General Knowledge Quiz

[Gloster]

Ascension Island?

 

[yoyothehobo]

Nope, tidal range there is only 0.8m

 

[AndyPJG]

Severn Estuary? (waits for QI klaxon )

 

[MotCO]

Given the role of the moon in tides, I presume it could either be at the top or bottom of the world, or maybe on the Equator (I don't know where the biggest 'draw' would be). Given Antartica is a land mass, I plump for that.

 

[yoyothehobo]

Severn Estuary? (waits for QI klaxon )

Incorrect, thats the second highest tide in the world

Given the role of the moon in tides, I presume it could either be at the top or bottom of the world, or maybe on the Equator (I don't know where the biggest 'draw' would be). Given Antartica is a land mass, I plump for that.

Antartica is not the correct answer, but the answer is in the high latitudes

 

[GRALISTAIR]

It is definitely Canada - but dont know where - so I understand my answer will not be precise enough.

 

[AndyPJG]

Bering Strait?

 

[DaleCooper]

Northwest Passage

 

[Calthrop]

It is definitely Canada - but dont know where - so I understand my answer will not be precise enough.

Bay of Fundy -- in between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia?

 

[yoyothehobo]

Bay of Fundy -- in between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia?

This is the correct answer!

Time and tide wait for no man. Your (temporarily dry) floor.

 

[Calthrop]

Thank you.

What fauna group is divided into various species, as follows -- Long-Nosed; Golden; Rabbit-Eared; Northern Brown; Eastern Barred; Western Barred ?

 

[DaleCooper]

Thank you.

What fauna group is divided into various species, as follows -- Long-Nosed; Golden; Rabbit-Eared; Northern Brown; Eastern Barred; Western Barred ?

Marmoset

 

[yoyothehobo]

Owl?

 

[Calthrop]

Neither marmoset nor owl, I'm afraid -- @DaleCooper is closer than @yoyothehobo .

 

[DaleCooper]

Lemur

 

[yoyothehobo]

Kangaroo?

 

[Calthrop]

Again -- not lemur, not kangaroo -- sorry; but @yoyothehobo, yours is the nearest shot yet.

 

[MotCO]

Koala

 

[Calthrop]

Once more, right sort of stuff, sport; but you haven't got the bulls-eye...

 

[Spamcan81]

Wallaby?

 

[DaleCooper]

Opossum

 

[Calthrop]

Wallaby?

Opossum

No; but carry on with the marsupials, you blokes...

 

[DaleCooper]

Wombat

 

[Calthrop]

Wombat

Nope. Possible hint: there used to be another species of these: the Pig-Footed -- but it's supposed to be extinct...

 

[SteveM70]

Nope. Possible hint: there used to be another species of these: the Pig-Footed -- but it's supposed to be extinct...

Bandicoot? I'm fast running out of marsupials

 

[Calthrop]

Bandicoot? I'm fast running out of marsupials

Correct -- that lovable Australian pouched creature the bandicoot. (Trivia item, of possible interest maybe: the word "bandicoot" looks and sounds Native Australian, but in fact it isn't; it's a corruption of a word in the Telugu language of south India, pandikokku = "pig-rat": after a rather similar, but of course non-marsupial, animal of those parts. On the British-Empire scene long ago, the word taken by "voyagers" over to new-found Australia, and applied to the beast there.)

@SteveM70: your turn to chuck another prawn on the barbie.

 

[SteveM70]

The winner of what sporting event is awarded the Gold Roman Bowl?

 

[DaleCooper]

The winner of what sporting event is awarded the Gold Roman Bowl?

Tiddlywinks

 

[Neo9320]

Javelin?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Sailing