General Knowledge Quiz

feargale · 17-04-2013 12:39AM

What was the largest city of the Thirteen Colonies at the time of the Boston Tea Party?

Guffy · 17-04-2013 12:43AM

virginia?

rufty · 17-04-2013 01:13AM

feargale wrote: »

What was the largest city of the Thirteen Colonies at the time of the Boston Tea Party?

Georgia.

The US navy's current USS Georgia is what class of vessel?

feargale · 17-04-2013 03:56AM

rufty wrote: »

Georgia.

WRONG. Read the question again please. CITY.

Guffy · 17-04-2013 08:37AM

Ah I was mistaking too... I'll go with where they wrote their proclamation. Philly

rufty · 17-04-2013 11:46AM

gufc21 wrote: »

Ah I was mistaking too... I'll go with where they wrote their proclamation. Philly

Darn, my bad. Completely misread the question. Think you may be correct gufc21 however just to be controversial I'll guess that New York City had caught up and surpassed Philly by 1773.

feargale · 17-04-2013 09:23PM

gufc21 wrote: »

Ah I was mistaking too... I'll go with where they wrote their proclamation. Philly

Assuming you mean the city of Philadelphia and not the cheese, I shall accept your answer as being correct. Philadelphia it is. New York became a city in 1898.

Guffy · 17-04-2013 10:31PM

I'll offer an bit of a sedgway here.

Who directed the patriot?

Also checked it there Virginia was bigger than Georgia in 1773 as Georgia's expansion didn't begin until 1776.

feargale · 18-04-2013 12:55AM

Lingua Franca wrote: »

Ah, so sorry. Got distracted by unexpected vistors and then the Boston marathon bombing.
For how many years has the Boston marathon been running?

As a mark of respect to Boston perhaps we should let it be on this occasion, but would posters please read OP before posting a question.

feargale · 19-04-2013 01:11AM

gufc21 wrote: »

Ah I was mistaking too... I'll go with where they wrote their proclamation. Philly

Question, please.

Lingua Franca · 19-04-2013 09:16AM

Perhaps you could take time out of your busy thread policing schedule to read post #639

Bannasidhe · 19-04-2013 10:15AM

gufc21 wrote: »

I'll offer an bit of a sedgway here.

Who directed the patriot?

Also checked it there Virginia was bigger than Georgia in 1773 as Georgia's expansion didn't begin until 1776.

Roland Emmerich (sp?).

In which Emmerich film did Will Smith help save the world?

Skrynesaver · 19-04-2013 11:53AM

Bannasidhe wrote: »

Roland Emmerich (sp?).

In which Emmerich film did Will Smith help save the world?

Independence Day:(

(side note, a friend collaborated on a Linux distribution called Movie O/S the login screen of which was in a feckin huge font with a big red flashy access denied if you entered the wrong password, was sorely tempted to put in a technical question on the nature of TCP networking and the relationship between viruses and architecture (sub note: this note is in english so virii is the wrong usage.)

Who's life was born on the 4th of July written about?

Bannasidhe · 19-04-2013 01:07PM

Skrynesaver wrote: »

Independence Day:(

(side note, a friend collaborated on a Linux distribution called Movie O/S the login screen of which was in a feckin huge font with a big red flashy access denied if you entered the wrong password, was sorely tempted to put in a technical question on the nature of TCP networking and the relationship between viruses and architecture (sub note: this note is in english so virii is the wrong usage.)

Who's life was born on the 4th of July written about?

Ron Kovic.

What song often associated with James Cagney did the title of Born of the 4th of July reference?

Skrynesaver · 19-04-2013 02:48PM

"I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy" ?

Bannasidhe · 19-04-2013 03:21PM

Skrynesaver wrote: »

"I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy" ?

Yankee Doodle Boy is the correct name but most people don't know that so I'll give it.

feargale · 19-04-2013 11:59PM

I would like to take time out to express my appreciation to rufty and gufc21 for the courteousness with which they responded to my post pointing out that they had misread a question of mine. That is the kind of politeness that has ensured that this thread, while of its nature uncontroversial, has got to 640 odd posts without causing upset to anybody. One would like to keep it that way, and that is why, when a question was posted that did not comply with OP, I endeavoured to point that out in the gentlest possible manner. But Boards being Boards, I suppose it's inevitable that egg-shells will get trodden upon. After all, some rise in the morning and the day isn't right until they have been offended by somebody. And some take a point more graciously than others.

Lingua Franca · 20-04-2013 12:05AM

Yes, yes. Thanks and spanks issued. Any chance we could get back to the questions now?

Birdie Num Num · 20-04-2013 09:35AM

Lingua Franca wrote: »

Yes, yes. Thanks and spanks issued. Any chance we could get back to the questions now?

Ans: Yes.

Question: Whats the Capital of South Sudan?

donegal_man · 20-04-2013 03:46PM

Birdie Num Num wrote: »

Ans: Yes.

Question: Whats the Capital of South Sudan?

Is it still Juba? I know there was a plan to move it

wesleysniper38 · 20-04-2013 09:09PM

QUOTE=donegal_man;84244577]Is it still Juba? I know there was a plan to move it[/QUOTE]

Yeah Juba sounds right...

go ahead with a question anyway til proven wrong!

donegal_man · 20-04-2013 10:26PM

wesleysniper38 wrote: »

QUOTE=donegal_man;84244577]Is it still Juba? I know there was a plan to move it

Yeah Juba sounds right...

go ahead with a question anyway til proven wrong![/QUOTE]

Okay, here goes. What did the Romans call what is modern day Sudan?

Bannasidhe · 20-04-2013 10:30PM

donegal_man wrote: »

Yeah Juba sounds right...

go ahead with a question anyway til proven wrong!

Okay, here goes. What did the Romans call what is modern day Sudan?[/QUOTE]

Nubia?

donegal_man · 20-04-2013 11:13PM

Bannasidhe wrote: »

Okay, here goes. What did the Romans call what is modern day Sudan?

Nubia?[/QUOTE]

Your turn

Bannasidhe · 20-04-2013 11:20PM

Which mid- 20th century feat of engineering forced many modern day Nubians permanently from their homes?

donegal_man · 20-04-2013 11:23PM

Bannasidhe wrote: »

Which mid- 20th century feat of engineering forced many modern day Nubians permanently from their homes?

Going to guess the Aswan Dam

donegal_man · 21-04-2013 12:33AM

How did the Roman governors of Egypt differ from the those of the other provinces?

Guffy · 21-04-2013 12:55AM

he was a man of lower rank? I don't know if that was worded right but as Egypt was the bread basket of the empire no general or man of note could enter the province without the emperors personal permission for fear they would lead a rebellion from Egypt. as a result those selected to administer the province were from lower ranks and would be unable to insight revolt.

feargale · 21-04-2013 12:56AM

donegal_man wrote: »

How did the Roman governors of Egypt differ from the those of the other provinces?

The governor of Egypt was a prefect appointed by the Emperor, but, unlike other governors, had to be a member of the equestrian order

Guffy · 21-04-2013 01:06AM

ah come on did i not just say that without say equestrian, couldn't think of the rank name.

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