General Knowledge Quiz

[xotGD]

Ahh. Great hint.

They're an item. Maybe married.

Yes,that's it. Esther McVey and Philip Davies are a couple.

 

[Marton]

I think the big hint means it’s Open Floor.

 

[DaleCooper]

I think the big hint means it’s Open Floor.

Here's a quickie:

Which is Earth's largest desert?

 

[krus_aragon]

Here's a quickie:

Which is Earth's largest desert?

Knowing your curveballs, I'll say Antarctica?

 

[A Challenge]

While I know that is the correct answer, I'm still going to go for the Sahara, for the QI klaxon.

 

[Marton]

Gobi?

 

[DaleCooper]

Knowing your curveballs, I'll say Antarctica?

I'm not sure why the shape of my gonads is relevant but you are correct, your turn...

 

[krus_aragon]

Sticking in Antarctica for the moment, what is the largest native land animal on said continent?

 

[A Challenge]

The Homo Sapiens?

 

[DaleCooper]

Sticking in Antarctica for the moment, what is the largest land animal on said continent?

Homo sapiens?

 

[krus_aragon]

Apologies, I omitted the word "native" from the question. Now corrected.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Artic Leopard or Artic Lion?

 

[DaleCooper]

Emperor penguin?

 

[xotGD]

Leopard seal?

 

[krus_aragon]

Artic Leopard or Artic Lion?

Not down in the Antarctic, I'm afraid.

Emperor penguin?

Leopard seal?

These animals spend a lot of their time in the sea. Too much, for the purpose of this question!

 

[DaleCooper]

Is it a type of arthropod?

 

[Marton]

There’s another type of seal. From memory It’s Welland I think.

 

[DaleCooper]

There’s another type of seal. From memory It’s Welland I think.

Do you mean "Weddell"?

 

[Marton]

Do you mean "Weddell"?

I think I do.

 

[krus_aragon]

Is it a type of arthropod?

It is indeed. Belgica antarctica, a variety of midge, is the largest land animal that is native to the continent. Everything else spends time in the sea, or is a visitor.

Your ice shelf, Dale...

 

[DaleCooper]

A literary question this time:

Which popular book includes the following events?

After an earthquake the dead rise from their graves and walk into a city.
Bears kill a group of children because they made fun of an old man's bald head.
Two sisters get their father drunk, have sex with him and each one gives birth to a son.
A man falls over in a field, his body bursts open and his intestines spill out.

 

[xotGD]

A literary question this time:

Which popular book includes the following events?

After an earthquake the dead rise from their graves and walk into a city.
Bears kill a group of children because they made fun of an old man's bald head.
Two sisters get their father drunk, have sex with him and each one gives birth to a son.
A man falls over in a field, his body bursts open and his intestines spill out.

The Bible?

 

[DerekC]

Something from the children's section, obviously. Must be Enid Blyton.

 

[ComUtoR]

Grimms Fairy Tales.

 

[DaleCooper]

Something from the children's section, obviously. Must be Enid Blyton.

No, although perhaps that's where she got inspiration for The Famous Five.

Grimms Fairy Tales.

Definitely grim, not really suitable for children though.

The Bible?

I commend your scriptural scholarship, those are indeed to be found in the "good" book.
Matthew 27:52-53
2 Kings 2:23-24
Genesis 19:30-38
Acts 1:18

Your turn...

 

[xotGD]

My wild guess worked!

Q. Where is the most westerly point on mainland Britain?

 

[Marton]

Cape Wrath?

 

[martinsh]

Ardnamurchan Point ?

 

[xotGD]

Ardnamurchan Point ?

Correct! Not somewhere in Cornwall as many people assume. Over to you...

 

[martinsh]

Open Floor