general knowledge

[honey01]

1.which scottish village is named after a 15th century dutchman granted a licence to run a ferry?
2.which was the first lighthouse to have a flushing loo?
3.the oldest male singer to top the british charts?
4.what was the primary use for the granite quarried on the island of ailsa craig?
5.who was the only mp to be a chief whip and then go on to be prime minister?
6.which famous north american landmark moves backwards each year?

[another-view]

6 - Niagara Falls.

[Zen]

1.John O' Groats is situated at the northern most extremity of mainland Scotland (but not the most northerly point), it lies 876m/1410km from Land's End at the southern tip of Britain. The name is derived from a Dutch settler Jan de Groot who operated a ferry to Orkney in the 15th century

[Dekay]

Primary use of granite is for curling stones...

[another-view]

3 - Probably one of The Zimmers who were in their 80s and 90s.

[Zen]

3. Lous Armstrong
http://en.wikipedia.o...hat_a_Wonderful_World

[Zen]

5,Edward Heath
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Heath

[Zen]

2.Smalls Lighthouse

http://www.saniflo.co.uk/News.aspx?StoryID=212

[another-view]

3 - Not Louis Armstrong (Armstrong's record was broken in 2009 when the cover of Islands in the Stream recorded for Comic Relief reached number one. One of the featured artists on the song was Tom Jones)