General Knowledge Quiz

[D6130]

Gone with the Wind?

 

[MotCO]

I maybe overthinking it, but I'm assuming that it is not a film which is shown on tv very often, so maybe with special sound or effects best suited to a cinema. Maybe Avatar or Quadrophenia?

 

[xotGD]

The Great Dictator?

 

[Gloster]

The Sound of Music

Wrong, I am afraid.

 

[Gloster]

Gone with the Wind?

I maybe overthinking it, but I'm assuming that it is not a film which is shown on tv very often, so maybe with special sound or effects best suited to a cinema. Maybe Avatar or Quadrophenia?

The Great Dictator?

Also wrong, I am afraid.

 

[DaleCooper]

Which film is the longest-running theatrical release in film history? (I.e. it has not been withdrawn and then rereleased, but continued on the same release year after year.)

Metropolis

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Titanic?

 

[Gloster]

Metropolis

Titanic?

Both wrong, I am afraid.

Think what sort (not genre) of film people will keep on going to see year after year.

 

[DaleCooper]

White Christmas

 

[MotCO]

Fantasia?

 

[Neo9320]

It’s a wonderful life?

 

[341o2]

Would the genre be crime. maybe Sherlock Holmes, the hound of the Baskervilles

 

[Gloster]

White Christmas

Fantasia?

It’s a wonderful life?

Would the genre be crime. maybe Sherlock Holmes, the hound of the Baskervilles

None of these. The film was released in 1975 and is still on that release.

 

[Neo9320]

Rocky horror picture show?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

None of these. The film was released in 1975 and is still on that release.

Possibly it's a cult musical. So if it's not the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" then maybe "Tommy"?

 

[Gloster]

Possibly it's a cult musical. So if it's not the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" then maybe "Tommy"?

Sorry, too late.

Rocky horror picture show?

Correct. For you to scriptwrite the next question.

 

[Neo9320]

Sorry, too late.



Correct. For you to scriptwrite the next question.

Thank you. Oddly enough it was my first thought, but then everyone else’s answers made me second guess myself. I’ve nothing to hand and an early start tomorrow so open floor please!

 

[DaleCooper]

Thank you. Oddly enough it was my first thought, but then everyone else’s answers made me second guess myself. I’ve nothing to hand and an early start tomorrow so open floor please!

Next question:

Where would you find the following?

Lady Constance de Coverlet
Arnold Totteridge
Stanley Stamp's Gibbon Album

 

[MotCO]

In a zoo?

Are they all chimpanzees?

 

[AndyPJG]

On the radio as in "I'm sorry I'll read that again"?

 

[DaleCooper]

In a zoo?

Are they all chimpanzees?

Not as far as I know but good answer otherwise.

On the radio as in "I'm sorry I'll read that again"?

Correct, you must be older than you look. Your turn...

 

[AndyPJG]

Not as far as I know but good answer otherwise.

Correct, you must be older than you look. Your turn...

Thank you, remembered something from my school days, although I thought it was Stanley Stamps Gibbon Catalogue. Maybe I should ask for a OBE for no apparent reason?

Which iconic bridge is painted in 'International Orange'?

 

[DaleCooper]

although I thought it was Stanley Stamps Gibbon Catalogue.

I think you might be right, my brain isn't what it used to be.

 

[Ashley Hill]

The Golden Gate Bridge,San Francisco.

 

[AndyPJG]

The Golden Gate Bridge,San Francisco.

Correct, not falling for the QI fail buzzer with the Forth bridge. Colour shade is specific to the GG bridge.

Your turn to wield the paintbrush.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Correct, not falling for the QI fail buzzer with the Forth bridge. Colour shade is specific to the GG bridge.

Mrs H is a fan of the TV series Charmed.

Through its lifetime the TV comedy Last of the Summer Wine featured 5 third men (i.e. the authoritative ones). Who can name all five?

 

[Greenheart]

Mrs H is a fan of the TV series Charmed.

Through its lifetime the TV comedy Last of the Summer Wine featured 5 third men (i.e. the authoritative ones). Who can name all five?

Blamire
Foggy
Seymour
Truly
Entwhistle (guessing with this one)

 

[Ashley Hill]

Blamire
Foggy
Seymour
Truly
Entwhistle (guessing with this one)

So close ,4/5.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Was the Brian Murphy character (= "Alvin") the other one?

 

[Ashley Hill]

Was the Brian Murphy character (= "Alvin") the other one?

He was a member of the final trio but not the third man.