QUIZ TIME IN UDON

[can123]

It was Richard Todd not Dirk Bogarde. I know because my father, ex-Navy person, made me sit through it when I was just a small boy. The first Doctor Who, William Hartnell, was in it as well. Poor film, only appealing to those who like a ship going up and down a river and big bangs. Sorry about the "butterly".

[Earnest]

No worries about the butterly.

Have a go at the others, Can123.

[jackspratt]

3. Endeavour

[Earnest]

I'll try.

Meanwhile, bump.

OK, anything that comes into my head...

1 The Royal Air Force was formed on what day in 1918?

2 What year did the British monarch, George VI, pass away?

3 Which ship did James Cook command on his first voyage of discovery starting in 1768?

4 The Dieppe raid of 1942 consisted of 6050 allied troops attacking the French port. The attack comprised some British and American troops but most of the force came from which Dominion?

5 What general rule can a chap apply when identifying the difference between a moth or a butterfly?

6 Is the red squirrel indigenous to England?

7 What is the Yangtze Incident's link to the Royal Navy in 1949?

8 What British aircraft bombed or struck Argentine forces at Port Stanley airport during Operation Black Buck in 1982?

9 The Luftwaffe concentrated on hitting what military establishments before switching to bomb London and other cities in the Battle of Britain?

10 20 Hz to 20 KHz is the perceived audio range for what species?

11 Can a human eye see infrared light?

12 What is evensong?

13 What day is All Hallows Eve observed?

14 Complete the last line below from the William Blake poem:

I will not cease from Mental Fight,
Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:
Till we have built Jerusalem,

15 Which famous American was killed at Little Big Horn?

[Whistler]

I'll try.

Meanwhile, bump.

OK, anything that comes into my head...

1 The Royal Air Force was formed on what day in 1918?

2 What year did the British monarch, George VI, pass away?
1953

3 Which ship did James Cook command on his first voyage of discovery starting in 1768?
THE ENDEAVOUR

4 The Dieppe raid of 1942 consisted of 6050 allied troops attacking the French port. The attack comprised some British and American troops but most of the force came from which Dominion?

5 What general rule can a chap apply when identifying the difference between a moth or a butterfly?
WHEN NOT FLYING A BUTTERFLY GLOD ITS EINGS ABOVE ITS TORSO A MOTH SPREADS ITS WINGS

6 Is the red squirrel indigenous to England?

7 What is the Yangtze Incident's link to the Royal Navy in 1949?

8 What British aircraft bombed or struck Argentine forces at Port Stanley airport during Operation Black Buck in 198
THE AR ROYAL

9 The Luftwaffe concentrated on hitting what military establishments before switching to bomb London and other cities in the Battle of Britain?

10 20 Hz to 20 KHz is the perceived audio range for what species?

11 Can a human eye see infrared light? NO

12 What is evensong? A PRAYER

13 What day is All Hallows Eve observed? HALLOWEN

14 Complete the last line below from the William Blake poem:

I will not cease from Mental Fight,
Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:
Till we have built Jerusalem,

15 Which famous American was killed at Little Big Horn?
CUSTER

[Earnest]

1 The Royal Air Force was formed on what day in 1918?
1 April

2 What year did the British monarch, George VI, pass away?
1952

3 Which ship did James Cook command on his first voyage of discovery starting in 1768?
Endeavour

4 The Dieppe raid of 1942 consisted of 6050 allied troops attacking the French port. The attack comprised some British and American troops but most of the force came from which Dominion?
Canada

5 What general rule can a chap apply when identifying the difference between a moth or a butterfly?
A moth's wings lay flat at rest but a butterfly's wings are vertical

6 Is the red squirrel indigenous to England?
Yes

7 What is the Yangtze Incident's link to the Royal Navy in 1949?
HMS Amethyst and two other RN ships were caught up in Communist and nationalist fighting on the Yangtze river


8 What British aircraft bombed or struck Argentine forces at Port Stanley airport during Operation Black Buck in 1982?
The Avro Vulcan

