General Knowledge Quiz

[DaleCooper]

U

It isn't that comet.
Any named comet would be the first to have that name, this is about something that is a first that involved this comet.

The prediction of its return.

 

[MotCO]

The first to be observed by telescope?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

The prediction of its return.

Not that.

The first to be observed by telescope?

Is correct.

You may turn align your lenses and observe us puzzling over the next question.

 

[MotCO]

U

It isn't that comet.
Any named comet would be the first to have that name, this is about something that is a first that involved this comet.

A bit of a shot in the dark, but thought 1680 was the around the era of Gallileo.

Anyway, a new question. What popular figure had the Christian names Elizabeth Angela Marguerite?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

With the surname bowes-lyon it was queen elizabeth the current kings grandmother on his mother's side.

 

[MotCO]

With the surname bowes-lyon it was queen elizabeth the current kings grandmother on his mother's side.

Why did it take you so long to answer!!

I'll try a harder question next time! Please set the next question.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Which rank were Wilhelm II, Franz Joseph I and Hirohito stripped of?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Which rank were Wilhelm II, Franz Joseph I and Hirohito stripped of?

Emperor?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Emperor?

Not that title.

 

[DaleCooper]

Which rank were Wilhelm II, Franz Joseph I and Hirohito stripped of?

Honorary knighthood

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Honorary knighthood

Not a knighthood

 

[Peterthegreat]

Order of the Garter?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Order of the Garter?

Not that.

I will say that these are the only members of overseas royalty that this question applies to.

 

[DaleCooper]

Divinity

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Divinity

Not divinity.

 

[Gloster]

Order of Merit?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Order of Merit?

Not that

 

[Greenheart]

Colonel (British army)?

 

[DaleCooper]

Field marshal

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Colonel (British army)?

Not that rank

Field marshal

But that rank.

The first two due to WW1 Hirohito due to WW2.

You may now command the next question

 

[DaleCooper]

Not that rank


But that rank.

The first two due to WW1 Hirohito due to WW2.

You may now command the next question

Thank you.

Next question:

What are these abbreviations associated with? VCA, VCF, VCO, ADSR

 

[Gloster]

Ground control systems for bringing aircraft down to the runway?

 

[DaleCooper]

Ground control systems for bringing aircraft down to the runway?

No, they relate to a totally different activity but I think it was hearing a lot of aviation abbreviations and acronyms recently that inspired this question.

 

[D1511]

They are all related to sound/audio

 

[DaleCooper]

They are all related to sound/audio

You need to be more specific.

 

[D1511]

They are knobs on a Roland TB x0x

 

[D1511]

Or a sythesizer, to be generic

 

[DaleCooper]

They are knobs on a Roland TB x0x

That's too specific.

Or a sythesizer, to be generic

Yes, they are components of an analogue synthesiser.
Voltage Controlled Amplifier
Voltage Controlled Filter
Voltage Controlled Oscillator
Attack Decay Sustain Release (envelope shaper)

Your turn...

 

[D1511]

Thanks.....the TB303 is a drum sythesizer but if you twiddle those knobs it makes the squelchy acid noise......!

By what two other names was Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar also known?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

I know one of them but having no idea of the other I disqualified myself by internetting. The other name I had not heard of. Good question.