General Knowledge Quiz

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Everything big is giganto something.

For those who know the folk song "Rawtenstall Annual Fair", the description attributed to "The Fat Girl"..Eeh she were a big un, wi' accent on the big....would fit the creature in this conundrum (save it was not "blown up with air")

 

[DaleCooper]

What name is given to the single species great ape that lived in the area of Southern China during the early to middle Pleistocene Age before becoming extinct.

Australosinus corporosus

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Australosinus corporosus

Not that one. Remember the time period and the area.

 

[DaleCooper]

Not that one. Remember the time period and the area.

I don't remember much from the Pleistocene, I was very young then.

 

[Calthrop]

Not, I suppose, the Yeren -- "China's Yeti" -- still, according to some, alive and well in remote parts of Hubei province?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Not, I suppose, the Yeren -- "China's Yeti" -- still, according to some, alive and well in remote parts of Hubei province?

Not that one either.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

I will try Gigantopithicus

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I will try Gigantopithicus

And you will be correct.

Over to you to set the next one.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Founded in 1809 in which city would you find the worlds oldest chess club?

 

[Calthrop]

The Russians are famously chess-mad -- St. Petersburg?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

The Russians are famously chess-mad -- St. Petersburg?

Not St Petersburg.

 

[Calthrop]

I'll try Moscow, then -- after which, if wrong; it can be, a la Private Eye -- "That's enough Russians -- Ed."

 

[OhNoAPacer]

I'll try Moscow, then -- after which, if wrong; it can be, a la Private Eye -- "That's enough Russians -- Ed."

Not Moscow

 

[DaleCooper]

Prague

 

[D6130]

St Albans?

 

[Donny Dave]

Boston, Massachusetts?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Prague

St Albans?

Boston, Massachusetts?

None of these

 

[DaleCooper]

Chessington

 

[xotGD]

Tehran?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Chessington

Unfortunately not, though I think FIDE should move their headquarters here.

Tehran?

Not Tehran

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Havana?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Budapest?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Havana?

Budapest?

Neither of those

 

[DaleCooper]

Oslo

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Oslo

Not Oslo I am afraid

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Time to give a small hint. The city is in mainland Europe.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I have a feeling it was in Switzerland, so I will hazard a guess at the city there I know best....Zurich.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

I have a feeling it was in Switzerland, so I will hazard a guess at the city there I know best....Zurich.

Zurich is the correct answer.

You may now move towards setting another question.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Another one of my prehistoric entries....

What name is given to the extinct hominine genus that lived in the time period from the Late Miocene to Early Pliocene epoch.

As tomorrow is my 80th birthday, but the celebration is being held today that has been arranged by my twin sons, all that I have been told is that a limousine will call at my home to collect me and take me there at mid-day today.
If Patricia had not succumbed in 2021, today would have been our 50th wedding anniversary.

 

[Gloster]

Another one of my prehistoric entries....

What name is given to the extinct hominine genus that lived in the time period from the Late Miocene to Early Pliocene epoch.

As tomorrow is my 80th birthday, but the celebration is being held today that has been arranged by my twin sons, all that I have been told is that a limousine will call at my home to collect me and take me there at mid-day today.
If Patricia had not succumbed in 2021, today would have been our 50th wedding anniversary.

I haven’t a clue what the answer is, but wish you all felicitations. May you long continue to set intriguing questions.