General Knowledge Quiz

[xotGD]

Glastonbury Tor

 

[Peterthegreat]

Yes Tor?

You're in the right area.

 

[D6130]

Hay Tor?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Hay Tor?

Not Hay Tor.

 

[DerekC]

High Willhays?

 

[Ashley Hill]

Brown Willy?

 

[Peterthegreat]

High Willhays?

That's the one.
Your turn to climb the heights with the next question.

 

[DerekC]

Ok.

Who was the cleric who led the design teams for a biting insect and a heavenly body?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

I'm afraid I don't know the name, but with those clues I'm sure it's got to be someone at De Havilland Aircraft?

( so if nobody else gets the name I'm staking a claim here!!! )

 

[DaleCooper]

Ok.

Who was the cleric who led the design teams for a biting insect and a heavenly body?

de Havilland

 

[DerekC]

I'm afraid I don't know the name, but with those clues I'm sure it's got to be someone at De Havilland Aircraft?

( so if nobody else gets the name I'm staking a claim here!!! )

You are on the right track - but what was the name? Let's see if anyone else knows.

de Havilland

Geoffrey de Havilland ran the company and probably had a big hand in the concepts, but he didn't lead the design.

 

[RyanOPlasty]

R E Bishop?

 

[D6130]

R J Mitchell?

 

[DerekC]

R E Bishop?

Eric Bishop is right - so the runway is clear for you to set the next question.

 

[RyanOPlasty]

Which monarch created a successful niche product with a tiny development budget, which is still a market leader over 50 years later.

 

[Acathater]

Which monarch created a successful niche product with a tiny development budget, which is still a market leader over 50 years later.

Was it Charles before he was king with a Somerset-made "Brie" style of cheese?

 

[RyanOPlasty]

Was it Charles before he was king with a Somerset-made "Brie" style of cheese?

Not a food item. Significantly more expensive than food.

 

[MotCO]

Is there a sporting connection?

 

[RyanOPlasty]

Is there a sporting connection?

No. The person in question was an engineer.

 

[RyanOPlasty]

The product would have cost about £ 2,000 in 1970, but you will not get a new one for less than £100,000 today.

 

[DaleCooper]

The product would have cost about £ 2,000 in 1970, but you will not get a new one for less than £100,000 today.

King Gillette

 

[MotCO]

To help move this along, can I ask if it was invented by a non-British monarch, and is it mainly useful for royalty undertaking their duties, or can anyone benefit from it?

 

[RyanOPlasty]

To help move this along, can I ask if it was invented by a non-British monarch, and is it mainly useful for royalty undertaking their duties, or can anyone benefit from it?

Like the cleric in the previous question, Monarch refers to the name of the person involved, not actual royalty.

The person in question worked in the automotive industry.

 

[Acathater]

Spen King and the Range Rover?

 

[RyanOPlasty]

Spen King and the Range Rover?

Yes, Spen King. As well as the Range Rover he was involved in the Rover Gas turbines, which also found their way into the APT-E.

Over to you.

 

[Acathater]

Sorry been out all day and not had a chance to think

Better make it open house

 

[MotCO]

If I may.

What was unusual about the 2-2 draw in 1976 between Aston Villa and Leicester City?

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[SuspectUsual]

If I may.

What was unusual about the 2-2 draw in 1976 between Aston Villa and Leicester City?

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Is that the Chris Nichol game? If it is, he scored all four goals

 

[MotCO]

Almost, it was Chris Nicholl .

Please retrieve the ball from the back of the net and set the next question.

 

[SuspectUsual]

A pop group, most successful in the 1980s but still in existence today, released an album that (a) shared its name with a manufacturer of - amongst other things - locomotives, and (b) contained a single that shares its name with a famous railway-related area of south east England

Please name the group, the album and the single