General Knowledge Quiz

[D6130]

Burkina Faso?

Correct. Your turn!

 

[MotCO]

Correct. Your turn!

Thank you.

What do the following have in common (amongst others):

William Shakespeare
David Beckham
Prince William
Emmanual Macron

 

[Gloster]

Thank you.

What do the following have in common (amongst others):

William Shakespeare
David Beckham
Prince William
Emmanual Macron

All married older women?

 

[MotCO]

All married older women?

That didn't last long!

Please set the next question.

 

[randyrippley]

All married older women?

All descended from William I?

 

[Gloster]

What was the first piece of music to be publicly performed by a computer?

 

[DaleCooper]

What was the first piece of music to be publicly performed by a computer?

What instrument did it play?

 

[D6130]

What was the first piece of music to be publicly performed by a computer?

Telstar (1962)?

 

[Gloster]

Telstar (1962)?

No, it was earlier than that.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Hitler, has only got one -----
Goebells had two that were very small
Himler was very simlar

Colonel Bogey

 

[Gloster]

Hitler, has only got one -----
Goebells had two that were very small
Himler was very simlar

Colonel Bogey

Correct. CSIR Mark 1, as it was then called, in Sydney played that wonderful tune in 1951.

To you to whistle up a question.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Lets stick with music- maybe slightly obtuse unless you know your 1970s and beyond albums and rock groups.

Pablo Fanque was made famous by the Beatles and specifically John Lennon for being mentioned in "For the benefit of Mr Kite" on Sgt Pepper.

7 years later he was also featured in a song on an album by another group.

Name either the Title of the song, the group or the Album to win the answer.

Brucie bonus if you get all 3.

 

[DaleCooper]

Lets stick with music- maybe slightly obtuse unless you know your 1970s and beyond albums and rock groups.

Pablo Fanque was made famous by the Beatles and specifically John Lennon for being mentioned in "For the benefit of Mr Kite" on Sgt Pepper.

7 years later he was also featured in a song on an album by another group.

Name either the Title of the song, the group or the Album to win the answer.

Brucie bonus if you get all 3.

It sounds like something Peter Gabriel might come up with so - Genesis.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

It sounds like something Peter Gabriel might come up with so - Genesis.

Sorry no.

 

[DaleCooper]

That great wordsmith Smokey Robinson managed to crowbar Pagliacci into a song so perhaps it was him and The Miracles.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

That great wordsmith Smokey Robinson managed to crowbar Pagliacci into a song so perhaps it was him and The Miracles.

No sorry.

Time for a clue - considered a glam rock band

 

[randyrippley]

Roxy Music Do the Strand?

==edit==
no thats wrong.......

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Year of release was 1974 and it was their second album

 

[DaleCooper]

Year of release was 1974 and it was their second album

Mott the Hoople

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Mott the Hoople

No - but - big clue coming up - it made me smile

 

[DaleCooper]

No - but - big clue coming up - it made me smile

Cockney Rebel

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Cockney Rebel

Correct.

The Psychomodo was the album. Ritz was the name of the track - lyrics of verses 3 and 4 below.

Couch my disease in chintz-covered kisses
Glazed calico cloth, my costume this is
Come to Pablo Fanque is in Indigo
We'll show you pastel shades of rhyme.

It's okay to laugh in harmony
See the white-faced Auguste's army
Come to Pablo Fanque is in Indigo
We'll show you pastel shades of rhyme.

Your turn to Rock and Roll

 

[DaleCooper]

Correct.

The Psychomodo was the album. Ritz was the name of the track - lyrics of verses 3 and 4 below.

Couch my disease in chintz-covered kisses
Glazed calico cloth, my costume this is
Come to Pablo Fanque is in Indigo
We'll show you pastel shades of rhyme.

It's okay to laugh in harmony
See the white-faced Auguste's army
Come to Pablo Fanque is in Indigo
We'll show you pastel shades of rhyme.

Your turn to Rock and Roll

Thank you (I had some help from Sebastian).

Next question:

What is the highest break recorded in a professional snooker tournament?

Just for fun what is the lowest possible break?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

155 + 1?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Thank you (I had some help from Sebastian).

Next question:

What is the highest break recorded in a professional snooker tournament?

Just for fun what is the lowest possible break?

148 - is the highest - Jamie Burnett iirc

Lowest (I assume you mean with a total clearance?) 15 reds =15 plus 15 yellows = 30 + colors = 27 so total = 72

 

[DaleCooper]

155 + 1?

155 has been recorded in practice but not in a tournament. As for the lowest I should have said the minimum complete clearance as noted below, sorry.

148 - is the highest - Jamie Burnett iirc

Lowest (I assume you mean with a total clearance?) 15 reds =15 plus 15 yellows = 30 + colors = 27 so total = 72

148 is correct, your turn...

The theoretical minimum complete clearance is 44 - 15 reds potted with a single shot followed by yellow then all the colours. It would probably need an infinite number of Ronnie O'Sullivans playing until the heat death of universe for that to happen.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Called into a meeting in 5 minutes. Then I am away for the weekend -Shreveport, LA (wife back in Preston, UK) - so long story short cant monitor - so OPEN Floor please.

 

[DaleCooper]

Called into a meeting in 5 minutes. Then I am away for the weekend -Shreveport, LA (wife back in Preston, UK) - so long story short cant monitor - so OPEN Floor please.

As it's open floor here's a quickie to keep things going.

What connects the former Middlesbrough footballer Albert Ross and the French classical pianist Jacques Dor?

 

[Loppylugs]

As it's open floor here's a quickie to keep things going.

What connects the former Middlesbrough footballer Albert Ross and the French classical pianist Jacques Dor?

They were named after birds....Albatross and Jackdaw.

 

[MotCO]

Birds? Jakkdaw and Albatross.