General Knowledge LXXXIV Quiz

Another 30 to test your skills. A few difficult ones thrown in this time.

1 Which ocean is the larger: the Indian Ocean or the Atlantic Ocean ?
2 Which European city was known to the Romans as Olisipo ?
3 How much did Nokia’s first mobile phone, the Mobira Senator, weigh when it was introduced in 1982, 1.7kg or 9.8kg ?
4 What is the nickname given to Schubert’s Quintet in A Major ?
5 What type of creature is a wels ? (Old fella bonus)
6 What is the average gestation period of an African elephant: 26 weeks or 91 weeks ?
7 AF is the two-letter code for which major European airline ?
8 In a car, what is ABS ?
9 What colour is the crown of a green woodpecker ?
10 Of which country did Silvio Berlusconi become prime minister in 2001 ?
11 What word is used in international radio communications to denote the letter ‘N’ ?
12 Where is Davy Jones’s locker ? (distinguished member bonus)
13 Complete the proverb: “A bird in the hand..”
14 Complete the proverb: “Little strokes fell..”
15 In Cockney rhyming slang, what is a ‘china’ ?
16 What are the ‘Devil’s playthings’ ?
17 What does a chandler make or sell ?
18 In food and drinks, what is aspartame a substitute for ?
19 Name the Man Booker prize-winning Canadian author of Cat’s Eye.
20 In which country is the town of Fez ?
21 What is the capital of Ukraine ?
22 Who composed the one act opera Suor Angelica ?
23 Who played TV detective Columbo ?
24 What is the name given to a young salmon that returns to fresh water after one winter in the sea ?
25 What is the name of the knife with a curved blade used by the Gurkhas ?
26 Which French sculptor created The Kiss ?
27 Which number is represented by the letters XIV in Roman numerals ?
28 The 1997 film Starship Troopers was based on a novel by which author ?
29 Which 1996 film comedy starred Jack Nicholson as the US president ?
30 What name is given to the national assembly of Spain ?


No more than 10 answers per person in any one 4-hour period, please. Good luck !

[fazza]

In first for a change:

1. The Atlantic is second in size to the Pacific
6. 91 weeks - nearly two years, all that tension?
10. Italy
12. At the bottom of the Sea or Ocean
13. ....is worth two in the bush, but some don't like it that way, amazingly
15. China Plate......Mate
17. Candles
20. Morocco ?
21. Kiev home of the great Serge Bubka
23. Peter Falk, and another thing.....



flippant answer but not looking for points:

4. sounds like an orgy with an ex-prime minister

[petem]

5 Fish(catfish)
7 Air France
8 Anti-lock Braking System
17 Nautical items
24 Smolt

11. November
16. Idle hands
25. Kokri (spelling?)
26. Rodan (spelling? again)
27. 14

[CraigC]

4. The Trout
9. Yellow?
22. Puccini
28. Robert A Heinlen

[Duncan Disorderly]

2. Lisbon
3. 1.7kg
29. Mars attacks

[Duncan Disorderly]

19. Magaret Attwood
18. Is it a type of sweetner?

fazza said:

In first for a change:
1. The Atlantic is second in size to the Pacific
6. 91 weeks - nearly two years, all that tension?
10. Italy
12. At the bottom of the Sea or Ocean
13. ....is worth two in the bush, but some don't like it that way, amazingly
15. China Plate......Mate
17. Candles
20. Morocco ?
21. Kiev home of the great Serge Bubka
23. Peter Falk, and another thing.....
flippant answer but not looking for points:
4. sounds like an orgy with an ex-prime minister

1. correct, max 2pts
6. correct, max 2pts
10. correct, 1pt
12. correct, 1pt + 1pt D.Jones latest Distinguished member bonus
13. correct, 1pt, not sure of the extent of the smuttiness of the comment, so hedging bet by allowing 1.5pt
15. correct, max 2pts
17. correct, 1pt - could have earned extra by mentioning Chandlery and defining it.
20. correct, 1pt + 1pt Tommy Cooper bonus
21. Kiev - home of the great Serge Bubka correct, 1pt + 1pt for the man who can polevault 20ft :o Plus 1pt tommo bonus for The Great Gates of Kiev from Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition inspiried by Hartmann's painting

The gates were never built !

23. correct, 1pt + 0.5 bonus for slight misquote of his catchphrase

+ for flippant answer :4.sounds like an orgy with an ex-prime minister. Ok, just a 0.5 Edwina Currie bonus.

