General Knowledge Quiz

[Heinz57]

Spot on!

Your turn

 

[deltic1989]

I cant think of a question at this point in time. So I'll open the floor.

 

[Welshman]

OK -

To my knowledge, there are 7 cities in England which have 2 Cathedrals or more. Can you name them?

The person who names the most will be considered the winner.

 

[clagmonster]

Liverpool and Coventry immediately spring to mind. The others I suspect will be cathedrals of differeng religions, unfortunately I am not a specialist in the diocese of varying churches.

Let's try Birmingham, Derby, Newcastle, Bath and London for the others.

 

[Crossover]

Best I can do in Liverpool as mentioned above - 2 very different cathedrals and I've visited both!

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Likely to be the bigger cities in the 19th century when the Roman Catholic Church re-established bishoprics in England. As a guess I'll go for:
Liverpool
Westminster
Nottingham
Birmingham
Leeds
Bristol
Manchester

 

[clagmonster]

Nottingham definately has a Catholic cathedral, I'm not aware of a CoE one but then I don't know the city.

The reason I consider Cov obvious is that it has the original cathedral which was bombed in the war and its modern replacement. I believe the same is true of Liverpool.

 

[Welshman]

I think I'll close this now, as it's getting rather complicated!

Liverpool, Newcastle and Birmingham have both a Cof E and a RC cathedral.

London has 4:- St Paul's [CofE];
Westminster [RC]; [NB CofE Westminster Abbey is technically not a cathedral];
Southwark [Cof E & RC]

Derby, Manchester, Leeds, Bristol and Nottingham have only one - [Derby, Manchester and Bristol are CofE; Nottingham and Leeds are RC{the current Cof E equivalents are Southwell Minster for Nottingham and Ripon for Leeds - although that may change}] and, technically, the RC cathedral serving Manchester & the NW is in Salford.

Coventry I'm counting as one - the "new" St Michael's of the 1960s replaced the adjacent ruins.

I know of three others with 2 [one CofE, one RC]:-
Sheffield, Norwich and Portsmouth


So, unless anyone out there knows differently, I'm going to declare Clagmonster the winner with 4. Well done!

 

[clagmonster]

What is batology?

 

[Kingston Flyer]

What is batology?

The study of blackberries (the fruit, not the phone/tablet)

Gotta love QI (constant repeats on Dave)

 

[clagmonster]

It is, but I am looking for something slightly less specific.

 

[Seacook]

What is batology?

The study of brambles (as opposed to battology which is needless repetition in speech or writing). I think those are the right way round.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Technically, the RC cathedral serving Manchester & the NW is in Salford.

Being in somewhat of a pedantic mood today, whilst the RC Salford cathedral does serve most of the city of Manchester, there is a very large area at the southern part of that city containing social housing for Manchester called Wythenshawe, which comes under the aegis of the RC Shrewsbury cathedral diocese, as that area is part of the Shrewsbury diocese.

The reason for this is that the Wythenshawe area was once part of Cheshire and when that land was purchased by the Corporation of Manchester in 1931, the land then translated at that time from Cheshire to Lancashire, in which Manchester was situated, prior to the large boundary changes that were made later in the 20th century.

The RC Shrewsbury diocese encompasses the Cheshire and Shropshire areas, but the local authority boundary changes did not affect the original diocesan structure of the RC Shrewsbury diocese.
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The study of brambles (as opposed to battology which is needless repetition in speech or writing). I think those are the right way round.

Would it be more precise to define it as a scientic study of brambles carried out by a horticultural team of research fellows.

 

[clagmonster]

The study of brambles (as opposed to battology which is needless repetition in speech or writing). I think those are the right way round.

I'll accept that. I believe that specifically it is the taxonomic study of brambles.

A blackberry is a type of bramble, hence me asking Kingston Flyer to be less specific.

 

[Kingston Flyer]

I'll accept that. I believe that specifically it is the taxonomic study of brambles.

A blackberry is a type of bramble, hence me asking Kingston Flyer to be less specific.

Fair enough.

Floor is rightfully yours Seacook

 

[Seacook]

The floor is open.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Why was the date of 26th July 1690 a significant date for a coastal town in Devon.

 

[deltic1989]

I think you refer to the French attack on Teignmouth, the last French attack on England.
Open Floor if correct.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I think you refer to the French attack on Teignmouth, the last French attack on England.
Open Floor if correct.

As to be expected, you were totally correct on all counts...

I note that you have called "Open Floor"

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Let us try a geographical one this time...


France has a territory comprising of islands in the extreme southern part of the Indian Ocean which was claimed for France in 1772. What is its name ?

 

[ainsworth74]

Would that be Réunion?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Would that be Réunion?

Not so. Look at the positional information in the clue. I have been assured that the ocean named is the correct one,

 

[deltic1989]

My old Atlas has a small collection of islands roughly 2,000miles south east of South Africa called the French Southern and Antarctic Islands, would these be the Islands you are looking for?

Open floor if correct as I will be away from my computer until late tomorrow night.

And sorry if looking in the Atlas is considered cheating, the rules only mentioned no googleing.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

There is now an official name for these particular islands and I feel that this name should be given in the answer. The date that they were declared as a French possession in the clue set should be of help.

 

[D6975]

My old Atlas has a small collection of islands roughly 2,000miles south east of South Africa called the French Southern and Antarctic Islands, would these be the Islands you are looking for?

Aren't these also known as the desolate islands?
Don't see how this ties in with 1772 though..

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Aren't these also known as the desolate islands?
Don't see how this ties in with 1772 though..

This name is the other name for the Kerguelen Islands and is the correct answer.

12th February 1772 was the date in which these islands were discovered by a Breton-French navigator, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen de Tremarec (hence the name of the islands,) and they were claimed for the French crown by the captain of the vessel, Charles de Boisguehenneuc, on 13th February 1772.


You can set the next one

 

[D6975]

Apologies for the delay - had a busy weekend.

Herbert, David, Andrew, Stanley...
Who's next??

 

[D841 Roebuck]

James (Ramsay McDonald).

 

[D6975]

James (Ramsay McDonald).

Correct. You're it..

(British PMs early 20th Century)

 

[D841 Roebuck]

More literature (of sorts).

What was Harry Potter's mother's maiden name?

 

[Old-School]

Evans 30 January, 1960 – 31 October, 1981