General Knowledge Quiz

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I will take up the floor and set an easy one....

Eadgyth Swanneck bore five children....to whom ?

 

[Golghar]

She married Harold Godwin, King of Wessex. I presume she bore him all her children. If I am right I plead for an open floor as I have to be up early tomorrow.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I said it was easy....you are right

I note you cite.....open floor

 

[Welshman]

Which author was vilified by American bankers and landowners for his portrayal of the conditions inflicted on migrant landworkers during the Great Depression, and what is the name of the book?

 

[Heinz57]

Question removed. Welshman beat me to it!

 

[gnolife]

Which author was vilified by American bankers and landowners for his portrayal of the conditions inflicted on migrant landworkers during the Great Depression, and what is the name of the book?

Would it be Steinbeck, and Grapes of Wrath?

 

[Welshman]

Correct on both counts.

It was one of the set books for English Literature "O" level in 1965, and made a big impression on me.

 

[gnolife]

Correct on both counts.

It was one of the set books for English Literature "O" level in 1965, and made a big impression on me.

I had Of Mice and Men as my set book for English Literature GCSE in 2010, and really enjoyed it. I've not actually read Grapes of Wrath, although I do have a copy somewhere in my bombsite bedroom.

Oh, and Open Floor.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

I had Great Expectorations as my set book in '82, a dull tome - although not as bad as Hard Times. I think the war poets and Macbeth helped me pass!

Anyway, continuing the literary theme but with books that are actually readable (not knocking Steinbeck, who's pretty good - but Dickens - bleargh!), Which Trilogy comprises "Long Summer Day", "Post of Honour" and "The Green Gauntlet" - and who was the author?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Another easy one to pass away the time....

If you heard Kalaallisut in a discussion, where would you most likely to be ?

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Another easy one to pass away the time....

If you heard Kalaallisut in a discussion, where would you most likely to be ?

Cough - I posted first on the Open Floor - cough.

Double aa seems Finnish to me...

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cough - I posted first on the Open Floor - cough.

Double aa seems Finnish to me...

I do apologise for posting out of turn and will give the answer AT ONCE to allow your conundrum to have its day. It was not Finland...but Greenland.

NOTE...Will all quiz contestants please answer the one that was set by D841 Roebuck.

 

[Welshman]

I think it's the "Horseman Riding By" trilogy by R.F Delderfield.

If I'm correct, I note I pipped Heinz57 to the post with my last question [#1114], so would he like to post his now?

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Horseman/Deldefield is correct.

Over to you, Heinz!

 

[Heinz57]

Sorry about my delay in posting.

I'm going to go ahead and open the floor, I can't remember my question from last night or think of a new one.

So I'll let someone else take up the batton

 

[Wikipedia]

What item of rolling stock has gained the nickname "The Flying Banana"?

 

[ainsworth74]

The NMT

 

[Wikipedia]

The NMT

Yep! Your turn!

 

[ainsworth74]

Open floor as I'm off to bed and out tomorrow morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Where would you most likely to be if you were looking at a pick wheel ?

 

[Golghar]

As we are on a railway forum I'll hazard a guess: standing next to a cog-railway.

Though I seem to remember there's something wheel-like that locksmiths use to pick locks. As I am not in a position to commit myself I plead for a open floor, even if one of my hunches is correct.

 

[D6975]

At the moment, somewhere on the CrossRail route..
I think that's the proper name for those rotary cutting head thingys that they use for boring tunnels.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Neither of these. It is something used in machinery of a different type.

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Remember this is the General Knowledge quiz...not the Railway General Knowledge quiz.

 

[Buttsy]

Pick wheel - is it in a watch?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

No..it is in machinery of a specific type that there used to be many of in one large room.

 

[Buttsy]

An early computer?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

No...you need to back a few generations.

 

[Buttsy]

Loom?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Now you are on the right track. Now name a very specific type which could take different types of pick wheels. A bonus for saying what these pick wheels actually do.

 

[EM2]

I'm thinking a carpet loom, and separate pick wheels would each pick a different colour thread?