General Knowledge Quiz

[EbbwJunction1]

Postcodes. First area - I think - was Naarrwich.

First 6 digit postcode.

Yes, both answers are correct, but I think that Warwick's is the more correct, if you see what I mean! The "On This Day" entry reads: "1959 Postcodes were introduced into Britain by the Postmaster General together with new postal sorting machines."

So Warwick, the Post Office is yours!

 

[Warwick]

I'm not very good at setting questions so I'l just put a simple one in to get it out of the way so that someone can ask a better one.

Gutav Holst wrote "The Planets Suite". He included all of the planets and represented them with music which he thought appropriate. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,Neptune. Why didn't he include Pluto?

 

[martinsh]

Pluto hadn't been discovered then !!

 

[Warwick]

Yup...

 

[martinsh]

At what sport did Latvia beat Great Britain last year ?

 

[martinsh]

Looks like we're needing a clue ...

This game was in the European Championship of said sport

 

[theageofthetra]

Hand Ball?

 

[cridhe teine]

Basketball

 

[martinsh]

Basketball

Is correct. 96-91 if I remember correctly.

Your free throw

 

[cridhe teine]

The largest Royal home in the world is.....

 

[AlterEgo]

The largest Royal home in the world is.....

Does it have to be still lived in?

 

[cridhe teine]

Does it have to be still lived in?

It is still used as a home by royals

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The King of Saudi Arabia (can't remember the name of the building or the King, though)?

 

[cridhe teine]

If it helps it is in Europe

 

[A Challenge]

Windsor Castle (assuming it includes land [Windsor Great Park])

 

[cridhe teine]

Windsor Castle (assuming it includes land [Windsor Great Park])

Correct well done

 

[A Challenge]

Thank you. One from me as I don't think I've set one in a while - on what date did the former county of Middlesex get dissolved?

 

[cridhe teine]

1960 something possibly 65?

 

[A Challenge]

It was 1965, specifically the 1st April, you take the for floor @cridhe teine

 

[cridhe teine]

Thank you, so my question is: How many standard 750ml bottles of wine would fit into a Methuselah?

 

[martinsh]

a Methusalah is 6 litres - so 8 standard bottles

 

[cridhe teine]

a Methusalah is 6 litres - so 8 standard bottles

Correct, you have the floor

 

[martinsh]

oops, forgot about this. so, a quickie

Which English county has the longest name ? (i.e. number of letters)

 

[GusB]

Herefordshire?

 

[fowler9]

Gloucestershire?

 

[GusB]

Gloucestershire?

Damn you!

 

[A Challenge]

Rhondda Cynon Taf?

 

[Cowley]

Would it be something like Greater Manchester?

 

[fowler9]

Would it be something like Greater Manchester?

I was thinking that but I don't think it is a county. I am probably wrong. Ha ha.

 

[krus_aragon]

Rhondda Cynon Taf?

Doesn't really qualify as an English county. (If it did, I'd be tempted to rename Anglesey as Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwlllantysiliogogogochshire!)