General Knowledge Quiz

[yoyothehobo]

Cabo Verde Airlines.

Correct, we have one of them.

The other was Air Albania.

The floor belongs to you

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Since I am none too well, I declare open floor.

 

[SuspectUsual]

What comes next in this sequence:

Yellow
Blue
Red
Purple
Orange

 

[MotCO]

Green - the number sequence if pool balls. (I guessed the rationale, but had to look up the colour - is that allowable or classed as cheating?)

 

[SuspectUsual]

Green - the number sequence if pool balls. (I guessed the rationale, but had to look up the colour - is that allowable or classed as cheating?)

Not sure if it’s allowable or not but it’s the right answer

You may as well break off the next question

 

[MotCO]

If Crystal Palace <1 and the London Eye =5, what is value of the Eiffel Tower?

 

[D1511]

I'm guessing it is amount of iron involved, so about 50?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

I'm guessing it is amount of iron involved, so about 50?

Well I will guess 40 then

 

[DaleCooper]

If Crystal Palace <1 and the London Eye =5, what is value of the Eiffel Tower?

100(%)

 

[DerekC]

11 (ratio of heights?)

 

[MotCO]

No correct answers so far. Nothing to do with height, or amount of steel.

 

[yoyothehobo]

EIffel tower = 20

They were all originally supposed to be temporary attractions and that is how long they were supposed to stand for

 

[Greenheart]

3 - years to plan and build

 

[MotCO]

EIffel tower = 20

They were all originally supposed to be temporary attractions and that is how long they were supposed to stand for

Indeed they were.

Please construct the next question.

 

[yoyothehobo]

Open floor

 

[D6130]

What was film star Audrey Hepburn's real name and what was her original nationality?

 

[Spamcan81]

What was film star Audrey Hepburn's real name and what was her original nationality?

IIRC she was born in Belgium so I’ll guess Belgian was her original nationality. No clue as to her given name though.

 

[Gloster]

Well, she was Dutch and I think her first name was still Audrey, or something similar. Her family name was, I think, English, but I can’t remember what it was. (Thought it had a van in it, but that was Dirk Bogarde.)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I read about her life many years ago and was surprised to find she had a middle name of Kathleen. Her father was involved with the fascist movement in Britain. I now cannot recall her surname but feel it was a British type of surname.

 

[D6130]

IIRC she was born in Belgium so I’ll guess Belgian was her original nationality. No clue as to her given name though.

She was born in Belgium, but that was not her nationality.

 

[D6130]

Well, she was Dutch and I think her first name was still Audrey, or something similar. Her family name was, I think, English, but I can’t remember what it was. (Thought it had a van in it, but that was Dirk Bogarde.)

I'm afraid she wasn't Dutch.

 

[D6130]

I read about her life many years ago and was surprised to find she had a middle name of Kathleen. Her father was involved with the fascist movement in Britain. I now cannot recall her surname but feel it was a British type of surname.

Getting warm....and you're right about her middle name.

 

[Gloster]

Well, perhaps she was British.

 

[D6130]

Well, perhaps she was British.

She was indeed. We know her middle name was Kathleen. Now all we need is her first and last names!

 

[Gloster]

She was indeed. We know her middle name was Kathleen. Now all we need is her first and last names!

Well, I said it was something like like Audrey when I thought she was Dutch, so perhaps it was just Audrey.

 

[CarltonA]

I have read a book about her wartime experiences fairly recently. Her surname was Ruston and her first name along the lines of Audreii. Her mother's name was Van Heemstra or similar and she was a Baroness.

 

[D6130]

Well, I said it was something like like Audrey when I thought she was Dutch, so perhaps it was just Audrey.

Correct....her first name was Indeed Audrey.

I have read a book about her wartime experiences fairly recently. Her surname was Ruston and her first name along the lines of Audreii. Her mother's name was Van Heemstra or similar and she was a Baroness.

Also correct....her last name was Ruston. Her Dutch mother's surname was Van Heemstra, but young Audrey was born a British citizen.

So we now have @Gloster , @Xenophon PCDGS and @CarltonA who have all correctly guessed the three main elements of the answer. Would all three of you be amenable to answering a tie-breaker question to decide whose turn it is next?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I am content to let @Gloster and @CarltonA be involved in the tie-breaker.

 

[CarltonA]

Sir, I would like to volunteer to be amenable.

 

[D6130]

I am content to let @Gloster and @CarltonA be involved in the tie-breaker.

Thanks!

Sir, I would like to volunteer to be amenable.

OK. So it's between @CarltonA and @Gloster :

Which model of scooter was ridden by Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn in the film Roman Holiday? Was it a Lambretta or a Vespa?