General Knowledge Quiz

[martinsh]

Where (allegedly) are the "quietest places under the sun" ?

 

[DasLunatic]

Is this the village of Clun, Shropshire?

 

[martinsh]

Is this the village of Clun, Shropshire?

That's one of them, I need the others as well

 

[Calthrop]

Verse in full, if I have it rightly:

"Clunton, Clunbury, Clungunford and Clun
Are the quietest places under the sun."

(There's a variation according to which, it's "booziest".)

 

[martinsh]

Verse in full, if I have it rightly:

"Clunton, Clunbury, Clungunford and Clun
Are the quietest places under the sun."

(There's a variation according to which, it's "booziest".)

That is correct.

Don't know about "booziest" as I've never been drinking there, but I have a friend who is going to stay there next week ...

 

[Calthrop]

My floor, I take it.

Supposing you should want a pet sloth: each of the present-day two zoological families of these creatures has, concerning this issue, both "pro" and "con" factors. Please identify the two families, and outline the respective advantages and disadvantages.

 

[Calthrop]

Hint (kind-of): sloths of one of the two families, are nicer for humans to be around, than those of the other -- but there's a downside. (And an upside re the not-so-nice sort.)

 

[Calthrop]

Seemingly no participants in RailUKForums' General Knowledge Quiz, are impassioned slothologists. I'm about to be away and mostly off the Internet "grid" for nearly a month: so will give the answer. Species in the "three-toed" family of sloths are gentle and placid, but tend not to do well in captivity. Those of the "two-toed" family tend to be stroppy and aggressive, and can easily give their handler a nasty bite; but they cope better, with "life with us, not in the wild" -- most sloths in captivity, are of the two-toed kind.

Open floor.

 

[DasLunatic]

How does one get from London to Toronto in about an hour?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

How does one get from London to Toronto in about an hour?

Presumably you start from London, Ontario?

Open floor if that's right.

 

[Cowley]

How does one get from London to Toronto in about an hour?

Hmm. There’s a village in County Durham called Toronto.
Could you fly to somewhere near there and get a taxi to the village itself within an hour?

 

[DasLunatic]

Presumably you start from London, Ontario?

Open floor if that's right.

Indeed it is - I would've done it to NY, but there's no flights from Ontario...

Looks like it's another open floor

 

[Cowley]

Absolutely kicking myself.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Okay, let's try to bring this back to life.

Five US Presidents served in either the Confederate or the Union armies during the American Civil War. Can you name them and, for a bonus, say when they were President?

 

[theageofthetra]

Okay, let's try to bring this back to life.

Five US Presidents served in either the Confederate or the Union armies during the American Civil War. Can you name them and, for a bonus, say when they were President?

There's more than five.

All these served in some capacity during the war between the states (as the South prefer to call it)

Lincoln- Commander in chief
Grant
Filmore
Johnson
Hayes
Garfield
Arthur
Harrison
Mckinley

 

[EbbwJunction1]

There's more than five.

All these served in some capacity during the war between the states (as the South prefer to call it)

Lincoln- Commander in chief
Grant
Filmore
Johnson
Hayes
Garfield
Arthur
Harrison
Mckinley

My information (which I can't now find) just said that it was five, but all of those are on your list, so yes, you're right!

It's your invitation to host the Inauguration Ball, sir!

 

[theageofthetra]

Keeping the US theme- Other than being Native American tribes what connect the Choctaw , Cherokee & Creek nations?

 

[Harlequin]

They all begin with "C"?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Are they all named after rivers?

 

[theageofthetra]

None of those. It's connected to the previous question.

 

[theageofthetra]

A further clue. All were involved in the US civil war but for which side and why?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Were they native trackers for the Confederate side?

(If not, were they native trackers for the Union side?)!!

 

[theageofthetra]

They fought for the Confederacy (soon got disillusioned when they failed to provide weapons and equipment). But why that side?

 

[fowler9]

They fought for the Confederacy (soon got disillusioned when they failed to provide weapons and equipment). But why that side?

At the risk of being controversial (And this in no way mirrors my views) they didn't mind slavery? It is a guess.

 

[theageofthetra]

At the risk of being controversial (And this in no way mirrors my views) they didn't mind slavery? It is a guess.

Nothing controversial about historical truth.

Correct. Native American tribes had kept slaves (often women) captured from rival tribes during tribal battles for centuries.

Not wishing to lose out those based in the south offered support to the Confederate cause but didn't get integrated into their forces properly and were not given proper equipment.

Had this happened the outcome of the Civil War may well have been different.

Your floor.

 

[fowler9]

What connects a musician from Gdynia with a deity worshipped in Mesopotamia.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The worshippers in Mespot sing a song or a hymn set to music by the Gdynian musician?

 

[fowler9]

The worshippers in Mespot sing a song or a hymn set to music by the Gdynian musician?

No mate, am after a name. If you get the connection you will probably be giving me 2 names.

 

[fowler9]

Clue, he is the vocalist and guitarist in a band named after a Biblical beast.

 

[theageofthetra]

Clue, he is the vocalist and guitarist in a band named after a Biblical beast.

That's got to be Death Metal outfit Behemoth who are from Poland. No idea of their names though.