General Knowledge Quiz

[DaleCooper]

Australia

 

[xotGD]

List of winners of the Rugby Union county cup.

 

[Gloster]

Jamaica

Correct. They are the three traditional counties of Jamaica, although they have no significance nowadays.

To you to (d)rum up a question.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Name the five main non-human characters in the 1960s / 1970s children's programme The Magic Roundabout

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Ermintrude (the cow) and Dougal (the dog) were two of them.

 

[DaleCooper]

Zebedee

 

[SuspectUsual]

Ermintrude (the cow) and Dougal (the dog) were two of them.

Zebedee

All correct - two left to find

 

[Peterthegreat]

Brian and Dylan.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Brian and Dylan.

That's them

So a tie between @Peterthegreat and @Mcr Warrior

Which means a tiebreak.

How many episodes of The Magic Roundabout were made?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

How many episodes of The Magic Roundabout were made?

I'll go with 100.

 

[Peterthegreat]

I think more than 100 as it always seemed to be on when I was a kid.
So I'll go for 500.

 

[SuspectUsual]

I'll go with 100.

I think more than 100 as it always seemed to be on when I was a kid.
So I'll go for 500.

And the answer is......... 441

So @Peterthegreat has it. Your turn....

 

[Peterthegreat]

Thank you.
What did Alexis Carrel and Charles Guthrie achieve in 1905?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Perhaps a clue is needed.
They led the way to a procedure that is now relatively common.
However the next stage didn't happen for over 60 years.

 

[D6130]

The first brain surgery?

 

[D1511]

Transplant surgery? Kidneys? (with heart 60 years later?)

 

[Greenheart]

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[D6130]

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No message content!

 

[Peterthegreat]

The first brain surgery?

Not brain surgery.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Transplant surgery? Kidneys? (with heart 60 years later?)

That's near enough.
Carrel and Guthrie carried out the first heart transplant but on a dog.
The first human transplant took place just over sixty years later.
So please set the next question.

 

[Peterthegreat]

No message content!

It's awaiting a transplant.

 

[D1511]

It's awaiting a transplant.

Thank you, that was rather generous of you to give me that!

A quick sports question which I'm sure someone will get quickly.

Since the start of the English Premier League in 1992, which goalie has saved the most penalties?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Peter Schmicel? (sorry about the spelling!)

 

[Donny Dave]

David Seaman?

 

[D1511]

Peter Schmicel? (sorry about the spelling!)

David Seaman?

No, neither of those.
Schmeichel is 5th on the list, but surprisingly Seaman doesn't feature at all

 

[MotCO]

Simon Migolet?

 

[SuspectUsual]

I remember a commentator saying Lukas Fabianski had a very good record at penners and he’s been around ages so will have played a lot of games - so him?

 

[D1511]

Simon Migolet?

Not him because.....

I remember a commentator saying Lukas Fabianski had a very good record at penners and he’s been around ages so will have played a lot of games - so him?

Lukasz Fabianski is correct, with 12, 4 ahead of his nearest rival Jordan Pickford, although Pickford can obviously still add to his total.

Over to you to claw away the next question......

 

[SuspectUsual]

I’ll have to say open floor as I’m going to be out all day

(By the way I just checked out of curiosity and it seems David James saved 13??)

 

[D1511]

I’ll have to say open floor as I’m going to be out all day

(By the way I just checked out of curiosity and it seems David James saved 13??)

Some of those must have been in other tournaments.

PL website says 6
David James PL stats