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Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby HappyCamper

McManusFan wrote:Uranus? I think that's the only non-Roman planet name.


It is Uranus.

Mercury was the Roman messenger of the gods, and the equivalent of the Greek Hermes.

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby Prop

HappyCamper wrote:
McManusFan wrote:Uranus? I think that's the only non-Roman planet name.


It is Uranus.

Mercury was the Roman messenger of the gods, and the equivalent of the Greek Hermes.


He also made a real bottom of delivery jobs.

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby Prop

McManusFan wrote:Uranus' moons are largely named after characters written by which literary figure?


Shakespeare? Oberon etc.

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby McManusFan

Prop wrote:
McManusFan wrote:Uranus' moons are largely named after characters written by which literary figure?


Shakespeare? Oberon etc.


Correct. There are a few by Alexander Pope too, but it's mostly Shakespeare.

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby Prop

Which groundbreaking 1990s computer game saw a space marine battling demons on one of the Mars moons, Phobos, and featured the iconic BFG (Big F***ing Gun)?

The developers would go on to release games of a similar design, including Quake and Rage.

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby Iranu

The video game Eternal Darkness is the source for which Snooker Island poster’s username?

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby Iranu

Which legendary artefact first appears in Perceval, le Conte du Graal, an unfinished romance written c1190?

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby Iranu

chengdufan wrote:The Holy Grail?

Correct! The previous answer being a big clue.

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby chengdufan

Who played Arthur, King of the Britons in Monty Python and the Holy Grail?