General Knowledge Quiz

[TheEdge]

Headed out for a busy afternoon so open floor please…

Grand theft auto questions encouraged!

What accidental bug led to the entire GTA franchise?

 

[Neo9320]

What accidental bug led to the entire GTA franchise?

The police smashing in to the player when chasing?

 

[TheEdge]

The police smashing in to the player when chasing?

Indeed, an apparently really rather boring and sloppy pursuit game was vastly improved when an AI bug made the police cars actively try to ram the player off the road.

Your floor

 

[Neo9320]

Open floor please

 

[DaleCooper]

Open floor please

Next question:

Who gave the first live performance of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?

 

[Efini92]

Next question:

Who gave the first live performance of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?

Jimi Hendrix

 

[DaleCooper]

Jimi Hendrix

Yes, Jimi Hendrix played it live 2/3 days (sources vary) after the album's release. Paul McCartney was in the audience. Your turn...

 

[Efini92]

Yes, Jimi Hendrix played it live 2/3 days (sources vary) after the album's release. Paul McCartney was in the audience. Your turn...

He spoke about that very event last night at Glastonbury. Hendrix ended up detuning his guitar and asked Eric Clapton (who was in the audience) to tune it for him.

What was the penultimate song played at Wembley during the Live Aid concert in 1985?

 

[43172]

Is it the song "Is this the world we created?"

 

[Efini92]

Is it the song "Is this the world we created?"

Not that one I’m afraid, that was the song before the answer.

 

[SteveM70]

Let It Be

 

[Efini92]

It was let it be.

The floor is yours

 

[SteveM70]

Open floor, thanks

 

[MotCO]

What is the derivation of the word 'Pakistan'?

 

[xotGD]

Land of the Pure

 

[MotCO]

Land of the Pure

That's not what I understand it to have been the source.

 

[xotGD]

That's not what I understand it to have been the source.

Having consulted Wikipedia I can see the answer you are looking for.

But Pakistan does mean Land of the Pure.

 

[MotCO]

Time for a clue. Think about how Pakistan was created.

 

[yoyothehobo]

Time for a clue. Think about how Pakistan was created.

is it something acronym-ish?

Punjab
Something beginning with A
Kashmir
Something beginning with I
Then Stan just meaning land?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Punjab

Afghan

Kashmir

I - Indus?

Baluchistan

 

[MotCO]

is it something acronym-ish?

Punjab
Something beginning with A
Kashmir
Something beginning with I
Then Stan just meaning land?

Yes, that's right (A is for Afghan). The 'I' might come from the 'I' in Sindh, but views differ. The full answer is Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, Sindh, and Baluchistan.

Although @GRALISTAIR got the full answer, you got most of it right first, so I ask you to take the floor.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Is the suggested answer not actually a 'backronym'?

 

[yoyothehobo]

I have nothing, so open floor

 

[DaleCooper]

I have nothing, so open floor

I'll take it.

Next question:

What is a Welrod?

 

[TheEdge]

A small silenced pistol issued to British SOE agents during WWII

 

[DaleCooper]

A small silenced pistol issued to British SOE agents during WWII

Correct, apparently still in use as recently as Desert Storm and, who knows, perhaps still in use now. Your turn...

 

[TheEdge]

What's the (possibly apocryphal) reason British battle tanks have a long history of having an eye painted on the hull or turret?

 

[DaleCooper]

What's the (possibly apocryphal) reason British battle tanks have a long history of having an eye painted on the hull or turret?

The general didn't trust tank crews so he thought he'd better keep an eye on them.

 

[Gloster]

The regimental insignia of the Royal Tank Regiment?

 

[TheEdge]

The general didn't trust tank crews so he thought he'd better keep an eye on them.

Closer to the truth than you think