General Knowledge Quiz

[xotGD]

Neither of these, sorry. I think that it's only one question, really … "What happened on these days?" I've used this before several times without any problems.

No worries, I'll go with the flow.

Q4 Greece 1935

 

[SteveM70]

The zoo one was Teddy Kennedy and one of his brothers, so I’ll guess JFK

 

[GRALISTAIR]

The zoo one was Teddy Kennedy and one of his brothers, so I’ll guess JFK

And I will guess RFK

 

[Strat-tastic]

I thought it was about WW2

Agree it was a good song.

So did I for a while.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

No worries, I'll go with the flow. Q4 Greece 1935

Not Greece, sorry, but you're not too far away in terms of geography. If it helps, the year was 1946.

The zoo one was Teddy Kennedy and one of his brothers, so I’ll guess JFK

You're right with Teddy, but not with John, because ...

And I will guess RFK

It was Robert!

That's three out of four, and the leaders in the clubhouse are:
Gralistair 1.5
MotCo 1
SteveM70 0.5

 

[MotCO]

Not Greece, sorry, but you're not too far away in terms of geography. If it helps, the year was 1946.

Albania?

 

[xotGD]

Not Greece, sorry, but you're not too far away in terms of geography. If it helps, the year was 1946.

Last go: Albania?

Didn't they have a King Zog?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Albania?

Last go: Albania? Didn't they have a King Zog?

They did indeed have a King Zog, but sadly it's not the right place. You'll need to cross a stretch of water to the west to get where you need to be!

 

[MotCO]

Italy?

 

[341o2]

Turkey

 

[GRALISTAIR]

You'll need to cross a stretch of water to the west to get where you need to be!

I want to say Hungary but don't know what stretch of water you mean. I am sure they were pressured to become a Republic under pressure from their masters at the time The Soviet Union.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Italy?

Turkey

I want to say Hungary but don't know what stretch of water you mean. I am sure they were pressured to become a Republic under pressure from their masters at the time The Soviet Union.

Sorry for the delay in replying, but MotCo is correct. Italy abolished it's Monarchy on 2nd June 1946 and became a republic.

MotCo .. you have two correct answers, so it's your floor - well done!

 

[MotCO]

Which country uses the tune of God Save Our Queen as the tune for their national anthem, but (for clarity) the words are different? Bonus points for naming the composer.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Which country uses the tune of God Save Our Queen as the tune for their national anthem, but (for clarity) the words are different? Bonus points for naming the composer.

Trick question as there are two countries I can think of. Norway is definitely one of them. Even the USA has one but I think they just call it America or something similar and I think there is at least one more country. An obscure one such as Andorra or Luxembourg or Lichtenstein ?

 

[MotCO]

Trick question as there are two countries I can think of. Norway is definitely one of them. Even the USA has one but I think they just call it America or something similar and I think there is at least one more country. An obscure one such as Andorra or Luxembourg or Lichtenstein ?

How many guesses do you want?

Norway is not one of them, as this link will testify:

, although I accept that it is sometimes stated that Norway has the same tune. You may or may not be right with one of your guesses - do you want to pick one?

 

[341o2]

Samuel Francis Smith "My Country' tis of thee" America as mentioned by Flanders & Swann in the introduction to their song of patriotic prejudice

 

[SteveM70]

Liechtenstein has the same time as us. Always gets a mention when we play them at football. My hazy recollection of an early 80s music lesson with the fearsome Mr Barnes, who loved nothing more than launching a board rubber at pupils’ heads, is that nobody’s quite sure who wrote it but Purcell is a strong suspect

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Liechtenstein has the same time as us. Always gets a mention when we play them at football. My hazy recollection of an early 80s music lesson with the fearsome Mr Barnes, who loved nothing more than launching a board rubber at pupils’ heads, is that nobody’s quite sure who wrote it but Purcell is a strong suspect

I think you maybe correct on this one.

 

[martinsh]

Latvia.. "Dievs Svetku Latviju" (God Bless Latvia) Don't know who wrote it though

 

[MotCO]

Liechtenstein has the same time as us. Always gets a mention when we play them at football. My hazy recollection of an early 80s music lesson with the fearsome Mr Barnes, who loved nothing more than launching a board rubber at pupils’ heads, is that nobody’s quite sure who wrote it but Purcell is a strong suspect

We all remember a Mr Barnes .

Liechenstein is correct, and you are right about the composer - a bit of a trick question. According to Encyclopædia Britannica "The origin of both the words and the music is obscure. The many candidates for authorship include John Bull (c. 1562–1628), Thomas Ravenscroft (c. 1583–c. 1633), Henry Purcell (c. 1639–95), and Henry Carey (c. 1687–1743)."

You're now in charge of the board rubber!

 

[SteveM70]

Where in the music industry would you find a nightclub, a cat, and a coffin

 

[Strat-tastic]

In a jazz club.

 

[xotGD]

Where in the music industry would you find a nightclub, a cat, and a coffin

On a synthesiser.

 

[MotCO]

In a recording studio?

 

[SteveM70]

Three interesting answers but none correct

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Where in the music industry would you find a nightclub, a cat, and a coffin

Well I know there is a thing called a Cat Piano and there is also a coffin dance, so is it possible you do a coffin dance played with a cat piano in a nightclub - or is that too convoluted?

 

[Strat-tastic]

Is a coffin a case for a double bass? (hence my thoughts of a jazz trio).

 

[SteveM70]

Again, interesting but not right

 

[MotCO]

Somewhere at the back of my mind suggests that a coffin may be part of a guitar, maybe a bridge across strings or something, so are all three connected to a stringed instrument? Maybe nightclub = Cavern = the empty chamber on a stringed instrument?

 

[444045]

Is it to do with mixing of tracks to go on a CD at all ?