General Knowledge Quiz

[DaleCooper]

Is No.1 Wilkie Collins?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Edit. No.3 could be Dame Shirley Bassey. A Tiger Bay lass.

You're right, it's the Queen of Tiger Bay!

Is No.1 Wilkie Collins?

Yes, that's the man!

I'm going to give it to Spamcan81, though, as he's got three out of four - well done …. it's your birthday book!

 

[Spamcan81]

How did the Germans use mistletoe as a weapon in WW2?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Was that something to do with radar?

 

[DaleCooper]

Did they make a poison from it?

 

[Spamcan81]

Was that something to do with radar?

Did they make a poison from it?

No to both although EbbwJunction1 is warmer than DaleCooper.

 

[DaleCooper]

Was it the code name for their system of radio beacons used to guide bombers?

 

[Spamcan81]

Was it the code name for their system of radio beacons used to guide bombers?

Not that I'm afraid.

 

[DerekC]

I have a feeling it was something to do with German countermeasures against "Window" - the dropping of aluminium foil strips to confuse their defence radars - but I can't remember what.

 

[Spamcan81]

I have a feeling it was something to do with German countermeasures against "Window" - the dropping of aluminium foil strips to confuse their defence radars - but I can't remember what.

Not that either. You're correct to think of the air war but it's not "electronic warfare" related.

 

[DaleCooper]

Was it one of the guided bombs?

 

[Spamcan81]

Was it one of the guided bombs?

Not as such but you're getting warmer.

 

[krus_aragon]

Night-time navigation?

 

[Spamcan81]

Night-time navigation?

No. DaleCooper is closest so far with his guess of guided bomb.

 

[DaleCooper]

I believe they also had an anti-ship missile, was that it?

 

[xotGD]

Code Name for V2 rocket?

 

[Spamcan81]

Code Name for V2 rocket?

No, nor any other rocket in the German arsenal. It was an aerial weapon though.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

No, nor any other rocket in the German arsenal. It was an aerial weapon though.

That implies the V1, then?

 

[DaleCooper]

Was it a cannon mounted vertically in a fighter plane which would be fired from underneath a bomber?

 

[Spamcan81]

That implies the V1, then?

Not the Vergeltungswaffe 1 either. But this weapon did fly.

Was it a cannon mounted vertically in a fighter plane which would be fired from underneath a bomber?

No. That was Schrägemusik.

 

[DaleCooper]

What about a fighter that was carried on the back of a larger plane?

 

[Spamcan81]

What about a fighter that was carried on the back of a larger plane?

Got it. The Mistel - Mistel being German for mistletoe. Strictly speaking Mistel referred just to the larger, explosive part of the combination but the name was frequently used to describe the whole set up.

The runway is yours.

 

[DaleCooper]

Next question:

Which popular music artiste had a hit with a song about a killer rat?

 

[Strat-tastic]

Queen.

 

[DaleCooper]

Queen.

I'm not aware of such a song by Queen but I'm willing to be enlightened.

 

[Spamcan81]

Michael Jackson - Ben?

 

[DaleCooper]

Michael Jackson - Ben?

That's right, it was also recorded by Marti Webb. Your turn...

 

[Spamcan81]

Which male christian name translates as "lover of horses"?

 

[Strat-tastic]

I'm not aware of such a song by Queen but I'm willing to be enlightened.

I was having a pop at Great King Rat.

 

[Calthrop]

Which male christian name translates as "lover of horses"?

Philip