General Knowledge Quiz

[Ashley Hill]

That would be OMD. English Electric and Metroland.

 

[SuspectUsual]

That would be OMD. English Electric and Metroland.

Well that was quick! Your turn to write the next criminally unsuccessful top 40 near miss

 

[Ashley Hill]

Nothing prepared so open floor…..

 

[MotCO]

If I can jump in again.

Where were the 1908 Olympic Games originally meant to be held, and why were they changed to London? Bonus points: they started on 27th April, but when did they end?

 

[Acathater]

Were they supposed to be in Greece, but the Turks started another war?

 

[Donny Dave]

The games lasted just over 6 months.

 

[D6130]

London?

 

[MotCO]

Were they supposed to be in Greece, but the Turks started another war?

Not Greece

London?

Nor London

The games lasted just over 6 months.

You score the bonus points; they ran from 27th April to October 31st. However the main question still remains.

 

[D6130]

Melbourne?

 

[MotCO]

Melbourne?

Not Melbourne

 

[Greenheart]

Rome? And changed due to an earthquake?

 

[MotCO]

Rome? And changed due to an earthquake?

Close enough!

They were originally meant to be held in Rome, but a volcanic eruption at Vesuvius in 1906 meant that funds were diverted to reconstructing Naples, and the Games were transferred to London.

They ran from 27th April to October 31st. Britain had a record haul of 146 medals.

Please take the torch to the next question.

 

[Greenheart]

Thanks, in 1988 George H W Bush was elected US President as the sitting Vice President. Who before him was the most recent US President to have done the same?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Oooooh, pretty sure that rarely happens. Someone ages ago. Jefferson? He certainly did the veep to pres move

 

[Greenheart]

You're right in that it was ages ago but there's one slightly later than Jefferson.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Thanks, in 1988 George H W Bush was elected US President as the sitting Vice President. Who before him was the most recent US President to have done the same?

Was it Harry Truman after Roosevelt died towards the end of World War 2? Did he get re-elected at the next election?

 

[Greenheart]

He did but he wasn't elected president whilst he was the VP.

 

[D6130]

Lyndon B Johnson after the death of Kennedy?

 

[Greenheart]

No, when he was elected president he was already the incumbent having taken over following the death of JFK (like Truman and Theodore Roosevelt.) Only 4 men have been elected president whilst being the active VP, Adams, Jefferson, Bush and the other one is the answer.

 

[D6130]

Gerald Ford after Richard Nixon's impeachment and resignation?

 

[Greenheart]

No, he was never elected president. The man in question was president before the US civil war.

 

[Greenheart]

Time to move things on, the answer is Martin Van Buren. Open floor.

 

[SuspectUsual]

I suspect this won’t last long

What links - amongst others - Henry Cooper, Lord Nelson and Clement Attlee?

 

[DaleCooper]

I suspect this won’t last long

What links - amongst others - Henry Cooper, Lord Nelson and Clement Attlee?

Left handed

 

[SuspectUsual]

Left handed

I've no idea if they were, but that's not the answer I'm looking for

 

[D1511]

A bit of a random guess, but if I said "your boys took one hell of a beating" in a Scandinavian accent, would I be on the right lines?!
I am sure they were all on the list of famous English people namechecked in that classic commentary.......!

 

[SuspectUsual]

A bit of a random guess, but if I said "your boys took one hell of a beating" in a Scandinavian accent, would I be on the right lines?!
I am sure they were all on the list of famous English people namechecked in that classic commentary.......!

Random but right!

The deranged stream of consciousness commentary of an over excited Norwegian football commentator after Norway had beaten England 2-1 in a qualifier for the 1982 world cup

The list began, rather improbably, with Lord Beaverbrook, and in addition to those in the question also included Winston Churchill, Lady Diana, Sir Anthony Eden and Maggie Thatcher (his wording)

He ended by saying “Maggie Thatcher can you hear me? Maggie Thatcher ... your boys took a hell of a beating! Your boys took a hell of a beating!"

It later topped a Guardian poll to find the greatest bit of sports commentary ever

(My preference is

with Castleford’s commentator Mick Martin apoplectic with rage as a Wigan player escapes a red card. Includes calling the ref “a dickhead”, and “a gutless bottler”)

[link above to a YouTube clip of a Castleford v Wigan rugby league match from the early 1990s]

Anyhow, your turn to commentate on the next question

 

[D1511]

It was Clement Attlee and Henry Cooper juxtaposed that triggered the memory for me.....and if you had included Lord Beaverbrook, I'd have definitely got it sooner! It was an extraordinary list!

And that's a magnificent RL clip.....I'd never heard that! "Shove it up your a*se" as Cas score their try is stuff of legend!

As I am enjoying one at the moment, how many active whisky distilleries are there in Scotland?

 

[MotCO]

5, or after I've had a few, 10

 

[Acathater]

At a guess...63