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    #92
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Aidan O Brien was the answer....
    yoo hoo anyone out there ? :rolleyes:


    What horse did Aidan O Brien train to win his first Epsom Derby?


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    #93
    stefan idiot jones
    Registered Users Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    Galileo 2001

    On Seargent Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band Album cover, which Police badge is Paul wearing ?


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    #94
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Was it not an MBE medal ? I dont want to cheat and google the answer..:confused:


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    #95
    stefan idiot jones
    Registered Users Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    No, sorry. They handed their medals back as a protest over Vietnam, although mellowed years later and accepted them back.( i.e. Sir )


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    #96
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    stefan idiot jones wrote: »
    No, sorry. They handed their medals back as a protest over Vietnam, although mellowed years later and accepted them back.( i.e. Sir )

    damn...think I'll have to retrieve my Sgt Pepper album (yes -album) from the attic and have a look...


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    #97
    Lenin Skynard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,970 ✭✭✭Lenin Skynard


    Ontario Provincial Police

    What was the name of The Beatles' original drummer?


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    #98
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    Lenin Skynard wrote: »
    Ontario Provincial Police

    What was the name of The Beatles' original drummer?

    Pete Best.

    Siouxsie and the Banshees had a hit in 1983 with which Beatles song ?


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    #99
    stefan idiot jones
    Registered Users Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    Tommy Moore

    Where did John and Yoko marry ?


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    #100
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Gibraltar.

    What cheeky breed of monkey lives on the Rock of Gibraltar ?


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    #101
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Gibraltar.

    What cheeky breed of monkey lives on the Rock of Gibraltar ?

    Barbary macaque.

    The Rock of Gibraltar is one of the Pillars of Hercules. Where is the other?


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    #102
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Morocco.

    What character was played by Humphrey Bogart in the movie Casablanca ?


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    #103
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Morocco.

    What character was played by Humphrey Bogart in the movie Casablanca ?

    Rick Blaine (Blane?)

    Which actor, who featured in Casablanca, played the lead character in Mr Moto's Last Warning?


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    #104
    Eathrin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,076 ✭✭✭Eathrin


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    Rick Blaine (Blane?)

    Which actor, who featured in Casablanca, played the lead character in Mr Moto's Last Warning?

    Peter Lorre.

    Of which nationality was he?


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    #105
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    I can see his face . He was the sneaky fellow who got shot....:rolleyes:


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    #106
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Hungarian ?

    What world famous magician was also of Hungarian extraction ?


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    #107
    Eathrin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,076 ✭✭✭Eathrin


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Hungarian ?

    What world famous magician was also of Hungarian extraction ?

    Houdini?


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    #108
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Good man Eathrin. but you need to follow up with a question...

    (Archduke Franz Ferdinand answer to other simultaneous reply)

    From what City does the band of the same name hail?


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    #109
    Eathrin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,076 ✭✭✭Eathrin


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Good man Eathrin. but you need to follow up with a question...

    (Archduke Franz Ferdinand answer to other simultaneous reply)

    From what City does the band of the same name hail?

    Oh, I know, I took a guess and wasn't sure if it was right.
    And I don't know the answer to this one either.

    I'll say San Diego.


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    #110
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Good man Eathrin. but you need to follow up with a question...

    (Archduke Franz Ferdinand answer to other simultaneous reply)

    From what City does the band of the same name hail?

    Glasgow.

    Which art movement was Glaswegian Charles Renee Mackintosh associated with?


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    #111
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    Art Nouveau.

    Many stations on The Paris Metro is designed in the Art Nouveau style.

    Which famous Parisian place of worship is served by the station pictured below station ?main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=38278&g2_serialNumber=1


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    #112
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    Lapin wrote: »
    Art Nouveau.

    Many stations on The Paris Metro is designed in the Art Nouveau style.

    Which famous Parisian place of worship is served by the station pictured below station ?main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=38278&g2_serialNumber=1

    That was a tough one.

    If memory serves it's Notre Dame?

    Where was Napoleon born?


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    #113
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Corsica?

    What height was he?


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    #114
    Galwayguy35
    Registered Users Posts: 16,293 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Corsica?

    What height was he?

    5'7"

    What was the name of the Russian soldiers most feared by Napoleons invading French army?


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    #115
    stefan idiot jones
    Registered Users Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    The Cossacks

    Who led the charge in the "charge of the light brigade" ?


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    #116
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    stefan idiot jones wrote: »
    The Cossacks

    Who led the charge in the "charge of the light brigade" ?

    Earl of Cardigan

    Who wrote 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'?


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    #117
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    Alfred, Lord Tennyson.


    Where is Tennyson buried ?

    Westminster+Abbey+Celebrate+Anniversary+Birth+wRjYDI8D2rFl.jpg


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    #118
    stefan idiot jones
    Registered Users Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    Poets Corner, Westminster Cathedral

    Collective Nouns...... an unkindness or conspiracy of ?????


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    #119
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    stefan idiot jones wrote: »
    Poets Corner, Westminster Cathedral

    Collective Nouns...... an unkindness or conspiracy of ?????

    Is it Ravens?

    I know it's an unkindness of Ravens but not sure about conspiracy....


    Just in case I'm correct:

    "Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the nightly shore -
    Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!'
    Quoth the raven, `Nevermore."

    Name of author?


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    #120
    backspacer
    Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭backspacer


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    Is it Ravens?

    I know it's an unkindness of Ravens but not sure about conspiracy....


    Just in case I'm correct:

    "Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the nightly shore -
    Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!'
    Quoth the raven, `Nevermore."

    Name of author?

    Edgar Allen Poe i think.

    On the off chance i'm correct, where was Poe born?


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    #121
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Boston ?

    Name a movie set in this city starring jack nicholson and leonardo di caprio?


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