General Knowledge Quiz

[Ashley Hill]

OMD?

Indeed it was. For you to message us with the next question….

 

[Peterthegreat]

Thank you.
Who was assassinated by Jaume Ramón Mercader del Río?

 

[Gloster]

Allende?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Allende?

Not Allende.

 

[Acathater]

Thank you.
Who was assassinated by Jaume Ramón Mercader del Río?

Trotsky

 

[Peterthegreat]

Trotsky

It was indeed.
Your turn to pick the next question.

 

[Acathater]

What implement did Raymond Mercader use to kill Trotsky?

 

[Gloster]

Ice pick?

 

[Acathater]

Ice pick?

No, it wasn't an ice pick. Seems to be a common misunderstanding

 

[Peterthegreat]

Ice axe.

 

[Gloster]

No, it wasn't an ice pick. Seems to be a common misunderstanding

Curses. I’ll never rely on The Stranglers as a source of reliable historical information again.

 

[DaleCooper]

Curses. I’ll never rely on The Stranglers as a source of reliable historical information again.

An ice axe has a pick and an adze.

 

[Acathater]

Ice axe.

Correct
your turn!

 

[Acathater]

Curses. I’ll never rely on The Stranglers as a source of reliable historical information again.

An ice pick is a kind of pointy chisel used for bashing up ice into cubes for drinks.
Trotsky was whacked with a climbing ice axe

 

[DaleCooper]

An ice pick is a kind of pointy chisel used for bashing up ice into cubes for drinks.
Trotsky was whacked with a climbing ice axe

See #36,882. Which part of the ice axe was buried in his head, the adze or the pick?

 

[Acathater]

See #36,882. Which part of the ice axe was buried in his head, the adze or the pick?

the actual device was an ice axe, irrespective of which part actually hit him

 

[D1511]

Point of order, but some types of specialist ice climbing axes, especially those made by Petzl, are known as picks........so some ice picks are a type of ice axe.......!
So @Gloster Hugh Cornwell and co. were technically correct after all!

 

[Peterthegreat]

Correct
your turn!

Thank you.
The 16th Earl of Derby had which sports trophy named after him?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Thank you.
The 16th Earl of Derby had which sports trophy named after him?

Living in Epsom, I have to suggest that for the Derby horse race...?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Living in Epsom, I have to suggest that for the Derby horse race...?

Nice try but that was named after the 12th Earl.

 

[Acathater]

I'd guess it's football cup, but which one I don't know

 

[Peterthegreat]

I'd guess it's football cup, but which one I don't know

Not football.

 

[Precipice]

Henry VII made his mother Margaret Beaufort's husband Earl of Derby, and he was called Stanley, so assuming the Derbys (Derbies?) had the same surname by the time of the 16th Earl: the Stanley Cup, given to the winning men's team in ice hockey in Canada and the US? If so, he also presumably gave his name in turn to those big water bottles I've also heard called Stanley Cups.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Henry VII made his mother Margaret Beaufort's husband Earl of Derby, and he was called Stanley, so assuming the Derbys (Derbies?) had the same surname by the time of the 16th Earl: the Stanley Cup, given to the winning men's team in ice hockey in Canada and the US? If so, he also presumably gave his name in turn to those big water bottles I've also heard called Stanley Cups.

That is absolutely correct. Well done.
Your turn to present the next question!

 

[Precipice]

That is absolutely correct. Well done.
Your turn to present the next question!

Thank you!

What (or when) was the first battle in which aerial reconnaissance was used?

 

[DaleCooper]

Thank you!

What (or when) was the first battle in which aerial reconnaissance was used?

Waterloo

 

[Gloster]

Mars-la-Tour?

 

[Precipice]

Both slightly or more too late! Think more about whether it's possible to go up and observe and try to communicate and less on the actual utility in practice.

 

[DaleCooper]

1812 Franco-Russian war

 

[Acathater]

was it a naval battle with someone hanging from a towed kite?