General Knowledge Quiz 44 answers

 

General Knowledge Quiz 44

 

 

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the answers

1) Amanda Holden has been a judge in which reality show since the first series?

a) Strictly come dancing b) The X Factor c) Britain's Got Talent

2) Thomas Savery developed the first commercial pumping device powered by what?

a) solar power b) steam c) electricity

 

3) Who was Marc Anthony's love interest?

a) Julius Caesar b) Cleopatra c) Calpurnia

4) Which ballet features gingerbread men soldiers?

a) The Nutcracker b) Romeo and Juliet c) Swan Lake

5) What name is given to the area under a church?

a) churchyard b) glebe c) crypt

6) If you are born on 22nd January, your star sign is...

a) aquarius b) pisces c) aries

7) Ben Price played which character in Coronation Street?

a) Todd Grimshaw b) Nick Tilsley c) Damon Hay

8) Jonathan Edwards was the first triple jumper to achieve which distance?

a) 16 metres b) 18 metres c) 20 metres

 

9) Anakin Skywalker became which villain?

a) Darth Vader b) Boba Fett c) Emperor Palpatine

10) What tribe sacked Rome in 410 AD?

a) Hun b) Visigoths c) Gauls

11) What type of film is High Noon (which starred Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly)?

a) Romance b) Sci Fi c) Western

12) Which Old Testment recalls Sarah's pregnancy with Isaac?

a) Genesis b) Exodus c) Leviticus

13) Who votes for the winners of the Man of Steel Award?

a) the public b) the Amateur Athletics Association c) Fello

w players

14) What could Jack Sprat's wife not eat?

a) fat b) lean c) chocolate

15) Which group released "Emotional Rescue"

a) Paw Patrol b) The Stones c) The Beatles

16) Lancia vehicles are manufactured in

a) Germany b) France c) Italy

17) Where is Worksop?

a) North Yorkshire b) South Yorkshire c) Nottinghamshire

18) The Roman numerals CD are equal to

a) 300 b) 400 c) 500

19) Rattan furniture is made from a plant native to

a) Africa b) Asia c) South America

20) What name is given to the person in charge of exhibits at a gallery?

a) curator b) surveyor c) owner

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General Knowledge Quiz 44

 

1) Amanda Holden has been a judge in which reality show since the first series?

a) Strictly come dancing b) The X Factor c) Britain's Got Talent

2) Thomas Savery developed the first commercial pumping device powered by what?

a) solar power b) steam c) electricity

3) Who was Marc Anthony's love interest?

a) Julius Caesar b) Cleopatra c) Calpurnia

4) Which ballet features gingerbread men soldiers?

a) The Nutcracker b) Romeo and Juliet c) Swan Lake

5) What name is given to the area under a church

a) churchyard b) glebe c) crypt

 

6) If you are born on 22nd January, your star sign is
 

a) aquarius b) pisces c) aries

7) Ben Price played which character in Coronation Street?
 

a) Todd Grimshaw b) Nick Tilsley c) Damon Hay

8) Jonathan Edwards was the first triple jumper to achieve which distance?
 

a) 16 metres b) 18 metres c) 20 metres

9) Anakin Skywalker became which villain?
 

a) Darth Vader b) Boba Fett c) Emperor Palpatine

10) What tribe sacked Rome in 410 AD
 

a) Hun b) Visigoths c) Gauls

11) What type of film is High Noon (which starred Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly)?
 

a) Romance b) Sci Fi c) Western

12) Which Old Testment recalls Sarah's pregnancy with Isaac?
 

a) Genesis b) Exodus c) Leviticus

13) Who votes for the winners of the Man of Steel Award?
 

a) the public b) the Amateur Athletics Association c) Fellow players

14) What could Jack Sprat's wife not eat?
 

a) fat b) lean c) chocolate

15) Which group released "Emotional Rescue"
 

a) Paw Patrol b) The Stones c) The Beatles

16) Lancia vehicles are manufactured in
 

a) Germany b) France c) Italy

17) Where is Worksop?
 

a) North Yorkshire b) South Yorkshire c) Nottinghamshire

18) The Roman numerals CD are equal to
 

a) 300 b) 400 c) 500

19) Rattan furniture is made from a plant native to
 

a) Africa b) Asia c) South America

20) What name is given to the person in charge of exhibits at a gallery?
 

a) curator b) surveyor c) owner

 

 

