General Knowledge Quiz

feargale

donegal_man wrote: »

"Silly Billy" makes me think of William IV

Correct.
1. King William's College, Castletown, founded 1833. They wrote to K. W. asking for a few bob. He replied that he had no spare cash but would have no objection to having the new school named after him. Decent old chap!
2. Ballydesmond, founded as Kingwilliamstown in the 1830s and renamed in 1951.
3.The epithet Silly Billy is said to have been first applied to Sailor Bill aka K. W..
4. Clarence House, the present royal residence of Chaws and Camilla was built for the Duke of Clarence who was later crowned King William IV.

donegal_man

Which title of the Irish peerage created by William IV for one of his many children by Dorothea Jordan died out in 2000?

piuswal

Earl of Munster?

piuswal

What is the link between an Earl of Munster and the Menin Gate and what (bonus point) is unique about it?

feargale

piuswal wrote: »

What is the link between an Earl of Munster and the Menin Gate and what (bonus point) is unique about it?

Tell us and post another question.

piuswal

The 7th and last Earl's grandfather was Brigadier General Charles FitzClarence who won a VC at Mafeking during the Boer War.

He was killed in the vicinity of Ypres on Nov 12th 1914.

His body was never found and so is commemorated on the Menin Gate.

He is the highest ranking officer list on the Menin Gate Memorial.

Question; how did the Menin Gate get its name?

feargale

piuswal wrote: »

The 7th and last Earl's grandfather was Brigadier General Charles FitzClarence who won a VC at Mafeking during the Boer War.

He was killed in the vicinity of Ypres on Nov 12th 1914.

His body was never found and so is commemorated on the Menin Gate.

He is the highest ranking officer list on the Menin Gate Memorial.

Question; how did the Menin Gate get its name?

Tell us again. Post again.

piuswal

The gate is on the Menin Road exit from Ypres to Menin or Menen

Where is Menin?

feargale

piuswal wrote: »

The gate is on the Menin Road exit from Ypres to Menin or Menen

Where is Menin?

No idea. Somewhere in Belgium. Or maybe Turkey. Tell us and post one we might be able to answer.

piuswal

Belgium

all yours

feargale

What is the name of the tiny sliver of neutral territory, amounting to about one square mile, which was a condominium jointly administered by Holland and Prussia from 1816 to 1830, and by Belgium and Prussia from 1830 to 1919, when it was handed over to Belgium pursuant to the Treaty of Versailles?

Wx

Neutral Moresnet

feargale

Wx wrote: »

Neutral Moresnet

Correct. Sorry for delay. I didn't see your post. You're up.

Wx

What do Neutral Moresnet and Prussia have in common!

komodosp

They don't exist any more!

On what island did the Dodo live?

feargale

komodosp wrote: »

They don't exist any more!

On what island did the Dodo live?

Mauritius.

Mauritius is named after a ruler of which country?

donegal_man

feargale wrote: »

Mauritius.

Mauritius is named after a ruler of which country?

Netherlands

feargale

donegal_man wrote: »

Netherlands

Correct. Question?

donegal_man

How was Balthasar Gérard influential in Maurice of Nassau's life?

piuswal

He assassinated his father!

donegal_man

piuswal wrote: »

He assassinated his father!

Quite right, your turn

piuswal

How many US Presidents were assassinated?

feargale

piuswal wrote: »

How many US Presidents were assassinated?

Four.

Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley ( of Dervock and Rathlin ) and Kennedy.

How many U.S. state capitals are named after people who became president of the USA?

piuswal

ditto - 4

feargale

piuswal wrote: »

ditto - 4

Correct.

piuswal

How many world capitals are named after US presidents?

feargale

piuswal wrote: »

How many world capitals are named after US presidents?

Two, Washington and Monrovia. (?)

piuswal

all yours

feargale

piuswal wrote: »

all yours

Name the four African countries which were independent in 1932.

piuswal

Ethiopia

Liberia

Egypt

South Africa