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


    Boston ?

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

    The Daparted.

    Martin Sheen also appeared in that film - what was the name of the U.S president portrayed by Sheen in The West Wing?


  • Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    President Bartlett ?

    What US President purchased Alaska from Russia and in what year ?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,669 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    President Bartlett ?

    What US President purchased Alaska from Russia and in what year ?


    Andrew Johnson in 1867


    Another name for brown bears that live in Alaska?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    Grizzlies

    Other than Wales, what other country has a dragon on its flag ?


  • Registered Users Posts: 122 ✭✭dropinthocean


    Grizzlies

    Other than Wales, what other country has a dragon on its flag ?


    Bhutan

    What is the capital city of Bhutan?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    Thimphu

    Who wrote Manfred Mann's "Blinded by the light" ?


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


    Thimphu

    Who wrote Manfred Mann's "Blinded by the light" ?

    Bruce Springsteen.

    What song did Springsteen co-write with Patti Smith?


  • Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Patti Smith...Because The Night

    At what venue did she play her last Irish gig ?


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


    Patti Smith...Because The Night

    At what venue did she play her last Irish gig ?

    The Abbey, Dublin.

    Which photographer famous for his explicit photos of Gay sex did Smith have a romantic relationship with?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    Robert Mapplethorpe

    What famous New York hotel was Nancy Spungen stabbed to death in by Nobel Peace Prize Winner Sid Vicious ?


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


    Robert Mapplethorpe

    What famous New York hotel was Nancy Spungen stabbed to death in by Nobel Peace Prize Winner Sid Vicious ?

    The Chelsea.

    What Sci-Fi classic (book and film) was written at the Chelsea?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    2001 A Space Odessey, Arthur C. Clarke

    Which Edinburgh "businessman" was Robert Louis Stevensons "Dr. Jekyll" based on ?


  • Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    The Abbey, Dublin.

    Should be the Electric Picnic I'm fairly sure ;)


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


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    The Abbey, Dublin.

    Should be the Electric Picnic I'm fairly sure ;)

    Was it? My mistake - I know she was at the Abbey in April. :o


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


    Which Edinburgh "businessman" was Robert Louis Stevensons "Dr. Jekyll" based on ?


    Was it Deacon Brodie? I'll add a question if I'm right.

    Hurray!

    The cartoon character Mr Magoo was partly based on which famous actor?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    Yes, thats right


  • Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    2001 A Space Odessey, Arthur C. Clarke

    Which Edinburgh "businessman" was Robert Louis Stevensons "Dr. Jekyll" based on ?


    .............


  • Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Was it Deacon Brodie? I'll add a question if I'm right.



    The cartoon character Mr Magoo was partly based on which famous actor?

    WC Fields ?

    In The Fields of Athenry who is the cruel Landlord from whom corn wass stolen ?


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


    WC Fields ?

    In The Fields of Athenry who is the cruel Landlord from whom corn wass stolen ?

    Charles Edward Trevelyan.

    What Irish historical figure is the subject of Pádraig Pearse's "Óró, Sé do Bheatha 'Bhaile"?


  • Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Is it Grace O Malley ?

    In what Irish City is O Malley park ?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 103 ✭✭Jan Hus


    Limerick.

    Which book of the Bible do the Syrian church reject?


  • Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Is it Revelations ?

    If so what movie contained a famous quotation from Ezekial 25:17 ?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    Pulp Fiction (Google)

    On a scale of 1 to 1,000 How bad was Snakes On A Plane ? Sorry, Who was the first human to be killed by a robot ?


  • Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Snakes on a plane was cat but I loved the bit where the giant python ate the guy who threw the little doggy to the snake.

    Was it some guy called Richard Walker working for Ford in the 70's ?

    If Im right in what movie was there a character called HAL 9000 ?


  • Registered Users Posts: 21 bobsoper


    2001 a space oddessy
    what is the name of the small space in printing?


  • Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    bobsoper wrote: »
    2001 a space oddessy
    what is the name of the small space in printing?

    Thats a tricky one...Whitespace ?:confused:


  • Registered Users Posts: 21 bobsoper


    incorrect!


  • Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    ok, need clue here...unless there are any other suggestions:confused:


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


    No idea. Clue needed.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    Ditto


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