General Knowledge Quiz

[Gloster]

1644? (I can keep going, if need be.)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

1644? (I can keep going, if need be.)

That was the correct year.

Over to you to set the next question.

 

[Gloster]

Another Civil War question. Where was the following said, “the poorest hee that is in England hath a life to live as the greatest hee”? (As recorded at the time and with original spelling.)

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Are we talking the Putney debates?

 

[Gloster]

Are we talking the Putney debates?

Indeed we are. It was Colonel Thomas Rainsborough at the Putney Debates in 1647.

To you to propose a new question.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Which fictional action hero has the middle name Matthew and a date of birth of 18th August 1964?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Time for a clue I think.

The character appears in more than one film.

 

[xotGD]

Jason Bourne?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Jason Bourne?

Not him.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Ethan Mathew Hunt Mission Impossible franchise

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Ethan Mathew Hunt Mission Impossible franchise

Is the correct answer.

Your mission if you choose to accept it is to set the next question.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Is the correct answer.

Your mission if you choose to accept it is to set the next question.

An easy one hopefully. Which actor usually associated with science fiction TV/movies did star as a character in the original TV series?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Leonard Nimoy

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Leonard Nimoy

That was both quick and correct.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

I'm usually slow and wrong

Sticking with Sci Fi

Which Sci Fi series was largely set in the Epsilon Eridani system?

 

[Ashley Hill]

Babylon 5?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Deleted.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Babylon 5?

It was indeed Babylon 5.

You may now take us through a jump gate to the next question.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Which cartoon characters spaceship was the Troll 1?

 

[Ashley Hill]

Well no takers here then. Troll 1 was the spaceship belonging to Captain Kremmen the heroic cartoon character from the Kenny Everett TV shows.
Open space floor….

 

[CarltonA]

What was unusual about the main armament on the battleships HMS Nelson and HMS Rodney compared to other Royal Navy battleships of the time?

 

[Gloster]

What was unusual about the main armament on the battleships HMS Nelson and HMS Rodney compared to other Royal Navy battleships of the time?

All main guns were forward of the bridge structure? (“Dammit, Royal Navy ships never retreat so we don’t need any guns at the stern”.) Actually, it was the Washington Treaty, hence the name ‘Cherry Tree Class.

 

[CarltonA]

All main guns were forward of the bridge structure? (“Dammit, Royal Navy ships never retreat so we don’t need any guns at the stern”.) Actually, it was the Washington Treaty, hence the name ‘Cherry Tree Class.

Correct, could you also say what wasn't normal about the guns specifications?

 

[Gloster]

Correct, could you also say what wasn't normal about the guns specifications?

I think they were three to a turret, or was it four, four and two?

 

[CarltonA]

I think they were three to a turret, or was it four, four and two?

There were three guns per turret. It was the 16" calibre rather than the usual 15" that I was looking for. However, you may fire the next salvo Rear Admiral Gloster.

 

[Gloster]

Which US state capital is the highest? (By highest I mean feet above sea level, not reeking of dope.)

 

[Calthrop]

Wild guess -- Denver, Colorado.

 

[Gloster]

Wild guess -- Denver, Colorado.

Wrong, but 97% of Americans thought it was the correct answer. It is third.

 

[Calthrop]

OK -- Montana, from the name, is pretty mountainous -- Helena, Montana?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Somewhere else in the Rockies. Santa Fe, New Mexico??