General Knowledge Quiz

[Calthrop]

My "theme song" : I was aware of the word, but didn't know -- or had forgotten -- its meaning; therefore, Googled -- so ...

Don't you mean you "Goggled" it? That's what I insist on calling it in spite of evidence to the contrary.

Or there's the mythical creature called the Gowgle; about which there's a little rhyme, which I've forgotten -- and seeking info thereon via the Net, got me nowhere -- not surprisingly, in the circumstances.

 

[DaleCooper]

Don't you mean you "Goggled" it? That's what I insist on calling it in spite of evidence to the contrary.

Obstinacy is relevant but there's more to it than that.

Taken together the posts above are a big hint.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Taken together the posts above are a big hint.

In spite of evidence to the contrary ++ obstinacy.

Perhaps Someone who obstinately sticks to his opinion/view despite all evidence to the contrary.
1. 9/11 was an inside job
2. the moon landings were faked
3. The earth is flat etc etc

 

[DaleCooper]

In spite of evidence to the contrary ++ obstinacy.

Perhaps Someone who obstinately sticks to his opinion/view despite all evidence to the contrary.
1. 9/11 was an inside job
2. the moon landings were faked
3. The earth is flat etc etc

That's it, Wikipedia defines it thus:

traditional custom obstinately adhered to however unreasonable it may be or someone who obstinately clings to an error, bad habit or prejudice, even after the foible has been exposed and the person humiliated; also, any error, bad habit, or prejudice clung to in this fashion

Your turn...

 

[GRALISTAIR]

What was Fleetwood Mac’s only number 1 single in the USA?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

The only Fleetwood Mac title I even know of is The Chain ( the Formula One TV theme* ), so I'll suggest that.


*I think they use something else now, before anyone says...

 

[DaleCooper]

What was Fleetwood Mac’s only number 1 single in the USA?

I hope it was something from the Peter Green era so I'll go for Black Magic Woman.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Way later sorry

 

[GRALISTAIR]

The only Fleetwood Mac title I even know of is The Chain ( the Formula One TV theme* ), so I'll suggest that.


*I think they use something else now, before anyone says...

The right era

 

[GRALISTAIR]

duplicate delete

 

[DaleCooper]

The right era

Some rubbish like Rhiannon

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Some rubbish like Rhiannon

No. It is from the Album rumours.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Believe there's a difference between Fleetwood Mac's only Number One single in the U.K. and that in the U.S.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Could be - I was surprised at the answer too.

Albatross was the bands only number 1 in the UK.

 

[DaleCooper]

No. It is from the Album rumours.

Go Your Own Way

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Go Your Own Way

Sorry no.

 

[randyrippley]

Dreams

 

[John Griffiths]

Sara?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Dreams

Correctamundo - your turn to start a Rumour

 

[randyrippley]

In the British MOD's "Rainbow Codes" supposedly secret naming system, what was "Blue Danube" the first operational type of?

 

[DaleCooper]

In the British MOD's "Rainbow Codes" supposedly secret naming system, what was "Blue Danube" the first operational type of?

Hydrogen bomb

 

[randyrippley]

Hydrogen bomb

Not a hydrogen bomb

 

[GRALISTAIR]

In the British MOD's "Rainbow Codes" supposedly secret naming system, what was "Blue Danube" the first operational type of?

Wasn't that just simply the first British Nuclear weapon in service ?

 

[Neo9320]

Nuclear Submarine?

 

[randyrippley]

Wasn't that just simply the first British Nuclear weapon in service ?

correct, a nuclear bomb, not an H-bomb

over to you

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Sorry - crazy busy. Cant monitor. Open floor please.

 

[randyrippley]

OK, I'll jump back in
Rainbow codes again, this time what was "Blue Parrot"? (and it wasn't a bomb)

 

[Gloster]

A dead Norwegian Blue.

 

[randyrippley]

A dead Norwegian Blue.

Nope nothing to do with birds. It was something military

 

[DaleCooper]

Blue Rat was an energy drink that Sean Lock reckoned contained "some Polish chemicals".