General Knowledge Quiz

[OhNoAPacer]

Thank you.
Angelo Perera and Arthur Fagg have what rare achievement in common?

I know a cricketer called Fagg hit a double century in both innings of a first class match, so maybe it is this Fagg and Angelo Perera did too and they are the only ones to have done so.

 

[D1511]

I know a cricketer called Fagg hit a double century in both innings of a first class match, so maybe it is this Fagg and Angelo Perera did too and they are the only ones to have done so.

You could be correct there......I was racking my brains trying to think who Angelo Perera was, but on your prompt, I think he's a Sri Lankan cricketer

 

[Peterthegreat]

I know a cricketer called Fagg hit a double century in both innings of a first class match, so maybe it is this Fagg and Angelo Perera did too and they are the only ones to have done so.

Yep. That is correct.
Please declare the next question.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

That was a bit lucky on my part.

An easy one.

You are just east of junction 22 of the M62, what is special about your location?

 

[SuspectUsual]

That was a bit lucky on my part.

An easy one.

You are just east of junction 22 of the M62, what is special about your location?

Highest point on the UK motorway network, 1221 feet from memory

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Highest point on the UK motorway network, 1221 feet from memory

Absolutely correct. Told you it was an easy one

You may now, keeping two chevrons apart, drive us to the next question.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Dave Godin coined what term for a musical genre?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

I believe we are talking Northern Soul.

 

[SuspectUsual]

I believe we are talking Northern Soul.

We are indeed. Time for DJ @OhNoAPacer to spin the next disc

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Keeping the faith.

What was first held on 24th May 1956?

 

[xotGD]

Eurovision Song Contest?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Eurovision Song Contest?

Is the correct answer.

You may now compose a question.

 

[xotGD]

Follow on question:

Which country won the 1956 Eurovision Song Contest?

 

[MotCO]

Switzerland?

 

[xotGD]

Switzerland?

Indeed it was.

Your turn to step onto the stage...

 

[OhNoAPacer]

I knew the answer but given my previous question I think, quite rightly, that if I had answered then VAR, a stewards enquiry, the international criminal court and Bib down the pub would have all called foul

 

[MotCO]

Indeed it was.

Your turn to step onto the stage...

Not the stage as such, but a film set.

Where were the Beatles’ promotional films for Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane filmed?

 

[D1511]

Not the stage as such, but a film set.

Where were the Beatles’ promotional films for Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane filmed?

St John's Wood?

 

[MotCO]

St John's Wood?

No, not central London

 

[Peterthegreat]

Sevenoaks?

 

[MotCO]

It was indeed - and in the nearby Knole Park to be precise.

Please direct the next question.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Thank you.
Who was the last President of France to die in office?

 

[MotCO]

Georges Pompidou

 

[Peterthegreat]

Georges Pompidou

Vous avez raison.
Please preside over the next question.

 

[MotCO]

Pot pourri! Bonnet de douche. Mange tout (courtesy of Del Boy)

Et maintenant, une novelle question.

What happened at 8.12 pm on September 22, 1955 in the UK?

 

[Ashley Hill]

You were born?

 

[MotCO]

I'm not that old .....yet !

 

[DaleCooper]

What happened at 8.12 pm on September 22, 1955 in the UK?

ITV

 

[Gloster]

Windscale went pop?

 

[MotCO]

ITV

Can you be more specific - i.e. what precisely was shown