Hospital Stories

#Worthingflash is a project to promote flash fiction. In addition to Worthing, it has attracted writers from every continent. There have been 100 writers so far, over 63,000 people have visited the blog http://worthingflash.blogspot.com and there is a wide range of topics and genres.
You can write about anything you like but for those who like prompts, here is a suggestion.
At a certain age, we have all had some time in hospital. You may have a true story. For example, I was in a bed opposite a patient who got up every morning, got dressed and said his family was coming to collect him. In due course, his long-suffering family arrived. They pointed out he had a resting pulse of 150 and he was suffering inter alia from gangrene. They then had the daily task of dissuading him from going home.
Alternatively, it could be a fantasy about a nurse called Eustace who falls madly in love with you. He turns out somewhat disappointingly to be a drug dealer with unfortunate personal habits.
The only rule is that entries have to be under 1000 words. Indeed you could try your hand at a six-word story if you like!
Stories should be sent to worthingflash@gmail.com and all are read and considered.

Illegal Migration Bill

A key feature of government policy is to deport migrants to Rwanda. Racists in the UK are expected to applaud this and vote Tory.

Rwanda, according to Human Rights Watch, used arbitrary detention and torture. What must appeal to Suella Braverman is that they also arrest any opposition leaders. 

Several people with whom the Africa Justice Foundation charity worked are now key members of President Paul Kagame’s government and are involved in the UK’s £140m deal to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. Suella Braverman was a founder member of this charity.

How anybody can reject the Devil and all his works and vote Tory is a mystery.

Traffic Lights

Some supermarket products do not use the traffic light system. Close examination of their ingrediients will indicate why. Most of the "traffic lights" would be red - for danger.

However their failure to do this could have two beneficial consequences.

1) people could stop buying those products.

2) people could start doing the Maths for themselves.

The Postscript Murders

This is a first-class whodunnit. It also gives an insight into the world of the crime writer. Although it is serious, in places it is laugh-out-loud funny as well. For example, Harbinder decides the way to cope with her colleague is to think of him as a small woodland creature. This works very well.

The book actually uses the word "cosy" for a type of fiction. This term could be applied to Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie and now Elly Griffiths. It simply means there is no explicit sex and violence. There is also a lack of profane language. This is all very welcome. If people want that sort of thing, they can go elsewhere!

I wonder how many readers downloaded Panda Pop after reading this story. :)

Consultation on Ticket Offices

On numerous occasions the ticket machines have failed and only the ticket office has been able to help. 

Southern Rail does not provide a good service but to deliberately make it worse is absurd. 

They seem to be only concerned with making their shareholders filthy rich.

To make your views known contact

https://www.transportfocus.org.uk/train-station-ticket-office-consultation/

It is worth writing to your MP even if they are a useless Tory bastard. They must not be allowed to say there is no opposition to this move.

Expensive royals

The BBC cannot stop lying.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-57559653

This article about the cost of the royal family is good but it grossly underestimates the cost of the Coronation which is closer to 250 million when the security operation (which involved rounding up non-violent Republic protestors - a brutal piece of policing for which even the Met apologised) is included.

There is no figure for the benefits of the royals to Tourism but this is in any case a pathetic argument. Many countries which do not have monarchies have far better tourism than the UK so the royals are arguably a cost to the tourist industry.

If people want to drool over Buckingham Palace then they can still do so when Charles and his cronies are consigned to the trash can of history.

 

 

Flash Fiction

My friend Ecosia (a search engine without the baggage of Google) is of the opinion that I have written a lot of flash fiction. Here are a few examples:

 

https://www.fridayflashfiction.com/100-word-stories/humility-by-derek-mcmillan

https://www.reflexfiction.com/albert-flash-fiction-by-derek-mcmillan/

https://sixquestionsfor.blogspot.com/2019/02/worthing-flash.html

https://drablr.com/derekmcmillan

https://www.sledgehammerlit.com/post/dave-s-contraption-by-derek-mcmillan

 

 

 

 

 

Murder in the Quiz Club

I run a quiz club. The characters in "Murder in the Quiz Club" are entirely fictitious. There are such things as libel laws.

For security reasons I cannot reveal the name of the poison which was used in this murder. That and the fact that I can't actually remember it.

 

Not racist say police

The Police Federation of Scotland has indignantly protested that their members say they are not racist. 

Have you ever met a racist who admits being a racist?

 

 

Flash Fiction

Wikipedia, perhaps unintentionally, gives the impression that flash fiction is the preserve of the elite.

