General Knowledge Quiz

[DaleCooper]

Going by the last three I'd guess German tanks.

 

[krus_aragon]

Going by the last three I'd guess German tanks.

A fair guess, but it doesn't match them all.

Let me extend the sequence a little:

Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion...

 

[DaleCooper]

Is it to do with phonetics with them grouped according to the last syllable?

Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger
Leopard, Snow Leopard
Lion, Mountain Lion

 

[Cowley]

Is it to do with phonetics with them grouped according to the last syllable?

Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger
Leopard, Snow Leopard
Lion, Mountain Lion

That's clever. I was wondering if it was something to do with the earliest fossils found of each species but I haven't a clue really.

 

[fowler9]

Apple operating systems in chronological order? Apologies if everyone knew this anyway and there is some deeper reason behind the names which we are looking for. Just got home from a late shift and my brain is frazzled.

 

[fowler9]

I think the Panther Tiger and Leopard were/are German tanks but not the rest. The Leopard being more recent than WW2.

 

[krus_aragon]

Apple operating systems in chronological order? Apologies if everyone knew this anyway and there is some deeper reason behind the names which we are looking for. Just got home from a late shift and my brain is frazzled.

Your brain isn't over-frazzled (or if it is,it's equally frazzled as mine). They are the code names used for releases of Apples' Mac OS X from 2001 to 2012. By that point they were running out of cool big cat names, and switched to using landmarks instead. This problem was lampshaded by the xkcd webcomic:


A graph organizing various feline species labeled with common names ordered by genera (in order of which would win in a fight) on the y axis, and coolness of name on the x axis. Names already used by Apple are circled.


The floor is yours, fowler9...

 

[fowler9]

Your brain isn't over-frazzled (or if it is,it's equally frazzled as mine). They are the code names used for releases of Apples' Mac OS X from 2001 to 2012. By that point they were running out of cool big cat names, and switched to using landmarks instead. This problem was lampshaded by the xkcd webcomic:


A graph organizing various feline species labeled with common names ordered by genera (in order of which would win in a fight) on the y axis, and coolness of name on the x axis. Names already used by Apple are circled.


The floor is yours, fowler9...

Cheers mate, I spent 3 months working at Vodafone and amongst our training that was completely useless for the job was a list of operating system names that various companies used.

My question may or may not be a bit tough. What do Incemore, Lochmore, Craigmore, Erylmore, Lismore, Lammermore, Cairnmore, Kirkmore, Rexmore, Benmore & Boxmore all have in common with the inventor of goal nets? As a clue it is to do with the area I live in.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Are they types of nylon - which I think is what goal nets are made of - nd did he (whoever he was / is invent / discover them all?

 

[deltic1989]

The goal net was invented by John Brodie. i'm given to understand that as well as being a sports fan, he was a big mover in prefabricated housing.
So my submission would be that the listed places have a large concentration of prefabs.

 

[RJ21]

Some are place names in the Ordnance Survey gazetteer, however they are all names of roads in Liverpool, all cul-de-sacs leading off Brodie Avenue in the order given when travelling north from Booker Avenue.

 

[DaleCooper]

They are all places with holes. The original goal nets were made by stitching holes together.

 

[fowler9]

Some are place names in the Ordnance Survey gazetteer, however they are all names of roads in Liverpool, all cul-de-sacs leading off Brodie Avenue in the order given when travelling north from Booker Avenue.

"Back of the net" as Alan Partridge may say. I used to live on Cairnmore Road back in the day, still live pretty close to it. A very nice area to live. John Brodie was the Liverpool City Engineer and as I understand planned the tree line dual carriageways which fan out from the city. Brodie Avenue itself was originally meant to carry on towards the centre past Rose Lane. Never happened I suspect because at Rose Lane it met a large number of very large and rather old town houses/mansions which I suspect people didn't want knocked down.

Anyway, I'll pick that one out of the onion bag and throw it to you.

 

[RJ21]

Next question, what connects Caernarfon, Inverness, Humberside, Lydd, Lee-on-Solent, Newquay, Prestwick, St Athan, Stornoway and Sumburgh?

 

[me123]

Bases for air ambulances?

 

[RJ21]

Close but no biscuit.

 

[theageofthetra]

HM Coastguard search & rescue stations?

 

[fowler9]

Bristow Helicopter bases for the Oil and Gas rigs?

 

[RJ21]

theageofthetrain, yes, home stations for the Bristow operated HMCG rescue helicopters.

 

[theageofthetra]

What what you not find at the Mcdonalds restaurant in Downey California which you would normally expect find at other branches?

 

[Cowley]

Teenagers/kids? I'm wondering if it's in an OAPs complex?

 

[theageofthetra]

Good guess but not that.

 

[me123]

Meat? (Is it a vegetarian restaurant?)

 

[DaleCooper]

What what you not find at the Mcdonalds restaurant in Downey California which you would normally expect find at other branches?

An uppercase "D" in McDonald's apparently.

 

[Strat-tastic]

Ketchup.

 

[martinsh]

Ronald McDonald ?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Good food?

(Sorry, I'll get my coat!)

 

[RJ21]

A big M outside?

 

[Cowley]

Acne?
Actually forget that silliness. Proper answer: Customers, maybe it's a film set?

 

[theageofthetra]

Ronald McDonald ?

Correct!- this branch was the earliest they opened that survives and it features their original mascot- Speedy, who is a sort of chef.

It was due to be demolished in 1994 but was put on the list of historic places

Your fries with that.