9 The Luftwaffe concentrated on hitting what military establishments before switching to bomb London and other cities in the Battle of Britain?
RAF and RN airfields

10 20 Hz to 20 KHz is the perceived audio range for what species?
Homo Sapiens - humans

11 Can a human eye see infrared light?
No

12 What is evensong?
A church service held at sunset

13 What day is All Hallows Eve observed?
31 October

14 Complete the last line below from the William Blake poem:

I will not cease from Mental Fight,
Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:
Till we have built Jerusalem,
In England's green & pleasant Land

15 Which famous American was killed at Little Big Horn?
George Armstrong Custer.

[stattointhailand]

Shouldn't that be "In England's serf & peasants land"?

[Earnest]

1 What was Shane Warne's speciality in Cricket?

2 Tanzania (or Tanganyika) was a territory colonised by what European entity before the British?

3 What was the city of Mumbai called in the days of the British empire?

4 What are the Dutch East Indies called now?

5 In which part of the world would you find Leopard Seals?

6 What common household items would use a local oscillator?

7 A classic tuned circuit would comprise what two components?

8 Emperor Roscoe was a disc jockey on which radio station?

9 Ozzy Osbourne started a successful singing career in which Midlands band?

10 A helicopter pilot uses two control sticks to fly a helicopter - what are they called?

[Laan Yaa Mo]

3. Bombay

4. Indonesia

2. Germany although Portugal controlled Zanzibar for a long time

[can123]

7 A capacitor and an inductor. I am a radio ham.

[Potamoi]

10. Cyclic and Collective

[deankham]

1 What was Shane Warne's speciality in Cricket? Spin Bowler

2 Tanzania (or Tanganyika) was a territory colonised by what European entity before the British? Dutch

3 What was the city of Mumbai called in the days of the British empire? Bombay (I still call it that to my Indian staff)

6 What common household items would use a local oscillator? A Cats Whisker (or Radio as the youth of today call them, bloody kids don't know they are born)

9 Ozzy Osbourne started a successful singing career in which Midlands band? Black Sabbath

[Earnest]

Leopard seals.

Where's Barry gone?

[Earnest]

Bump.

1 What was Shane Warne's speciality in Cricket?

2 Tanzania (or Tanganyika) was a territory colonised by what European entity before the British?

3 What was the city of Mumbai called in the days of the British empire?

4 What are the Dutch East Indies called now?

5 In which part of the world would you find Leopard Seals?

6 What common household items would use a local oscillator?

7 A classic tuned circuit would comprise what two components?

8 Emperor Roscoe was a disc jockey on which radio station?

9 Ozzy Osbourne started a successful singing career in which Midlands band?

10 A helicopter pilot uses two control sticks to fly a helicopter - what are they called?

[Laan Yaa Mo]

Where's Barry gone?

Is this a quiz question? Do you mean Barry Manilow? Anyway, I don't have a clue. You might have to bump this question a few times.

[Earnest]

Fat Barry the Samster, I'll bump in the morning.

[Earnest]

Night time quiz.

1 What did Kendo Nagasaki do on a Saturday afternoon?

2 Who cast Satan from heaven according to Milton?

3 What is an ampere hour?

4 Who said you can check out any time you like but you can never leave?

5 What is samsara?

[stattointhailand]

1) wind up Jackie Palow & co
4) Eagles

[Doodoo]

Describe a

"Pickelhaube"

[deankham]

Oh a special edition Quiz, nice

1 What did Kendo Nagasaki do on a Saturday afternoon? Usual fighting 'Big Daddy' and 'Giant Haystacks'

2 Who cast Satan from heaven according to Milton? Too highbrow a question for my low brow knowledge

3 What is an ampere hour? Ampere is the unit of charge, not sure about the hour part.

4 Who said you can check out any time you like but you can never leave? Papafarang when he locked Cali in his spare bedroom. Oh and the Eagles as well.

5 What is samsara? An indian starter, or is that a Samosa?