General Knowledge CCXXI Quiz

General Knowledge CCXXI

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

1 What card game can you peg out in ?
2 Who sends encyclical letters ?
3 Who founded the Jesuits ?
4 Who directed the first three Godfather films ?
5 In football, which Spurs manager signed Ossie Ardiles ?
6 Which Japanese word means ‘divine wind’ ?
7 What is the olfactory sense ?
8 Who was the world’s first woman Prime Minister ?
9 In Britain a general election must be held after how many years ?
10 In the James Bond films what is Q’s real name ? (Q bonus)
11 Who invented the pneumatic drill ?
12 Who was the last person to be publicly executed in Britain ?
13 From which language does the word ‘bantam’ originate ?
14 Belonophobia is the fear of what ?
15 In the TV series, where did Quincy work ?
16 What did Enrico Forlanini develop in 1898 ?
17 What does the Seikan Tunnel link ?
18 Who seized power in Iran in1921 ?
19 Which Home Secretary talked about a ‘short, sharp shock’ ?
20 How many British kings were emperors of India ?
21 Who was Bill Clinton’s first Secretary of State ?
22 Who invented the bifocal lens ?
23 Sea fans and sea whips are types of what ?
24 What is a tulwar ?
25 Which monarch introduced the sedan chair into England ?
26 What is ‘no’ in Japan ?
27 What is the highest waterfall in Europe ?
28 What is Bordeaux Mixture a blend of ?
29 What are affected by nystagmus ?
30 What is a quirt ?


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

[SirKT]

1. Cribbage
4. Francis Ford Coppolla
6. Kamikaze
8. Bandaranaike - Sri Lanka
15. Hospital, he was a pathologist.
14. Fear of pins & needles
19. Willie Whitelaw
23. Types of Corals

[Duncan Disorderly]

30. A Horse Whip
29. Something Wrong With Eyes
27. Gullfoss In Iceland
25. Queen Victoria?
24. A Sword
18. The Shah
17. Japanese Islands Of Honshu & Hokkaidio

[DA-DM]

7. smell
10.quatermaster/ major boothroyd
13. french ?
15. los angeles county coroners' office. (he's a medical examiner)
28. sand and gravel (in the soil theyb grow the wine grapes in). but copper sulphate and lime is an anti-mildew mixture of the same name i think !

[Duncan Disorderly]

5. Keith Burkenshaw?
9. 5

[Chunky Monkey]

3= Saint Ignatius Loyola
11= Samuel Ingersoll in 1871
12= Michael Barrett in 1868
21= Warren Minor Christopher
22= Ben Franklin in 1784

[H&J]

12. Ruth Ellis
13. pigeon english
16. Hydrofoil
22. benjamin franklin

[Chunky Monkey]

Oct 3, 2008 14:04:50 GMT H&J said:

12. Ruth Ellis

I think she was the last Lady to be executed on July 13, 1955. (Was on the drama Pierrpoint the other night) ;)

[davejones]

2. The Pope
26. iie

Oct 3, 2008 4:24:17 GMT SirKT said:

1. Cribbage
4. Francis Ford Coppolla
6. Kamikaze
8. Bandaranaike - Sri Lanka
15. Hospital, he was a pathologist.
14. Fear of pins & needles
19. Willie Whitelaw
23. Types of Corals

8 good answers, all correct.
Question eight gets double points for your answer and 14) an extra half-point. Quincy incidentally was attached to the L.A. Coroner's office.

Leader:
Sir KT 9.5pts

Oct 3, 2008 4:46:49 GMT Duncan Disorderly said:

30. A Horse Whip
29. Something Wrong With Eyes
27. Gullfoss In Iceland
25. Queen Victoria?
24. A Sword
18. The Shah
17. Japanese Islands Of Honshu & Hokkaidio

30. correct, 1.5pts
29. correct, 1pt
27. Gullfoss In Iceland - incorrect, though it's impressive (total drop of 64m) so 0.5pt. The answer is the Ormeli falls in Norway (563m)
25. incorrect
24. correct, 1pt.
18. The Shah - correct, 1pt, his name was Reza Khan.
17. Japanese Islands Of Honshu & Hokkaidio - top answer, 2pts.

Leaderboard:
1 Sir KT 9.5pts
2 DuncanDisorderly 7pts

[specialone]

3 Why do I think this is John Wesley Harding? Probably because I am Thick
20 None?

[Chunky Monkey]

20= 1, George V?

Oct 3, 2008 9:36:00 GMT DA-DM said:

7. smell
10.quatermaster/ major boothroyd
13. french ?
15. los angeles county coroners' office. (he's a medical examiner)
28. sand and gravel (in the soil theyb grow the wine grapes in). but copper sulphate and lime is an anti-mildew mixture of the same name i think !

