General Knowledge Quiz

[FrodshamJnct]

Thanks, but bo.

Thanks - but neither of these is correct; your previous two correct answers were London St Pancras and Bristol Temple Meads.

Correct, well done!

No, sorry.

So, that's it .... Tom Maddox got four correct answers out of nine, so he inherits the powers under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. Well done!

Thanks! I remember that particular episode well.

As I’m currently cooking my dinner - which city in the world has the most Michelin stars?

For bonus points - which other 4 cities make up the top 5?

 

[SteveM70]

I read an article about this while waiting for a hospital appointment a couple of years ago, but unfortunately I can’t remember much of the detail

I think Tokyo is top, probably followed by New York and Paris. For the rest of the top five, I’ll guess Berlin and Los Angeles

 

[FrodshamJnct]

I read an article about this while waiting for a hospital appointment a couple of years ago, but unfortunately I can’t remember much of the detail

I think Tokyo is top, probably followed by New York and Paris. For the rest of the top five, I’ll guess Berlin and Los Angeles

Tokyo is indeed top.

New York (5) and Paris (2) are also correct.

Berlin and LA are incorrect so 3rd and 4th places still to get.

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

London, Bordeaux, Bruxelles?

 

[FrodshamJnct]

London, Bordeaux, Bruxelles?

None of those. These aren’t European cities we’re after.

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Singapore, Sydney?

 

[FrodshamJnct]

Singapore, Sydney?

Not either of those. Third and fourth place are in the same country as one of the other cities that makes up the top 5 (which are Tokyo, Paris and New York).

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

San Francisco, Boston?

 

[FrodshamJnct]

San Francisco, Boston?

Not in the USA. This one has probably gone on long enough so I’ll declare @SteveM70 the winner with 3 correct answers.

Placed 3 and 4 in the top 5 are Kyoto and Osaka respectively.

 

[SteveM70]

Where and what is Point Nemo?

 

[A Challenge]

Isn't it something to do with the US Navy, couldn't tell you what though?

 

[Spamcan81]

Is it the deepest point of an ocean?

 

[A Challenge]

I've just had a thought as to what US Navy thing it is, isn't it that place where they trained living underwater for a while, in a specially constructed underwater house-like thing in the Carribbean Sea?

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Is it on Cuba, or elsewhere outwith the fifty States?

 

[SteveM70]

None of the above

These numbers are the best clue I can think of, though I’m afraid they may be a bit of a giveaway

48°52.5′S
123°23.6′W
2,688km

 

[MotCO]

The point nearest the centre of Earth?

 

[MotCO]

The point nearest the centre of Earth?

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

The most 'isolated' spot in the ocean, furthest from land in any direction?

 

[SteveM70]

The most 'isolated' spot in the ocean, furthest from land in any direction?

Spot on.

According to Mr W Pedia, the details are “It lies in the South Pacific Ocean, 2,688 km (1,670 mi) from the nearest lands: Ducie Island (part of the Pitcairn Islands) to the north, Motu Nui (part of the Easter Islands) to the northeast, and Maher Island (near the larger Siple Island, off the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica) to the south”

The charts, compass and sextant are all yours

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Thanks very much

Several Bundeslaender in Germany have capitals that are not the biggest towns in the state, please name the states and the towns
(A couple of them are or have been without IC/ICE trains even)

 

[John Griffiths]

Rheinland-Pfalz: Koblenz?

 

[Calthrop]

Sachsen: Dresden? (One suspects Leipzig could be "bigger but duller".)

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Rheinland-Pfalz: Koblenz?

No, no, sorry

@Calthrop
Correct, Dresden is in charge politically, but Leipzig has more inhabitants, over 600 000, both are too exciting for me

 

[Calthrop]

@Calthrop
Correct, Dresden is in charge politically, but Leipzig has more inhabitants, over 600 000, both are too exciting for me

That was an "educated guess". I'll proceed to uneducated ones -- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Stralsund? Brandenburg: Brandenburg? Sachsen-Anhalt: Halberstadt?

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

That was an "educated guess". I'll proceed to uneducated ones -- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Stralsund? Brandenburg: Brandenburg? Sachsen-Anhalt: Halberstadt?

All wrong, sorry
Brandenburg town is not the capital of Brandenburg state. Neubrandenburg is not even in Brandenburg state
Potsdam, hiding near Berlin, is the biggest town in the state AND the capital

 

[xotGD]

I only know Bavaria - so somewhere other than Munich?

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

I only know Bavaria - so somewhere other than Munich?

No sorry, Muenchen is the biggest town AND the political capital
..
A clue: Rostock is the biggest town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern but not the state capital
Not many other towns to choose from..

 

[Calthrop]

No sorry, Muenchen is the biggest town AND the political capital
..
A clue: Rostock is the biggest town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern but not the state capital
Not many other towns to choose from..

It would seem to be between Schwerin; and Neubrandenburg, already mentioned by you. I'll plump for Schwerin.

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

It would seem to be between Schwerin; and Neubrandenburg, already mentioned by you. I'll plump for Schwerin.

Correct, Schwerin has fewer than 100 000 inhabitants. The parliament sits in a fairytale castle by the lake

 

[Calthrop]

Am totally guessing now: for Schleswig-Holstein, I'll venture Flensburg -- largely because it's a town I like the idea of.