General Knowledge Quiz

[cjp]

I think that there are letters from both of my sets of three!

And the more I ponder I suspect someone would go for the X just to make a statement hmm H?

 

[martinsh]

I think Z could be used by an African country but O could be confused with a zero ,,so my six guesses would be X, Y, O, I, V, U, and a punt at T in case it get confused with a Y. oops that was seven!

This is like trying to guess the winning lottery numbers.

Four of those letters are correct

 

[krus_aragon]

I'll take a punt with X, U, O, Y, Z and (as an oddball) G.

 

[martinsh]

I'll take a punt with X, U, O, Y, Z and (as an oddball) G.

4 of those are correct - the same 4 as CJP guessed.

The other two letters nobody has yet guessed.

 

[cjp]

So XYOU plus two more....

I was sure I would have been one to stop confusion with 1....

May we keep guessing?

 

[A Challenge]

O, U, X, Y...

J, P?

 

[cjp]

O, U, X, Y...

J, P?

I was thinking J or L as they are almost like like mirror images of each other - what was your thinking behind the P?
And then I though of Q being mistaken for an O and them my head started to hurt....

 

[martinsh]

A few codes which ARE used

I = Italy
J = Japan
L = Luxembourg
P = Portugal
Q = Qatar

 

[krus_aragon]

I and J were ones I knew. And was willing to take a punt that Q was used by Qatar.
I suppose V is used for the Vatican City.
And might U have been used in the past for the USSR (but no longer)?
My guess of G was that it might have been reserved for the UK (in a similar way to how we have both .uk and .gb top level domains on the internet, but only use one.)

No new guesses from me at the moment, but we'll see what the morning brings (if the question's still unsolved).

 

[martinsh]

Yes V = Vatican City
G = Gabon
USSR was SU (Soviet Union), now Russia = RUS

 

[A Challenge]

E is España

 

[cjp]

E is España

I do not know if that is a clue that S is one of the letters but I can think of a few countries that begin with S so I am just going to sit back and wait for the answer since even if I got it correct I would not have a decent question.

 

[martinsh]

Time for a clue : both the remaining letters are in the second half of the alphabet.

And S = Sweden ...

 

[martinsh]

I amke it that there are only about 4 possible answers that haven't been guessed yet for the remaining two letters ...

 

[krus_aragon]

Let's try X, U, O, Y with T and W tagged on the end.

 

[martinsh]

Let's try X, U, O, Y with T and W tagged on the end.

W is correct. T is Thailand. I make that one letter to get out of 2 possibles ...

 

[cjp]

Yawn.....

 

[martinsh]

Yawn.....

Well it's not MY fault nobody is guessing !

To recap

Already guessed O U W X Y

The missing letter is in the second half of the alphabet.

If you go through the previous replies, you will find there is only about 2 possible answers that haven't been guessed yet.

Would you like another clue, or should I just give the answer ?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

I haven't understood this question at all, so please put me out of my misery and give the answer!!

 

[Trackman]

Going with R

 

[martinsh]

Going with R

Finally - a correct answer !

Full list of codes is


A Austria
B Belgium
C Cuba
D Germany (Deutschland)
E Spain (Expagna)
F France
G Gabon
H Hungary
I Italy
J Japan
K Cambodia (Khymer)
L Luxembourg
M Malta
N Norway
P Portugal
Q Qatar
S Sweden
T Thailand
V Vatican City
Z Zambia

Thus the answer to unused codes is O R U W X Y

Incidentally, R used to be for Romania (now RO) and Y used to be Yugoslavia.

Your floor

 

[Trackman]

yay, got there in the end!

In which current UK mainland prison where the last working gallows?

 

[fowler9]

yay, got there in the end!

In which current UK mainland prison where the last working gallows?

I don't think it's right but I'll go local and say Walton Nick in Liverpool.

 

[Trackman]

I don't think it's right but I'll go local and say Walton Nick in Liverpool.

Not Walton, but the last execution(s) took place there

 

[cjp]

Dorchester?

 

[A Challenge]

I read this recently - I think it was HMP Wandsworth?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Was it Parkhurst on the Isle of Wight?

 

[Trackman]

Dorchester?

Not Dorchester

 

[Trackman]

Was it Parkhurst on the Isle of Wight?

Not Parkhurst

 

[Trackman]

I read this recently - I think it was HMP Wandsworth?

It's not Wandsworth.
A bit of a clue: Wandsworth retained their gallows for capital offensives (treason and piracy) and was dismantled in 1994.
This prison did the same and the execution suite was dismantled in 2003.
Effectively capital punishment in the UK for treason and piracy was abolished in 1998.