General Knowledge Quiz

[EbbwJunction1]

Could this be Robert Ludlum?

 

[Calthrop]

No. Attempt at further hint: the author concerned fought in World War I, and subsequently wrote a much-read and highly-acclaimed memoir of that time in his life.

 

[martinsh]

the author is Robert Graves, who wrote I Claudius, but I have no idea about the stamp collecting book

 

[Calthrop]

Whimsical philatelic-shenanigans novel: Antigua Penny Puce (referring to a fictional extremely-rare stamp). martinsh, you got the author -- your floor.

 

[martinsh]

Ok. In which country would you find the world's largest fleet of Routemaster buses ? [the original kind not those Boris things ]

 

[theageofthetra]

Ok. In which country would you find the world's largest fleet of Routemaster buses ? [the original kind not those Boris things ]

Canada?

 

[steevp]

China? More exactly Hong Kong?

 

[Cowley]

Malta?

 

[martinsh]

Canada?

Correct ! Well done.

More precisely Ambassatours of Halifax, NS now has a fleet of 36 Routemasters having recently taken over Double Deck Tours of Niagara Falls.

Your open top tourist bus

 

[krus_aragon]

Hmm, those Routemasters must be racking up the miles, running tours of Niagara from Nova Scotia.

 

[theageofthetra]

Who was the first living playwright to have one of their works performed at The National Theatre?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Was it Tom Stoppard?

 

[theageofthetra]

Not him.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Let's try Harold Pinter.

 

[theageofthetra]

You need a penchant for soft toilet paper

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Let's try Harold Pinter.

You need a penchant for soft toilet paper

I don't know whether these two posts are connected, but I'm assuming that my guess is incorrect!

If I'm allowed a third go, I'll opt for Noel Coward, of whose revival Mr W Pedia says: "It began with a hit 1963 revival of Private Lives in London and then New York. Invited to direct Hay Fever with Edith Evans at the National Theatre, he wrote in 1964, "I am thrilled and flattered and frankly a little flabbergasted that the National Theatre should have had the curious perceptiveness to choose a very early play of mine and to give it a cast that could play the Albanian telephone Directory." "

 

[theageofthetra]

I don't know whether these two posts are connected, but I'm assuming that my guess is incorrect!

If I'm allowed a third go, I'll opt for Noel Coward, of whose revival Mr W Pedia says: "It began with a hit 1963 revival of Private Lives in London and then New York. Invited to direct Hay Fever with Edith Evans at the National Theatre, he wrote in 1964, "I am thrilled and flattered and frankly a little flabbergasted that the National Theatre should have had the curious perceptiveness to choose a very early play of mine and to give it a cast that could play the Albanian telephone Directory." "

Correct it was Noel Coward. Your floor

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Thank you.

Where, according to the papers today, has Banksy created a new graffiti display? (Clue: It's not Bristol!)

 

[krus_aragon]

Hasn't he wandered over Port Talbot way?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

He certainly has ... very quick and very well done!

There's apparently a tweet somewhere alleging that "He's just doubled the value of Port Talbot" .... although I couldn't possibly comment!

Your modern day artist, sir.

 

[krus_aragon]

What long-running game of I-Spy was banned in 1998?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

"I-Spy with My Little Eye ... the American Cruise Missiles at Greenham Common"??!!

 

[d9009alycidon]

Would this be anything to do with the NSA banning Furbys as potential spies?

 

[krus_aragon]

"I-Spy with My Little Eye ... the American Cruise Missiles at Greenham Common"??!!

No, it had been going on for a lot longer than that.

Would this be anything to do with the NSA banning Furbys as potential spies?

Sorry, no. It's not particularly American either.

 

[Cowley]

I hesitate to say it, but it wasn’t something like I spy different races and creeds was it?

 

[krus_aragon]

I hesitate to say it, but it wasn’t something like I spy different races and creeds was it?

Not a particular race or creed, but it would apply to a group of people.

 

[Cowley]

Not a particular race or creed, but it would apply to a group of people.

Famous people!

 

[krus_aragon]

Famous people!

They could be famous, but they could equally be unknown people.

 

[Cowley]

It’s not redheads is it?

 

[krus_aragon]

It’s not redheads is it?

Not specifically, no.

As a clue, the game was played in London.