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    #392
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Ferdinand & Isabella (I was so tempted to say Mr & Mrs Aragon)

    Who coined the name "Utopia" to describe an ideal state?

    Thomas More.

    Who began work on In Praise of Folly while staying with More?


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    #393
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Erasmus.

    What Greek satirist did More and Erasmus regularly quote in admiration?


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    #394
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Erasmus.

    What Greek satirist did More and Erasmus regularly quote in admiration?

    Plato?


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    #395
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,703 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Erasmus.

    What Greek satirist did More and Erasmus regularly quote in admiration?

    Aristophanes and / or Lucian :confused:


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    #396
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Lucian was the one I was looking for. Go ahead with your question Donegal...


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    #397
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,703 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    Which of Lucian's works describes a trip to the moon?


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    #398
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Which of Lucian's works describes a trip to the moon?

    Trips to the Moon?


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    #399
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Sounds like a true story...


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    #400
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,703 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Sounds like a true story...

    Well done, you're up ;)


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    #401
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    The Great Gig in the Sky was from which Pink Floyd album and what female provided those unforgettable screeching vocals for it ?


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    #402
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    The Great Gig in the Sky was from which Pink Floyd album and what female provided those unforgettable screeching vocals for it ?

    Dark side of the Moon.

    Clare Torry.

    On which Floyd album is there a song about a gnome named Grimble Grumble?


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    #403
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    Dark side of the Moon.

    Clare Torry.

    On which Floyd album is there a song about a gnome named Grimble Grumble?

    The Piper at the Gates of Dawn...

    man a lot of their stuff was completely over my head but when it was good it was brilliant.
    Enough chit - chat, assuming my answer is correct..

    Which original band member died in 2006 ?


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    #404
    Dick Turnip
    Registered Users Posts: 982 ✭✭✭Dick Turnip


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    The Piper at the Gates of Dawn...

    man a lot of their stuff was completely over my head but when it was good it was brilliant.
    Enough chit - chat, assuming my answer is correct..

    Which original band member died in 2006 ?

    Syd Barret.

    Who did Sid Vicious replace as bassist of The Sex Pistols?


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    #405
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    Dick Turnip wrote: »
    Syd Barret.

    Who did Sid Vicious replace as bassist of The Sex Pistols?

    Glen Matlock.

    Sid was the drummer at which band's infamous first gig where their entire 20 minute set was an improv based on The Lord's Prayer?


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    #406
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,703 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    Glen Matlock.

    Sid was the drummer at which band's infamous first gig where their entire 20 minute set was an improv based on The Lord's Prayer?

    The Banshees

    Which Hawkwind bassist had been a roadie for Jimi Hendrix?


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    #407
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    donegal_man wrote: »
    The Banshees

    Which Hawkwind bassist had been a roadie for Jimi Hendrix?

    That sounds like the one and only Lemmy...?

    If so what is his full name ?


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    #408
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,703 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »

    That sounds like the one and only Lemmy...?

    If so what is his full name ?

    Ian Fraser Kilmister

    What is the name of the band formed by Eddie Clarke and Pete Way?


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    #409
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Fastway.

    Which band consisted of David St.Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls.


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    #410
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Fastway.

    Which band consisted of David St.Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls.

    Spinal Tap.

    Which spin-off from Happy Days did Michael McKean (aka David St.Hubbins) regularly appear in?


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    #411
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    Spinal Tap.

    Which spin-off from Happy Days did Michael McKean (aka David St.Hubbins) regularly appear in?

    Laverne and Shirley.

    What was the name of the brewery for which they worked ?


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    #412
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Laverne and Shirley.

    What was the name of the brewery for which they worked ?

    Shotz Brewery

    'Laverne' was later to direct which film starring Rosie O Donnell, Madonna and Geena Davis?


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    #413
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    Shotz Brewery

    'Laverne' was later to direct which film starring Rosie O Donnell, Madonna and Geena Davis?

    A League of their Own ?

    If so for how many movies has Tom Hanks been nominated for an Oscar in an acting role ?


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    #414
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,703 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    A League of their Own ?

    If so for how many movies has Tom Hanks been nominated for an Oscar in an acting role ?

    Maybe four (Philadelphia, Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan & Cast Away(?)) :confused:


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    #415
    Guffy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,033 ✭✭✭Guffy


    5....+big


    Who was the 5th emperor of Rome?


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    #416
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    gufc21 wrote: »
    5....+big


    Who was the 5th emperor of Rome?

    Nero.

    Who was the last Holy Roman Emperor?


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    #417
    Lingua Franca
    Registered Users Posts: 2,800 ✭✭✭Lingua Franca


    Was it my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandaddy (and yours) Charlemagne?

    Edit: nevermind, I googled to see if I was right and I'm not.


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    #418
    Guffy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,033 ✭✭✭Guffy


    Bannasidhe wrote: »

    Nero.

    Who was the last Holy Roman Emperor?
    Charles the fifth?
    If so
    who is the current pope?


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    #419
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    gufc21 wrote: »
    Charles the fifth?
    If so
    who is the current pope?

    Nope. Try again.


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    #420
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,703 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    Nope. Try again.

    He was the last to be crowned though, wasn't he? Last to use the title I reckon Francis II


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    #421
    Guffy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,033 ✭✭✭Guffy


    donegal_man wrote: »

    He was the last to be crowned though, wasn't he? Last to use the title I reckon Francis II

    Ya he was the last official king... Ah well. Was at a quiz last day they asked what was the record that guy who jumped from the edge of space broke, can't think of his name. Wrote down highest freefall they wanted breaking the sound barrier, ended up finishing 4th by a point missing a prize :( it's not that's not what I have in front of me people it either is or it isn't.


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