Never Ending General Knowledge

chengdufan wrote:

Iranu wrote:Nope. Prop’s guess was the closest so far.

Searches for Prop's last guess, which was... Thomas Crapper

Minister of the latrine?
No...
Conservative party whip?

Yeah I’m baffled as well

Oops I meant Ed!

Hmmm. Chancellor of the Exchequer then?

Something to do with the Bank of England or Royal Mint, I'm sure

Chief Treasury Officer, something like that?

Inching ever closer. Ed (definitely this time) is a hair’s breadth from the answer.

Iranu wrote:Inching ever closer. Ed (definitely this time) is a hair’s breadth from the answer.

Master of the Royal Mint?

Is that it?

SnookerEd25 wrote:

Iranu wrote:Inching ever closer. Ed (definitely this time) is a hair’s breadth from the answer.

Master of the Royal Mint?

Is that it?

It is

Score!

Sir Isaac Newton was the first (indeed, only) notable figure to appear on the £1 note, other than the Queen.

Name another (other than the Queen) notable figure who first appeared on one of the other denominations of Banknotes (£5, £10, £20, £50) post-decimalisation?

Juddernaut88 wrote:Sir Elton John

Not right at all, I'm afraid

Churchill

Iranu wrote:Churchill

No. Interestingly, perhaps surprisingly, Churchill has never featured on an English banknote...

Good guess, though; it seems an obvious one

chengdufan wrote:Shakespeare?

A correct answer ChengduFan, Shakespeare was the original 'star' of the £20 note

The others were :
£5 - Arthur Wellesley (1st Duke of Wellington)
£10 - Florence Nightingale
£50 - Sir Christopher Wren

Over to you

HappyCamper wrote:

SnookerEd25 wrote:

Iranu wrote:Churchill

No. Interestingly, perhaps surprisingly, Churchill has never featured on an English banknote...

Good guess, though; it seems an obvious one

did they not add him to the five pound note when they switched to synthetic polymer notes?

Ah, you're right. 2016 he debuted, my bad!

Question to follow.

chengdufan wrote:

SnookerEd25 wrote:

HappyCamper wrote:

SnookerEd25 wrote:

Iranu wrote:Churchill

No. Interestingly, perhaps surprisingly, Churchill has never featured on an English banknote...

Good guess, though; it seems an obvious one

did they not add him to the five pound note when they switched to synthetic polymer notes?

Ah, you're right. 2016 he debuted, my bad!

The question was who first appeared on a fiver though, no?

Yes, who first appeared, so Churchill was not a correct answer within the criteria of the quiz; however, it was incorrect of me to state that Churchill had NEVER featured on an English banknote because he did - in 2016.

Hope that clears that up.

Iranu’s turn to set a question

I mean ChengduFan’s turn to set a question!

I’m all over the place here

Oh, turns out I’d misread the question anyway then

Iranu wrote:Oh, turns out I’d misread the question anyway then

This thread clearly too complicated for the collective intellect of the Island; I call for it to be scrapped aling with the Masters

chengdufan wrote:

SnookerEd25 wrote:

Iranu wrote:Oh, turns out I’d misread the question anyway then

This thread clearly too complicated for the collective intellect of the Island; I call for it to be scrapped aling with the Masters

Morning SnookerEd25

Good Morning, ChengduFan