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    #92
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users Posts: 15,381 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    osarusan wrote: »
    http://www.geography-map-games.com/geography-games-Cities-of-the-World-_pageid47.html

    My final score: 83041

    There goes my morning's productivity!:pac:


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    #93
    The Pheasant2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭The Pheasant2


    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    Anyone who can order a beer in six different languages knows all they need to know.

    Damn...I can do it in 5 (English, Spanish, French, Irish and German)


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    #94
    Stavros Murphy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,442 ✭✭✭Stavros Murphy


    The Pheasant2 wrote: »
    Damn...I can do it in 5 (English, Spanish, French, Irish and German)

    Ah sure, google the word for beer in Russian and you're across the line.


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    #95
    FullblownRose
    Registered Users Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭FullblownRose


    Well i knew a schoolteacher who would not permit houseplants in her elderly parents house because she feared the plants would suck the oxygen out of the room..


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    #96
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    FullblownRose wrote: »
    Well i knew a schoolteacher who would not permit houseplants in her elderly parents house because she feared the plants would suck the oxygen out of the room..
    They do, at night.


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    #97
    pajor
    Registered Users Posts: 3,572 ✭✭✭pajor


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    All the Canadian airports have funny airport codes
    YYZ

    Great song by Rush so it is.


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    #98
    FullblownRose
    Registered Users Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭FullblownRose


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    They do, at night.

    You probably see what was meant though. There was a kind of half understanding of the process.


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    #99
    calanus
    Registered Users Posts: 271 ✭✭calanus


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    All the Canadian airports have funny airport codes
    YYZ
    YYC
    YVR

    There doesn't seem to be a reason either, they just do.

    and YYZ is the name of a Rush song, named after the airport code!


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    #100
    FullblownRose
    Registered Users Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭FullblownRose


    I am enoying learning more about not so well known irish history and local history and geography. Finding Brehon law interesting at the moment too.


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    #101
    ABajaninCork
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,411 ✭✭✭ABajaninCork


    osarusan wrote: »
    http://www.geography-map-games.com/geography-games-Cities-of-the-World-_pageid47.html

    My final score: 83041

    Nearly as sad. 69025!


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    #102
    poundapunnet
    Registered Users Posts: 1,119 ✭✭✭poundapunnet


    Films, literature and things about animals I'm fairly alright at, not too bad at basic geography, history and current events. Technology or non-popular science? Forget about it.

    That's my general knowledge base, so as far as I'm concerned, that's the correct one.


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    #103
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,698 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Zaph wrote: »
    The distance from Wellington to Madrid going east to west is further than Wellington to Dublin or Reykjavik going west to east.
    Actually it's more of an antipode thing

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipodes


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    #104
    [Deleted User]
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    osarusan wrote: »
    http://www.geography-map-games.com/geography-games-Cities-of-the-World-_pageid47.html

    My final score: 83041

    I got 138356. Yay me! :D


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    #105
    Brussels Sprout
    Registered Users Posts: 6,520 ✭✭✭Brussels Sprout


    145574 :)


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    #106
    orangesoda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,223 ✭✭✭orangesoda


    Lapin wrote: »
    Here is the ultimate After Hours General Knowledge question -

    What is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland?

    Answer -
    Galway. Anyone who answered Limerick doesn't know their arse from their elbow.

    Limerick


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    #107
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    The capital of Liechtenstein, give it to me without google or wiki.


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    #108
    orangesoda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,223 ✭✭✭orangesoda


    Who was considered High King during the first period of Viking raids?
    Áed Oirdnide of the Cenél nEógain


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    #109
    Antar Bolaeisk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,091 ✭✭✭Antar Bolaeisk


    osarusan wrote: »
    http://www.geography-map-games.com/geography-games-Cities-of-the-World-_pageid47.html

    My final score: 83041

    My knowledge of Africa and South America is pretty bad, and East Asia, and Central/West America...

    I know where Ireland is... roughly.

