Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)

[Trojan]

Manchester Exchange platform 11 the longest platform in the UK at 2194 feet

Exactly.  It linked Manchester Exchange with Victoria Station.

[DaveR]

Where in North Wales will you find the Empire?

[hollins]

Empire Bingo
Bingo Halls
Crown Street, Town Centre, Caernarfon, LL55 1SZ

[Trojan]

Empire Bingo
Bingo Halls
Crown Street, Town Centre, Caernarfon, LL55 1SZ

The Empire Cinema, Crown Street, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales was opened in 1915. Seats: 512. Converted into a bingo club in the early-1970's.

[Trojan]

Where was this "tanning salon?"

[Trojan]

Clue:

[DaveR]

The Summerland Complex at Douglas on the Isle of Man. Destroyed by fire on 2nd August 1973, killing 50 people. Fire Exits were found to have been chained shut.

[Trojan]

The Summerland Complex at Douglas on the Isle of Man. Destroyed by fire on 2nd August 1973, killing 50 people. Fire Exits were found to have been chained shut.

Correct.

THE SUMMERLAND DISASTER, 3rd, AUGUST 1973

[Trojan]

We used to spend the day there in the early '70's, after sailing to Douglas from Llandudno pier.

I was thinking, Llandudno could do with a similar indoor attraction today.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/isleofman/content/articles/2008/04/03/summerland_feature.shtml

[DaveR]

The whole building was a disaster waiting to happen. The plastic cladding used wasn't fire resistant, fire exits were totally inadequate, management was very poor. There's a very good analysis of the building/fire on this website, comprising several PDFs (towards bottom of page):
http://www.gees.bham.ac.uk/staff/phillipsid.shtml#publications

[hollins]

This island has some amazing walking. What is the collective name given to the walks and what is the name of the island?

[Yorkie]

I think it may be the Isle of Capri and I'll hazard a guess at the collective name as "camminare gira"

[hollins]

No, sorry.

[hollins]

Clue.......it is a Portuguese island.

[Yorkie]

Ah!  That narrows it down to just a few hundred then.!    L0L