General Knowledge Quiz

[Gloster]

Cricket

Wrong.

Should the fourth one actually be J.S.?

No, but you may have the connection.

 

[randyrippley]

Wrong.



No, but you may have the connection.

OK I will keep quiet as I had to look it up

 

[DaleCooper]

Bach

 

[Gloster]

Bach

Correct. They are the initials, by which they are usually known, of the four best known sons of Johann Sebastian Bach: Wilhelm Friedemann, Carl Philipp Emanuel, Johann Christoph Friedrich and Johann Christian.

To you to tune up for the next question.

 

[DaleCooper]

Correct. They are the initials, by which they are usually known, of the four best known sons of Johann Sebastian Bach: Wilhelm Friedemann, Carl Philipp Emanuel, Johann Christoph Friedrich and Johann Christian.

To you to tune up for the next question.

Thank you, I knew I recognised "C.P.E." from somewhere.

Open floor...

 

[Peter Mugridge]

As it's an open floor, I'll put up the one I almost did by accident at lunchtime - before I forget what it was!


Which TV character was famously driven to the Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles in a car specially built for him?

 

[randyrippley]

Wild guess
Green Hornet?

 

[millemille]

The Pink Panther (the cartoon feline, not the Peter Sellers villain), in one of Big daddy Roth's creations, at the start of every episode?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

The Pink Panther (the cartoon feline, not the Peter Sellers villain), in one of Big daddy Roth's creations, at the start of every episode?

That's a rinky-dinky correct answer... the wheel of the Panthermobile is yours...

 

[millemille]

Ok, continuing the automotive theme.

Who's Ferrari had the number plate "NRVOUS"?

And I'm after the owner, not the driver.

 

[DaleCooper]

Ok, continuing the automotive theme.

Who's Ferrari had the number plate "NRVOUS"?

And I'm after the owner, not the driver.

Dick Dastardly

 

[millemille]

Dick Dastardly

Nope

 

[Peterthegreat]

Ferris Bueller?

 

[millemille]

Ferris Bueller?

Was it his Ferrari?

 

[millemille]

No one?

The answer is Morris Fryer, the father of Ferris Bueller's hypochondriac friend and fellow truant Cameron Fryer.

Open floor.

 

[DaleCooper]

No one?

The answer is Morris Fryer, the father of Ferris Bueller's hypochondriac friend and fellow truant Cameron Fryer.

Open floor.

Next question:

Who had a psychedelic breakfast?

 

[ikcdab]

Next question:

Who had a psychedelic breakfast?

Alan. Pink Floyd

 

[DaleCooper]

Alan. Pink Floyd

That's right, your turn...

 

[ikcdab]

What do Pete Brady, Susan Stranks and Tommy Boyd have in common?

 

[RyanOPlasty]

What do Pete Brady, Susan Stranks and Tommy Boyd have in common?

Presenters of Magpie?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

What do Pete Brady, Susan Stranks and Tommy Boyd have in common?

Presenters of Magpie?

Think that's right, but not all at the same time, though?

 

[ikcdab]

Presenters of Magpie?

Correct, my childhood. Over to you

 

[RyanOPlasty]

Sorry for the delay.
Which Football League club has the closest ground to the river Mersey? (as of today , so Everton's new ground doesn't count)

 

[Whistler40145]

Stockport County?

 

[RyanOPlasty]

Stockport County?

Correct, your question...

 

[Whistler40145]

What's the highest point in Lancashire?

 

[D6130]

Boulsworth Hill?

 

[Whistler40145]

Boulsworth Hill?

Unfortunately not

 

[AndyPJG]

What's the highest point in Lancashire?

Winter Hill?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

My home county in the UK and that would be Green Hill.

For the record, Whitfield CountyGA is my home county in the USA.