General Knowledge Quiz

[SteveM70]

Kelty Hearts

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Kelty Hearts

Is the correct answer.

You are promoted to the position of Quizmaster.

 

[SteveM70]

Thanks

Winston Churchill won the BBC’s “Greatest Briton” poll in 2002. The top ten after the initial vote each then had a programme where an advocate put forward their case. Who was Churchill’s advocate?

 

[Efini92]

Thanks

Winston Churchill won the BBC’s “Greatest Briton” poll in 2002. The top ten after the initial vote each then had a programme where an advocate put forward their case. Who was Churchill’s advocate?

Boris Johnson?

 

[xotGD]

Ian Hislop?

 

[Efini92]

Actually 2002 I’d guess with Mrs Thatcher.

 

[SteveM70]

Boris Johnson?

Ian Hislop?

Actually 2002 I’d guess with Mrs Thatcher.

None of them, although if I’d had to have a guess I’d have possibly gone with Johnson too

 

[Loppylugs]

Nicholas Soames ?

 

[DaleCooper]

Ludovic Kennedy

 

[341o2]

Theresa May

 

[Peterthegreat]

Mo Mowlam

 

[SteveM70]

Nicholas Soames ?

Ludovic Kennedy

Theresa May

None of those

Mo Mowlam

Correct! (And for the record, Brunel came second with Jeremy Clarkson his advocate)

All yours….

 

[DaleCooper]

2 days and no question so next qiestion:

Two battleships share the honour of the longest range hit by a moving ship on a moving target. HMS Warspite is one, what is the other?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

I am almost certain it was a German ship hitting a British aircraft carrier. I have no idea of the name of the ship though.

 

[DaleCooper]

I am almost certain it was a German ship hitting a British aircraft carrier. I have no idea of the name of the ship though.

Correct on both counts which narrows the field quite a bit.

 

[Neo9320]

I’ll throw a guess out.
The Bismarck?

 

[DaleCooper]

I’ll throw a guess out.
The Bismarck?

Someone was bound to say that but it's wrong.

 

[Gloster]

It must be one of the twins: Scharnhorst?

 

[TheEdge]

It must be one of the twins: Scharnhorst?

Its the engagement with Eagle* so I'll take Gneisenau.

*Glourious even

 

[Neo9320]

Someone was bound to say that but it's wrong.

Assumed it would be lol

 

[DaleCooper]

Its the engagement with Eagle* so I'll take Gneisenau.

*Glourious even

No, see below.

It must be one of the twins: Scharnhorst?

That's the one, your turn...

 

[Gloster]

Being a bit of a pedant, I would wonder if Scharnhorst was actually a battlecruiser. (*) However, the Germans fiddling of the Washington Treaty rules means it isn’t clear-cut. * - Spellcheck kept on wanting to use a large B (really): I think it misunderstood the meaning of the term ‘capital ship’.

Where would you find the remains of the most recent HMS Glatton?

 

[MotCO]

Engulfed in ice in the Antarctic or Arctic?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Is this the one that had to be deliberately sunk to avoid explosions ? If so south coast so I would guess at Portsmouth.

 

[Gloster]

Is this the one that had to be deliberately sunk to avoid explosions ? If so south coast so I would guess at Portsmouth.

You have got the ship’s fate, but not the location. Think angry passport holders.

 

[TheEdge]

Being a bit of a pedant, I would wonder if Scharnhorst was actually a battlecruiser. (*) However, the Germans fiddling of the Washington Treaty rules means it isn’t clear-cut. * - Spellcheck kept on wanting to use a large B (really): I think it misunderstood the meaning of the term ‘capital ship’.

Where would you find the remains of the most recent HMS Glatton?

They straddle the line, similar to the Kongo class of the IJN. More heavily armed than a traditional battlecruiser design but nowhere near as much as a proper battleship.

And going off your clue for the answer. Port of Dover?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

You have got the ship’s fate, but not the location. Think angry passport holders.

Dover?

 

[Gloster]

They straddle the line, similar to the Kongo class of the IJN. More heavily armed than a traditional battlecruiser design but nowhere near as much as a proper battleship.

And going off your clue for the answer. Port of Dover?

Dover?

Correct. She (or most of her) was moved in 1925/1926 as the remains were an obstruction. They now lie under the car-ferry terminal.

For you two gentlemen to decide who sets the next question.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

I am very happy for it to be @TheEdge that sets the next question.

 

[TheEdge]

Well then, keeping to a theme.

Where would one find the earthly remains of the Admiral Scheer?