General Knowledge Quiz

[MotCO]

Giving birth to Greta?

No, she was born in 2003.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

I know Greta Thunbergs mother is a trained singer so I will guess at performing in a concert.

 

[MotCO]

I know Greta Thunbergs mother is a trained singer so I will guess at performing in a concert.

A bit more specific, please

 

[OhNoAPacer]

An opera maybe.

 

[MotCO]

An opera maybe.

You couldn't get further from an opera

 

[OhNoAPacer]

You couldn't get further from an opera

A techo rap performance on the bagpipes.


Failing that a jazz concert.

 

[MotCO]

A techo rap performance on the bagpipes.


Failing that a jazz concert.

Probably closer to the first may have been played, or it may have sounded like it

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Conducting the Russian State Cat Sinfonia.

Obviously I don't know.

 

[MotCO]

Conducting the Russian State Cat Sinfonia.

Obviously I don't know.

But I guarantee you have heard of it.

 

[DaleCooper]

Appearing on Russia's Got Talent.

 

[MotCO]

Appearing on Russia's Got Talent.

I've no idea if RGT exists; what she has appeared on you would 100%, definitely have heard of, and quite possibly watched it.

 

[DaleCooper]

I've no idea if RGT exists; what she has appeared on you would 100%, definitely have heard of, and quite possibly watched it.

Eurovision Song Contest

 

[MotCO]

Eurovision Song Contest

It was indeed. Please take the stage for the next question.

(She didn't win - she came 18th out of 21)

 

[DaleCooper]

It was indeed. Please take the stage for the next question.

(She didn't win - she came 18th out of 21)

Thank you.

Next question:

Where would you find biot, franklin and gilbert together?

 

[Andover]

Are they all groups of islands? Would have to be together in a non-geographical sense though...

 

[kirk781]

Where would you find biot, franklin and gilbert together?

I think I know this. Gilbert is associated with electric current. So, all three are some variants or form of measurement or alternatives to SI unit Ampere?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I am aware that the initials BIOT stand for British Indian Ocean Territory for just an example of the quoted examples and thatthe Gilbert and Ellice Islands in the Pacific Ocean were part of the British Empire from 1897-1976,, but not much more.

 

[DaleCooper]

Are they all groups of islands? Would have to be together in a non-geographical sense though...

If they were islands the names would be capitalised.

I am aware that the initials BIOT stand for British Indian Ocean Territory for just an example of the quoted examples and thatthe Gilbert and Ellice Islands in the Pacific Ocean were part of the British Empire from 1897-1976,, but not much more.

It's "biot" not "BIOT".

I think I know this. Gilbert is associated with electric current. So, all three are some variants or form of measurement or alternatives to SI unit Ampere?

Not amperes but near enough, they are units in the CGS EMU system. Your turn...

 

[kirk781]

This is a fairly standard one. The name is listed in the Guinness book of records as the world's longest place name. It is a major city and is very well known by it's of course, of more common shorter name. Which is this city?

 

[Andover]

Bangkok, wasn't it?

 

[kirk781]

Bangkok, wasn't it?

Correct. The official name has 168 characters, I think.

 

[Andover]

Another city - where would one find the Skull Tower?

 

[D6130]

Prague?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I recall a Serbian uprising against the Ottoman Empire in the early part of the 19th century in which a skull tower was fabricated that included the skulls of the dead Serbians, but do not know the exact location in Serbis where it stands.

 

[Andover]

Prague?

Not Prague, sorry.

I recall a Serbian uprising against the Ottoman Empire in the early part of the 19th century in which a skull tower was fabricated that included the skulls of the dead Serbians, but do not know the exact location in Serbis where it stands.

If it helps, said location was also the birthplace of Constantine the Great.

 

[DaleCooper]

Not Prague, sorry.

If it helps, said location was also the birthplace of Constantine the Great.

Istanbul

 

[Peterthegreat]

Is it Nis (Serbia)?

 

[Andover]

Istanbul

Afraid not.

Is it Nis (Serbia)?

Correct, your turn.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Thank you.
Who is the only person to have been Time Magazine Person (man/woman) of the year in successive years?

 

[Gloster]

Jack Kennedy?