General knowledge

...nor Cole Porter - there's a significant clue in one of my answers to Kidder

What, the word for bottom?

Doh....the one where Kidder asked if he was American?

Irving Berlin

Lydia wrote:What, the word for bottom?

Nether mind Lydia!

...and not Irving Berlin.

Oh I'm stuck!

OK - we have a man who had similar gifts to Gershwin who was not originally American - in fact he was only granted citizenship shortly before his death.

More classical in output than Gershwin.

I have to confess to knowing the answer. During a discussion about this question in the chat box, I remembered about the reverse image look up facility available on t'internet. You probably know the one I mean John. I checked to see of it would work and..........................it does.

It works very well with old photos like this. This is the reason I haven't had a go lately.

Nothing wrong with using anything and everything at your disposal - most of us use Google to get us started or finished or somewhere in betweenh.

Well, in that case............................Sergei Rachmaninov

......which is, of course, correct.

Phew! That saves my having to crawl backwards through the posts to find the original question.

What's this reverse image thingy,Jim?

The one I use Deb is TinEye. You can get it HEREas a plugin for your browser, or you can do it online by posting your image to the website HERE

It checks against a database and gives you a list of sites where the image is posted. It works well with older images, as sometimes fairly new images haven't been posted anywhere on the internet and haven't been called for a check.
It is very useful for checking competition entries that have been nicked and claimed as some plonker's own work

Right, now back to the General Knowledge question.....................................erm.............Oh *hit that's me intit?

Right, try this for a quickie.

Mom, Dad, and 2 kids have come to a river, and they find a boat. It is small and can only carry one adult or 2 kids at a time. Both kids are good rowers, but how can the whole family reach the other side of the river?

Maybe some could go over a bridge...... More thinking required!

2 kids ==>> 1 kid<<==
adult 1 ==>> kid 2 <<==
and repeat for the other adult then kid 2 goes back for their sibling ..... 'seasy!

Ooh - my brain hurts!

Mine too!

Thanks for the TinEye link Jim.

Chas has it. I said it would be quick

Ok Chas - your turn.

kidder wrote:Mom, Dad, and 2 kids have come to a river, and they find a boat. It is small and can only carry one adult or 2 kids at a time. Both kids are good rowers, but how can the whole family reach the other side of the river?

.....mmmmmm if only such an opportunity had arisen.

So .............................................. was that right?

Should I expand on my answer????