General Knowledge Quiz

[444045]

Not right - think about how else you can present a proportion.

Would that be as a fraction - say 2/6 = 1/3 ?

 

[MotCO]

Would that be as a fraction - say 2/6 = 1/3 ?

No - try again!

 

[xotGD]

Is is the percentage sign %

 

[MotCO]

Is is the percentage sign %

Is one to indicate a deceased person ?

Would that be the division sign - a dot either side of a straight line - is it to do with ratios as well ?

Correct. The Obelus in modern form is the † dagger sign, the ÷ division sign and the % percentage sign.

Since 444045 got two correct answers, I'll pass the teacher's chalk to him/her.

 

[444045]

Thank you

Which tv series closing credits went down - across - up and across again ?

 

[FrodshamJnct]

Thank you

Which tv series closing credits went down - across - up and across again ?

Brass Eye?

 

[MotCO]

Crossroads?

 

[444045]

Crossroads?

You are correct - Crossroads was the answer - after 1986 they went to standard closing credits

The Motel keys are yours

Brass Eye?

Sorry you are not correct

 

[MotCO]

The Motel keys are yours

And the wobbly walls?

Now for buildings of a different nature. Whose ancestral seats are these:

1. Arundel Castle, Sussex
2. Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire
3. Goodwood House, Sussex
4. Euston Hall, Suffolk
5. Badminton House, Gloucestershire
6. Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire
7. Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
8. Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
9. Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire
10. Alnwick Castle, Northumberland
11. Stratfield Saye House, Hampshire
12. Eaton Hall, Cheshire

All are dukedoms.

 

[SteveM70]

Arundel - Norfolk
Chatsworth - Devonshire
Blenheim - Marlborough
Eaton - Westminster
Alnwick - Northumberland (at last one in the right county!!)

 

[Gloster]

Woburn - Bedford (also right county)
Stratfield Saye - Wellington

 

[MotCO]

Arundel - Norfolk
Chatsworth - Devonshire
Blenheim - Marlborough
Eaton - Westminster
Alnwick - Northumberland (at last one in the right county!!)

5/5 - all correct

 

[MotCO]

Woburn - Bedford (also right county)
Stratfield Saye - Wellington

2/2 - all correct

 

[Calthrop]

Belvoir: Rutland (I have a family connection here -- forbears were tenants on the Belvoir estate).

Badminton: Beaufort?

 

[MotCO]

Belvoir: Rutland (I have a family connection here -- forbears were tenants on the Belvoir estate).

Badminton: Beaufort?

2/2 - all correct

Outstanding are:

• Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire
• Goodwood House, Sussex
• Euston Hall, Suffolk

 

[FrodshamJnct]

2/2 - all correct

Outstanding are:

• Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire
• Goodwood House, Sussex
• Euston Hall, Suffolk

Goodwood House is Richmond I think but don’t know the other 2.

 

[MotCO]

Goodwood House is Richmond I think but don’t know the other 2.

You're right on both counts

 

[SteveM70]

Is Maiden Bradley the Duke of Wellington? I know he has Apsley House but think he has somewhere in the country too

 

[MotCO]

Is Maiden Bradley the Duke of Wellington? I know he has Apsley House but think he has somewhere in the country too

He indeed has a country seat, but that is Stratfield Saye House, already answered above.

The last Duke I am looking for is named after a county.

 

[Gloster]

Mentally running through the the English counties and ignoring the royals, the only one I can think of is Somerset, but nobility is not one of my subjects.

 

[MotCO]

Mentally running through the the English counties and ignoring the royals, the only one I can think of is Somerset, but nobility is not one of my subjects.

It is indeed.

Arundel - Norfolk
Chatsworth - Devonshire
Blenheim - Marlborough
Eaton - Westminster
Alnwick - Northumberland (at last one in the right county!!)

With 5 right answers out of the 12 seats, I declare SteveM70 as Lord of the Manor and invite him to take the floor.

 

[SteveM70]

Blimey, Lord of the Manor

In addition to Midge Ure, who co-wrote the song, played keyboards, and did most of the programming, three musicians played on the original Band Aid record in 1984. Who were they?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Paul Young was heavily involved, wasn't he?

 

[MotCO]

How about Phil Collins? Bob Geldof can play guitar, so was he one of the three?

 

[SteveM70]

Paul Young was heavily involved, wasn't he?

How about Phil Collins? Bob Geldof can play guitar, so was he one of the three?

Paul Young sang but didn’t play (did he even play on his own records??)

Phil Collins played drums

Geldof didn’t play on it. Probably too busy organising and cajoling people

one down, two to go

 

[xotGD]

Mark Knopfler and The Edge?

 

[SteveM70]

Mark Knopfler and The Edge?

Neither of them. Bono sang. Having just read into it a bit, the Edge was in hospital at the time

 

[444045]

How about Sting or Trevor Horn ?

 

[SteveM70]

How about Sting or Trevor Horn ?

Neither of those, though (I think) Trevor Horn was mooted as a potential producer but then couldn’t because of other commitments or something

Clue: the two people you’re looking for are a guitarist and a bass player, and they were in the same group

 

[xotGD]

Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt?