General Knowledge Quiz

[Peterthegreat]

Morgan Freeman?

Not Morgan Freeman

 

[Peterthegreat]

Anthony Hopkins?

Because it is Anthony Hopkins.
Please silence the lambs with the next question.

 

[Donny Dave]

Thankyou.

What do the following songs have in common?

All Saints - Pure Shores
The Who - Baba O Riley
The Smiths - How Soon is Now?
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
David Bowie - Space Oddity

 

[xotGD]

All originally B sides, later released as A sides?

 

[Donny Dave]

Not that I'm aware of

 

[DaleCooper]

Thankyou.

What do the following songs have in common?

All Saints - Pure Shores
The Who - Baba O Riley
The Smiths - How Soon is Now?
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
David Bowie - Space Oddity

Did they all feature the Stylophone?

 

[Ashley Hill]

All theme tunes for TV programs?

 

[SuspectUsual]

The lyrics don't include the words in the title?

 

[Donny Dave]

Did they all feature the Stylophone?

All theme tunes for TV programs?

Again, not that I'm aware of.

The lyrics don't include the words in the title?

Is correct. I did consider adding a couple of other examples, but they would have made it too obvious. Anyway, over to you to compose a new conundrum.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Again, not that I'm aware of.

I based my answer on Baba O’Riley-CSI New York and How Soon Is Now-Charmed. Two programs Mrs H likes.

 

[SuspectUsual]

How old was Mozart when he wrote his first symphony, and where was he when he wrote it?

 

[Purple Train]

For some reason I think he was nine, and I'll have a very wild guess at Munich!

 

[SuspectUsual]

For some reason I think he was nine, and I'll have a very wild guess at Munich!

Close, and not close

 

[Peterthegreat]

I think it was in London.

 

[SuspectUsual]

I think it was in London.

It was! Chelsea to be precise

But how old was he?

 

[Acathater]

Nine?

 

[Peterthegreat]

It was! Chelsea to be precise

But how old was he?

Eight?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Eight?

Spot on. Please compose the next question

 

[Peterthegreat]

Thank you.
Apologies for the slight delay.
Who was the last man to be knocked out by Muhammad Ali?

 

[DaleCooper]

Thank you.
Apologies for the slight delay.
Who was the last man to be knocked out by Muhammad Ali?

George Foreman

 

[Peterthegreat]

George Foreman

Not George Foreman.

 

[MotCO]

Mike Tyson?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Not Mike Tyson.

 

[DaleCooper]

Richard Dunn

 

[Peterthegreat]

Richard Dunn is correct.
Your turn to knock us out with a question.

 

[DaleCooper]

Richard Dunn is correct.
Your turn to knock us out with a question.

Thank you.

Next question:

Why was a shadow mask once a common item in homes?

 

[Greenheart]

To comply with wartime blackout requirements?

 

[DaleCooper]

To comply with wartime blackout requirements?

I presume youre referring to WW2 so no. They didn't start to become common for another 20 years, initially in the USA.