General Knowledge Quiz

[xotGD]

Errol Flynn?

 

[D1511]

I think it's Daniel Day-Lewis

My Left Foot, There Will Be Blood and the Abraham Lincoln one (Lincoln perhaps?)

 

[Peterthegreat]

Errol Flynn?

Not Errol Flynn.

 

[Peterthegreat]

I think it's Daniel Day-Lewis

My Left Foot, There Will Be Blood and the Abraham Lincoln one (Lincoln perhaps?)

Because it's Daniel Day-Lewis.
Please perform the next question.

 

[D1511]

Because it's Daniel Day-Lewis.
Please perform the next question.

Thank you. I will not be doing it in method acting style however!

(Just as an aside, I am reminded of a perhaps fabricated exchange between Larry Olivier and Dustin Hoffman during the filming of Marathon Man. Apparently after Hoffman told Olivier about how he had had his teeth drilled without any anaesthetic for added authenticity, Olivier responded, "that's frightfully dedicated of you, and sounds awfully painful, but have you ever tried just acting, dear boy?)

A pictorial question for a little change......

What is this statue all about?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Anything to do with commemorating the Dutch boy who put his finger in to plug a leaking dyke? No idea who, or where, though?!

 

[D1511]

Anything to do with commemorating the Dutch boy who put his finger in to plug a leaking dyke? No idea who, or where, though?!

That's exactly correct.....although of course it actually never really happened.
The statue is at Spaarndammerdijk, but rather than commemorate an event that never really happened, it has become a representation of the idea of how the selfless actions of a single individual can benefit a whole community. Quite a wholesome concept.......

Over to you to make up the next question......

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Staying with that part of the world, who or what is 'Zwarte Piet'?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Staying with that part of the world, who or what is 'Zwarte Piet'?

Santa's mate.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Staying with that part of the world, who or what is 'Zwarte Piet'?

Santa's mate.

Correct. Perhaps slightly better known in the U.K. as "Black Pete". Hands out the gifts. Your turn now to 'present' the next question.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Correct. Perhaps slightly better known in the U.K. as "Black Pete". Hands out the gifts. Your turn now to 'present' the next question.

Oops. Almost forgot.
In the 1971-1972 FA Cup Hereford Utd surprisingly beat Newcastle Utd in a replay at Hereford.
The equalising goal scored by Ronnie Radford is shown regularly on Match of the Day but who scored Hereford's winning goal?

 

[D1511]

Ricky George?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Ricky George?

Is correct.
For you to score the next question.

 

[D1511]

Is correct.
For you to score the next question.

Thanks. I must have seen that clip 1000 times......with assorted pitch invaders wearing flares and sporting giant sideburns!

What connects.......

• 18 wheeler Scammells,
• The smile of the parrot,
• Sitting on the potty,
• Health service glasses, and
• Take your mum to Paris???

 

[DaleCooper]

Thanks. I must have seen that clip 1000 times......with assorted pitch invaders wearing flares and sporting giant sideburns!

What connects.......

• 18 wheeler Scammells,
• The smile of the parrot,
• Sitting on the potty,
• Health service glasses, and
• Take your mum to Paris???

Euphemisms

 

[Peterthegreat]

Reasons to be cheerful p3.

 

[D1511]

Reasons to be cheerful p3.

Is the correct answer......they are all considered reasons to be cheerful according to Ian Dury.

"Posing the next question.......one, two, three!"

 

[Peterthegreat]

Thank you.
What did Willie Carr and Ernie Hunt do in 1970 which is now banned?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Playing fir Coventry City at a free kick Willie Carr took hold of the ball between his ankles and flipped it up when Ernie Hunt then volleyed it into the net.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Playing fir Coventry City at a free kick Willie Carr took hold of the ball between his ankles and flipped it up when Ernie Hunt then volleyed it into the net.

That is correct.
Please shoot the next question.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

I remember it well, in the playground at school on the Monday we were all trying to emulate it.

Who was the first Duke of Cornwall?

 

[Peterthegreat]

I remember it well, in the playground at school on the Monday we were all trying to emulate it.

Who was the first Duke of Cornwall?

Yes indeed. Didn't quite manage it though.

 

[D6130]

I remember it well, in the playground at school on the Monday we were all trying to emulate it.

Who was the first Duke of Cornwall?

Edward VIII (prior to his coronation)?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Edward VIII (prior to his coronation)?

He was not the first holder of the title.

 

[DaleCooper]

Edward VIII (prior to his coronation)?

He abdicated before his planned coronation.

 

[xotGD]

Edward VII

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Edward VII

Not him either

 

[Gloster]

Richard of Cornwall?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Richard of Cornwall?

Not him, a logical attempt but the Duchy didn't exist at that time.

 

[Gloster]

Prince Arthur, son of Henry VII?