General Knowledge Quiz

[OhNoAPacer]

Is it Bala

 

[Gloster]

Is it Bala

Indeed it is.

To you to open the flood gates.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

In 2007 the footballer Keith Gillespie was sent off for elbowing an opponent, how long was his recorded playing time?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Zero seconds I think. From memory he came on as sub, got into a grappling match waiting for a throw in to be taken, swung an elbow into the other guy, and got sent off. I don’t think the game had restarted at any point

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Zero seconds I think. From memory he came on as sub, got into a grappling match waiting for a throw in to be taken, swung an elbow into the other guy, and got sent off. I don’t think the game had restarted at any point

That describes it very well.

You have been given your marching orders towards the setting of the next question.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Open floor please

 

[DaleCooper]

Open floor please

Next question:

A bird and a crustacean have two part names of the forms "aaa bbb" and "bbb aaa" respectively. What are they?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Barnacle Goose and Goose Barnacle

 

[DaleCooper]

Barnacle Goose and Goose Barnacle

They are the ones, I wonder if there are any other such pairs. Your turn...

 

[OhNoAPacer]

The myth was that barnacle geese were born out of barnacles, because of this they could still be eaten during Christian meat abstinence fasts as they were classified as fish.

Anyway my question.

Apocryphally what was discovered by the goatherder Kaldi?

 

[xotGD]

Fire?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Yodeling?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Fire?

Yodeling?

Neither of these

 

[Gloster]

Poetry?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Poetry?

Not poetry

 

[Trackman]

Beer?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Beer?

Not Beer

 

[DaleCooper]

The myth was that barnacle geese were born out of barnacles, because of this they could still be eaten during Christian meat abstinence fasts as they were classified as fish.

Anyway my question.

Apocryphally what was discovered by the goatherder Kaldi?

Heredity

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Heredity

Not heredity.

 

[D6130]

Goats' milk?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Goats' milk?

Not goats milk.

 

[Gloster]

Goat or cow bells?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Goat or cow bells?

Neither of these.


As a clue he, if he actually existed, came from Ethiopia.

 

[DaleCooper]

Neither of these.


As a clue he, if he actually existed, came from Ethiopia.

The source of the Nile.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

The source of the Nile.

Not this

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Is this the guy that ate some berries which were a bit like coffee so perhaps legend has it that he drank the first cup of coffee.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Another clue:

Is this the guy that ate some berries which were a bit like coffee so perhaps legend has it that he drank the first cup of coffee.

I am giving you this.

The story goes that he noticed his goats being energised after eating a certain plants berries and so discovering the invigorating properties of coffee beans.
He supposedly, after trying them himself, showed them to some monks who roasted them and created the world's first cup of coffee.

You may serve up a new question

 

[GRALISTAIR]

What is the mpemba effect?

 

[DaleCooper]

What is the mpemba effect?

Is it about hot water freezing faster than cold water?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Is it about hot water freezing faster than cold water?

Correct and also certain colloids. Your turn to SET the next question.