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  • #252
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    Skrynesaver wrote: »
    A Buddhist text (earliest printed book in existence I think)

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

    Siddhartha Gautama - a prince of a Hindu Royal family.

    Where was The Buddha said to have been born?


  • #253
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,207 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Nepal.

    Where is the inventor of the crossword puzzle buried?


  • #254
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    tayto lover wrote: »
    Nepal.

    Where is the inventor of the crossword puzzle buried?

    5 across and 6 down...


  • #255
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,207 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    im invisible wrote: »
    5 across and 6 down...

    Correct. I'm a bit giddy today. It must be the Christmas mood setting in :D


  • #256
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    we'll go with 'who was the inventer of the crossword?'
    seeing as i spent the last 10 mins looking him up on wikipedia


  • #257
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    tayto lover wrote: »
    Nepal.

    Where is the inventor of the crossword puzzle buried?

    Florida

    Only two countries have six colour flags, which two?


  • #258
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,207 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Florida

    Only two countries have six colour flags, which two?

    South Africa and Croatia.

    Which was the first country to have a national flag?


  • #259
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    tayto lover wrote: »
    South Africa and Croatia.

    Which was the first country to have a national flag?

    Half right, South Africa is one. Croatian flag has only three colours.
    There is one other country that has a flag with six different colours (clue, it's a newer African country)


  • #260
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,207 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Half right, South Africa is one. Croatian flag has only three colours.
    There is one other country that has a flag with six different colours (clue, it's a newer African country)

    Sudan


  • #261
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    tayto lover wrote: »
    Sudan

    That's the one


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  • #262
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    tayto lover wrote: »
    Sudan

    Any chance of an auld question there Tayto ?


  • #263
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,207 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Any chance of an auld question there Tayto ?

    Sorry.

    What is the study of flags and emblems called? (and don't irk me -- bit of a clue)


  • #264
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    tayto lover wrote: »
    Sorry.

    What is the study of flags and emblems called? (and don't irk me -- bit of a clue)

    Vexology (I'll wait for confirmation before posting a question)


  • #265
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,207 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Vexology (I'll wait for confirmation before posting a question)

    Excellent. It's VEXILLOLOGY
    It was asked for 500k on "who wants to be a millionaire" a few years ago. I knew it at the time because I set some charity quizzes and had come across the word. The contestant didn't take it on that night. Would have loved to have been in his shoes.

    You're next.


  • #266
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    Margaret Thatcher was part of the team which developed what? Clue: It's food


  • #267
    Amigaman
    Registered Users Posts: 472 ✭✭Amigaman


    Soft Scoop ice cream... when she worked for j. Lyons


  • #268
    Amigaman
    Registered Users Posts: 472 ✭✭Amigaman


    Who is the Father of the Amiga :-) ( it had to be an Amiga related question - sorry )


  • #269
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    Amigaman wrote: »
    Who is the Father of the Amiga :-) ( it had to be an Amiga related question - sorry )

    Jay Miner.

    What university connects Miner to the Atomic Bomb?


  • #270
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    Jay Miner.

    What university connects Miner to the Atomic Bomb?

    Sorry I've been away...
    Probably MIT I'm guessing....?


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  • #271
    Skrynesaver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,109 ✭✭✭Skrynesaver


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Sorry I've been away...
    Probably MIT I'm guessing....?
    Wrong coast I suspect, Atari was a west coast company and Oppenheimer was @ Berkeley at the time of the Manhattan project so I'm going to guess Berkeley

    Which, in the event I'm right leads to the following question, Bishop Berkeley was born in Dysart Co. Kilkenny, which river does the castle overlook?


  • #272
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    Skrynesaver wrote: »
    Wrong coast I suspect, Atari was a west coast company and Oppenheimer was @ Berkeley at the time of the Manhattan project so I'm going to guess Berkeley

    Which, in the event I'm right leads to the following question, Bishop Berkeley was born in Dysart Co. Kilkenny, which river does the castle overlook?

    Spot on. Berkeley via Oppenheimer.

    The Nore.

    The name Dysart is derived from what Irish word meaning 'secluded place'?


  • #273
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    Spot on. Berkeley via Oppenheimer.

    The Nore.

