W W T B A M ..........

[ToraToraTora]

gawd where do they get these people?
Isn't it common knowledge that LBJ was sworn in on AF1?

[tiggerblue10]

I have a love of history in general, particularly British history.

[ToraToraTora]

The easiest of all is the one for Charles Ingram that was bent! Even if you don't know and I didn't at the time, you can work it out.
Q: 1 followed by 100 zeroes is: a) Googol b) megatron c) Gigabit d) Nanomole!
well mega = 6th power so not 100 zeroes, giga 9th power so not 100 zeroes, nano= -9th power so very small not very large, thus it could only be a) and I'd never heard of it!

[ToraToraTora]

this one is another easy one: "Which scientific unit is named after an Italian nobleman? ": Pascal, Ohm, Volt, Hertz. May not have been had they not given you the fact that he's Italian in the actual question. That was more like a £1000 question.

[ToraToraTora]

...and I knew this one before the options even came up!
"Which boxer was famous for striking the gong in the introduction to J. Arthur Rank films?"

[JimF]

Bombardier Billy Wells, obviously, though he didn't actually do the recording. That was the late, great percussionist James Blades.

[ichkeria]

The volt question isn’t that easy IMO.
None of the options sounds very Italian tho admittedly “volt” is the most likely. But it assumes you know something about the others.

[ToraToraTora]

ich, Ohm and Hertz are Germans and Pascal is French!

[New Judge]

//What does WWTBAM stand for?//

Do you want to phone a friend or ask the audience?

//...thus it could only be a) and I'd never heard of it!//

Surprises me, Tora. To give some idea of the size of a "Google" (ten to the power of 100) it is estimated that there are between around 10 to the power of 75 atoms in the observable universe. There is also a "Googleplex" which is ten to the power of a Google. No, I didn't "Google" any of that - I read it in the Guinness Book of Records about 40 years ago.

Of course, if I was asked who was the Best Man at the wedding of Princess Alexandra and the Hon. Angus Ogilvy in 1963, I'd be quids in! That really is general knowledge!

[ToraToraTora]

judge, it's Googol, though oddly enough Google was actually derived from Googol originally as the result of a spelling mistake during the search for the domain name in 1997. Google.com would have been Googol.com if Sean Anderson could spell.

[jno]

the £1m questions

Which county cricket side is based at Chester-le-Street?
Which monarch was known as "the wisest fool in Christendom"?
Which king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
Oberon is the satellite of which planet?
In 1912, former US President Theodore Roosevelt was a candidate for which political party?
Tomas Masaryk was the first president of which country?
If you planted the seeds of 'Quercus robur', what would grow?
A number one followed by one hundred zeros is known by what name?
Which scientific unit is named after an Italian nobleman?
What was the occupation of the composer Borodin?
Which of these is a butterfly, not a moth?
Which of these is not one of the American Triple Crown horse races?
Translated from the Latin, what is the motto of the United States?
Who was the first man to travel into space twice?
Which boxer was famous for striking the gong in the introduction to J. Arthur Rank films?
Which of these UK prime ministers never served as foreign secretary?
Which of these people was born the same year as Queen Elizabeth II?
In the history of motor sport, which of these iconic races was held first?
In 1718, which pirate died in battle off the coast of what is now North Carolina?

Nineteen there, four I didn't know at all, a couple I could have worked out. But in fact I'd have gone out in the early rounds trying to answer questions about Coronation St.

[Jackdaw33]

//Of course, if I was asked who was the Best Man at the wedding of Princess Alexandra and the Hon. Angus Ogilvy in 1963, I'd be quids in! That really is general knowledge!\\

It is indeed. The name of Peregrine Fairfax was on everyone's lips at the time. I remember it well.

[JimF]

"Which of these...?"

:-)

[DTCwordfan]

LBJ comes from a small Texas village called Stonewall very close to Friedericksburg. The town is also known to be the home of Admiral Nimitz (A WW2 hero, he has one of the US super aircraft-carriers named after him). For a seafarer born inland, he certainly left his legacy in the town - imagine a lighthouse in the middle of Texas.... https://texashighways.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/frontside-of-Nimitz-e1582037375309.jpg

Fredericksburg (and very close to LBJ's homestead) is famous for this and I'm hoping it will be available over here soon (through Whole Foods) - it's fabulous for sandwiches etc.... https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0039/6951/5566/products/15.75-The-Original-Roasted-Raspberry-Chipotle-Sauce_Feature.png?v=1570069012 The company is Fischer and Wieser.

[jno]

I imagine the French version would have offered different options for the third question, JimF.

[ToraToraTora]

Tesco: https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/301440813?currentModal=amendExpired

[JimF]

No doubt. Louis V, Louis VI, Louis VII and Louis VIII.

[grumpy01]

For NewJudge in answer to your question and f/i for Jackdaw.Peregrine Worsthorne

[tiggerblue10]

I would only know the answers to 3 of those, Jno, Oberon, Eleanor of Aquitaine and 'the wisest fool in Christendom'.

[ichkeria]

“ Ohm and Hertz are Germans and Pascal is French!”

Yes but as I say, you need to know that it at least some of it. If they’d called it the “Volta” then yes, easy

[tiggerblue10]

Uranus, Henry II and James VI or I.