General Knowledge Quiz

[Metrolink]

Quite an easy one here...

What was the most downloaded app of 2020?

 

[MotCO]

Quite an easy one here...

What was the most downloaded app of 2020?

Microsoft Teams?

 

[FrodshamJnct]

Zoom?

 

[Metrolink]

Microsoft Teams?

Zoom?

Both are incorrect

 

[John Griffiths]

Just Eat?

 

[xotGD]

Covid tracker app?

 

[MotCO]

New Arriva Bus Timetables app - just joking!

 

[Metrolink]

Just Eat?

Covid tracker app?

New Arriva Bus Timetables app - just joking!

None of these either sorry. A clue: This is predominantly popular with younger people.

 

[341o2]

Must be a social media app I'll go with tictok

 

[perryman]

Shazam? (I use it frequently, although I am old).

 

[Metrolink]

Must be a social media app I'll go with tictok

Correct, tiktok was the most downloaded app in 2020, I shall hand over the question setting to you.

 

[341o2]

Can't think of a question, so am declaring open floor

 

[EbbwJunction1]

I'll take it if I may ...

In 1967, which post were the following four people (listed alphabetically) proposed for:
Sean Connery, actor
Sir Learie Constantine, cricketer
Alexander Gibson, conductor
The Rt. Hon Jo Grimmond, politician.

As a bonus, who was successful?

Best of luck!

 

[Gloster]

Rector of Edinburgh University? Jo Grimmond?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

It was the Rector of a University, but it wasn't Edinburgh; and Jo Grimmond wasn't the successful candidate.

 

[Gloster]

St Andrews and Alexander Gibson?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

St Andrews and Ale

The former is right, but not the latter.

 

[Gloster]

The former is right, but not the latter.

Well, it should have said Alexander Gibson. (Memo to self: read the post before sending, even if it is a short post.)

So if it wasn’t Alexander Gibson, I presume it was 007. I can’t see a cricketer doing well in Scotland.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Well, it should have said Alexander Gibson. (Memo to self: read the post before sending, even if it is a short post.)

So if it wasn’t Alexander Gibson, I presume it was 007. I can’t see a cricketer doing well in Scotland.

Er ... sorry, no, it was Sir Learie Constantine!

The order was:
Sir Learie Constantine, cricketer 691 votes
The Rt. Hon Jo Grimmond, politician 498 votes
Alexander Gibson, conductor 281 votes
Sean Connery, actor 178 votes

It was apparently a surprise as, although he'd visited the University several times because his daughter had studied there, he wasn't expected to win. The failure of Sean Connery to get more votes was also a surprise, as he was very popular as 007 at the time. Sadly, ill health forced Sir Learie to resign just eighteen months after his election, so it wasn't a long tenure.

Still, despite that, I declare that you're the winner, and you may don the ceremonial robe (or whatever a Rector wears)!

 

[Gloster]

Where was Chad Valley’s original toy factory? (The nearest station would do for an answer?)

There are two Lake Chad. One is in Africa, near the country. Where is the other one?

Where and when did chads have a decisive political effect?

What is the capital of the country of Chad?

Where is St Chad’s Cathedral?

 

[perryman]

3. The 'hanging chads' in the 2000 Bush/Gore US Election were the small round holes that weren't 'punched out' correctly by the automated voting machine (or something similar), thereby nulling the respective ballot paper.

4. N'Djamena is Chad's capital city.

 

[Gloster]

3. The 'hanging chads' in the 2000 Bush/Gore US Election were the small round holes that weren't 'punched out' correctly by the automated voting machine (or something similar), thereby nulling the respective ballot paper.

4. N'Djamena is Chad's capital city.

3 - Correct, but where in the US?

4 - Correct.

 

[perryman]

3 - Correct, but where in the US?

4 - Correct.

Florida. Possibly Miami Dade County but not sure about that bit.

 

[Rutland23]

Chad Valley, Harborne, Birmingham.

St Chads Cathedral, also Birmingham

 

[Gloster]

Florida. Possibly Miami Dade County but not sure about that bit.

Florida will do. Dade County was involved.

Chad Valley, Harborne, Birmingham.

St Chads Cathedral, also Birmingham

Both correct.

One question left.

 

[MotCO]

Lake Chad - on the moon?

 

[Gloster]

Lake Chad - on the moon?

No. It is somewhere with a very different temperature to the first Lake Chad.

 

[John Griffiths]

Canada has a lake or two - is it there?

 

[MotCO]

How about somwhere high up in the Andes - in Chile perhaps?

 

[Gloster]

Canada has a lake or two - is it there?

Sorry, wrong cold area.

How about somwhere high up in the Andes - in Chile perhaps?

No. You need to look low, not high.