General Knowledge Quiz

[Meridian richard]

Bizarrely it was

 

[Old-School]

Which Author had his first breakthrough in 1968 whilst working in journalism and well known for wearing large, black fedora hats, as seen on the inside back covers of most of his books.

 

[Seacook]

Which Author had his first breakthrough in 1968 whilst working in journalism and well known for wearing large, black fedora hats, as seen on the inside back covers of most of his books.

This sounds like Terry Pratchett. His first novel, The Carpet People, was published when he around 17.

 

[Old-School]

This sounds like Terry Pratchett. His first novel, The Carpet People, was published when he around 17.

It is indeed, the floors is now yours

 

[Seacook]

What is the next in this sequence?

Rudolph
Earl
Wilson
???

 

[deltic1989]

Herbert they are all the middle names of US presidents, Gerald Rudolph Ford jr, James Earl Carter jr, Ronald Wilson Reagen, George Herbert Walker Bush snr.

 

[Seacook]

Herbert they are all the middle names of US presidents, Gerald Rudolph Ford jr, James Earl Carter jr, Ronald Wilson Reagen, George Herbert Walker Bush snr.

Quite right. Your turn.

 

[deltic1989]

thank you.

By what other name is Sir Thomas John Woodward usually known?

 

[Heinz57]

Tom Jones?

 

[deltic1989]

Tom Jones?

Oh why, why why Delilah, did i set such an easy question. but then again that's Not Unusual.

I'll get my coat and, leave the floor to you.

 

[Heinz57]

Thanks,

Ok erm let me think. Ahh, here we go:

Which childrens author bought Hill Top farm in the Lake District?

 

[gordonthemoron]

Beatrix Potter

 

[deltic1989]

Beatrix Potter

damn too slow.

 

[Heinz57]

Beatrix Potter

Got it in one. Your turn

 

[gordonthemoron]

if you cross a dachshund with a chihuahua, what do you get?

 

[Heinz57]

Kim Kardashian

 

[gordonthemoron]

ha ha ha

 

[deltic1989]

total guess here, a ****su
or a shakey sausage.

 

[gordonthemoron]

nope, they are quite popular though

 

[deltic1989]

if you cross a dachshund with a chihuahua, what do you get?

My mrs reliably informs me its a chiweenie or a Mexican Hotdog. and not a *****su as i first thought.

 

[gordonthemoron]

your mrs is correct

 

[deltic1989]

I'll let her set the next question then .

What is unique about the Northern Hawk Owl?

 

[Old-School]

I'll let her set the next question then .

What is unique about the Northern Hawk Owl?

Its not nocturnal

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Its not nocturnal

True, but there other owls that too are not nocturnal.

However, this particular owl is the solitary species member in the genus Surnia.

 

[deltic1989]

Its not nocturnal

I think this is the answer she was looking for, though I agree with Paul that this owl is not unique in this respect.
I think a better turn of phrase would have been unusual.

 

[Old-School]

I think this is the answer she was looking for, though I agree with Paul that this owl is not unique in this respect.
I think a better turn of phrase would have been unusual.

if I was correct, then open floor

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I will therefore set the next one....

What daughter of one English king carried the title of Empress after her marriage, never actually carrying the title of Queen of England, and gave birth to another king of England with the same first name as her father.

 

[Seacook]

I will therefore set the next one....

What daughter of one English king carried the title of Empress after her marriage, never actually carrying the title of Queen of England, and gave birth to another king of England with the same first name as her father.

Was this Matilda (or Maud*)?

*Most of my knowledge of history comes from 1066 And All That.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Was this Matilda (or Maud*)?

*Most of my knowledge of history comes from 1066 And All That.

Correct. She was the daughter of Henry I, born in 1102, and the cousin of Stephen de Blois, who seized the English throne and became King Stephen. She was one of the main powers in the civil war that afflicted England which is sometimes known as "The Anarchy".

She succeeded to the throne of England on the death of Henry I, but was never crowned Queen. She married twice...the first time to Henry V, the Holy Roman Emperor, where her title was that of Empress, then to Geoffrey of Anjou , by whom she had three sons. Her eldest of these sons became Henry II of England. She died in 1167.

Your turn to set the next one.

 

[Seacook]

What links the following?

An environmental organization founded in San Francisco in 1892
The author of The Third Chimpanzee and Guns, Germs and Steel
The literary source for the film Apocalypse Now
The detective in The Maltese Falcon