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General Knowledge Quiz

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  • #202
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    What question are we on? :confused:


  • #203
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,222 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    What question are we on? :confused:

    Drogheda (just a little more than Dundalk)

    What mountain peak overlooks the beautiful village of Carlingford?


  • #204
    Scorpion Sting
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,164 ✭✭✭✭Scorpion Sting


    Slieve Foy.

    What is the highest mountain in Europe?


  • #205
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,222 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Mount Elbrus

    Which mountain has the heads of 4 American Presidents carved into it.


  • #206
    Scorpion Sting
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,164 ✭✭✭✭Scorpion Sting


    Mount Rushmore.

    Which U.S. President had the shortest spell in office?


  • #207
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,222 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    William Henry Harrisson

    Who was the smallest U.S. President?


  • #208
    dubstarr
    Registered Users Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    James Madison
    Who was the only US president not to represent a political party


  • #209
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,222 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    No. 1 -- George Washington.

    In what mountains did Rip Van Winkle fall asleep.


  • #210
    dubstarr
    Registered Users Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    catskill mountains
    who wrote a couple of swells


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  • #211
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    dubstarr wrote: »
    catskill mountains
    who wrote a couple of swells

    Irving Berlin?


  • #212
    dubstarr
    Registered Users Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    who wrote take my breath away[berlin]


  • #213
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    dubstarr wrote: »
    who wrote take my breath away[berlin]

    Was I right?

    If so - question:

    Who wrote the musical South Pacific?


  • #214
    belacqua_
    Registered Users Posts: 257 ✭✭belacqua_


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    Was I right?

    If so - question:

    Who wrote the musical South Pacific?

    Rodgers and Hammerstein.

    Who is the only Nobel Laureate to feature in Wisden's Cricket Almanack?


  • #215
    dubstarr
    Registered Users Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    Irving Berlin?

    Yes you were right


  • #216
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,222 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Who is the only Nobel Laureate to feature in Wisden's Cricket Almanack?[/QUOTE]

    Samuel Beckett

    Who was Tom Sawyer's girlfriend?


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  • #217
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    tayto lover wrote: »
    Who was Tom Sawyer's girlfriend?

    Becky Thatcher.

    What was Mark Twain's real name?


  • #218
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    Becky Thatcher.

    What was Mark Twain's real name?


    Sam Clemens

    Who framed Muff Potter ?


  • #219
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,222 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Sam Clemens

    Who framed Muff Potter ?

    Injun Joe.

    Why did Sam Langhorn Clemens take the name Mark Twain?


  • #220
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    tayto lover wrote: »
    Injun Joe.

    Why did Sam Langhorn Clemens take the name Mark Twain?

    He got it from his time as a Mississippi steam boat pilot... I believe when the Pilot shouts "Mark Twain" it means the water is no more than two fathoms deep ?

    There are only 3 rivers longer than the Mississippi in the world...name them.


  • #221
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    He got it from his time as a Mississippi steam boat pilot... I believe when the Pilot shouts "Mark Twain" it means the water is no more than two fathoms deep ?

    There are only 3 rivers longer than the Mississippi in the world...name them.

    The Nile, The Yangtze and the Amazon.

    In which U.S. state does the Mississippi rise?


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  • #222
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    The Nile, The Yangtze and the Amazon.

    In which U.S. state does the Mississippi rise?

    Minnesota

    By what nickname is Minnesota known?


  • #223
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Minnesota

    By what nickname is Minnesota known?

    It has loads - main one is North Star State but I have also heard it called Land of 10,000 lakes and The Gopher State.

    Frances MacDormand won an Oscar for best actress for which film set in Minnesota?


  • #224
    dubstarr
    Registered Users Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    fargo
    who is frances mcdormand married to


  • #225
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    dubstarr wrote: »
    fargo
    who is frances mcdormand married to

    Joel Coen.

    What was the first film the Coen brothers directed together?


