General Knowledge Quiz

[MotCO]

Sounds like the crew of Airplane! Roger Roger - don't call me Shirley.

 

[DaleCooper]

Air France 447?

No, not that.

Sounds like the crew of Airplane! Roger Roger - don't call me Shirley.

They are indeed characters in the film Airplane! Your turn...

 

[MotCO]

No, not that.

They are indeed characters in the film Airplane! Your turn...

Thank you - I wasn't expecting that. That was a pure guess!

What is an 'octothorpe'?

 

[Calthrop]

A coastal village which is renowned for the presence just off it, of octopuses in general; or one noteworthy octopus in particular ?

 

[DaleCooper]

Thank you - I wasn't expecting that. That was a pure guess!

What is an 'octothorpe'?

An eight lane running track?

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Some sort of measuring machine, with eight optical sensors?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

#

 

[Gloster]

An eight-legged leader of the Liberal Party?

 

[MotCO]

Some enterprising answers from @Gloster @LSWR Cavalier @DaleCooper and @Calthrop , but @Mcr Warrior is correct with the hash symbol #(it has eight points).

Over to you @Mcr Warrior

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Roald Amundsen famously led the first polar exploration team to reach the South Pole, this was in late 1911.

Robert Falcon Scott's polar expedition team got there in early 1912.

In which year did anyone next set foot at the South Pole?

 

[SteveM70]

I’m guessing from the phrasing of your question it’s quite a long time after the first two groups. Let’s have a guess at 1950

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Let’s have a guess at 1950

Good guess, but no.

 

[Caboose Class]

Some American landed there in the mid 1950's but Sir Edmund Hillary reached it overland in 1958, five years after he climbed Everest.

 

[DaleCooper]

Roald Amundsen famously led the first polar exploration team to reach the South Pole, this was in late 1911.

Robert Falcon Scott's polar expedition team got there in early 1912.

In which year did anyone next set foot at the South Pole?

1952?

 

[Peterthegreat]

1956

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

1959?, or in IGY, international geophysical year, about 1957?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Some American landed there in the mid 1950's but Sir Edmund Hillary reached it overland in 1958, five years after he climbed Everest.

Not 1958.

1952?

Not 1952.

1959?, or in IGY, international geophysical year, about 1957?

Not 1957 or 1959.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

1956

Is the correct answer. Group led by an Admiral Dufek of the US Navy.

Your turn as Quizmaster...

 

[Peterthegreat]

The Greek playwright Aeschylus was (according to legend) killed by what?

 

[Gloster]

A tortoise fell on his head?

 

[Peterthegreat]

A tortoise fell on his head?

That didn't last long! You are correct allegedly dropped by an eagle mistaking his bald head for a rock! Your turn.

 

[Gloster]

Well, it is the weekend so let’s have an off-beat one.

If I’ve got twenty and you’ve got forty-three, what have I also got?

 

[Neo9320]

A brand new combine harvester?

 

[Gloster]

A brand new combine harvester?

Indeed you have, but you do come from the right area.

For you to set the next one for us to find the key to.

 

[Neo9320]

Indeed you have, but you do come from the right area.

For you to set the next one for us to find the key to.

I live in Somerset lol. Open floor!

 

[DaleCooper]

I live in Somerset lol. Open floor!

Here's a question:

The Concha, Helix, Tragus and Fossa triangularis are parts of what?

 

[Spamcan81]

Here's a question:

The Concha, Helix, Tragus and Fossa triangularis are parts of what?

Ear?

 

[DaleCooper]

Ear?

Just my luck that there would be an otorhinolaryngologist on the forum.

Yes, they are parts of the outer ear, your turn...

 

[Spamcan81]

Just my luck that there would be an otorhinolaryngologist on the forum.

Yes, they are parts of the outer ear, your turn...

I knew the Helix was part of the ear so just guessed that others were too.

Cibophobia is a fear of what?

 

[DaleCooper]

I knew the Helix was part of the ear so just guessed that others were too.

Cibophobia is a fear of what?

Swiss chemical companies?