General Knowledge Quiz

[krus_aragon]

Well, judging by the amount of brown in there I'd guess that these trains are from the 1970s, but that's about the limit of my knowledge unfortunately.

We're not talking train liveries here...

Resistors?

But this is much closer!

 

[backontrack]

Red-red-brown?

 

[krus_aragon]

Red-red-brown?

But why?

 

[A Challenge]

But why?

Number of ohms divides by 20?

 

[krus_aragon]

Number of ohms divides by 20?

Not quite the sort of answer I had in mind. You're right that the colours are the colour codes used to label resistors, but I'm looking for the odd train out.

As the question's now on the previous page, I'll repost it:

Which of the following trains is the odd one out, and why?
Orange-Blue-Brown
Yellow-Orange-Brown
Orange-White-Brown
Brown-Grey-Brown
Red-Red-Brown
Brown-Green-Brown

 

[backontrack]

But why?

Because one of the colours is repeated consecutively?

 

[A Challenge]

Its rail related

 

[backontrack]

Red-red-brown is AC while the rest is DC?

 

[A Challenge]

Yellow-Orange-Brown as its not a train class number (410)?

 

[krus_aragon]

Red-red-brown is AC while the rest is DC?

Er, by my reckoning red-red-brown isn't AC.

(Mistakenly given as correct a moment ago, sorry.)

 

[krus_aragon]

Yellow-Orange-Brown as its not a train class number (410)?

Yellow-Orange-Brown is 430, which was allocated to the 4-REP stock.

 

[A Challenge]

Its a DMU 220? (I'm confused)

 

[krus_aragon]

Red-red-brown is AC while the rest is DC?

Its a DMU 220? (I'm confused)

Yeup, I goofed there, sorry. (And wasn't quick enough in going back to correct my post.)

 

[A Challenge]

Yellow-Orange-Brown is 430, which was allocated to the 4-REP stock.

Were they not renumbered to 432 so it counts? (there's an expression about straws...)

 

[krus_aragon]

As I've managed to shoot myself in the foot as quizmaster, I'll re-type the worked answer I had given a few posts ago and meekly vacate the floor.

The sequences of colours represent resistor values from the common E24 series. These match TOPS classes.

Orange-Blue-Brown = 360 Ohm = Class 360
Yellow-Orange-Brown = 430 Ohm = Class 430
Orange-White-Brown = 390 Ohm = Class 390
Brown-Grey-Brown = 180 Ohm = Class 180
Red-Red-Brown = 220 Ohm = Class 220
Brown-Green-Brown = 140 Ohm = Class 140

There are several potential odd-ones-out in that list, so i'd decided I'd accept any valid argument: The Class 140 consists of only one unit, the 390 is the only one never allowed to run at it's top speed (140mph), the 220 is the only diesel-electric, etc... Unfortunately I managed to misread backontrack's post earlier and prematurely declared a victory. (And then while typing this my computer went and crashed on me!)

A Challenge has given a valid answer, and also deserves the moral victory, so over to you.

 

[A Challenge]

OPEN FLOOR

 

[Calthrop]

There follow, three names of English towns which feature in novels: they are thinly-disguised fictional versions of real towns in England. Please identify the respective real towns. Virtual bonus points for naming the authors too.

Elmbury

Cranford

Tilling

 

[krus_aragon]

No clue, sorry: those all mean Llareggub to me. :/

 

[martinsh]

There follow, three names of English towns which feature in novels: they are thinly-disguised fictional versions of real towns in England. Please identify the respective real towns. Virtual bonus points for naming the authors too.

Elmbury

Cranford

Tilling

Cranford was in books by Elizabeth Gaskell and was based on Knutsford

Tilling was in the "Mapp & Lucia" books by EV Lucas and was based on Rye

No idea about Elmbury without asking my friend Mr W Pedia

 

[Calthrop]

Cranford was in books by Elizabeth Gaskell and was based on Knutsford

Tilling was in the "Mapp & Lucia" books by EV Lucas and was based on Rye

No idea about Elmbury without asking my friend Mr W Pedia

Two out of three -- congrats. Except, the Mapp and Lucia saga was by E.F. Benson, not E.V. Lucas.

Attempted hint re Elmbury: its real counterpart is in an area which was shared by, and the scene of rivalry between, Midland Railway and GWR. Elmbury features in a series of books by an author who had the same name as a Peninsular War hero.

 

[backontrack]

Two out of three -- congrats. Except, the Mapp and Lucia saga was by E.F. Benson, not E.V. Lucas.

Attempted hint re Elmbury: its real counterpart is in an area which was shared by, and the scene of rivalry between, Midland Railway and GWR. Elmbury features in a series of books by an author who had the same name as a Peninsular War hero.

Ah! Is this Tewkesbury?

 

[Calthrop]

backontrack: Tewkesbury it is. martinsh got two of the towns, yourself the final one; I feel that the floor should go to martinsh.

(The "Elmbury" books are a trilogy by John Moore -- Portrait of Elmbury, Brensham Village, and The Blue Field -- largely, a fictionalised account of the author's experience of life in Tewkesbury and the surrounding countryside, from just before World War I to just after World War II. I found reading them, a total delight.)

 

[backontrack]

backontrack: Tewkesbury it is. martinsh got two of the towns, yourself the final one; I feel that the floor should go to martinsh.

(The "Elmbury" books are a trilogy by John Moore -- Portrait of Elmbury, Brensham Village, and The Blue Field -- largely, a fictionalised account of the author's experience of life in Tewkesbury and the surrounding countryside, from just before World War I to just after World War II. I found reading them, a total delight.)

That is certainly fair.

 

[martinsh]

OK. Football question. Name the three towns that have had more than two teams in the English Football League. [ not all at the same time ] Bonus points for naming the actual teams

 

[backontrack]

A wild guess:

Bolton
Boston
Hartlepool

 

[martinsh]

A wild guess:

Bolton
Boston
Hartlepool

None of those !

 

[backontrack]

OK...

Barrow-in-Furness, Chesterfield and Ipswich?

 

[martinsh]

OK...

Barrow-in-Furness, Chesterfield and Ipswich?

Still no joy !

Clue : all three towns currently have one club in the Football League

 

[martinsh]

Dont we have nby football fans on here ?

Time for another clue then.

At the moment teams from the towns concerned are in each division of the Football League - but it is likely that next season they will all be in the same division.

 

[backontrack]

Accrington, Barnsley and Blackpool?