General Knowledge Quiz

[DaleCooper]

Thanks, my sister was doing one the other day.

What in England do Guy and Pen have in common.

Is guy another name for a male swan (cob)? Pen being a female?

 

[yoyothehobo]

Is guy another name for a male swan (cob)? Pen being a female?

Nope, not the answer i am looking for.

The answer is more geographical in nature.

 

[Gloster]

Are they names for geographical features in Cornwall? I think pen is head.

 

[yoyothehobo]

Are they names for geographical features in Cornwall? I think pen is head.

Nope, the geographical features involves suffixes

 

[Puffing Devil]

Pen-y-ghent is a Yorkshire hill, Guy (Fawkes) was born in York. They're both Tykes.

 

[Calthrop]

On a hunch, I did a bit of looking-up -- expressed generally: atlas-wise (dead-tree variety -- Internet not involved). I have thence, an idea; but perhaps doing what I did, ranks as cheating...

 

[yoyothehobo]

Pen-y-ghent is a Yorkshire hill, Guy (Fawkes) was born in York. They're both Tykes.

Nope, not the answer i am looking for.

 

[yoyothehobo]

On a hunch, I did a bit of looking-up -- expressed generally: atlas-wise (dead-tree variety -- Internet not involved). I have thence, an idea; but perhaps doing what I did, ranks as cheating...

If you give the correct answer i will accept as i am about to go on holiday and wont be able to check answers from after tuesday

 

[Calthrop]

A matter of two settlements at opposite ends of England: 8-letter names, both ending in the same five letters, but commencing with "Guy" and "Pen" respectively: Guyzance, Northumberland (small village a little way west of Amble); and Penzance, Cornwall. If correct: open floor, please.

 

[yoyothehobo]

A matter of two settlements at opposite ends of England: 8-letter names, both ending in the same five letters, but commencing with "Guy" and "Pen" respectively: Guyzance, Northumberland (small village a little way west of Amble); and Penzance, Cornwall. If correct: open floor, please.

That is correct, they are, i believe the only 2 settlements which end in -zance within the UK.

As has been requested, the floor is now open.

 

[Donny Dave]

What links the following songs?

Space Oddity - David Bowie
Walk like an Egyptian - The Bangles
Love to Love you Baby - Donna Summer
Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
In the air Tonight - Phil Collins

A bit of a tough question, but there is a video verifying the answer.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Banned by the BBC?

 

[Gloster]

Interesting use of a dustbin? Allegedly.

 

[Donny Dave]

Banned by the BBC?

That was answered a lot quicker than I was expecting! Anyway, as promised, video verification....

Video is a clip from Pointless, which explains why they were all temporarily banned.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Thank you.
Who is the only English batsman to have scored two double centuries in tests in Australia?

 

[Donny Dave]

Len Hutton?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Not Hutton.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

I will try Wally Hammond

 

[Peterthegreat]

I will try Wally Hammond

Well after him.

 

[DaleCooper]

David Gower

 

[Peterthegreat]

Well after him.

Well it transpires there are actually two batsmen.
Wally Hammond did indeed get two double centuries.
As did Alistair Cook.
Your turn to open the batting @OhNoAPacer

 

[OhNoAPacer]

You wouldn't want me opening the batting, I only batted at number 11 for the school because there aren't more in the team. It was generally regarded that whatever score we were for 9 when I went to the crease would very shortly be the same score all out.

Staying with cricket.

Mohammed Yousuf of Pakistan holds tge record for most test runs in a calendar year with 1788. Who, with 1710 runs, is second on the list?

 

[Calthrop]

Mohammed Yousuf of Pakistan holds tge record for most test runs in a calendar year with 1788.

Facetiousness, not an answer, here -- my interest in, and knowledge of, anything sport-related: is pretty much zero -- with that, and with my considerable tendency initially to misread things; my initial reaction to the above sentence in your question was, "surely Pakistan didn't exist 237 years ago -- actually, is that also true of cricket?" Then I did become aware of what you were actually saying ...

 

[forrest]

You wouldn't want me opening the batting, I only batted at number 11 for the school because there aren't more in the team. It was generally regarded that whatever score we were for 9 when I went to the crease would very shortly be the same score all out.

Staying with cricket.

Mohammed Yousuf of Pakistan holds tge record for most test runs in a calendar year with 1788. Who, with 1710 runs, is second on the list?

Tendulkar? - Actually I'll say Joe Root. I'm sure I remember hearing he had over 1700 runs on TMS the other day.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Facetiousness, not an answer, here -- my interest in, and knowledge of, anything sport-related: is pretty much zero -- with that, and with my considerable tendency initially to misread things; my initial reaction to the above sentence in your question was, "surely Pakistan didn't exist 237 years ago -- actually, is that also true of cricket?" Then I did become aware of what you were actually saying ...

I think most of us have fallen for the 'maybe read the question properly' problem, the chemistry part if my A level Physical Science exam springs to mind.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Tendulkar?

Not him but certainly in cricket run getting he is always a player to consider.

 

[forrest]

Not him but certainly in cricket run getting he is always a player to consider.

Sorry I changed my answer - am I allowed to do that?

Anyway I was wrong with both. I Googled it as it was doing my head in, won't post the actual answer for others to have a go... Good question!

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Joe Root is the English player with most runs in a calendar year and stands at number 3 in the list, so close but no unhealthy leaf based item.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Brian Charles Lara?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Brian Charles Lara?

An understandable attempt but unfortunately not correct.