General Knowledge Quiz

[Pride Of Crewe]

Castle in the sky

 

[Meridian richard]

Castles in the sky is correct

It is an animated film with a massive following in Japan and was shown on Japanese TV

 

[Pride Of Crewe]

In what year was the Italian job released?

 

[Johnuk123]

Cinema - 1969 the original and the poor second one - 2003.

 

[Pride Of Crewe]

Correct 1969 and then 2003. Nothing could beat the original. Your floor.

 

[Johnuk123]

A nice easy one - Which 70's song had the chorus Sha la la la push push running though it.

 

[theageofthetra]

Mott the Hoople- Roll away the stone.

 

[Johnuk123]

Correctamundo, I knew somebody would get that really quick - well done.

Your floor.

 

[theageofthetra]

Which 3 EU countries were part of the British Empire?

 

[TheEdge]

UK, Ireland and Malta? And Cyprus?

 

[theageofthetra]

Correct,if you include the UK itself its 4. Your Floor.

 

[TheEdge]

In the UK shipping forecast (Radio 4 version, not deepwater) there is one official sea area which is mentioned only in gale warnings and in one specific broadcast.

Which area is it? And for bonus points which broadcast mentions it?

 

[theageofthetra]

The last broadcast of the day just before 1am mentions Trafalgar. Think it is also mentioned only when there are gales there on the ad hoc gale forecasts?

 

[TheEdge]

Correct on both counts.

 

[theageofthetra]

You've all heard of The Wallabies but what Aussie national sports teams are these...

The Matildas
The Stingers
The Olyroos
The Jillaroos
The Wallaroos
The Kookaburras
The Cockatoos

 

[TheEdge]

No idea;

Football
Aussie Rules Football
Hockey
Lacrosse
Basketball
Cricket
Quidditch

 

[theageofthetra]

Well Football and Hockey are two of them. But need to be more specific.

 

[D6975]

I've heard of the Matildas, they're the womens football team.
I'm guessing that the several of the others are also women's teams

Olyroos sounds like Olympic team possibly?

 

[theageofthetra]

Those two are correct.

 

[theageofthetra]

The Matildas-womens soccer

The Stingers-womens waterpolo

The Olyroos-mens olympic soccer

The Jillaroos-womens rugby league

The Wallaroos-womens rugby union

The Kookaburras-mens hockey

The Cockatoos- Fed cup tennis.

Open floor

 

[Welshman]

OK - try this:-

Why, when you see old photographs and pictures of actors on the stage, do they always appear to be leaning back slightly?

 

[Clip]

Its not something I have ever come across but has it something to do with the lenses of old cameras giving that appearance?

 

[Welshman]

No, I don't think so. Sorry.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

If they were on stage and the photographer / artist was in the audience, the natural perspective would give that effect.










Either that or the photographer never learned not to step back to get them all in....:roll:

 

[Welshman]

No, sorry.
The answer is to do with the lighting on the stage.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

As a guess - the cast would be leaning backwards so they weren't dazzled or fried by the footlights? ?

 

[Clip]

No, sorry.
The answer is to do with the lighting on the stage.

Ahh is it to do with the shadows that were cast upon the actors that then gave the appearance they were leaning back.

Like the painting on football pitches to make it look like the adverts are standing up when in fact they are not

 

[Welshman]

You're both very close, but it wasn't to avoid being dazzled. In fact, I'm not sure they had electrically-powered footlights at this early stage.
So, not dazzled, but.....

And it was something to do with shadows, but it wasn't the shadows that gave the impression they were leaning backwards. They did actually lean.

Hope that makes sense!

 

[Clip]

Did they not hav espirit levels in theatre back then so all stages sloped forwards?

 

[Darren R]

Was it connected with the heat radiated from the early electric footlights at the front of the stage? Did they lean backwards to avoid the heat on their faces making a mess of their make-up? ()