  • #226
    dubstarr
    Registered Users Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    blood simple


  • #227
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,222 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Apart from Charlie Bucket, name the four other children who have a golden ticket to visit Willy Wonka's chocolate factory in the film versions of the classic Roald Dahl book.


    It's getting near that time of year again :D


  • #228
    dubstarr
    Registered Users Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    veruca salt
    augustus gloop
    .mike teevee
    violet beauregard
    his granddaughter is sophie dahl but who is she married to


  • #229
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    dubstarr wrote: »
    veruca salt
    augustus gloop
    .mike teevee
    violet beauregard
    his granddaughter is sophie dahl but who is she married to

    Jamie Callum.

    Who was Sophie Dahl's actor Grandfather?


  • #230
    dubstarr
    Registered Users Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    stanley holloway
    Sophie was in Elton johns video but which one


  • #231
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,222 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Jamie Callum

    Which is the largest of the 6 counties of Northern Ireland?


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  • #232
    dubstarr
    Registered Users Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    Wrong its something about the way you look tonight[elton john]
    Tyrone is by area
    Antrim is for population
    Where was kenneth branagh born


  • #233
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    dubstarr wrote: »
    Wrong its something about the way you look tonight[elton john]
    Tyrone is by area
    Antrim is for population
    Where was kenneth branagh born

    Belfast.

    How many MP's are there for Belfast and name them..


  • #234
    Lingua Franca
    Registered Users Posts: 2,800 ✭✭✭Lingua Franca


    4, Paul Balaclava-ey in the west, Naomi Long in the east, Nigel Dodds north, Alasdair McDonnell south.

    In which city was Jim Morrison buried?


  • #235
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    Lingua Franca wrote: »
    4, Paul Balaclava-ey in the west, Naomi Long in the east, Nigel Dodds north, Alasdair McDonnell south.

    In which city was Jim Morrison buried?

    Paris.

    The Doors got their name from the book The Doors of Perception - who wrote it?


  • #236
    annascott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭annascott


    Aldous Huxley

    In which year did Aldous Huxley write Brave New World?


  • #237
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    annascott wrote: »
    Aldous Huxley

    In which year did Aldous Huxley write Brave New World?

    1931.

    What year was BNW set in?


  • #238
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    1931.

    What year was BNW set in?

    AD 2540 (or 632 A.F. if you prefer)

    What was the name of the Roman goddess of sorcery?


  • #239
    annascott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭annascott


    was it Trivia?


  • #240
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    annascott wrote: »
    was it Trivia?

    Yeah! Couldn't resist it :D


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  • #241
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    annascott wrote: »
    was it Trivia?

    Is that your question ? :rolleyes:


  • #242
    annascott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭annascott


    Sorry!
    What nationality is the guys who invented Trivial Pursuit?


  • #243
    dubstarr
    Registered Users Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    canadian
    How many commonwealth states are there


  • #244
    annascott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭annascott


    54 (British)

    4 USA


  • #245
    annascott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭annascott


    What is the last (50th) US state?


  • #246
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    annascott wrote: »
    What is the last (50th) US state?

    Hawaii

    How many US states border Canada?


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  • #247
    annascott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭annascott


    13

    what is 'fear of the number 13' called?


  • #248
    abff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,776 ✭✭✭abff


    Triskaidekaphobia.

    How many Friday the 13th movies were there?


  • #249
    KKkitty
    Registered Users Posts: 7,537 ✭✭✭KKkitty


    triskaidekaphobia



    What is the phobia relating to clowns called?


  • #250
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    abff wrote: »
    Triskaidekaphobia.

    How many Friday the 13th movies were there?

    12 including the 2009 remake

    KKkitty wrote: »
    triskaidekaphobia



    What is the phobia relating to clowns called?

    Coulrophobia


    What is "The Diamond Sutra"?


  • #251
    Skrynesaver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,109 ✭✭✭Skrynesaver


    donegal_man wrote: »
    12 including the 2009 remake




    Coulrophobia


    What is "The Diamond Sutra"?

    A Buddhist text (earliest printed book in existence I think)

    What name and rank was The Buddha traditionally said to be born as?


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