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Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby HappyCamper

chengdufan wrote:
HappyCamper wrote:elizabeth ii.

queen of the uk, australia, new zealand, jamaica, and canada

Not what I'm looking for, I'm afraid


but it is technically correct!!!

fine, have a real answer

hua guofeng
valéry giscard d'estaing
kim il-sung
augusto pinochet
leonid brezhnev

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby chengdufan

HappyCamper wrote:
chengdufan wrote:
HappyCamper wrote:elizabeth ii.

queen of the uk, australia, new zealand, jamaica, and canada

Not what I'm looking for, I'm afraid


but it is technically correct!!!


The best kind of correct :-)

HappyCamper wrote:fine, have a real answer

hua guofeng
valéry giscard d'estaing
kim il-sung
augusto pinochet
leonid brezhnev


Yes! Well done!
The leaders of China, France, North Korea, Chile and The Soviet Union.

Over to you.

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby HappyCamper

The third studio album by the Smiths, the Queen is Dead, was first released in 1986 on which UK independent record label?

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby HappyCamper

Juddernaut88 wrote:4AD?


En excellent guess. Home of acts such as Bauhaus, Cocteau Twins, and Throwing Muses. But not the Smiths.

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby SnookerEd25

Got a feeling it was called ‘Kitchenware’, but I may have completely made that up :shrug:

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby HappyCamper

SnookerEd25 wrote:Got a feeling it was called ‘Kitchenware’, but I may have completely made that up :shrug:


Another excellent guess lacking in just one crucial aspect. Based in the northeast Kitchenware Records were home notably to Martin Stephenson and Prefab Sprout, but not the Smiths.

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby Juddernaut88

The last Grand slam the great Roger Federer won was the Australian Open in 2018. Who did he deefeat in the final?

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby HappyCamper

the modern republic of croatia lies largely in the lands of which former roman province, a successor to the province of illyricum, it also gives it's name to a breed of hunting dog from the region?

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby Prop

HappyCamper wrote:the modern republic of croatia lies largely in the lands of which former roman province, a successor to the province of illyricum, it also gives it's name to a breed of hunting dog from the region?


*its

Sorry, got a thing about apostrophes.

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby HappyCamper

not only the correct answer but a bonus point for spotting the deliberate grammatical error!

toffee apples all round!