General Knowledge Quiz

[SuspectUsual]

Re the snooker one, entering into the world of absurd but technically possible, answers, I *think* a player could win a frame with as few as 16 points.

Player A absolute whacks the white ball into the reds, and somehow manages to pot all 15 of them, but the white goes in as well. So nobody gets any points for the reds, and there's a 4 point foul.

So the score is then 0-4 and only the colours are left on the table.

Player A pots the yellow. Score 2-4

Player B pots the green, brown and blue. Score 2-16.

14 points ahead but only 13 remaining; player A concedes

If the frame is played to a conclusion then player B pots the pink as well and wins 22-2, so the same low winning score as previously but fewer points for the opponent

 

[DaleCooper]

H G Wells seen thus kind of thing used in cryptic crosswords.

Quite right, your turn...

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Eulogised by Archbishop of Canterbury Stephen Langton as 'the best Knight who ever lived' who founded Cartmel Priory?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I read of the history of Cartmel Priory very many years ago and it was founded in 1190 AD as a religious house for the Augustinian Canons Regular with much of the land area of Cartmel included by the 1st Earl of Pembroke, William Marshall.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

I read of the history of Cartmel Prior very many years ago and it was founded in 1190 AD as a religious house for the Augustinian Canons Regular with much of the land area of Cartmel included by the 1st Earl of Pembroke, William Marshall.

Correctly and comprehensively answered.

You may arise and set another question.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Staying on the subject of religious houses, there is one that is based in Scotland, which is the only medieval monastery in Britain still inhabited by monks and still used for its original purpose. What is its name and which settlement is it near?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

I don't know its name but there is a monastery near Elgin.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I don't know its name but there is a monastery near Elgin.

That gives the correct area, but more importantly, the answer requires the name of the monastery.

HINT ... It was founded as early as the year 1230.

 

[D6130]

Pluscarden Priory?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Pluscarden Priory?

Is the correct answer.

I will award the win to you as that part of the answer is more important.

Over now to you.

 

[D6130]

Is the correct answer.

I will award the win to you as that part of the answer is more important.

Over now to you.

Thanks. Next up:

Which geographical features were known in ancient mythology as "The Pillars of Hercules"?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

The headlands either side of the straits of Gibraltar. Rock of Gibraltar is one cannot remember the one on the African side.

 

[D6130]

The headlands either side of the straits of Gibraltar. Rock of Gibraltar is one cannot remember the one on the African side.

Correct. I can't remember the name of the rock on the African side either! Your turn to join the Argonauts.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

The headlands either side of the straits of Gibraltar. Rock of Gibraltar is one cannot remember the one on the African side.

Opinions seem to differ. The "Pillar of Hercules" on the Southern side is likely either to be 'Jebel Musa' (2762 feet / 842 metres above sea level) or 'Mount Hacho' (669 feet / 204 metres above sea level).

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Returning to Snooker.

A player approaches the table with no balls potted.

They clear the table.

What is the lowest possible break they can have made?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

I'll hazard a guess at 72. All the fifteen reds followed by yellows.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

I'll hazard a guess at 72. All the fifteen reds followed by yellows.

Not correct I am afraid.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

70 made up from 15 consecutive red and yellows, then the green, brown, blue, pink and black.

 

[yoyothehobo]

15 reds with one shot = 15
1 yellow = 2
1 yellow = 2
Green = 3
brown = 4
blue = 5
pink = 6
black = 7

44?

 

[Ashley Hill]

72?

 

[Ashley Hill]

72 (Sorry,I see that has already been guessed)

 

[Mcr Warrior]

72?

I guessed that and was wrong. Think the answer to the question, as posed, requires some highly implausible trick shot to have taken place and that @yoyothehobo is likely on the right lines.

 

[Ashley Hill]

74 following a fowl on the yellow.?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

15 reds with one shot = 15
1 yellow = 2
1 yellow = 2
Green = 3
brown = 4
blue = 5
pink = 6
black = 7

44?

Is correct.

Stunning the crowd, the referee and the entire coterie of mathematicians working in the field of probability theory.

Your turn to strike the cue ball towards another question.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Is correct.

Stunning the crowd, the referee and the entire coterie of mathematicians working in the field of probability theory.

Your turn to strike the cue ball towards another question.

Without wanting to offend anyone,the only way that would ever happen is if Jesus was playing and his Dad was the referee!!!

 

[DaleCooper]

Is correct.

Stunning the crowd, the referee and the entire coterie of mathematicians working in the field of probability theory.

Your turn to strike the cue ball towards another question.

What if after potting the black the white went in off?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

What if after potting the black the white went in off?

Genuine question, does that count as a clearance?

 

[DaleCooper]

Genuine question, does that count as a clearance?

Well there's no balls left on the table so I suppose it's clear.

 

[D6975]

Yes it does, and the black does NOT get respotted. So the correct answer is 37.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Well there's no balls left on the table so I suppose it's clear.

Yes it does, and the black does NOT get respotted. So the correct answer is 37.

So in the following scenario we would have a clearance scoring-7.

A player is 1 point ahead and attempts to pot the black but misses the pot.

The other player pots the black but the white goes in off.

The first player is now over 7 ahead so wins the frame.