General Knowledge Quiz

[DaleCooper]

As many of you probably know, FC Halifax Town play their home games at the Shay. But what is, or was, a shay?

Is it a machine in a cotton mill?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Small wood

 

[SuspectUsual]

Is it a machine in a cotton mill?

Perhaps it should be, as there are plenty of mills down below the Shay, but alas not.....

Small wood

....but we have a winner. It's a thicket, copse, or small wood, and was used interchangeably with "shaw" before the ground was built there. Indeed, one of said mills is called Shaw Lodge

Your turn to kick off the next question - hopefully it isn't a fifth division one like FCHT

 

[OhNoAPacer]

What was different about the 1931 UK General Election compared to all the subsequent ones?

 

[Gloster]

It wasn’t held on a Thursday?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

It wasn’t held on a Thursday?

Correct, it was held on a Tuesday.

You may now elect a new question.

 

[Gloster]

What links Guy Mitchell, Nena, The Rolling Stones, UB40 and one other that I won’t yet name as it would make it too easy?

 

[DaleCooper]

What links Guy Mitchell, Nena, The Rolling Stones, UB40 and one other that I won’t yet name as it would make it too easy?

Red - ?, Balloons, Rooster, Wine

 

[Gloster]

Red - ?, Balloons, Rooster, Wine

Correct, but there is one more aspect to it, although it is not that the song you missed was She Wears Red Feathers.

However, it will be for you to sing us the next song, even if you don’t get the other part of the link.

 

[DaleCooper]

Correct, but there is one more aspect to it, although it is not that the song you missed was She Wears Red Feathers.

However, it will be for you to sing us the next song, even if you don’t get the other part of the link.

Thank you.

Next question:

What is a Bode plot?

 

[Gloster]

Thank you.

Next question:

What is a Bode plot?

The aspect that you missed was that they were all UK Number 1s, along with Chris de Burgh’s Lady in Red: it would have been a bit too easy if he was mentioned.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Thank you.

Next question:

What is a Bode plot?

As a scientist I find this too easy. I will let someone else have a go. The frequency of these questions are nice for me and I use them as a sounding board.

 

[DaleCooper]

As a scientist I find this too easy. I will let someone else have a go. The frequency of these questions are nice for me and I use them as a sounding board.

Nobody else seems to think it's easy so perhaps you should provide a graphic response.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

In simpl(ish) terms it is a graphical representation of frequency response. Often a double graph frequency vs magnitude and also vs phase. Electrical engineering term. I will double check Garry Keenor excellent work because I thought he briefly mentioned them.

 

[DaleCooper]

In simpl(ish) terms it is a graphical representation of frequency response. Often a double graph frequency vs magnitude and also vs phase. Electrical engineering term. I will double check Garry Keenor excellent work because I thought he briefly mentioned them.

Excellent answer, your turn...

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Really sorry to do this because busy weekend ahead of me. Countdown 11 days to permanent UK return.

Open Floor please.

 

[CarltonA]

Which English county has the highest proportion of residents who were born in the USA?

 

[Gloster]

Cambridge?

 

[CarltonA]

Cambridge?

I'm going to be pedantic and say that is a city, not a county.

 

[Gloster]

I'm going to be pedantic and say that is a city, not a county.

Cambridgeshire or the County of Cambridge?

 

[CarltonA]

Cambridgeshire or the County of Cambridge?

No sorry, it's not that one.

 

[Gloster]

Oxfordshire?

 

[DaleCooper]

Suffolk

 

[CarltonA]

Suffolk

Correct, Americans are said to make up about six percent of the population. Mildenhall about seventeen percent US born. @DaleCooper to quiz us next.

 

[DaleCooper]

Correct, Americans are said to make up about six percent of the population. Mildenhall about seventeen percent US born. @DaleCooper to quiz us next.

Thank you.

Next question:

Where in the UK is Adventurers' Land?

 

[DaleCooper]

Thank you.

Next question:

Where in the UK is Adventurers' Land?

The county or general area will suffice.

 

[CarltonA]

I will have a stab at the South West of England - Devon possibly.

 

[D1511]

Buckinghamshire

 

[DaleCooper]

I will have a stab at the South West of England - Devon possibly.

Buckinghamshire

Neither of those.

Hint:

The landscape underwent change.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Next question:

Where in the UK is Adventurers' Land?

In N. Yorkshire? Fairly sure there's an "Adventurers' Hall" in York.