General Knowledge Quiz

[Calthrop]

Antikythera? (I had to look up the spelling.)

Sorry, no -- good for ancient computer-thingies, but not for this quiz question; and not in the right part of Greece.

I had dismissed this as an answer as I thought it was too obvious!

Louis De Benerais (sp?) and I think it was Kefalonia?

Author and island, essentially correct (name of author -- De Bernieres -- looks French; but he's British).

@millemille: with you having furnished all parts, except originally name of the novel -- I adjudge you the winner, and setter of next question.

 

[millemille]

Charlie Kelly, Joe Breeze and Wende Cragg are credited as being pioneers of which sport?

 

[MotCO]

Lacrosse?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Basketball?

 

[millemille]

Lacrosse?

Nope

Basketball?

Nein

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Rock-climbing?

 

[millemille]

Rock-climbing?

Getting warmer

 

[xotGD]

Parcour

 

[millemille]

Parcour

Colder

 

[millemille]

A clue?

 

[MotCO]

Abseiling?

 

[millemille]

Abseiling?

Back in the right arena but not the right answer.

The 3 people named took part in what is generally recognised as being the first ever organised, informally at the time, competition in this sport in 1976, held near San Francisco.

 

[SteveM70]

Back in the right arena but not the right answer.

The 3 people named took part in what is generally recognised as being the first ever organised, informally at the time, competition in this sport in 1976, held near San Francisco.

San Francisco? Mountain biking?

 

[millemille]

San Francisco? Mountain biking?

Correct.

The seminal "Repack" race in Marin County, California. So named because the hub brakes they were using at the time would get so hot after a couple of runs that the grease would burn off and the bearings need repacking, which featured many names who went on to fame and fortune within the mountain bike world; Gary Fisher of "Fisher" mountain bikes, Mike Sinyard of "Specialized" bicycles, Tom Ritchey of "Ritchey" fame and many more.

Amazing to think that the sport has gone from nothing in the mid 80's to a worldwide, massively popular activity open to all in under 40 years.

Anyway, history lesson over. @SteveM70 back to you...

 

[SteveM70]

There are 32 UK entries on UNESCO’s list of world heritage sites.

The first 6 of these were announced in 1986 (numbers 369 to 374 on the overall list). What are they?

 

[Gloster]

Stonehenge?
York Minster?
Bath?
Stratford-upon-Avon?

 

[SteveM70]

Stonehenge - yes (technically Stonehenge and Avebury and associated sites)

York - no

Bath - yes no [EDIT - I mistakenly said this was right; it isn’t - Bath was in the next batch in 1987]

Stratford - no

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Hadrian's Wall?

 

[SteveM70]

Hadrian's Wall?

No, that’s another from 1987

 

[444045]

St Pauls Cathedral ?

Westminster Abbey ?

The New Forest ?

 

[millemille]

Derwent Valley Mills

 

[TheEdge]

Stonehenge
Ironbridge Gorge
Canterbury Cathedral
Windsor Castle
Palace of Westminster
Buckingham Palace

 

[MotCO]

Holy Island?
Runnymede (Magna Carta)?
Durham Cathedral?
Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh?
Ironbridge?
Hereford Cathedral (Muppa Mundi)

 

[Gloster]

Tower of London?
Dartmoor? (The moor itself, not the nick.)
The Great Glen?
Chesil Beach?

 

[perryman]

There’s an old working mill at/near Bingley. Can’t remember its name, probably Bingley Mill...

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Saltaire? York Minster? Canterbury Cathedral?

Bowes Castle in Barnard Castle? Harlech Castle? Tower of London?

 

[SteveM70]

St Pauls Cathedral ?

Westminster Abbey ?

The New Forest ?

None of those

Derwent Valley Mills

Nope

Stonehenge
Ironbridge Gorge
Canterbury Cathedral
Windsor Castle
Palace of Westminster
Buckingham Palace

Stonehenge is right but had already been got
Ironbridge is correct

Holy Island?
Runnymede (Magna Carta)?
Durham Cathedral?
Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh?
Ironbridge?
Hereford Cathedral (Muppa Mundi)

Ironbridge is correct but had already been got. Durham cathedral and castle is right

Tower of London?
Dartmoor? (The moor itself, not the nick.)
The Great Glen?
Chesil Beach?

None of those

There’s an old working mill at/near Bingley. Can’t remember its name, probably Bingley Mill...

No

Saltaire? York Minster? Canterbury Cathedral?

Bowes Castle in Barnard Castle? Harlech Castle? Tower of London?

A point for Harlech - technically it’s the Castles and town walls of King Edward in Gwynedd

Overall that’s 4 correct and 2 still to get

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Salisbury Cathedral? Westminster Abbey?

 

[xotGD]

Giant's Causeway

 

[Metrolink]

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