General Knowledge Quiz

[Mcr Warrior]

1348? +/-?

No (and quite some way out!)

 

[Gloster]

1580?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

1580?

No, but much closer than @LSWR Cavalier.

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

1540?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

1540?

Sorry, no, but a lot closer than your first attempt.

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

1600?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

1600?

Still no, but you are getting nearer.

 

[MotCO]

All your answers are correct but some have been guessed before you I'm afraid.

I was just summarising the answers given by everyone so far- they weren't all mine

 

[444045]

I was just summarising the answers given by everyone so far- they weren't all mine

Sorry I didn't realise that's what you had done, I thought you were attempting to answer all the clues in one go.

 

[444045]

I remember reading about this some years ago, it got taken down about 25 years after being built around 1600 so I would hazard a guess it
was built around 1575 give or take a year.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

I remember reading about this some years ago, it got taken down about 25 years after being built around 1600 so I would hazard a guess it was built around 1575 give or take a year.

That's close enough. Correct answer is (Autumn) 1576.

@444045, your turn to take centre stage.

 

[444045]

Thank you.

These questions all require at least more than one answer to each please :

In which year was Mary Queen of Scots beheaded ? Where did this happen ? and on whose orders please ?

In which year was the 1st British cheque made out ?

What was the name of the person who made it out ?

How much money was the cheque made out for ?

In which year was the Racehorse Shergar kidnapped ? and where was he when he was kidnapped ?

 

[Calthrop]

Thank you.

These questions all require at least more than one answer to each please :

In which year was Mary Queen of Scots beheaded ? Where did this happen ? and on whose orders please ?

1587; Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire; her fellow-monarch Elizabeth Ist, of whom Mary had been a guest / prisoner for many years -- which she spent endlessly intriguing against Elizabeth, whose patience finally ran out.

 

[SteveM70]

Shergar - 1983, from a stud farm in Ireland.

 

[MotCO]

Cheques: 1680; Payable to Cashier at Bank of England; £100 (All guesses )

 

[444045]

1587; Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire; her fellow-monarch Elizabeth Ist, of whom Mary had been a guest / prisoner for many years -- which she spent endlessly intriguing against Elizabeth, whose patience finally ran out.

Spot on with all 3 parts correct.

 

[444045]

Shergar - 1983, from a stud farm in Ireland.

Spot on with correct answers, do you where in Ireland he was kidnapped please ?

 

[444045]

Cheques: 1680; Payable to Cashier at Bank of England; £100 (All guesses )

Your guesses are not correct I'm afraid, though you're not far away from the year.

 

[SteveM70]

Spot on with correct answers, do you where in Ireland he was kidnapped please ?

No, but I’d guess at somewhere in or near County Kildare as that’s the centre of the Irish horse racing industry

 

[444045]

No, but I’d guess at somewhere in or near County Kildare as that’s the centre of the Irish horse racing industry

Absolutely spot on.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

With almost 48 hours having elapsed since the last post, is it time now to google the answer for the still outstanding part(s) of @444045 's random combination of questions?

 

[MotCO]

With almost 48 hours having elapsed since the last post, is it time now to google the answer for the still outstanding part(s) of @444045 's random combination of questions?

I already have, but have not submitted the answer.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

I already have, but have not submitted the answer.

Me too. The "Who was the name of the person who made it out?") part of the middle question regarding the first British cheque is fairly unguessable, IMHO.

 

[444045]

Sorry for the delay, yes one question to answer about the 1st cheque. Please submit your answers and see if they match.

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

John Smith?

 

[444045]

John Smith?

Sorry not correct.

 

[MotCO]

Sorry for the delay, yes one question to answer about the 1st cheque. Please submit your answers and see if they match.

Mr Delboe on 16 Feb 1659, although in those days, the year began on 25 March (I didn't know that either!), so it is really 16 Feb 1660. The amount was £400 (=£76,000 today). Source: https://moneyweek.com/426390/16-february-1659-the-first-british-cheque-is-issued.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Surely the correct answer to the question as posed by @444045 is Merchant Nicholas Vanacker?

 

[MotCO]

Surely the correct answer to the question as posed by @444045 is Merchant Nicholas Vanacker?

Doh! It's been a long time since I wrote a cheque

 

[Mcr Warrior]

As I suggested upthread, not a question that anyone was ever likely to ever guess!