Leader:
[glow=red,2,300]Pete Farrelly 19.5pts[/glow]

petem said:

5 Fish(catfish)
7 Air France
8 Anti-lock Braking System
17 Nautical items
24 Smolt

5 Fish(catfish) good answer for 2pts + 1pt old fella (wels) bonus.
7 correct, 1pt
8 correct, 1pt
17 Nautical items well, the answer was candles, but you've answered the bonus which I offered in marking Pete F's answers.
1pt
24 Smolt That's the stage before, while it's still in salt water. 0.5pt.

Leaderboard:
1 PeteFarrelly 19.5pts
2 PeteM 6.5pts

regg3y said:

11. November
16. Idle hands
25. Kokri (spelling?)
26. Rodan (spelling? again)
27. 14

11. correct, 1pt
16. Idle hands - well there is a saying that the d---- makes work for idle hands so 1pt bonus but the question remains for a correct answer.
25. Kokri (spelling?) Kukri, yes, 1pt
26. Rodan (spelling? again) Auguste Rodin yes, 1pt
27. correct, 1pt

Leaderboard:
1 PeteFarrelly 19.5pts
2 PeteM 6.5pts
3 Regg3y 5pts

craicc said:

4. The Trout
9. Yellow?
22. Puccini
28. Robert A Heinlen

9 Yellow not right, but the other three are correct. Barbelman bonus for no.4.

Leaderboard:
1 PeteFarrelly 19.5pts
2 PeteM 6.5pts
3 Regg3y 5pts
4 CraigC 4pts

steve said:

2. Lisbon
3. 1.7kg
29. Mars attacks
19. Magaret Attwood
18. Is it a type of sweetner?

Duncan left hoovering up the crumbs for once....

3) incredibly was the wrong choice of two.
The rest are right for 4pts.

Leaderboard:
1 PeteFarrelly 19.5pts
2 PeteM 6.5pts
3 Regg3y 5pts
4=CraigC 4pts
4=DuncanDisorderly 4pts

These are left: 9,14,16,24 & 30

[fazza]

9... Purple goes nice with green, so that would be my guess.

16...Devil's playthings? could be anything but guess "storm clouds"

30...used to be the Inquisition, perhaps, or have I been watching too many Monty Python videos?

[scooner]

9. judging by the one i can see out of the office window...... red!

[H&J]

14. Little strokes fell great oaks

[WolfLord]

14.bad bar billiard tables
16.Idle hands
24.Grilse
30.Las Cortes Generales (General Courts)

fazza said:

9... Purple goes nice with green, so that would be my guess.
16...Devil's playthings? could be anything but guess "storm clouds"
30...used to be the Inquisition, perhaps, or have I been watching too many Monty Python videos?

Good answers, but nothing actually right. However........
Purple does indeed go nice with green, especially on ginger birds :-* so two half-points for that.
And 0.5 point for reference to the hilarious Python sketch where Edmund is locked in a commode while he is tortured by the Inquisitor. He is forced to guess the name of the appliance by which he is going to have his 'testiculos' removed - and it so happens that it is a scythe. Extra 1pt Reaper bonus for that. ;)

scooner said:

9. judging by the one i can see out of the office window...... red!

I think that's worth the 2pt maximum, Scooner, as everyone else was struggling with it.

Leaderboard:
1 PeteFarrelly 22pts
2 PeteM 6.5pts
3 Regg3y 5pts
4=CraigC 4pts
4=DuncanDisorderly 4pts
6 Scooner 2pts

bean said:

14. Little strokes fell great oaks

Correct for a good point.

wolfman said:

14.bad bar billiard tables
16.Idle hands
24.Grilse
30.Las Cortes Generales (General Courts)

14.bad bar billiard tables Eh ? :o ok, 0.5pt
16.Idle hands I think we've already been offered that one. Correct answer surprisingly is Playing Cards. :o
24.Grilse Correct, 1pt
30.Las Cortes Generales (General Courts) Correct, 2pts.

That finishes the quiz.

Final table:
1 PeteFarrelly 22pts
2 PeteM 6.5pts
3 Regg3y 5pts
4=CraigC 4pts
4=DuncanDisorderly 4pts
6 Wolfman 3.5pts
7 Scooner 2pts
8 H& J 1pt