General Knowledge Quiz

[perryman]

4. Also, at the start of this person's career, an adjective was prefixed to their stage/performing name.

In summary, to save scrolling:

1. Whose birth surname is Hardaway Morris?
2. This person is in the music industry, on a global level.
3. This person is still alive, and their stage first name isn't quite the same as on the birth certificate (which itself I think is a quite rare name).

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Steven Tyler ? Now of course on American Idol.

 

[perryman]

No. With respect to Steven Tyler this person is a truly global name and world superstar and has been so for around 5-6 decades.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Steve Howe of YES - but perhaps not global.... mmm struggling. I bet I kick myself when you tell me the answer if this is not right.

 

[perryman]

A slight error on my part, I have things slight the wrong way around. This person’s birth surname name was Hardaway Judkins and became Hardaway Morris as a child and the latter is the person’s legal name. All other facts remain the same.

Sorry for the confusion.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Doesn't help me.

 

[perryman]

Not Steve Howe. As you rightly say, not global enough.

 

[MotCO]

A slight error on my part, I have things slight the wrong way around. This person’s birth surname name was Hardaway Judkins and became Hardaway Morris as a child and the latter is the person’s legal name. All other facts remain the same.

Sorry for the confusion.

Ah, that makes all the difference! Still haven't a clue

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Think outside the box - a female -truly global but not much in the news these days - Stevie Nicks - Fleetwood Mac ?

 

[perryman]

I would suggest bigger than Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac though of course that is rather subjective. This artist had a US number 1 at the age of 12 although I would suggest that their next number 1 US song, at the age of 15 was this person’s first global hit and brought this person to the world stage.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Good lord- I think I got it - you must be talking about Stevie Wonder.

 

[perryman]

Stevland Hardaway Morris is indeed Stevie Wonder.

Heaven Help Us All, we got there, and I'm not too Uptight about it. The microphone is yours, well done.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

"In a Broken Dream" was a song in the early 1970s that was actually sung by Rod Stewart - but that was not the name of the group. What was the name of the person/group/act on the song?

 

[John Hunt]

Python Lee Jackson

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Wow that was quick - correct. Python Lee Jackson - the microphone is now yours.

 

[John Hunt]

Thank you! (one of my favourites! May I suggest you also try the 'modern' remake - Rod Stewart with David Gilmour)

Hoping that this is not too easy -

What do James Marshall 'Jimi' Hendrix and Giacomo Puccini have in common?

 

[Calthrop]

Giacomo is the Italian equivalent of James?

 

[John Hunt]

Not as easy as that! Sorry but not what I was thinking of - more something they did.

 

[SteveM70]

Not as easy as that! Sorry but not what I was thinking of - more something they did.

Were they both ambidextrous?

 

[John Hunt]

They may have been, but not that.
Hendrix did it once, famously, and Puccini made reference to it.

 

[MotCO]

Did Hendrix break his guitar on stage?

 

[John Hunt]

Please everyone accept my apologies - not a good showing for a first time question setter here.

The answer I was looking for was The Star Spangled Banner.
Hendrix famously performed it at Woodstock, and Puccini makes reference to it (uses sections of it) in Madam Butterfly Act 1.

Open floor.

 

[perryman]

I have the bug now... If I may:

Eight nations have won the football World Cup. Five of these nations have also ended up as losing finalists. Which three nations have won the trophy and also not ended up as losing finalists.

Preferably, I'd like the answer in one hit, along with the years that the respective nations won the trophy.

*for the purpose of this quiz, any possible answer that may involve a country unifying or separating are counted as one nation.

 

[MotCO]

I have the bug now... If I may:

Eight nations have won the football World Cup. Five of these nations have also ended up as losing finalists. Which three nations have won the trophy and also not ended up as losing finalists.

Preferably, I'd like the answer in one hit, along with the years that the respective nations won the trophy.

*for the purpose of this quiz, any possible answer that may involve a country unifying or separating are counted as one nation.

England (1966), France (1990) and Uruguay (1932)

 

[perryman]

England (1966), France (1990) and Uruguay (1932)

No.

 

[MotCO]

Did I get the year for France wrong? It should be 1998 and 2018, and Uruguay is 1930

 

[perryman]

Did I get the year for France wrong? It should be 1998 and 2018, and Uruguay is 1930

There are 4 answers to the question, you now have 2 elements correct.

 

[MotCO]

There are 4 answers to the question, you now have 2 elements correct.

4 answers? You're looking for 3 teams and 3 (or more) years, so that's either 3 or 6+ answers.

 

[perryman]

3 teams, and the years the trophy was won.

 

[MotCO]

3 teams, and the years the trophy was won.

Ok. Can I plump for England, Uruguay and Spain - 1966, 1932 and 2014?