General Knowledge Quiz

Guffy

donegal_man wrote: »

Ah okay, something like 275 miles

Close enough 277

feargale

Tom75 wrote: »

The Kelvin (abbreviated K) scale measures temperature just like Celsius or Fahrenheit. 0 K is the lowest possible temperature on the Kelvin scale, where everything stops moving. It's absolute zero, and theory says if the temperature of something was at that temperature, the small molecules in that something wouldn't move at all. Besides that, the Kelvin scale and Celsius scale work well together. To convert kelvin to Celcius, simply subtract 273.14. (I.E. 273.14K = 0 deg. C.)
0 degrees C is 273 K which is freezing
100 degrees C is 373 K which is boiling
What is the Kelvin scale?

Tom would you read the OP please.

donegal_man

gufc21 wrote: »

Close enough 277

Which native people own the "Sky Walk" over the Grand Canyon?

feargale

donegal_man wrote: »

Which native people own the "Sky Walk" over the Grand Canyon?

Apache?

donegal_man

feargale wrote: »

Apache?

Afraid not, much smaller tribe than the Apache

donegal_man

donegal_man wrote: »

Which native people own the "Sky Walk" over the Grand Canyon?

Okay, it's been over 24 hours so if nobody posts the correct answer by midnight (approx) I'll change the question.

Midnight has come and gone so here's the answer and new question

A. Hualapai

Q. How long is the Colorado River?

TheCoolWay

donegal_man wrote: »

Okay, it's been over 24 hours so if nobody posts the correct answer by midnight (approx) I'll change the question.

Midnight has come and gone so here's the answer and new question

A. Hualapai

Q. How long is the Colorado River?

Quite long

donegal_man

TheCoolWay wrote: »

Quite long

Can you be a bit more specific?

TheCoolWay

donegal_man wrote: »

Can you be a bit more specific?

578 miles

donegal_man

TheCoolWay wrote: »

578 miles

Quite a bit longer than that

TheCoolWay

1265 miles

donegal_man

TheCoolWay wrote: »

1265 miles

Bit longer than that, give it another shot.

Guffy

1389

donegal_man

gufc21 wrote: »

1389

Closing in on it, a few miles to go.

donegal_man

donegal_man wrote: »

Okay, it's been over 24 hours so if nobody posts the correct answer by midnight (approx) I'll change the question.

Midnight has come and gone so here's the answer and new question

A. Hualapai

Q. How long is the Colorado River?

It's 1450 Miles long.

Easy one this time. What's the state capital of Colorado?

Guffy

Its mad that I'm not answering these to avoid asking one :-/

feargale

donegal_man wrote: »

It's 1450 Miles long.

Easy one this time. What's the state capital of Colorado?

Denver.

In 2008 the Colorado Party of Paraguay lost the presidency for the first time in 61 years to Fernando Lugo. What was Lugo's occupation immediately before his election?

donegal_man

feargale wrote: »

Denver.

In 2008 the Colorado Party of Paraguay lost the presidency for the first time in 61 years to Fernando Lugo. What was Lugo's occupation immediately before his election?

Hehe, g/f has uncle who used to work for him as it were so leaving it for someone else

feargale

donegal_man wrote: »

Hehe, g/f has uncle who used to work for him as it were so leaving it for someone else

You don't have to leave it for someone else. Btw is the uncle of the same occupation?

donegal_man

feargale wrote: »

You don't have to leave it for someone else. Btw is the uncle of the same occupation?

Don't like answering when I have insider knowledge. Her uncle shares his profession (if that's the right word) but at a lower level.

feargale

I'll give it to midnight Saturday and if nobody answers I'll post another on Sunday.

donegal_man

feargale wrote: »

I'll give it to midnight Saturday and if nobody answers I'll post another on Sunday.

