General Knowledge Quiz

[xotGD]

The only famous person a knew who had delivered milk!

Change of subject: Witch wiggin tree, keirn and cuirn are three alternative names for which British native species? (I'll accept either of the two more common names.)

 

[DaleCooper]

The only famous person a knew who had delivered milk!

Have you not heard of Ernie? He drove the fastest milk cart in the west.

Change of subject: Witch wiggin tree, keirn and cuirn are three alternative names for which British native species? (I'll accept either of the two more common names.)

Wych elm

 

[xotGD]

Wych elm

Not that

 

[CarltonA]

Elder Tree?

 

[xotGD]

Elder Tree?

Sorry, no

 

[xotGD]

Clue:

Scientific name: Sorbus aucuparia

 

[Acathater]

Clue:

Scientific name: Sorbus aucuparia

well Sorbums are rowans of one kind or another so presumably it's one of those

 

[xotGD]

well Sorbums are rowans of one kind or another so presumably it's one of those

Yes, Rowan or Mountain Ash.

Your turn to branch out with another question...

 

[Acathater]

Sorbus cheddarensis, Sorbus arranensis, Sorbus lancastriensis (also known as Aria rather than Sorbus) are rare very localised hybrid species of Rowan and which other tree?

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[GRALISTAIR]

Have you not heard of Ernie? He drove the fastest milk cart in the west.

But Ernie had a rival, an evil looking man, called two tonne Ted from Teddington and he drove the bakers van.

 

[xotGD]

Ash

 

[Acathater]

Ash

Not ash

 

[Acathater]

In the face of apparent apathy the answer is "Whitebeam"

Can someone kick this thread back into life by asking a question that's more interesting?

 

[SuspectUsual]

OK

By what name was Charles Warrell better known, including I am sure to some of you

 

[xotGD]

Charlie Warrell?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Charlie Warrell?

Possibly, but I'm sure you're not surprised to learn that isn't the answer I'm looking for

 

[DaleCooper]

OK

By what name was Charles Warrell better known, including I am sure to some of you

Charles Atlas

 

[SuspectUsual]

Charles Atlas

Nope

 

[D6130]

Charlie Chaplin?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Charlie Chaplin?

No

Couple of clues - he wasn’t known as a Charles or Charlie and he was known for his books

 

[D6130]

Frederick Forsyth?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Frederick Forsyth?

Nope

Clue 3 - not fiction

 

[SuspectUsual]

I'm away for a few days from tomorrow so let's move this along a bit.....

Clue 4 - his books were aimed at children, but probably occasionally used by adults

Clue 5 - Charles Warrell's pen name implied he wasn't British

 

[chris53]

Big Chief? Didn't he write the I-Spy books ?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Big Chief? Didn't he write the I-Spy books ?

That’s it. Charles Warrell was Big Chief I-Spy

Your turn to write I-Spy On An Internet Forum

 

[xotGD]

Let's get things moving again...

What is the comedy catchphrase associated with Professor F. J. Lewis, Emeritus Professor of History at All Souls College, Oxford?

 

[SuspectUsual]

That’s you, that is

Character in the Mary Whitehouse Experience, played by Rob Newman

 

[xotGD]

That’s you, that is

Character in the Mary Whitehouse Experience, played by Rob Newman

See that person who answers questions correctly? That's you that is.

Your floor...

 

[SuspectUsual]

Which 1970s children’s programme had a character in it that was based on Bertrand Russell?

 

[Acathater]

Magic Roundabout?
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