General Knowledge Quiz

[Buttsy]

That used to be Deepdale so it's Preston North End

 

[Trainfan344]

That used to be Deepdale so it's Preston North End

Yes, i was just checking my question and found that it had been moved, visited at Deepdale, was good fun.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Where do we stand on this quiz at the present time ?

 

[Ivo]

Where do we stand on this quiz at the present time ?

I'll push us along.

Why was the city of Canberra built?

 

[Eagle]

Because Sydney and Melbourne were arguing over who got to be capital.

 

[Ivo]

Correct.

 

[Eagle]

Staying with constructed federal cities, what shape was Brasília originally?

 

[Golghar]

An aeroplane?

 

[Eagle]

Yep.

 

[Golghar]

Which armed conflict is referred to as the "Football War"?

 

[D841 Roebuck]

El Salvador vs Honduras in about 1973. A bad tempered World Cup qualifier descended into a riot, border skirmish and short nasty war.

 

[Golghar]

Yes, it was the two countries you named. The war took place in 1969 and was triggered off by a qualifier match for the 1970 World Cup. Your turn now Roebuck!

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Which constellation contains the South Celestial Pole?

 

[Buttsy]

Southern Cross?

 

[Eagle]

Octans.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Octans is correct.

 

[Eagle]

Where are the other two corners of the Bermuda Triangle?

(And please don't say 'lost'...)

 

[Peter Mugridge]

I've got a book on the Triangle on the shelf right behind me... The answer is Florida and Puerto Rico.




The floor has vanished, by the way...

 

[Eagle]

I'm going to have to ask you to be more specific. Which cities in particular?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Oh, sorry... Miami and San Juan respectively.

 

[Eagle]

Correct

 

[Ivo]

The floor has vanished, by the way...

I'm going to assume from this statement that Peter has declined the floor, as per usual...

Why was the Sonic the Hedgehog series first created?

 

[Eagle]

To sell well and make money for the Sega Corporation :P



More specifically, to become a mascot for the company, much like Mario did for Nintendo.

 

[Buttsy]

To counter Super Mario Bros?

 

[Ivo]

To sell well and make money for the Sega Corporation :P



More specifically, to become a mascot for the company, much like Mario did for Nintendo.

This is basically right. Alex Kidd was the de facto mascot before Sonic, but SEGA wanted something permanent - thus Sonic was "born".

 

[Eagle]

Sticking with VG companies, in what decade was Nintendo founded?

 

[Ivo]

1880s (specifically 1889), as a producer of playing cards. They were a pretty minor company (certainly on an international level) until the 1970s.

 

[Eagle]

Yep. Your turn

 

[Ivo]

The number of people who called me a liar at high school when I told them that fact

Anyhow, moving away from video games now, where might one find all the following things in one place?

Abbey, Copse, Club, Hangar, Village

 

[Eagle]

Here. Might be some maggots about though.