General Knowledge Quiz

[SuspectUsual]

Who said "All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal"?

 

[DaleCooper]

Who said "All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal"?

Someone who didn't know the difference between a product and a symptom.

 

[MotCO]

George Orwell?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

American author - Mark Twain possibly?

 

[SuspectUsual]

George Orwell?

No

American author - Mark Twain possibly?

Yes - no

 

[D1511]

F Scott Fitzgerald then?

 

[SuspectUsual]

F Scott Fitzgerald then?

Nope

Broadly similar vintage though

 

[DaleCooper]

John Steinbeck

 

[D1511]

John Steinbeck

That was my next guess.....

 

[SuspectUsual]

John Steinbeck

That was my next guess.....

And it would’ve been a good guess!

@DaleCooper would you care to write the next masterpiece?

 

[DaleCooper]

And it would’ve been a good guess!

@DaleCooper would you care to write the next masterpiece?

Thank you.

Next question, another quote:

Who said "The world is your lobster"?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

That was Derek Trotter?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Arthur Daley, surely?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Arthur Daley, surely?

Yes, it was, wasn't it? I think that Del Boy used a similar saying, but not that one!

 

[DaleCooper]

That was Derek Trotter?

No it wasn't.

Arthur Daley, surely?

That's right, your turn...

 

[SuspectUsual]

Apropos Minder, who did Dennis Waterman want to be cast as Arthur?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Apropos Minder, who did Dennis Waterman want to be cast as Arthur?

I'll go for the obvious answer... George Cole, who did get the part.

 

[DaleCooper]

John Thaw

 

[SuspectUsual]

I'll go for the obvious answer... George Cole, who did get the part.

John Thaw

Neither of those

 

[Greenheart]

Michael Robbins?

 

[D1511]

Yay, finally one I think i know when I'm not busy!
Bizarrely, it was Denholm Elliot....and he went off to make a fortune in "Trading Places" instead. I doubt he regretted being vetoed......

 

[SuspectUsual]

Michael Robbins?

No, because....

Yay, finally one I think i know when I'm not busy!
Bizarrely, it was Denholm Elliot....and he went off to make a fortune in "Trading Places" instead. I doubt he regretted being vetoed......

....yes. To you to cast the next question

 

[D1511]

No, because....



....yes. To you to cast the next question

Thank you.

Conan Doyle's Holmes short story 'The Speckled Band' is known as being one of the best 'locked room murder mystery' stories ever written.

But what exactly was the Speckled Band in the story?

 

[DaleCooper]

Thank you.

Conan Doyle's Holmes short story 'The Speckled Band' is known as being one of the best 'locked room murder mystery' stories ever written.

But what exactly was the Speckled Band in the story?

A snake

 

[D1511]

A snake

I'm afraid you'll need to be more specific.....

 

[Gloster]

Viper?

 

[D1511]

Viper?

Nope, not a viper.

 

[MotCO]

Boa?

 

[Gloster]

Krait? (The other favourite of authors.)

 

[D1511]

Boa?

Krait? (The other favourite of authors.)

Neither of those.
It is a small venomous snake, capable of slithering down a bell rope from a hatch in the ceiling......according to Conan-Doyle anyway......
It is an entirely fictitious sub-species as well.....although I'll accept the species of snake......it is in the family viperidae, so @Gloster is closest so far!