However, the most important practitioner of flash fiction is you, the reader. It is a readily accessible form of writing which does not require a Pulitzer or Nobel Prize. You should try it. There are a plethora of online outlets for flash fiction which you can find by typing "flash fiction submission" into a search engine.

Like any form of literature, the guiding principle is "don't give up." If one editor does not appreciate your talent then try another! 

Derek McMillan

#worthingflash

BBC cannot stop lying

BBC cannot stop lying

Dear  Mr McMillan 


Thanks for contacting us about our coverage of the Coronation.

Our reporting of the Coronation of King Charles III has reflected the historic nature of this event, and the interest it has generated around the country and globally. However, we do realise that not everyone is interested in the Coronation, and that attitudes towards the monarchy vary; we have acknowledged, represented and examined this diversity of opinion in our coverage.

Across our output, in programmes such as ‘Panorama: Will King Charles Change the Monarchy?’ we have explored the significance of the Coronation in terms of what it means for the monarchy and its place in modern Britain, looking at issues raised by those who are critical of the institution. We have featured the viewpoints of groups such as Republic on various aspects of the Coronation, for example, the oath of allegiance to the King during the service, and the response to protests.

The Coronation is a celebration so our coverage has inevitably had a positive tone, which in this context we believe has been duly impartial. However, we’re sorry if you continue to be unhappy and have shared your feedback with programme makers and senior editors at BBC News. 

Kind regards,

BBC Complaints Team

TV journalism

I thought the BBC coverage of the Coronation was an abysmal abandonment of any journalistic principles. I thought it was as bad as it could get, until I watched ITV of course.

If the media are not lying, then there would be no problem with having an elected head of state. Everybody loves Charles and Camilla so the people would vote for them and that would be a simple solution. 

Strangely the craven monarchists of the media do not suggest such a solution.

Charles rules by divine right. The will of the people does not come into it. And the police are there to see that people do not have a different opinion. 

52 people were arrested without committing any offence. The figure keeps going up, the police were lying. 

People are being imprisoned for their opinions by a government which protests that freedom of speech is very important.

 

The arrests included volunteers for Westminster City Council who were distributing rape alarms. 

The Coronation is an expensive diversion from the cost of living crisis. It is an incidental diversion from the Tories' parlous election results this week too.

Complain to the BBC

Celtic supporters have a suggestion for the Coronation

The i Newspaper headline: "Chilling’ police crackdown of anti-monarchy protests during King’s coronation ‘deeply disturbing’, MPs say."

Even members of Parliament were shocked by the vicious response of the boys in blue to the anti-monarchy protests.

Charles III has as much respect for freedom of speech as Charles I and we all know how that ended up.

The police admit they arrested 52 people. The actual figure is unknown. Extraordinarily the usually tame Labour Party thought this was a bit much. 

The link is here

In other news, thousands of Celtic supporters chanted "Stick your Coronation up your ar**." The police didn't try to arrest them all.

Liverpool fans put the same point the day before the royal jamboree.

There were protests against the coronation all over the country. The police cannot silence everybody.

May the Fourth be with you

Happy Star Wars Day

Great Expectations on the BBC

Great Expectations on the BBC

This is not a faithful reproduction of Dickens' classic. It is a wickedly unfaithful version, a parody or re-imagining. The characters are all in the novel but many of the events are quite different. It does, however, reflect aspects of Victorian society which Dickens only hinted at.

Pip (Fionn Whitehead) has the ambition to become a gentleman. Jaggers (Ashley Thomas) teaches him that becoming a gentleman involves fine clothes, a sense of entitlement and the ability to rob and swindle other gentlemen.

No wonder the fascist Daily Mail denounced it as a "woke adaptation".

The enigmatic Miss Havisham completes Pip's education as a gentleman by introducing him to a prostitute and to opium. Prostitution was something Dickens' readers did not want to know about. Opium was not illegal and indeed the British Empire fought against China when the Chinese government refused to allow opium imports.

The cast is multicultural, another reason for the Daily Mail's fury. This is a bit rich considering that in the past the role of black characters like Othello were repeatedly played by white actors. It is more like justice.

Magwitch (Johnny Harris) sums things up in the final episode. "Gentlemen can do whatever suits them. They built an empire on it."

In a very clever moment, Biddy (Laurie Ogden) declares that she is a Chartist. The Chartists respect women and she won't have time to slave in Pip's kitchen!

