General Knowledge Quiz

[DaleCooper]

Chile

 

[yoyothehobo]

Nope

 

[Peterthegreat]

Guyana?

 

[yoyothehobo]

Guyana?

Very close.. but not quite

 

[methethpropbut]

Suriname?

 

[yoyothehobo]

Suriname?

is the correct answer

 

[yoyothehobo]

as its a 5 way tie, i will use a random number generator to decide who goes next.

and the winner is...

@Greenheart

Your turn to ask a question

 

[Greenheart]

Please name four countries that fought on both sides in ww2. This is either as a co-belligerent or as part of a formal alliance, but with proper declarations of war.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Italy
Romania
Bulgaria
Finland

 

[yoyothehobo]

Italy, Bulgaria, Finland and Romania.

Now thats a lot of Hearts of Iron 4 i have been playing

 

[Greenheart]

Italy
Romania
Bulgaria
Finland

Quite right, your turn to set the terms of surrender.

Italy, Bulgaria, Finland and Romania.

Now thats a lot of Hearts of Iron 4 i have been playing

Also right, but just a minute behind.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Who is/are the only artist(s) whose name begins with a "Z" to top the UK singles charts.

 

[DaleCooper]

Who is/are the only artist(s) whose name begins with a "Z" to top the UK singles charts.

Zager and Evans

 

[Peterthegreat]

Zager and Evans

Correct. In the year 1969. Your turn to entertain us.

 

[DaleCooper]

Correct. In the year 1969. Your turn to entertain us.

...and again in 2525.

Next question:

What was predicted to happen in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, and 12 seconds and who was told?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Donnie Darko life was going to end. Frank the rabbit told him.

 

[DaleCooper]

Donnie Darko life was going to end. Frank the rabbit told him.

To be pedantic it was when the world will end, your turn...

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Open floor. Although I am back in blighty , jet lagged.

 

[MotCO]

If I may...

What is a Dendrolagus, and what is unusual about it?

 

[DaleCooper]

If I may...

What is a Dendrolagus, and what is unusual about it?

Is it some sort of abnormality in tree rings? Perhaps it records an event like a volcano or some other natural phenomenon.

 

[MotCO]

Is it some sort of abnormality in tree rings? Perhaps it records an event like a volcano or some other natural phenomenon.

There is certainly a tree connection based on the greek(?) prefix. But not tree rings.

 

[Steddenm]

If I may...

What is a Dendrolagus, and what is unusual about it?

If my historical languages are any good, it's a marsupial (kangaroo?) that lives in a tree.

 

[MotCO]

If my historical languages are any good, it's a marsupial (kangaroo?) that lives in a tree.

It is indeed. I'd never heard of it before, but it was a question on The Chase!

Please take a running jump, and set the next question!

 

[Steddenm]

What does 12+1 and 11+2 have in common, except they equal 13?

 

[Peterthegreat]

What does 12+1 and 11+2 have in common, except they equal 13?

They'have the same letters. (anagrams of each other)

 

[Steddenm]

They'have the same letters. (anagrams of each other)

They do.

I will pass the set square and compass over to you.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Denise Darvall was the first person to do what?

 

[Gloster]

Fall from the Eiffel Tower and survive?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Fall from the Eiffel Tower and survive?

Nope.

 

[341o2]

Would the question be better in the passive tense, as she was only kept alive on life support following a head injury, and became the donor of the world's first successful heart transplant?