General Knowledge Quiz

[Peterthegreat]

You're getting warm.

18 inch guns.

 

[DaleCooper]

18 inch guns.

That's right, your turn...

 

[Peterthegreat]

Where would you find Henry's pocket?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

I dont know what it is but I could swear that came up in a Trivia quiz the other week and cats have them.

 

[Peterthegreat]

I dont know what it is but I could swear that came up in a Trivia quiz the other week and cats have them.

Cats do have them but they are not the only animal with them. A little more precise please.

 

[MotCO]

On an animal's neck?

 

[Peterthegreat]

On an animal's neck?

Unlikely.

 

[DaleCooper]

Where would you find Henry's pocket?

Henry's trousers, or perhaps it's the loose skin on a cat's belly.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Henry's trousers, or perhaps it's the loose skin on a cat's belly.

Not on the belly.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Memory is clearing but I think it is definitely loose skin or a fold of skin but still can't remember where on the body.

 

[DaleCooper]

Memory is clearing but I think it is definitely loose skin or a fold of skin but still can't remember where on the body.

Perhaps that opening at the bottom outer edge of the ear.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Perhaps that opening at the bottom outer edge of the ear.

The ear is correct. Found in cats, some breeds of dogs and some other animals.
Over to you.

 

[DaleCooper]

The ear is correct. Found in cats, some breeds of dogs and some other animals.
Over to you.

Thank you.

Next question:

The things represented here by their initials are of a kind, all of you will almost certainly have experience of at least some of them. What do they have in common?

B&S
TitH
ToaR
B&M
SD
PiaB

 

[Calthrop]

Things to eat, involving sausages in one way or another -- in order: Bacon and sausages? / Toad in the Hole / don't know / Bangers and mash / Sausage -- something? / Pig in a blanket?

 

[Gloster]

Bubble & Squeak?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Bubble & Squeak?

If it is food and it surely is this has to be the correct answer. They are also all British style food too I would think. D in 5 maybe dumplings?

 

[DaleCooper]

Things to eat, involving sausages in one way or another -- in order: Bacon and sausages? / Toad in the Hole / don't know / Bangers and mash / Sausage -- something? / Pig in a blanket?

Yes, colloquial names for things to eat although not necessarily involving sausages.
They are:
B&S - bubble & squeak
TitH - toad in the hole
ToaR - thousands on a raft
B&M - bangers & mash
SD - spotted dick
PiaB - Pig in a Blanket

Your turn...

Bubble & Squeak?

That's one of them.

If it is food and it surely is this has to be the correct answer. They are also all British style food too I would think. D in 5 maybe dumplings?

See above

 

[xotGD]

Suet Dumplings

 

[Calthrop]

Yes, colloquial names for things to eat although not necessarily involving sausages.
They are:
B&S - bubble & squeak
TitH - toad in the hole
ToaR - thousands on a raft
B&M - bangers & mash
SD - spotted dick
PiaB - Pig in a Blanket

Your turn...

Thanks. (My bolding above -- "Thousands on a raft" is an expression new to me. Googling -- after a deviation via much music-related material about an album with that title, by persons called Pete Brown and Piblokto [stuff which is very much not my scene] -- revealed that it's a quite recently-coined nickname for beans on toast.)

Setting question, as below.


Which fiction author (the same one, for all three) created the following characters?

Lord Frederick Verisopht

Simon Tappertit

Mr. M'Choakumchild

 

[SuspectUsual]

Dickens, surely?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

That is Dickens surely?

 

[DaleCooper]

J. B. Morton?

 

[Calthrop]

Dickens, surely?

That is Dickens surely?

J. B. Morton?

@Dale Cooper: Morton ("Beachcomber") was great for bonkers names; but the other participants have it right -- it was Dickens; characters in Nicholas Nickleby, Barnaby Rudge, and Hard Times respectively.

@SteveM70 (first, by the slenderest of whiskers): floor is yours.

 

[SuspectUsual]

What do Leicester rugby players have on their shirts that other top flight teams don’t have?

(And it isn’t the name of a sponsor)

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Letters to identify the players instead of numbers?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Letters to identify the players instead of numbers?

That'll do. They used to have letters rather than numbers, from A for the loosehead promo to O for the full back. Numbers were enforced in the late 90s but Leicester have the respective letter on the front of the shirt as well (photo attached to show an example)

Your turn to take the restart

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Switching codes, which association football team has, to date, been the only one to appear in more than one FA Cup Final without conceding a goal?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Switching codes, which association football team has, to date, been the only one to appear in more than one FA Cup Final without conceding a goal?

Bury.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Bury.

Back of the net!

4-0 winners v Southampton in 1900 and 6-0 winners v Derby County in 1903.

The winner's medal is yours!

 

[Peterthegreat]

Back of the net!

4-0 winners v Southampton in 1900 and 6-0 winners v Derby County in 1903.

The winner's medal is yours!

Ok let us stay with football.
Who was the first Premier League manager to be sacked.