General Knowledge Quiz

[Welshman]

Correct in all aspects.
Your turn.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

What is the name of the quite rare substance of a barium cabonate type which was mined in the northern Pennine Chain until 1969.

 

[Whistler40145]

Is it Witherite?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Spot on. Over to you to set the next conundrum.

 

[Whistler40145]

Where was the most northerly point of "Real Lancashire"?

 

[Darren R]

According to my Bacon's County Map of Lancashire from the 1930s it is the southern edge of Elter Water west of Ambleside.

 

[Whistler40145]

Over to you, set the next question.


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[Darren R]

I knew those old maps would come in handy sometime!

Open floor

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

In what country did the now-extinct Cacahue aboriginal peoples live ?

 

[Clip]

Chile?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Correct..over to you.

 

[Clip]

Open floor

 

[Buttsy]

Oooh Whack-A-Do Whack-A-Day, the tune used in the National Lottery ads was written by whom?

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Oooh Whack-A-Do Whack-A-Day, the tune used in the National Lottery ads was written by whom?

Ken Dodd?

 

[Buttsy]

Nope, sorry

 

[Clip]

Gilbert O'Sullivan?

 

[Buttsy]

Gilbert O'Sullivan?

Correct

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

As nearly a week has elapsed and a new conundrum has not yet been set, I will set one...

Who were the opposing forces and what was the war in the battle of Cherbourg in 1864 ?

 

[D841 Roebuck]

United States Navy vs Confederate States Navy?

(I think the Rebs had commissioned the building of a privateer in Cherbourg, and the Yankees sent a frigate to intercept it.)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Correct. The war was the American Civil War.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

By location of their home ground, which is the most northerly past or present Football League (not Scottish League) club in England?

 

[martinsh]

Ashington ?

[League members 1921-9]

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Ashington ?

[League members 1921-9]

Spot on.

Your go!

 

[martinsh]

Why does the village of Dundaga in Latvia have a large statue of a crocodile outside it ?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Was this to mark the hunting prowess of a male resident of the settlement who was the inspiration for the film "Crocodile Dundee" ?

 

[martinsh]

Yes - but what was his name ?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Yes - but what was his name ?

I am unsure of the correct accents. It commemorates the noted crocodile hunter who died in 2006 called Arvids Blumentals

I have just seen a picture of the monument of the crocodile with the engraved plaque attached.

 

[martinsh]

That's the bloke ! Your go now

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

In the area of the ancient Hundred of Whorswellsdown in Wiltshire, an event took place in the 9th century that had implications for much existing territory in a large part of southern England.

What was the year and what was the event and its outcome ?

 

[D841 Roebuck]

In the area of the ancient Hundred of Whorswellsdown in Wiltshire, an event took place in the 9th century that had implications for much existing territory in a large part of southern England.

What was the year and what was the event and its outcome ?

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