General Knowledge Quiz

[DaleCooper]

What happened to the hint?

 

[A Challenge]

I Asked What Other €olour Would You Like To Have The Number For, And Which Would You Like?

 

[DaleCooper]

Purple €500

 

[AlterEgo]

That was a really good question. I agree with Dale, must be the 500 Euro banknote.

 

[me123]

That was a really good question.

Agreed

 

[A Challenge]

Well done! I hadn't expected the ‎€ to give it away, but what colour did you want, DaleCooper, it is your floor.

Glad to see it is a good question!

 

[DaleCooper]

Well done! I hadn't expected the ‎€ to give it away, but what colour did you want, DaleCooper, it is your floor.

It was "€olour" that did it for me.

Next question:

What do these have in common?

a WW2 experimental aircraft
a Fleetwood Mac song
a board game

 

[TheEdge]

Lets start with guesses. They all had the same bloke, I shall call him Archibald Jones, who wrote or designed them.

 

[DaleCooper]

Ah, good old Archie Jones, whatever happened to him?

I like guesses even when they're wrong; they're entertaining and keep things moving along.

 

[Mvann]

Tusk tusk

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

All developed on 442s parked up at Newhaven Marine

 

[Mvann]

Repeat as above

 

[TheEdge]

Well Monopoly was originally designed to prove how bad monopolies were but has become the very opposite.

Was there a WW2 aircraft designed solely to disprove a system but backfired?

And a Fleetwood Mac song expected to be awful but turned out good.

 

[Mvann]

Actually I suppose tusk tusk tusk would have been better

 

[DaleCooper]

All developed on 442s parked up at Newhaven Marine

No

Well Monopoly was originally designed to prove how bad monopolies were but has become the very opposite.

Was there a WW2 aircraft designed solely to disprove a system but backfired?

And a Fleetwood Mac song expected to be awful but turned out good.

All the work of Archie I suppose, poor old boy couldn't do anything right. That's probably why he sank into obscurity.

Actually I suppose tusk tusk tusk would have been better

That's what I thought.

 

[Mvann]

Are you providing the beer and pretzels dale?

 

[DaleCooper]

Are you providing the beer and pretzels dale?

Here you go...

but I'll be having cider and pretzels... and Pringles... and other assorted snacks.

 

[Mvann]

Prefer chocolate raisins with my cider, which I'm just off to buy.

 

[DaleCooper]

Guesses have dried up, probably too much beer and pretzels.

Here's some help:

What do these have in common?

a WW2 experimental aircraft - unusual wings
a Fleetwood Mac song - recorded after Peter Green left
a board game - played on a chequered board

 

[TheEdge]

Well when it comes to WWII experimental aircraft unusual wings covers most of them, the oddest probably being the Vought V-173 Flying Pancake but I can't make it fit!

 

[Mvann]

Pressumebly there was an experimental aircraft called tusk, fleetwood mac had a record called tusk and there is a board game called tusk. There is also another board game called tusk that is referred to as a beer and pretzel game

 

[DaleCooper]

Pressumebly there was an experimental aircraft called tusk, fleetwood mac had a record called tusk and there is a board game called tusk. There is also another board game called tusk that is referred to as a beer and pretzel game

Two out of three ain't bad but I don't know of an aircraft named "Tusk", as a matter of fact I didn't know there was a board game called "Tusk" and anyway it doesn't appear to use a chequered board..

 

[Mvann]

There is something to do with experimental planes that mentions tusk as it is mentioned in an article about world war 2 airforce history. Can't open PDF to read it properly. I just assumed it was the name of the aircraft. It was the only one of the three I wasn't sure on

 

[DaleCooper]

Here's some more help:

What do these have in common?

a WW2 experimental aircraft - unusual wings - one of the lesser known UK manufacturers
a Fleetwood Mac song - recorded after Peter Green left - lyrics based on a poem from 1927
a board game - played on a chequered board - can also be played on board with hexagonal divisions

 

[TheEdge]

Well its been a while so I think some internet based research is reasonable at this point.

Dragonfly.

Miles M.39B Libellula, a type of dragonfly. Fleetwood Mac song and board game Dragonfly.

 

[fowler9]

Well its been a while so I think some internet based research is reasonable at this point.

Dragonfly.

Miles M.39B Libellula, a type of dragonfly. Fleetwood Mac song and board game Dragonfly.

If that is right then well done even using internet research. Ha ha.

 

[Cowley]

If that is right then well done even using internet research. Ha ha.

Absolutely. The Edge has shown intelligence and commitment, I've had a few beers tonight and I don't have either.

 

[DaleCooper]

Well its been a while so I think some internet based research is reasonable at this point.

Absolutely reasonable, in fact it was the kind of question that is more about "finding out" than "knowing".

Dragonfly.

Miles M.39B Libellula, a type of dragonfly. Fleetwood Mac song and board game Dragonfly.

All correct, I hope that was educational. In recognition of your hard work a lamppost has been named after you.

 

[TheEdge]

I shall take the lamppost and love it.

4017, 4201, 4030.

What completes the sequence?

To save time and pointless guesses this isn't a maths thing so get x + 12/(x+8) out of your heads...
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
24 hours, time for a clue. To extend the sequence backwards a lot...

Comet, 4007, 4011, 4012, 4015...

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

I shall take the lamppost and love it.

4017, 4201, 4030.

What completes the sequence?

To save time and pointless guesses this isn't a maths thing so get x + 12/(x+8) out of your heads...
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
24 hours, time for a clue. To extend the sequence backwards a lot...

Comet, 4007, 4011, 4012, 4015...

*raises hand to ask point of order*

Is this referring to the Comet airliner or the astronomical Comet?