General Knowledge Quiz

[xotGD]

Can @Peterthegreat set a question please?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Oops. Apologies for the delay.
Who was the first man to walk in space?

 

[xotGD]

Mike Shepherd?

 

[Trackman]

Russian I think, Alexi Lenov? (spelling might not be accurate)

 

[Peterthegreat]

Russian I think, Alexi Lenov? (spelling might not be accurate)

Near enough.
Alexei Leonov is his latinised name.
Your turn to space out the next question.

 

[Trackman]

I was going to do another space related question, but let's keep mixing this up.

Which scriptwriter in the 80s sang the theme tune to their own show they created as they didn't have budget to request the person they wanted to sing it?

 

[MotCO]

I was going to do another space related question, but let's keep mixing this up.

Which scriptwriter in the 80s sang the theme tune to their own show they created as they didn't have budget to request the person they wanted to sing it?

Let's say Denis Waterman - he sang quite a few theme tunes.

 

[Trackman]

Let's say Denis Waterman - he sang quite a few theme tunes.

Its not I'm afraid, I think Minder started in 1979, could be wrong.

 

[Spamcan81]

John Sullivan - Only Fools and Horses?

 

[MotCO]

Its not I'm afraid, I think Minder started in 1979, could be wrong.

October 1979, so almost the 80's

But he also did 'On the Up', but that started in Sept 1990. So I spectacularly missed the 80's!

He also sang 'Stay Lucky' (Dec 1989) and 'New Tricks' (Mar 2003).

 

[Ashley Hill]

John Sullivan - Only Fools and Horses?

If I remember he had to get drunk to sing it.

 

[Trackman]

John Sullivan - Only Fools and Horses?

Correct! Your floor.
The conversation I had with someone last week swore blind Nicholas Lyndhurst sang it

 

[Spamcan81]

Correct! Your floor.
The conversation I had with someone last week swore blind Nicholas Lyndhurst sang it

Thanks.
For what would you use a set of Napier’s Bones?

 

[AndyPJG]

Thanks.
For what would you use a set of Napier’s Bones?

As Napier is associated with logarithms, would hazard a guess to do with some form of calculation.Multiplication maybe?

 

[D1511]

Yes, multiplication and division. I went to Napier University and there's a set of Napier's Bones in a glass case in the Merchiston building.

 

[Spamcan81]

As Napier is associated with logarithms, would hazard a guess to do with some form of calculation.Multiplication maybe?

Well deduced. Used for both multiplication and division. The logarithmic tables are yours.

 

[AndyPJG]

Thank you. As will not be here regularly, I declare Open Tables

 

[CarltonA]

Who played Capt Morgan Bateson in Star Trek Next Generation?

 

[Greenheart]

Kelsey Grammer?

 

[CarltonA]

Kelsey Grammer?

Is the correct answer, your turn to boldly go and ask a question @Greenheart .

 

[Greenheart]

Thanks, what motoring record currently stands at 25 hours 39 minutes?

 

[MotCO]

Paris - Dakar?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Land's End - John O'Groats and back?

 

[Gloster]

Longest Le Mans 24-hour?

 

[Greenheart]

None of the above. The record is unsanctioned and is a one way journey of about 2,800 miles.

 

[DaleCooper]

None of the above. The record is unsanctioned and is a one way journey of about 2,800 miles.

NY to LA

 

[Greenheart]

NY to LA

Correct, the cannonball run; your turn to be 'him'.

 

[DaleCooper]

Correct, the cannonball run; your turn to be 'him'.

Thank you.

A slight detour from the route of the Cannonball Run:

What did Delaware?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Thank you.

A slight detour from the route of the Cannonball Run:

What did Delaware?

A brand new jersey.

 

[DaleCooper]

A brand new jersey.

As sung by Andy Williams (and others), your turn...