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  • #122
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    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?


  • #123
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    President Bartlett ?

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


  • #124
    Galwayguy35
    Registered Users Posts: 16,249 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    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?


  • #125
    stefan idiot jones
    Registered Users Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    Grizzlies

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


  • #126
    dropinthocean
    Registered Users Posts: 122 ✭✭dropinthocean


    stefan idiot jones wrote: »
    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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  • #127
    stefan idiot jones
    Registered Users Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    Thimphu

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


  • #128
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    stefan idiot jones wrote: »
    Thimphu

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

    Bruce Springsteen.

    What song did Springsteen co-write with Patti Smith?


  • #129
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Patti Smith...Because The Night

    At what venue did she play her last Irish gig ?


  • #130
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    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?


  • #131
    stefan idiot jones
    Registered Users 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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  • #132
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    stefan idiot jones wrote: »
    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?


  • #133
    stefan idiot jones
    Registered Users Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    2001 A Space Odessey, Arthur C. Clarke

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


  • #134
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    The Abbey, Dublin.

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


  • #135
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    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


  • #136
    Lingua Franca
    Registered Users Posts: 2,800 ✭✭✭Lingua Franca


    stefan idiot jones wrote: »
    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?


  • #137
    stefan idiot jones
    Registered Users Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    Yes, thats right


  • #138
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    stefan idiot jones wrote: »
    2001 A Space Odessey, Arthur C. Clarke

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


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


  • #139
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Lingua Franca wrote: »
    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 ?


  • #140
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    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"?


  • #141
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Is it Grace O Malley ?

    In what Irish City is O Malley park ?


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  • #142
    Jan Hus
    Registered Users Posts: 103 ✭✭Jan Hus


    Limerick.

    Which book of the Bible do the Syrian church reject?


  • #143
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Is it Revelations ?

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


  • #144
    stefan idiot jones
    Registered Users 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 ?


  • #145
    wesleysniper38
    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 ?


  • #146
    bobsoper
    Registered Users Posts: 21 ✭bobsoper


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


  • #147
    wesleysniper38
    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:


  • #148
    bobsoper
    Registered Users Posts: 21 ✭bobsoper


    incorrect!


  • #149
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


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


  • #150
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    No idea. Clue needed.


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  • #151
    stefan idiot jones
    Registered Users Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    Ditto


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