General Knowledge Quiz

[Peterthegreat]

Thank you.

Staying with the Olympics.
Which country has won a total of ten medals in the winter Olympics but none at all in the summer Olympics?

 

[yoyothehobo]

Staying with the Olympics.
Which country has won a total of ten medals in the winter Olympics but none at all in the summer Olympics?

Liechtenstein?

 

[Gloster]

Andorra?

 

[MotCO]

Finland?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Liechtenstein?

That was quick.
Your turn on the podium.

 

[yoyothehobo]

That was quick.
Your turn on the podium.

Was a guess and just happened to be on the page just after the question was posed.

Happy page 1200.

To celebrate 1200, the year of the birth of Sir Ulrich von Liechtenstein, what 2001 film had someone using this as a pseudonym.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

William Thatcher was the character A Knights Tale the film.

 

[yoyothehobo]

William Thatcher was the character A Knights Tale the film.

Correct!

 

[OhNoAPacer]

The professional footballer with the most career red cards is the Colombian player Gerardo Bedoya. How many red cards did he receive as a player?

 

[MotCO]

49?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

49?

Not quite that many.

 

[Donny Dave]

45

 

[OhNoAPacer]

45

Not quite that low

 

[MotCO]

46

 

[OhNoAPacer]

46

Very very very very close

 

[MotCO]

47

 

[OhNoAPacer]

47

Is the correct answer. He also received 11 red cards as a coach.

You can go for an early bath and issue a new question.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

47

Is the correct answer. He also received 11 red cards as a coach.

You can go for an early bath and issue a new question.

That is absolutely crazy.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

That is absolutely crazy.

Next on the list for most red cards is Sergio Ramos with 28.

 

[MotCO]

Is the correct answer. He also received 11 red cards as a coach.

You can go for an early bath and issue a new question.

Thanks - my initial guess was quite a good guess!

Who is the famous widow of Heinrich Ruzzo, Prinz Reuss von Plauen?

 

[Gloster]

Is it the dark-haired one in ABBA?

 

[MotCO]

Is it the dark-haired one in ABBA?

Yes, she also goes by the name of Anni-Frid .

That didn't last long - please set a more difficult question!

 

[Gloster]

Yes, she also goes by the name of Anni-Frid .

That didn't last long - please set a more difficult question!

It wasn’t that difficult as I asked the same question several years ago.

In Henrik Ibsen’s play An Enemy of the People, how does the main character make himself as unpopular as he does?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

He discovered contamination at the spa, local businesses don't like this.

 

[Gloster]

He discovered contamination at the spa, local businesses don't like this.

Absolutely correct.

For you to prescribe the next question.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

By what name is The Lady Haden-Guest better known?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Time for a clue.

Think acting.

 

[Gloster]

Jamie Leigh Curtis?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Jamie Leigh Curtis?

Is the correct answer.
She is married to Christopher Guest who is an hereditary peer.

You may now don the ermine robe and ask the next question

 

[Gloster]

What is the largest (by surface area) lake in Wales?