For one half, yes.

 

[A Challenge]

Camisas Nuevas might be Spanish, but ä isn't a letter used in Spanish, so there is presumably a foreign (to Spain) link there, presumably to a country using a Germanic (or possibly Scandinavian) language given the ä. I can't translate that phrase, but "März" is March I think, but as to the other half of that I couldn't say, other than it feels like it might be something political, and I feel like blind speculation regarding German politics around the time of the Spanish Civil War is unwise, so I shall leave it at that.

 

[Donny Dave]

Picking up from that post, was it 2 points on a border crossing between France and Spain for people to cross over, either to escape to civil war, or France in WW2?

 

[DaleCooper]

Names for fascists.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

For whom were 'Märzveilchen' and 'camisas nuevas', among others, terms?

Is this something to do with botany?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Anything to do with the football shirts of teams in the World Cup Final?

 

[Andover]

Picking up from that post, was it 2 points on a border crossing between France and Spain for people to cross over, either to escape to civil war, or France in WW2?

Is this something to do with botany?

Anything to do with the football shirts of teams in the World Cup Final?

None of those, sorry.

Names for fascists.

I'll need you to be more precise.

 

[DaleCooper]

I'll need you to be more precise.

They are soubriquets for the members of various fascist movements (e.g. Blackshirts).

 

[Calthrop]

Wild guess re "Marzveilchen" (can't do the accent on the "a") -- maybe Austrian fascists, who would have been pleased at the Germany / Austria Anschluss of March 1938? (Marz = month of March in German; Veilchen -- "violet" in German, I think -- did those bods wear shirts of that colour?). Have no idea about the Spanish-language one.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Were the named ones part of the fascist brigades fighting for the Franco side in the Spanish Civil War.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

It was the violet that made me think of my botany answer.

 

[xotGD]

Camisas nuevas translates to new shirts. Was this a nickname for the Falange, who I believe identified themselves with blue shirts?

 

[ainsworth74]

Looks like we might have stalled a little bit @Andover any chance of a clue if none of the above are correct?

 

[ainsworth74]

Open floor, we've been stalled for a bit too long now I think.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Let us recommence the thread with a little joviality and ask the name of the song that makes mention of the elder son of Isaac in the Old Testament being involved with playground equipment.

 

[Peterthegreat]

See Saw Margery daw?