General Knowledge Quiz

[DaleCooper]

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

First advert

 

[MotCO]

First advert

It was indeed - for Colgate.

Please take the floor

 

[SuspectUsual]

It was indeed - for Colgate.

Please take the floor

[Pedantry]

It was for Gibbs SR, not Colgate

[\Pedantry]

 

[Peterthegreat]

[Pedantry]

It was for Gibbs SR, not Colgate

[\Pedantry]

Correct.

 

[D1511]

[Pedantry]

It was for Gibbs SR, not Colgate

[\Pedantry]

It's great to see that oldschool forum format script lives on!

 

[MotCO]

Mea culpa - I didn't have access to my notes when replying.

 

[DaleCooper]

It was indeed - for Colgate.

Please take the floor

Thank you.

Next question:

Who "walked too far along the street where only rats can run"?

 

[MotCO]

Dick Whittington?

 

[DaleCooper]

Dick Whittington?

No, he was more of a cat person.

 

[MotCO]

Pied Piper?

 

[RDP]

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[DaleCooper]

Pied Piper?

Not him...

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...nor him.

Hint:

The quote is from a song.

 

[Gloster]

The Son of Hickory Hollow’s Tramp?

 

[D1511]

Is it Nick Cave's track that is used in the titles for Peaky Blinders? No idea who or what it's about though.....

 

[DaleCooper]

The Son of Hickory Hollow’s Tramp?

Blimey, I haven't heard that for years (actually Hickory Holler's), it's the right era but the wrong song.

Is it Nick Cave's track that is used in the titles for Peaky Blinders? No idea who or what it's about though.....

Not that.

 

[Gloster]

Big Bad John?

 

[DaleCooper]

Big Bad John?

Another golden oldie but in this case the singer/songwriter was Northern Irish.

 

[RDP]

David McWilliams.

 

[DaleCooper]

David McWilliams.

That's the artiste but who was he singing about?

 

[RDP]

The line comes from "The Days of Pearly Spencer"

 

[DaleCooper]

The line comes from "The Days of Pearly Spencer"

Pearly Spencer is the answer, your turn...

 

[RDP]

Open floor.

 

[CarltonA]

Who was the original male leading actor in "The Avengers" TV series and what was the name of his character?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Who was the original male leading actor in "The Avengers" TV series and what was the name of his character?

Obvious answer is possibly Patrick Macnee (John Steed) but guessing that's likely not correct.

 

[CarltonA]

Obvious answer is Patrick MacNee (John Steed) but guessing that's maybe not correct.

Not correct, MacNee/Steed appeared early in the series but had a fairly small role to begin with.

 

[Gloster]

Ian Bannen?

 

[CarltonA]

Ian Bannen?

No, not him.

 

[D6130]

Robert Vaughn?

 

[Gloster]

Ian Hendry? (That was who I was thinking of.)

 

[CarltonA]

Ian Hendry? (That was who I was thinking of.)

Is correct, let's see if anyone can name his character. If not I will award @Gloster the honour of making the next episode.