The fraught relationship with Estella (Shalom Brune-Franklin) is resolved as Dickens originally intended. Pip opts not to marry Estella. In this version, he actually marries the Chartist Biddy.

This BBC adaptation is well worth a watch. Being hated by the Daily Mail is always a badge of honour.

Derek McMillan

Sharp Practice

Richard Sharp: BBC chairman. It is nice to see another Tory bastard bite the dust but which crony will Sunak appoint to this sinecure?

Strike Day Plans

As you will have read, NEU members have voted by an overwhelming 98% to reject the government's derisory unfunded pay offer. We have two further strike days confirmed - Thursday 27th April and Tuesday 2nd May. Plans for the two days are as follows:

Thursday 27th April

• Picket lines
• March and rally in Chichester: Assemble at 11.30am West Street, March from 12midday, Rally at 12.30pm at County Hall

Tuesday 2nd May

• Picket lines
• Strike brunches at locations across West Sussex (details to follow)
• Leafleting in town centres

We will again aim to close as many schools as possible in pursuit of our campaign and will support reps and members who encounter difficulties in attempting to achieve this. For both days, we are looking to minimise disruption to Year 11 and 13 exam classes.

Travel and lunch expenses can be claimed.

In the meantime, if you have any queries in relation to the strike days, feel free to email michael.spain@neu.org.uk

Dominic Raab syndrome

I had three head teachers in my 32 years.

One was pleasant but ineffective.

One had Dominic Raab syndrome and was permanently at war with the staff. He tried to sack the union rep (me!) and was thwarted by the united opposition of the NUT and other unions in the school. 

One was supportive of the staff and open to negotiation.

You can guess which head got the best results. Bullies never prosper.

Lyrics Quiz 11

Song Lyrics 11

1) According to Vera Lynn "You gotta wait and see" what?

a) when the world is free b) when the cows come home c) when hell freezes over

2) According to Irving Berlin (in "Always") "When the things you've planned need a helping hand"

a) I'll make an excuse b) I will understand c) I'll see what I can do

3) Why did John McCormack say he wanted to go to Tipperary?

a) my heart's right there b) the beer is cheaper c) it's a lovely place

4) In the traditional song You are my sunshine, please don't WHAT?

a) ever do that again b) take my sunshine away c) leave the heating off

5) Frank Sinatra will be seeing you

a) in all the old familiar places b) on Friday c) at the races

6) If "You've got to accentuate the positive" what else must you do?

a) stop asking questions b) see the glass as half empty c) eliminate the negative

7) The Ink Spots didn't want to do what?

a) pay their poll tax b) set the world on fire c) ever see you again

8) Dick Haymes sang "You'll never know" what?

a) the time b) how much I earn c) how much I miss you

9) Les Brown was going to take a what?

a) holiday b) sentimental journey c) week to recover

10) What didn't Duke Ellington get?

a) a kiss b) a hug c) around much any more

11) Very Lynn didn't know where and she didn't know when. What did she know?

a) the sweet mystery of life b) we'll meet again some sunny day

c) the value of everything

12) Perry Como will go on loving for how long

a) an hour b) a day c) until the end of time

13) Dick Haymes will get by as long as

a) I have you b) a piece of string c) the leaves fall in autumn

14) Bob Weston thought you'd be so nice to what

a) have tea with b) have a pint with c) come home to

15) Bloody Mary in South Pacific sings "Come to me your special island" but what is it called?

a) Bally Small b) Bali Hi c) Ballet Rambert

16) Ella Fitzgerald sang a lullaby about what?

a) Bo Peep b) Three Little Pigs c) Broadway

17) "when you see a guy reach for stars in the sky," why is Frank Sinatra doing that?

a) for a bet b) for some doll c) to pass the time

18) The people all said sit down, why?

a) you're rocking the boat b) you make the place look untidy c) there's a spare seat

19) Frank Sinatra again, what reminds me of you?

a) the mess in the lounge b) these foolish things c) everything

20) "Each night I ask the stars up above" what?

a) why must I be a teenager in love b) what is my horoscope c) give me a clue.

Have a go at the questions before looking at the answers!

1) a 2) b 3) a 4) b 5) a

6) c 7) b 8) c 9) b 10) c

11) b 12) c 13) a 14) b 15)

16) c 17) b 18) a 19) b 20) a

History of Nazism in Good Play

   The National Theatre broadcast this play to a number of cinemas nationwide. Let's face it the good people of Worthing would never see a play by a left-winger (C P Taylor) any other way!

