General Knowledge Quiz

[CarltonA]

Gibraltar?

No, that is still open for RAF and commercial traffic. Though having flown into there I can see where you are coming from.

 

[CarltonA]

The former international airport in Cyprus that now lies between the two parts of the island.

Getting very close. Name the former RAF Station.

 

[MotCO]

Larnaca?

Or Limasol?

 

[CarltonA]

Larnaca?

Or Limasol?

I'm looking for the name of a former RAF station, the format would be: RAF Xxxxxx. Larnaca was built as a civilian airport in the seventies. Limassol does not have an airport of it's own.

 

[MotCO]

RAF Acrotiri?

 

[CarltonA]

RAF Acrotiri?

RAF Akrotiri is still in RAF use, indeed it is the largest active RAF station outside of the UK. I'm looking for a base which is no longer in RAF use and became an international airport. It can now said to be in "no man's land" and is currently closed to commercial air traffic.

 

[FrodshamJnct]

Nicosia?

 

[CarltonA]

Nicosia?

Correct, RAF Nicosia was decommissioned by the RAF in 1966 and was the main international airport for Cyprus until the 1974 Turkish intervention. It has been in the UN buffer zone since then and is closed to commercial traffic.

 

[FrodshamJnct]

Next up - the sinking of which ship led to the greatest single loss of life at sea in the history of the U.S. Navy in 1945?

 

[Calthrop]

The Indianapolis (is it "USS" for U.S. Navy ships?), in the Pacific campaign against Japan?

 

[FrodshamJnct]

The Indianapolis (is it "USS" for U.S. Navy ships?), in the Pacific campaign against Japan?

Correct. She sank on 30th July 1945 after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-58, with nearly 900 ultimately losing their lives.

 

[Calthrop]

Correct. She sank on 30th July 1945 after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-58, with nearly 900 ultimately losing their lives.

Taking it that the floor is mine -- I have a great liking for George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman books; have in the past set at least one question in this quiz, connected therewith. Am venturing to do another, as follows.

A list below, of characters who feature in various of the Flashman books. Please identify in which, each character appears. A couple of the characters are historical persons who actually lived. Another couple, show up in more than one of the novels -- for these: naming one book in which they feature, will be an acceptable answer; by all means name the other(s) if you know them.


Robert E. Lee

Ilderim Khan

Susie Willinck

Mr. Fankanonikaka

Benjamin Disraeli

Mrs. Phoebe Carpenter

 

[Calthrop]

It's looking as though I'm the only Flashman fan participating these days in the General Knowledge Quiz ! Time, I think, to kill this one, and throw the floor open.

"For the record", answers are -- Lee: Flashman and the Angel of the Lord. I.K. : Flashman and Flashman in the Great Game. Willinck: Flash For Freedom ! and Flashman and the Redskins. Mr. F. : Flashman's Lady. Disraeli: Flash For Freedom ! Carpenter: Flashman and the Dragon.

As above -- open floor, please.

 

[xotGD]

If I may step in...

With which English football clubs would you associate the following 'firms' of casuals:

1. Inter-City Firm
2. Headhunters
3. The Ointment
4. Bushwackers
5. Section 5
6. Zulu Warriers

 

[MotCO]

1. Millwall?

 

[xotGD]

1. Millwall?

Sorry, no.

 

[Trackman]

1.West Ham
2.Chelsea
4.Millwall
6.Birmingham City?

 

[xotGD]

1.West Ham
2.Chelsea
4.Millwall
6.Birmingham City?

All four correct.

The missing answers are:

3. Bradford City
5. West Brom

You are the Top Man of the RF Crank Crew, and the floor is yours...

 

[SuspectUsual]

You are the Top Man of the RF Crank Crew, and the floor is yours...

No mention of the hooligan group named after a specific train?

 

[perryman]

No mention of the hooligan group named after a specific train?

The 6h57, ex-Portsmouth & Southsea? I don't think it exists any longer. There is a 6h58 slow train to Waterloo though.

 

[Trackman]

Open floor

 

[MotCO]

The following lists characters in UK police tv series who undertook a supporting role (either as a boss or underling). Name the tv series:

1. Gavin Troy
2. Siobahn Clarke
3. John Watt
4. Andy Crawford
5. Barney Crozier
6. Johnny Kroon
7. Harry Naylor
8. James Langton
9. James Hattaway
10. Bill Wong

 

[xotGD]

1. Midsummer Murders
5. The Bill
9. Lewis

 

[perryman]

4. Dalziel & Pascoe

 

[perryman]

5. Bergerac, I think.

 

[millemille]

2. is that "Shiv" from the Rebus novels/TV series?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

7. Harry Naylor was a character in "Between the Lines".

 

[Gloster]

3 Z-Cars and Barlow. (The latter is ‘I think’ and I am not certain about the name: could it have been Barlow at Large?)

 

[MotCO]

1. Midsummer Murders
5. The Bill
9. Lewis

1. Midsummer Murders - Correct
5. The Bill - Not correct
9. Lewis - Correct

4. Dalziel & Pascoe

Incorrect

5. Bergerac, I think.

Correct

2. is that "Shiv" from the Rebus novels/TV series?

It is indeed - but only Rebus can call her 'Shiv'

7. Harry Naylor was a character in "Between the Lines".

Correct

3 Z-Cars and Barlow. (The latter is ‘I think’ and I am not certain about the name: could it have been Barlow at Large?)

Yes - Z Cars

Those still outstanding:

• 4. Andy Crawford
• 6. Johnny Kroon
• 8. James Langton
• 10. Bill Wong

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Was Bill Wong in "Agatha Raisin"?