    I still came out with a higher score than you though :p


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    #110
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    orangesoda wrote: »
    Who was considered High King during the first period of Viking raids?
    Áed Oirdnide of the Cenél nEógain

    O'Connors were our royal family, those Viking scumbags entertained the Ulster crowd O'Neills, their clan went by many different names before their flight.


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    #111
    c_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,436 ✭✭✭c_man


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    The capital of Liechtenstein, give it to me without google or wiki.

    City 17


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    #112
    orangesoda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,223 ✭✭✭orangesoda


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    O'Connors were our royal family, those Viking scumbags entertained the Ulster crowd O'Neills, their clan went by many different names before their flight.

    Ulster handled themselves very well against the Vikings, the O'Neills were even nicknamed 'Craobh' as they used to camouflage themselves well in the forests against them. Only really Derry City and Armagh had a hard time of it as they had the churches for the plunder.

    As you can see they were more successful in the south coast

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Viking_Ireland.png

    no i think you're wrong there, the o'neill surname came from Niall Glundubh of the 10th century, as in 'son of niall', only the O part changed, it was Ui and Ua sometimes


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    #113
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    orangesoda wrote: »
    Ulster handled themselves very well against the Vikings, the O'Neills were even nicknamed 'Craobh' as they used to camouflage themselves well in the forests against them. Only really Derry City and Armagh had a hard time of it as they had the churches for the plunder.

    As you can see they were more successful in the south coast

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Viking_Ireland.png

    no i think you're wrong there, the o'neill surname came from Niall Glundubh of the 10th century, as in 'son of niall', only the O part changed, it was Ui and Ua sometimes

    Did you know that Hugh O'Neill was a bastard child and was only connected to the clan through his mother, the savage O'Neills never learnt of this, it was only exposed after his death.

    The O'Connor's are the last real High King Royal family of Ireland. Ruaidri Ua Conchobhair.


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    #114
    orangesoda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,223 ✭✭✭orangesoda


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Did you know that Hugh O'Neill was a bastard child and was only connected to the clan through his mother, the savage O'Neills never learnt of this, it was only exposed after his death.

    The O'Connor's are the last real High King Royal family of Ireland. Ruaidri Ua Conchobhair.

    Yes he was a Kelly i think, he was born in The Pale as well but he was the strongest man on the island at the time and nearly defeated the English so he was The Pale's greatest ever export.

    Last yes, greatest no, that would be like saying that Wigan are the greatest soccer team in England since they were the last to win the FA Cup


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    #115
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    orangesoda wrote: »
    Yes he was a Kelly i think, he was born in The Pale as well but he was the strongest man on the island at the time and nearly defeated the English so he was The Pale's greatest ever export.

    Last yes, greatest no, that would be like saying that Wigan are the greatest soccer team in England since they were the last to win the FA Cup

    He was a politician of his day, he wormed and lied and took flight when his game was up.


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    #116
    orangesoda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,223 ✭✭✭orangesoda


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    He was a politician of his day, he wormed and lied and took flight when his game was up.

    He went with the O'Donnell's but always had plans of returning with an army, staying at home was no use


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    #117
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    orangesoda wrote: »
    He went with the O'Donnell's but always had plans of returning with an army, staying at home was no use

    Did never return though and the province was planted with Scottish Presbyterians, where people like Ivor Bell came from.


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    #118
    pajor
    Registered Users Posts: 3,572 ✭✭✭pajor


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    The capital of Liechtenstein, give it to me without google or wiki.

    Vaduz.


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    #119
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    pajor wrote: »
    Vaduz.

    Correct my good man.


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    #120
    orangesoda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,223 ✭✭✭orangesoda


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Did never return though and the province was planted with Scottish Presbyterians, where people like Ivor Bell came from.

    He can't be blamed for them though, we always had a close link with the Scot Gaels through inter-marriage, etc but the plantation crowd seemed to turn into a group with an extreme loyalty to England/Britain even though a lot of their ancestors fought in the Scottish wars of independence.


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    #121
    Sh1tbag OToole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,973 ✭✭✭Sh1tbag OToole


    Ghost Buster wrote: »
    vague notion that a food called chutney exists and what it is.

    spicy jam.


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