7. correct, 1pt
10.quatermaster/ major boothroyd not what I've got here, but it may be correct for a later personification of Q, so 1pt + 1pt Q bonus
13. french ? - incorrect.
15. los angeles county coroners' office. (he's a medical examiner) yes, as noted earlier when marking KT's answer. 1pt
28. insecticide would have done, but you've given more than enough to earn 2pts, plus a bonus point I think for the birthday girl !

Leaderboard:
1 Sir KT 9.5pts
2= DuncanDisorderly 7pts
2= DA-DM 7pts

Oct 3, 2008 13:07:16 GMT Duncan Disorderly said:

5. Keith Burkenshaw?
9. 5

Both correct, 2pts for the disorderly one. ;)

Oct 3, 2008 13:45:13 GMT Chunky Monkey said:

3= Saint Ignatius Loyola
11= Samuel Ingersoll in 1871
12= Michael Barrett in 1868
21= Warren Minor Christopher
22= Ben Franklin in 1784

3= correct, 2pts
11= Samuel Ingersoll in 1871 I've got Germain Sommelier here, Reaper:
encyclopedia.farlex.com/pneumatic+drill
But if you can provide some back-up evidence to support your claim, you'll be awarded the points! ;)

12= correct, 2pts
21= correct, 1.5pts
22= correct, 2pts

Leaderboard:
1 Sir KT 9.5pts
2 DuncanDisorderly 9pts
3 MR Reaper 7.5pts
4 DA-DM 7pts

And now we have a series of near misses................

Oct 3, 2008 14:04:50 GMT H&J said:

12. Ruth Ellis
13. pigeon english
16. Hydrofoil
22. benjamin franklin

12. not correct for reason given in a minute, but 0.5pt
13 incorrect, the answer is Malay
16 correct, 1pt
22 ok, just within the 20 minute threshold (Reaper got there first) so allowing 1pt

Oct 3, 2008 14:33:40 GMT Chunky Monkey said:

Oct 3, 2008 14:04:50 GMT H&J said:

12. Ruth Ellis

I think she was the last Lady to be executed on July 13, 1955. (Was on the drama Pierrpoint the other night) ;)

Well done, Mr Reaper, a bonus point for that piece of opportunism, plus I think you and Jill both get a 1pt Johnny Haigh bonus ;D

Leaderboard:
1= Sir KT 9.5pts
1= Mr Reaper 9.5pts
2 DuncanDisorderly 9pts
4 DA-DM 7pts
5 H&J 3.5pts

Oct 3, 2008 19:51:00 GMT davejones said:

2. The Pope
26. iie

2 correct, 1pt
3. ah, the literal answer. 1pt In Japan a No is a type of theatre. ;D

Oct 5, 2008 14:44:58 GMT specialone said:

3 Why do I think this is John Wesley Harding? Probably because I am Thick
20 None?

3 I think that was the Methodists, Shaun. 0.5 bonus pt as he did after all start a movement.
20 the answer is Four. And I'm just off now to research them......

........and as the Partition of India occurred in 1947, and Victoria had been declared Empress of India during her reign, it must have been the 4 kings in between (Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII and George VI)

Oct 5, 2008 15:15:31 GMT Chunky Monkey said:

20= 1, George V?

...so Reaper gets a point for naming one of them - which wins him the Quiz !!! ;D

So now I'll give the last two answers and we'll have a tally-up.
10 Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
25 James I

Final points
1 Mr Reaper 10.5pts
2 Sir KT 9.5pts
3 DuncanDisorderly 9pts
4 DA-DM 7pts
5 H&J 3.5pts
6 DaveJones 2pts
7 SpecialOne 0.5pts

Oct 5, 2008 16:25:31 GMT tommo III said:

11= Samuel Ingersoll in 1871 I've got Germain Sommelier here, Reaper:
encyclopedia.farlex.com/pneumatic+drill
But if you can provide some back-up evidence to support your claim, you'll be awarded the points! ;)

The Reaper has indeed provided proof in the form of a useful link, and here is an extract thus:
List of Inventors
1871 pneumatic drill Samuel Ingersoll

So as was often the way, two people in different countries came up with similar inventions at the same time and there was a rush to take the patent out first. The steam engine is an example, three laid claim to it.
Quiz re-opened to allow Mr Reaper 2 further points.

Final points
1 Mr Reaper 12.5pts
2 Sir KT 9.5pts
3 DuncanDisorderly 9pts
4 DA-DM 7pts
5 H&J 3.5pts
6 DaveJones 2pts
7 SpecialOne 0.5pts