General Knowledge Quiz

[DaleCooper]

Well, yes, but that was also true for most, if not all, of the cavalry regiments, so the North Irish Horse was not unusual in that way.

They used donkeys.

 

[Peterthegreat]

They didn't have any men?

 

[Gloster]

They didn't have any men?

Well, I will give you that as it is so close, even technically accurate, depending on your definition of the word ‘men’. It was reduced to one officer, but no other combatant members, although they did have an honorary chaplain.

To you to give the orders for the next question.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Thank you.
Staying on a military theme.
Which British Army sergeant won two Olympic gold medals in the 21st century?

 

[RDP]

Kelly Holmes?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Kelly Holmes?

Dame Kelly Holmes is correct.
Your turn to fire the starting gun.

 

[RDP]

Open floor.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Where would one find "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast"?

 

[DaleCooper]

Where would one find "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast"?

Atom Heart Mother

 

[Ashley Hill]

Atom Heart Mother

Correct. Your turn for some Funky Dung….

 

[DaleCooper]

Correct. Your turn for some Funky Dung….

Thank you.

Next question:

Which composer's name was used as a political slogan in a European country?

 

[D6130]

Bach....in Wales?

 

[randyrippley]

Thank you.

Next question:

Which composer's name was used as a political slogan in a European country?

Wagner during the Third Reich?

 

[DaleCooper]

Bach....in Wales?

Nice try

Wagner during the Third Reich?

It's not the answer I wanted but I'm prepared to be persuaded if you can cite a source.

 

[Gloster]

Chopin?

 

[DaleCooper]

Chopin?

Not him unless... see post #29,984

 

[Henffordd]

Joe Green, or if you prefer his own language, Giuseppe Verdi. Slogan was Viva Verdi - "Viva Vittorio Emanuele Re D'Italia"

 

[DaleCooper]

Joe Green, or if you prefer his own language, Giuseppe Verdi. Slogan was Viva Verdi - "Viva Vittorio Emanuele Re D'Italia"

That's him, it's a good job he changed his name as no one would have taken him seriously as an opera composer. Your turn...

 

[Henffordd]

Four elements. Which town?

 

[Gloster]

Ytterby?

 

[Strat-tastic]

Perhaps pushing it a bit but...
Arsenic, tritium, oxygen, nitrogen, hence
Aston.

 

[DaleCooper]

Seaton (Selenium Astatine Oxygen Nitrogen)

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Oxford, on the assumption that four elements have been discovered at the Rutherford Laboratories...?

 

[randyrippley]

Four elements. Which town?

Yekaterinburg?

 

[Henffordd]

Ytterby?

Correct! Yttrium, Terbium, Erbium and Ytterbium. And if you were wondering - in the Stockholm archipelago.

Other answers imaginative and good tries, but not quite on the nail.

Your turn.

 

[Gloster]

To follow the same thought: what is the only element named after a river?

 

[Spamcan81]

Mississippium?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Rhenium?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Rhodium

 

[Gloster]

Rhenium?

Re it is: named after the Rhine in which the first samples were found.

To you to devise the next question.