General Knowledge Quiz

[Peterthegreat]

Something that disguises or conceals an error.

Sorry missed this earlier.
However you wont be surprised to know it's not right.

 

[D1511]

It's one of those mnemonics, made up of initial letters of something you're supposed to remember......like ROY G BIV or BOMDAS.......but I can't recall what it's actually a reminder for. Something to do with chemistry, maybe?

 

[Peterthegreat]

It's one of those mnemonics, made up of initial letters of something you're supposed to remember......like ROY G BIV or BOMDAS.......but I can't recall what it's actually a reminder for. Something to do with chemistry, maybe?

Well it is a mnemonic but nothing to do with chemistry.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

I did Latin at school not German but I could swear it is something to do with the German language

 

[Peterthegreat]

I did Latin at school not German but I could swear it is something to do with the German language

That's close enough. Fudgebow is the mnemonic to remember the eight prepositions that always take the accusative in the German language.
Please provide the next question.

 

[D1511]

I'm glad I learned Spanish in that case

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Really sorry. Did not expect to get that right and be awarded the winners spot. Open Floor please.

 

[CarltonA]

Open Floor please.

Who played The Venerable Henry Blunt in the TV series "All Gas and Gaiters" on BBC1?

 

[D1511]

Derek Nimmo is the only actor I can remember being in it, so him?

 

[D6130]

Robertson Hare?

 

[Gloster]

William Mervyn?

 

[CarltonA]

Derek was probably the best known actor in the series, but it was not him because it was:

 

[CarltonA]

Robertson Hare?

Well done, your sermon please.

 

[D6130]

Well done, your sermon please.

More sherry Dean?

Continuing with the All Gas and Gaiters theme:

Which actor played the Dean?

 

[DaleCooper]

More sherry Dean?

Continuing with the All Gas and Gaiters theme:

Which actor played the Dean?

Nobody knows.

 

[Gloster]

More sherry Dean?

Continuing with the All Gas and Gaiters theme:

Which actor played the Dean?

I think there were actually two: one in series 1, 4 and 5, the other in 2 and 3. (I had looked it up, so have disqualified myself.) There also seems to have been a bit of wife swapping by the deans!

 

[D6130]

I think there were actually two: one in series 1, 4 and 5, the other in 2 and 3. (I had looked it up, so have disqualified myself.) There also seems to have been a bit of wife swapping by the deans!

OK. The one that I was thinking of was Ernest Clark....but I'll bow to @Gloster 's superior knowledge and call it a dud. Open floor please.

 

[Donny Dave]

Simple 1 to keep things going.

According to the song, what would Meatloaf  not do for love?

 

[DaleCooper]

Simple 1 to keep things going.

According to the song, what would Meatloaf  not do for love?

That

 

[Donny Dave]

As I said, nice and easy. Over to you to compose a new conundrum.

 

[Gloster]

OK. The one that I was thinking of was Ernest Clark....but I'll bow to @Gloster 's superior knowledge and call it a dud. Open floor please.

It was John Barron in series 1,4 and 5, and Ernest Clark in series 2, 3 and a special. However, it was Ruth Kettlewell as the Dean’s wife in 1 to 3 and the special, and Joan Sanderson in 4 and 5. (Was there a sitcom in which Joan Sanderson didn’t appear?)

 

[DaleCooper]

As I said, nice and easy. Over to you to compose a new conundrum.

Thank you.

Next question:

What was "The Cleve Cartmill affair"?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

It sounds like the title of one of those 1920s / 1930s detective novels, although I can't think which one (i.e. who were the detectives involved) it would have been.

 

[DaleCooper]

It sounds like the title of one of those 1920s / 1930s detective novels, although I can't think which one (i.e. who were the detectives involved) it would have been.

It's not a detective novel although the affair did involve a work of fiction.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

It's not a detective novel although the affair did involve a work of fiction.

Is this something to do with nuclear weapons?

 

[DaleCooper]

Is this something to do with nuclear weapons?

Very warm, can you give a bit more detail?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Very warm, can you give a bit more detail?

I seem to remember after 9/11 the US government calling in Hollywood writers because 9/11 was a failure of imagination on the part of the security services. Executive Decision released in 1996 (not based on a Clancy novel btw) sort of precluded it. Suicide "bombers" hijacked and planned to use an aeroplane (747) with a plot to use it as a weapon. However, there was a Clancy novel eerily similar - Debt of Honour.

I did a lot of research at the time because I had time on my hands having moved to the US but my wife and child had not yet joined me. I came across this Cleve Cartmill guy who apparently iirc, wrote a book during the 2nd world war which discussed a fictional "A Bomb/nuclear weapon" as part of the plot.

That was way too close for comfort for the USA -CIA? FBI? Other? - It sounded extremely close to the "Top Secret Manhattan Project".

I forgot exactly what happened after that though.

 

[DaleCooper]

I seem to remember after 9/11 the US government calling in Hollywood writers because 9/11 was a failure of imagination on the part of the security services. Executive Decision released in 1996 (not based on a Clancy novel btw) sort of precluded it. Suicide "bombers" hijacked and planned to use an aeroplane (747) with a plot to use it as a weapon. However, there was a Clancy novel eerily similar - Debt of Honour.

I did a lot of research at the time because I had time on my hands having moved to the US but my wife and child had not yet joined me. I came across this Cleve Cartmill guy who apparently iirc, wrote a book during the 2nd world war which discussed a fictional "A Bomb/nuclear weapon" as part of the plot.

That was way too close for comfort for the USA -CIA? FBI? Other? - It sounded extremely close to the "Top Secret Manhattan Project".

I forgot exactly what happened after that though.

That's right, he had some knowledge of physics and described a device which was similar to those being worked on in the Manhattan Project. The FBI accepted that it was a coincidence and I think they just said he musn't publish his work.

Your turn...

 

[GRALISTAIR]

What letter id next in the following sequence?

k, M, G, T, P, E, Z, Y, R

 

[xotGD]

I know what the sequence is, but I don't know what comes next.

I'll guess Q