General Knowledge Quiz

[D841 Roebuck]

Which well known popular song includes the line "I'm not a sailor, I'm not a sailor - I'm the captain, I'm the captain!"?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

La Bamba

Yo no soy marinero
Yo no soy marinero
Soy capitan
Soy capitan
Soy capitan


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Yo soy un hombre sincero, echar mis versos del alma. (Message from me)

 

[D841 Roebuck]

It is indeed La Bamba…

Over to you again, Paul.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

A very easy one....

In what county of England will you find the oldest geological rock formations?

 

[Buttsy]

Cumbria?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Not so.

 

[leedslad82]

A very easy one....

In what county of England will you find the oldest geological rock formations?

i'd guess north yorkshire

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Again, not so.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Leicestershire - Charnwood Forest??

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Still not so. Are we seeing the possibilities being whittled down one by one ?

 

[gnolife]

Cheshire?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Unfortunately still not so.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Dorset - the Jurassic coast?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Still not so....and here was I thinking it would be solved in a matter of minutes..

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Northumberland, then?

 

[Buttsy]

Arksfordshiure?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Oh dear, still not so. Are you all crossing these off on your county maps of England ?

 

[Buttsy]

Unfortunately there aren't any geologists amongst us by the looks of things.

Devon?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Cornwall!


( Yes, it looks like we are reduced to crossing it off county by county... but at least this way somebody will get it quickly! )

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Another one that I have to answer rather negatively.

 

[Buttsy]

There is a county I want to try, but my fingers will not allow me to type in the county of the Sc*m that play in red & white and are a load of... They can be found at the end of the road to hell (A420)...

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The A420 from Bristol to Oxford has never been known to approach this county.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Worcestershire?

Some of those hills are pretty ancient looking?

 

[Buttsy]

Let's try Yorkshire, as at least it's big...

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

That is now 12 incorrect answers in a row...:roll:

 

[Buttsy]

I'll go for the 13th and plump for Kent!

 

[Peter Mugridge]

*groan*

Isle of Wight?



Paul... you do indeed mean just England rather than the UK don't you...???

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

It most certainly is in England.

It is neither Kent..nor the Isle of Wight.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Herefordshire?

 

[gnolife]

East Sussex?