OK, he was a Roman Catholic Bishop

feargale

donegal_man wrote: »

OK, he was a Roman Catholic Bishop

Correct. Post another one.

donegal_man

The original title of the holder of which office was "His high mightiness ___________________ and protector of their liberties"?

feargale

donegal_man wrote: »

The original title of the holder of which office was "His high mightiness ___________________ and protector of their liberties"?

Tsar of all the Russias?

donegal_man

feargale wrote: »

Tsar of all the Russias?

Afraid not

Guffy

One of two.... france?

feargale

Emperor of the French ( Napoleon )

donegal_man

Neither of those two

agent graves

donegal_man wrote: »

The original title of the holder of which office was "His high mightiness ___________________ and protector of their liberties"?

the president of the united states

how many american presidents have been assassinated?

feargale

agent graves wrote: »

the president of the united states

how many american presidents have been assassinated?

4

donegal_man

agent graves wrote: »

the president of the united states

how many american presidents have been assassinated?

Four. Garfield, Lincoln, McKinley, Kennedy

Who assassinated President Garfield?

feargale

feargale wrote: »

4

Name the Irishwoman who attempted to assassinate Benito Mussolini.

XxMCRxBabyxX

feargale wrote: »

Name the Irishwoman who attempted to assassinate Benito Mussolini.

Violet Gibson.

I'll let Donegal_man's question go ahead.

feargale

donegal_man wrote: »

Four. Garfield, Lincoln, McKinley, Kennedy

Who assassinated President Garfield?

Charles Guiteau?

donegal_man

feargale wrote: »

Charles Guiteau?

Correct.

feargale

Five of the eight people convicted in relation to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln were natives of one and the same state. Name the state.

donegal_man

I know at least two were Maryland so going with that

feargale

donegal_man wrote: »

I know at least two were Maryland so going with that

Correct. Sorry, the correct number is four, Herold, Mudd, O'Laughlen and Mary Surratt.
Booth was also born in Maryland.
Surratt was a convert to Catholicism, O'Laughlen and Mudd were also Catholics and a few others were Catholic ( Jesuit ) educated, not greatly surprising given Maryland's religious history, but it gave rise to one of the more colourful conspiracy theories, which persists in the internet and elsewhere.
Surratt was a cousin of F. Scott Fitzgerald's father.
And O'Laughlen? I can find little on his ancestry, except that his family had been in America for a few generations, but I would be surprised if he didn't have Clare connections.
Your turn, Fear Connallach.

donegal_man

The origin of Booth's line "sic semper tyrannis" is attributed to whom?

feargale

donegal_man wrote: »

The origin of Booth's line "sic semper tyrannis" is attributed to whom?

Brutus while he was sticking it into his boss.
It's the state motto of Maryland.

donegal_man

feargale wrote: »

Brutus while he was sticking it into his boss.
It's the state motto of Maryland.

Both correct, take it away

feargale

What was the surname of the two Maryland cousins, one of whom became the first Roman Catholic bishop and archbishop of the United States of America, the other being the only RC and last surviving signatory of the American Declaration of Independence?

feargale

feargale wrote: »

What was the surname of the two Maryland cousins, one of whom became the first Roman Catholic bishop and archbishop of the United States of America, the other being the only RC and last surviving signatory of the American Declaration of Independence?

No takers?

donegal_man

I know the latter was Charles Carroll so gonna guess his cousin was Bishop Carroll

feargale

donegal_man wrote: »

I know the latter was Charles Carroll so gonna guess his cousin was Bishop Carroll

Correct, Charles and John Carroll, descended from Laois chieftains.

donegal_man

Maybe since I only really got half the answer I should post half a question.

Which Prime Minister introduced the so called "Intolerable Acts" which helped to precipitate the War of Idependence?

feargale

donegal_man wrote: »

Maybe since I only really got half the answer I should post half a question.

Which Prime Minister introduced the so called "Intolerable Acts" which helped to precipitate the War of Idependence?

Pitt the Elder?

donegal_man

feargale wrote: »

Pitt the Elder?

After him

feargale

Lord North? ( well, it wasn't Mae West or Sean South anyway. )