General Knowledge Quiz

[millemille]

Who has a portrait of the Queen in his pocket?

That's a Beatles lyric, "Paperback writer"?

 

[Gloster]

Is the theme "lyrics in songs by Liverpudlian bands"?

Correct, but it is the answers to the five specific questions that are wanted.

Would Nerys Hughes be Sandra in the Liver Birds
Being filled up with paraffin be from Rentadick, where the security driver locks himself inside the van and is literally flushed out with paraffin

Indeed, she was Sandra Hutchinson.
I know nothing about Rentadick and it is the band that I want.

That's a Beatles lyric, "Paperback writer"?

Sorry, wrong. EDIT: Right band, wrong song.

 

[SteveM70]

Who hates Nerys Hughes?

Half Man Half Biscuit

 

[martinsh]

Who filled up with paraffin inside?

Lily The Pink - The Scaffold

 

[Gloster]

Half Man Half Biscuit

Correct.

Lily The Pink - The Scaffold

Correct.

 

[Gloster]

Still one and three quarters to go.

I was hoping that ‘six three two three double ‘O’ three’ might ring a bell.

And that the penny might drop as to who had a portrait of the queen in his pocket (and where).

 

[millemille]

Still one and three quarters to go.


And that the penny might drop as to who had a portrait of the queen in his pocket (and where).

"Penny Lane", the fireman...

 

[SteveM70]

I was hoping that ‘six three two three double ‘O’ three’ might ring a bell.

I think it’s an OMD song, probably an early one. In my head it’s got shouty vocals.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

I think it’s an OMD song, probably an early one. In my head it’s got shouty vocals.

Believe @SteveM70 is correct. It's a reference to the 'phone number of the telephone box (remember them?) that the band used as their "office" number back in their early days.

 

[SteveM70]

Believe @SteveM70 is correct. It's a reference to the 'phone number of the telephone box (remember them?) that the band used as their "office" number back in their early days.

In which case, is the song Red Frame / White Light?

 

[Gloster]

Yes, they are all from songs/instrumentals from Merseyside bands. The telephone number in Red Frame/White Light is of a telephone box on the corner of Birkenhead Road and Greenwood Road in Meols. It was used by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark to organise their gigs. I can remember when Annie Nightingale took up the offer of a girl who lived nearby to ring the show up from the box.

That is two each to millemille and SteveM70, so I leave you to decide who takes the microphone.

 

[SteveM70]

I’ve set quite a few recently so happy to let millemille take the stage

 

[millemille]

I’ve set quite a few recently so happy to let millemille take the stage

Ok, I'll have a go.

What links a Samurai sword, the district of Bologna where the airport is, the Japanese name for a Peregrine Falcon, the Anglo American SLBM and Turdus Merula?

 

[MotCO]

Is the SLBM Trident? If so since it is Poseidon's weapon, is the link Greek mythology?

 

[millemille]

Is the SLBM Trident? If so since it is Poseidon's weapon, is the link Greek mythology?

Yes. it's Trident. No, not Greek mythology.

 

[Spamcan81]

Turdus Merula is the Blackbird. Not sure what connects it with the others though.

 

[Spamcan81]

A Samurai sword is a Katana. Suzuki made a motorbike by the name of Katana and Triumph made one by the name of Trident.

 

[Spamcan81]

A Samurai sword is a Katana. Suzuki made a motorbike by the name of Katana and Triumph made one by the name of Trident.

Just asked my brother in law and he tells me that there is/was a Honda Blackbird motorcycle so are they all motorbikes? Still trying to get the Bologna clue but is it a name used by Ducati?

 

[millemille]

Just asked my brother in law and he tells me that there is/was a Honda Blackbird motorcycle so are they all motorbikes? Still trying to get the Bologna clue but is it a name used by Ducati?

Correct on the theme.

Two to get.

 

[Spamcan81]

So we have :
Suzuki Katana
Triumph Trident
Honda Blackbird
Number four has just come to me courtesy of a WW2 Japanese fighter built by Nakajima -
Suzuki Hayabusa
Now for the Italian connection. I can think of the brand names but not many model names but how about
Laverda Jota?

 

[millemille]

So we have :
Suzuki Katana
Triumph Trident
Honda Blackbird
Number four has just come to me courtesy of a WW2 Japanese fighter built by Nakajima -
Suzuki Hayabusa
Now for the Italian connection. I can think of the brand names but not many model names but how about
Laverda Jota?

You're as close to getting them all as it is possible to be so I'll give you the last one, Ducati Panigale. Borgo Panigale is the district of Bologna where the airport and the Ducati factory is.

Over to you.

 

[Spamcan81]

You're as close to getting them all as it is possible to be so I'll give you the last one, Ducati Panigale. Borgo Panigale is the district of Bologna where the airport and the Ducati factory is.

Over to you.

Every day is a school day. Only Ducatis I could think of just had a number as the model name. Now to think of another quiz.

 

[Spamcan81]

What connects Stranraer, Southampton, Felixstowe, Rangoon and Singapore? There's probably more than one that people can think of but I'm looking for one specific connection.

 

[Gloster]

What connects Stranraer, Southampton, Felixstowe, Rangoon and Singapore? There's probably more than one that people can think of but I'm looking for one specific connection.

Flying-boats?

 

[MotCO]

Container ports?

 

[xotGD]

All give their name to a body of water?

 

[millemille]

Flying-boats?

This.

All inter war Supermarine and Shorts Brothers flying boats.

 

[Spamcan81]

Flying-boats?

Correct. The control column is yours.

 

[Spamcan81]

Container ports?

All give their name to a body of water?

This.

All inter war Supermarine and Shorts Brothers flying boats.

Gloster was first with the correct answer of flying boats. All said names were given to flying boats of one manufacturer or another.

 

[Gloster]

I am a bit short of ideas, but will try this:

What is North Ockendon alone in being?