General knowledge thread

is_that_so

Sysiphus wrote:

Sorry but your coming up a bit short there, there were more than that!!

Thought there was a rule not to post new q till confirmed answer??

Think you will find that there are 9 - now heading to 10 but take your point about new question. I have deleted it.

Sysiphus

Including the NEW new guy there are either 12 or 13 depending on how pedantic you want to be!

Names :

w. hartnell
p. troughton
j. pertwee
t. baker
p. davidson
c. baker
s. mccoy
p. mcgann
c. eccleston
cassanova dude

now the extras

Peter Cushing in the tv movie (part of the franchise) Dr. who and the Dalek Invaston
R. Hurndall stood in for W. Hartnell in "The Five Doctors" as WH was dead
The Valyard - played by M. Jastor (?) in "Trial of a Timelord" was a future incarnation of the Doctor (between 12th and 13th gen)
and Possibly Richard E. Grant in the Webcast cartoon from bbc.
and maybe "the watcher" who enterd into p. davdson to regen to t. bake (can't rem the actors name!)

Drummer

Sysiphus wrote:

Sorry but your coming up a bit short there, there were more than that!!

Thought there was a rule not to post new q till confirmed answer??

Sure u cud be waiting years then for the next question.

Sysiphus

is_that_so wrote:

Think you will find that there are 9 - now heading to 10 but take your point about new question. I have deleted it.

Go on and repost it - I cant' think of another at the mo.

is_that_so

Which non-French speaking South American country did France invade and partly conquer ?

billy the squid

guyana?

is_that_so

nope. Guyana is French speaking

Columbia? Suriname?

is_that_so

nope

Ninja Turtle

Complete guess here - Brazil?

Capt'n Midnight

Mexico.

is_that_so

And you guessed right , Brazil in the 16th century

is_that_so

Ninja Turtle wrote:

Complete guess here - Brazil?

And you guessed right , in the 16th century. Question from you so.

Ninja Turtle

Two countries in the world are "double landlocked," ie surronded by countries that are also landlocked. One is Uzbekistan - which is the other? (and yes, its a bit better known than Uzbekistan!)

RuggieBear

liechtenstein.... between switzerland and austria

RuggieBear

Deleted User wrote:

What about Lesotho?

south africa isn't landlocked. The country has to be landlocked by other countries that are land locked

Ah! Misread the question. Sorry.

Ninja Turtle

RuggieBear wrote:

liechtenstein.... between switzerland and austria

Correct

RuggieBear

easy one:
who wrote war of the worlds?

billy the squid

H.G. Wells

RuggieBear

billy the squid wrote:

H.G. Wells

bingo...your question mr Squid

billy the squid

hmmmm
ok here goes

The movie "My Fair Lady" is based on a stage play written by who?

Capt'n Midnight

Shaw Pygmalian.

billy the squid

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

Shaw Pygmalian.

correct

Capt'n Midnight

How long has it been since there was significant rain in the worlds driest place ?

billy the squid

2 days?

Capt'n Midnight

a little longer than 2 days.

RuggieBear

250 years?

Ninja Turtle

Theres a mountainous desert in Chile (can't remeber the name) that hasn't seen significant rain in over 400 years - would that be it?

Capt'n Midnight

Nope..