General Knowledge Quiz

[DaleCooper]

They all have pilot licences.

 

[Trackman]

Clue time again as another 24 hours have nearly passed...

All appeared in a picture /photo, or album cover?

Some of them have appeared in the same photo, but that is not the answer I am looking for.

They all have pilot licences.

This is sort of the nearest best guess, but it's nothing to with pilot licences or any other licence.

 

[styles]

Do they all have private jets?

Have they all been on the same flight?

 

[Greenheart]

Did they receive honours from the late Queen on the same day?

 

[DaleCooper]

They flew on the same Concorde flight.

 

[D6130]

Did they all take party in the Royal Variety Performance?

 

[SuspectUsual]

They were all on the inaugural Virgin flight

 

[Trackman]

Do they all have private jets?

Have they all been on the same flight?

Have to take your first answer I'm afraid, and secondary you would have to been more specific.

They were all on the inaugural Virgin flight

Is the correct answer, although it was Virgin Atlantic, but I'm not fussed.
Your turn to rotate at V1 for the next question...

 

[SuspectUsual]

Who was born in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Australia?

 

[DaleCooper]

Who was born in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Australia?

The Universal Soldier

 

[Gloster]

The Unknown Soldier?

 

[SuspectUsual]

The Universal Soldier

The Unknown Soldier?

Neither of those

 

[DaleCooper]

James Bond

Sean Connery - Scotland
George Lazenby - Australia
Pierce Brosnan - Ireland
Timothy Dalton - Wales
Roger Moore - England
etc.

 

[SuspectUsual]

James Bond

Sean Connery - Scotland
George Lazenby - Australia
Pierce Brosnan - Ireland
Timothy Dalton - Wales
Roger Moore - England
etc.

Spot on.

We'll have the next question shaken, not stirred, please

 

[DaleCooper]

Spot on.

We'll have the next question shaken, not stirred, please

Thank you.

Next question (gently agitated):

Where would you see a Widmanstätten pattern?

 

[styles]

In iron?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

I'd be more specific and say in a cut and polished iron meteorite.

 

[DaleCooper]

In iron?

See below

I'd be more specific and say in a cut and polished iron meteorite.

That's correct, your turn...

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Thank you. Seen plenty of pictures of those patterns in my astronomy books...

Sticking with an astronomy theme now that the evenings are getting suitably dark...

There are many lists of objects of interest, such as Messier, Index Catalogue, New General Catalogue and many others, but who compiled the Caldwell list?

 

[Acathater]

Thank you. Seen plenty of pictures of those patterns in my astronomy books...

Sticking with an astronomy theme now that the evenings are getting suitably dark...

There are many lists of objects of interest, such as Messier, Index Catalogue, New General Catalogue and many others, but who compiled the Caldwell list?

Caldwell?

 

[Peterthegreat]

What about Patrick Moore?

 

[DaleCooper]

Minnie Caldwell (Coronation Street)