General Knowledge Quiz

[MotCO]

Can I take the floor? What 'land' was dropped in 1949?

 

[martinsh]

Newfoundland ? Became part of Canada in 1949

 

[MotCO]

Newfoundland ? Became part of Canada in 1949

Nope.

 

[xotGD]

Did Sunderland get relegated?

 

[Jimbob52]

That didn't take long. Congratulations MotCO you are correct. The floor is yours.

That didn't take long. Congratulations MotCO you are correct. The floor is yours.

According to Wikipedia, FDR was born on 30 January 1882 and died on 12 April 1945- which does not support the premise that he died on his birthday.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Can I take the floor? What 'land' was dropped in 1949?

Hollywoodland became Hollywood (on the sign up in the hills - it had been put there to advertise a housing development called Hollywoodland)

 

[MotCO]

Did Sunderland get relegated?

Don't they get relegated every year (Apologies if I've hurt any feelings, but I have visited the Stadium of Light more than any other ground.)

 

[MotCO]

Hollywoodland became Hollywood (on the sign up in the hills - it had been put there to advertise a housing development called Hollywoodland)

Correct. Please take the floor.

(Atachment shows a photo of the Hollywood sign)

 

[SuspectUsual]

Where would you find Masters Mitchell and Dawson, and Miss Makepeace?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Where would you find Masters Mitchell and Dawson, and Miss Makepeace?

Dempsey and Makepeace was a police crime series. Makepiece was played by Glynis Barber

 

[SuspectUsual]

Dempsey and Makepeace was a police crime series. Makepiece was played by Glynis Barber

I think that’s true, but it isn’t the answer to the question

 

[MotCO]

Where would you find Masters Mitchell and Dawson, and Miss Makepeace?

Is it in a Dickens novel?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Is it in a Dickens novel?

No

 

[444045]

Were they winners at Crufts or similar ?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Were they winners at Crufts or similar ?

Not to my knowledge

 

[SuspectUsual]

Maybe time for a clue.....they’re two-dimensional characters

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Clue does not help as I was about to say racehorses as I am sure there is a racehorse called Miss Makepeace

 

[xotGD]

Characters in Dilbert cartoons?

 

[xotGD]

Top tip: Don't Google Miss Makepeace on your work computer!

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Top tip: Don't Google Miss Makepeace on your work computer!

Why does it come up with porn? Lol

 

[SuspectUsual]

Characters in Dilbert cartoons?

No but you’re headed in roughly the right direction

 

[xotGD]

Why does it come up with porn? Lol

Porn, porn and yet more porn!

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Porn, porn and yet more porn!

Oh dear

 

[MotCO]

I'm thinking of films, maybe animated? A Disney movie?

 

[SuspectUsual]

I'm thinking of films, maybe animated? A Disney movie?

No, not films

 

[SuspectUsual]

Another clue: they are all generally known by their first names and a descriptive noun

 

[444045]

Are they characters in a animated TV programme ? Was typing this when you posted the clue.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Are they characters in a animated TV programme ? Was typing this when you posted the clue.

I believe at least one has been in an animated TV programme, but that absolutely isn’t how they’re best known

 

[444045]

Try again, are they writers of novels known by one name only ?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Try again, are they writers of novels known by one name only ?

no, sorry