General Knowledge Quiz

[DaleCooper]

Latitude 51 north?

 

[DasLunatic]

That was quick. Your floor.

 

[DaleCooper]

Which comedian and broadcaster was also the chairman and MD of a well known toy company?

 

[Mvann]

Kenneth Horne? Know he was MD of a company but can't remember the company.

 

[DaleCooper]

Kenneth Horne? Know he was MD of a company but can't remember the company.

That's him, the company was Chad Valley.

 

[theageofthetra]

Off topic but wasn't he doing an after dinner in his capacity as Chairman of Chad Valley when he sadly had a heart attack and died mid speach?

 

[Mvann]

No. It was a tv award ceremony.
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What was the first single for madness

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

No. It was a tv award ceremony.

It was the annual Guild of Television Producer's and Director's Awards which was held at The Dorchester Hotel in London.
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What was the first single for Madness

"The Prince" was the "A" side on it.

 

[Mvann]

correct

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

What bacterium was named after the German paediatrician Theodor Escheirich?

 

[DaleCooper]

E Coli?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Correct. Your turn to set the next one.

 

[DaleCooper]

Who created the character "Mr Tinklebury Snapdriver"?

 

[theageofthetra]

Beachcomber?

 

[DaleCooper]

Yes it was Beachcomber (J. B. Morton)

 

[theageofthetra]

Keeping the Beachcomber theme. What job in journalism is nicknamed a Prodnose & why.

 

[Marton]

Subeditors as they poke their noses into stories already written and change them.

 

[theageofthetra]

Very close but not quite why.

 

[backontrack]

An editor?

 

[theageofthetra]

No sub editor is correct its why they are called a Prodnose.

 

[DaleCooper]

Do they lack a sense of humour?

 

[ComUtoR]

Prodnose is a character from a Daily mail column. Prodnose was well known for being pedantic.

 

[theageofthetra]

I think I will go with Marton as he got the sub editor part correct & was mostly right. Prodnose was always stopping Beachcomber having fun and this rather summed up a sub editor/hack relationship. Your floor.

 

[Marton]

Thank you.

What precedes and succeeds Fructidor?

 

[ComUtoR]

Thermidor & Sansculottides - Vendémiaire

 

[Marton]

Specifically Thermidor and Vendémiare was what I sought as these were months.

Your floor.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Does that mean anyone can ask a question?

 

[Darren R]

Does that mean anyone can ask a question?

No - not unless the person who gave the correct answer declares Open Floor...

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Ah, I was confused between Your Floor and Open Floor... I thought the two terms were interchangeable

 

[ComUtoR]

Morning,

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