General Knowledge Quiz

[Welshman]

No, but some posters have got near it.

The answer as I understand it is that when electric light was introduced to theatres, the stage was simply lit by a central candelabra, and to ensure their faces were illuminated by the central candelabra the actors leaned slightly backwards, so the light showed their faces rather than the top of their heads.

Open floor.

 

[theageofthetra]

What did a reigning British Monarch do in 1936 but a sitting US president not do until 1943

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Make an official visit by the use of an aeroplane ?

 

[theageofthetra]

Thats close enough. Your floor

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Because current medical matters can cause me to be absent from the forum, it is only fair that I declare OPEN FLOOR.

 

[deltic1989]

What do the Falkland Islands, the Mary Rose, and a Rugby Ball have in common?

 

[Buttsy]

What do the Falkland Islands, the Mary Rose, and a Rugby Ball have in common?

All a pointless waste of money in the 80s...

 

[theageofthetra]

Gilbert. They make rugby balls, its the government building in Port Stanley and I think some docs about the raising of the Mary Rose were done by a Gilbert.

 

[deltic1989]

All a pointless waste of money in the 80s...

Gilbert. They make rugby balls, its the government building in Port Stanley and I think some docs about the raising of the Mary Rose were done by a Gilbert.

Sorry I have been a bit slow to come back to this one I had forgotten about it.
None of the answers is what I am looking for I'm afraid.

 

[Golghar]

What do the Falkland Islands, the Mary Rose, and a Rugby Ball have in common?

They have all appeared on £2 coins.

 

[deltic1989]

They have all appeared on £2 coins.

Is the the answer I was looking for, well done over to you,.

 

[Golghar]

As I shall be extremely busy next week I call an open floor.

 

[w0033944]

If I might...
...based on the question about the leaning actors, why did racing cars in old action shots appear to have misshapen wheels, like this?

 

[theageofthetra]

Because the shutter speed was so slow that the top of the image was exposed after the bottom. The only reason it was captured at all was due to the camera panning round quickly.

 

[w0033944]

Because the shutter speed was so slow that the top of the image was exposed after the bottom. The only reason it was captured at all was due to the camera panning round quickly.

Correct! Over to you.

 

[theageofthetra]

What can a ship do that a boat can't?

 

[Clip]

What can a ship do that a boat can't?

Have you not got that the wrong way round?

Because a boat can go under water and a ship cannot.*







*Unless it sinks

 

[deltic1989]

Ah a nautical question I have this covered (I think).

A ship can carry a boat, but a boat can't carry a ship.

 

[theageofthetra]

Correct, your floor.

 

[deltic1989]

Thank you.

Staying with the nautical theme.
If you asked me the time and I replied "4 Bells in the Forenoon" what time is it?

 

[Johnuk123]

10.00 a.m.

 

[deltic1989]

10.00 a.m.

i'm a bit thredders that that didn't go on for longer but ah well .

You have the bridge shipmate.

 

[Johnuk123]

Open Floor

 

[Peter Mugridge]

In ten pin bowling, on a standard ten goes game, what is the maximum possible score if one were to achieve a strike on every go?

 

[D841 Roebuck]

In ten pin bowling, on a standard ten goes game, what is the maximum possible score if one were to achieve a strike on every go?

300. A difficult feat.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

300 it is; your go.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

According to "The Lord of the Rings', who was Tom Bombadil's wife?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Goldberry, who was called "the river-woman's daughter"

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Goldberry, who was called "the river-woman's daughter"

Correct.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Marco Polo on his travels described a certain race of people as having heads like dogs. What was the location where this race of people were to be found ?