   The main role is played by David Tennant as Professor Halder, a professor of literature who ends up taking part in book-burning to make the university 'pure German.'

   Other parts are played by Elliot Levey and Sharon Small. Their work is excellent because they have to play a number of characters and convince the audience. No mean feat.

   The play is a look inside Halder's mind. He initially joins the Nazi Party to further his career. It certainly does that because all Jewish academics are hounded out of their jobs.

  He then presents a thesis to the Nazi Party on the "Right to Die" which is very topical. The Nazis were very generous with the "Right to Die" and extended it to anyone, starting with the disabled but taking in Jews, communists, homosexuals and trade unionists.

   His only male friend is his doctor who is Jewish. Halder leaves him to his fate and even justifies that to himself saying "The Jews brought this on themselves."

   At every point Halder is haunted by music as a kind of audio hallucination until at the end he is face to face with the orchestra at Auschwitz where his ideas on the right to die are being put into practice and the musicians are there to lull the prisoners into a false sense of security. He sees this as making the holocaust "more humane".

   When "Good" comes to your local cinema, it is well worth watching.

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Response to Laura Kuenssberg

I think anyone who is concerned about the nurses being on strike ought to have protested against the Tory cuts which have put patients at risk.

Anyone who opposes escalation of the strikes should be blaming the government which is pathetic in its approach to negotiation. They attempt to "negotiate" by telling unions to reduce their demands. That is not negotiation. Send Sunak a dictionary.

 

Not My King

The police are profiling and filming those who are opposed to the monarchy. It is not (yet) a criminal offence to want an end to the monarchy.

Clearly this Charles has as much respect for democracy as Charles I. 

The Daily Mirror story is here

Song Lyrics Quiz 10

 

Song Lyrics 10

1) According to Nelly Forbush in South Pacific life was

a) a minestrone

b) a cabaret old chum

c) just a bowl of jello

2) According to Liza Minelli life was

a) a minestrone

b) a cabaret old chum

c) just a bowl of jello

3) According to 10cc life was

a) a minestrone

b) a cabaret old chum

c) just a bowl of jello

4) How do you get to Oz?

a) fly in to Sydney Airport

b) take the path less travelled

c) follow the yellow brick road

5) 5) When Russ Morgan is cruising down the river what time is it?

a) Tuesday morning b) Thursday lunchtime c) a Sunday afternoon

6) When Glen Miller asked "Pardon me boy, is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo?" who is the boy in question

a) porter b) shoeshine boy c) his son

("you can give me a shine")

7) According to various artists, "When the boys would call, Lilly would yell" what

a) get out of here you scoundrel b) Who on earth are you? c) Ma, he's making eyes at me.

8) By the light of the silvery moon Doris Day will do what?

a) act like a loon b) spoon c) read Lorna Doone

9) What else might Doris Day do by the light of the silvery moon?

a) sit on a dune b) croon love's tune c) think it's past noon

10) Doris Day again "Que Sera, Sera, Whatever will be, will be" why?

a) It's just like that b) the future's not ours to see c) I said so

11) If "there's none so classy as this fair lassie," who is Eddie Cantor singing about?

a) Doris b) Morganna c) Susie

12) Barbara Streisand suggests "let’s sing a song of cheer again" because

a) we won the pools b) winter's gone c) happy days are here again

13) Elvis is not made of

a) money b) wood c) clay

14) Gene Kelly was singing in the

a) drawing room b) Panto c) rain

15) If "folks dressed up like Eskimos " what are the chestnuts doing? (Rosemary Clooney)

a) being eaten b) being bought c) roasting by an open fire

16) Who is Steve Earle going to see in his dreams

a) Frankenstein b) Dracula c) Irene

17) If Tootsie does not get a letter from Al Jolson what should she assume?

a) he is in jail b) he's lost interest c) he can't find a stamp

18) Ella Fitzgerald found "another season, another reason" for making what?

a) cake b) whoopie c) money

19) According to Etta James what's it been like since she broke up with her man?

a) too darned hot b) sunny intervals c) stormy weather

20) Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby both found what falling from heaven?

a) rain b) pennies c) angels

Please try the questions before looking at the answers.

1) c 2) b 3) a 4) c 5) c

6) b 7) c 8) b 9) b 10) b

11) c 12) c 13) b 14) c 15) c

16) c 17) a 18) b 19)  c 20) b

 

 

 

 

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