General Knowledge Quiz

[Mcr Warrior]

Wasn’t she the really hot and sexy one in Doctor Who?

Definitely up there in the top five, but maybe that's the subject for a separate thread assuming she's not the answer to 444045's question.

 

[444045]

The actress Louise Jameson?

Lovely as she looks - Unfortunately Louise is not the correct answer - she only appeared in Bergerac & Doctor Who

I will try and think of a question in future that she is the answer for you

 

[perryman]

Would this be the harmonica player who I think was called Harry Pitch?

Pitch also played the instrument in Mr Bloe's very catchy 'Grooving With Mr Bloe', sometime back in the late 60s/early 70s.

 

[444045]

Would this be the harmonica player who I think was called Harry Pitch?

Pitch also played the instrument in Mr Bloe's very catchy 'Grooving With Mr Bloe', sometime back in the late 60s/early 70s.

Sorry it wasn't Harry Pitch

 

[Jimbob52]

Thank You

Who links Bergerac - Lovejoy - Shoestring & Doctor Who ?

Bergerac, Lovejoy and Shoestring all had a similar format. Were the stories written by the same person, possibly Robin Bank Stewart? Did he also write a series of Dr Who?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Did they all share a filming location? For example, Bergerac was mostly filmed in Jersey, but they did go elsewhere on occasions - did they go to Bristol, where Shoestring was mainly located and so on?

 

[MotCO]

Were all the theme tunes written by the same person? Bergerac and Shoestring, as Jimbob has said, had similar productions so maybe they used the same theme tune writer.

 

[444045]

Bergerac, Lovejoy and Shoestring all had a similar format. Were the stories written by the same person, possibly Robin Bank Stewart? Did he also write a series of Dr Who?

You are correct - Robert Banks Stewart produced all those series among others - He created and wrote Bergerac & Shoestring -
wrote a number of episodes of Dr Who

The producers floor is yours

 

[Jimbob52]

Thank you.

The US State of Montana has a hydrological feature unique within the USA and probably the world.

What is the feature and where is it located?

 

[martinsh]

Is that the "Old Faithful" geyser ?

 

[Jimbob52]

Is that the "Old Faithful" geyser ?

Good guess, but wrong state. 'Old Faithful' is in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.

 

[xotGD]

Wild guess - a waterfall that disappears into a sink hole?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Hmmm in my opinion it could be a few things. MT is pretty unique. Are you thinking of rivers that start in Glacier National Park?

 

[Jimbob52]

Hmmm in my opinion it could be a few things. MT is pretty unique. Are you thinking of rivers that start in Glacier National Park?

You are on the right lines.

Where do the rivers start - and end?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

You are on the right lines.

Where do the rivers start - and end?

Well they start in Glacier National Park at a triple divide - can’t remember the proper name. I know they actually flow North!! into Alberta but they empty into the Hudson Bay way in the east. But there are also another set of rivers that empty into The Hudson Bay, the Pacific Ocean and also the Gulf of Mexico! I am confusing myself a little and I have been there.

 

[Jimbob52]

Yes, you have it.

Triple Divide Peak is, as its name suggests, a hydrological apex from which rainfall might flow in one of three directions. While there are other triple divides, this one is unique in that the resulting rivers eventually flow into three different oceans, the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic (via Hudson's Bay).

The explorer's cap is yours!

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Where is the Pink Lakes in Mexico?

 

[xotGD]

Yucatan Peninsula?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Yucatan Peninsula?

Wow that was quick. I only thought of it because that is where I am now ( vacation/holiday). You can now move from below the salt to above it.

 

[xotGD]

Wow that was quick. I only thought of it because that is where I am now ( vacation/holiday). You can now move from below the salt to above it.

A lucky guess!

Let's try this... Here is the first verse of a ballad. What is the title:

It fell about the Lammas tide,
When the muir-men win their hay,
The doughty Earl of Douglas rode
Into England, to catch a prey.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

A lucky guess!

Let's try this... Here is the first verse of a ballad. What is the title:

It fell about the Lammas tide,
When the muir-men win their hay,
The doughty Earl of Douglas rode
Into England, to catch a prey.

It sounds like something from Steeleye Span

 

[xotGD]

It sounds like something from Steeleye Span

Slightly earlier...

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Same who wrote ballad of Tam O Shanter - Robbie Burns?

 

[xotGD]

Same who wrote ballad of Tam O Shanter - Robbie Burns?

Not written by Burns. Indeed the authorship is unknown.

Clue - it commemorates a battle, but which one?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Take it that the Earl of Douglas was not the exact same individual who was mentioned / featured in "Henry IV Part One" (William Shakespeare).

 

[Calthrop]

The battle of Otterburn ?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Battle of Otterburn the Corries sang about it.

 

[Calthrop]

Taking it that my answer is thus correct -- open floor, please. Edit 20-odd mins. later -- sorry -- am I jumping the gun here? -- mistook who the question's setter was !

 

[444045]

Which TV series links Cathy Marshall - Ken Melvin & Malcolm Haynes among others?

 

[SuspectUsual]

No idea if you’re talking about actors or characters. The only one I’ve ever heard of is Cathy Marshall who was a copper in The Bill a long while ago