    The name Dysart is derived from what Irish word meaning 'secluded place'?

    I think it's Diseart


  • #274
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    donegal_man wrote: »
    I think it's Diseart

    Correct.


  • #275
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    donegal_man wrote: »
    I think it's Diseart[/QUOTE

    Hows about a question when you get the chance ?


  • #276
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    donegal_man wrote: »
    I think it's Diseart[/QUOTE

    Hows about a question when you get the chance ?

    Ooops, my bad

    What is Donald Duck's middle name?


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  • #277
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    donegal_man wrote: »
    wesleysniper38 wrote: »

    Ooops, my bad

    What is Donald Duck's middle name?

    Fauntleroy

    What film was Disney's first full-length animated feature film?


  • #278
    Lingua Franca
    Registered Users Posts: 2,800 ✭✭✭Lingua Franca


    Donald Hank Tree Duck. Donald Hiroshima Twinkie Duck. Donald Stig Bubblecard Duck. Donald Johnny Helzapoppin Duck. Donald Luke Duke Duck. Donald Billy Furley Duck. Donald Chewy Louie Duck. Donald John Hoop Duck. Donald Harry Cakelinem Duck. Donald Rabulah Conundrum Duck. Donald Pee-wee Stairmaster Duck. Donald Tri-Peglips Duck. Donald Jemimah Ractoole Duck. Donald Jerry Twig Duck. Donald Spodo Komodo Duck. Donald Canabramalamer Duck. Donald Todd Unctious Duck. Donald Sutherland Duck. Donald Trump Duck. Donald Where's Yir Troosers Duck. Donald Fauntleroy Duck.

    Dammit, beaten.


  • #279
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    Lingua Franca wrote: »
    Donald Hank Tree Duck. Donald Hiroshima Twinkie Duck. Donald Stig Bubblecard Duck. Donald Johnny Helzapoppin Duck. Donald Luke Duke Duck. Donald Billy Furley Duck. Donald Chewy Louie Duck. Donald John Hoop Duck. Donald Harry Cakelinem Duck. Donald Rabulah Conundrum Duck. Donald Pee-wee Stairmaster Duck. Donald Tri-Peglips Duck. Donald Jemimah Ractoole Duck. Donald Jerry Twig Duck. Donald Spodo Komodo Duck. Donald Canabramalamer Duck. Donald Todd Unctious Duck. Donald Sutherland Duck. Donald Trump Duck. Donald Where's Yir Troosers Duck. Donald Fauntleroy Duck.

    Dammit, beaten.

    I have to watch Mickey's Playhouse a lot. ;)


  • #280
    Lingua Franca
    Registered Users Posts: 2,800 ✭✭✭Lingua Franca


    What film was Disney's first full-length animated feature film?

    Was it Snow White and the 7 vertically challenged fellas?

    Who first invented a helicopter?


  • #281
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Lingua Franca wrote: »
    Was it Snow White and the 7 vertically challenged fellas?

    Who first invented a helicopter?

    Leonardo de Vinci ?


    In what museum/gallery will you find the most of his work ?


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  • #282
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Clue : Its South of Cork ;)


  • #283
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Leonardo de Vinci ?


    In what museum/gallery will you find the most of his work ?

    Gonna take a guess at the Uffizi in Florence


  • #284
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Thats what I thought initially but no.

    think more obvious


  • #285
    Lingua Franca
    Registered Users Posts: 2,800 ✭✭✭Lingua Franca


    The Louvre, He didn't actually do all that many paintings.

    Name Adam and Eve's third child.


  • #286
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Thats what I thought initially but no.

    think more obvious

    Louvre?


  • #287
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,207 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Thats what I thought initially but no.

    think more obvious

    Isn't there a Leonardo Di Vinci museum in Florence with most of his works?


  • #288
    Lingua Franca
    Registered Users Posts: 2,800 ✭✭✭Lingua Franca


    No, I've been there. It's almost all reproductions and models of his inventions.


  • #289
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    Lingua Franca wrote: »
    No, I've been there. It's almost all reproductions and models of his inventions.

    Yeah - plus he spent his last years in France.

    Anyhoo - Seth - 3rd named child of Adam and Eve (they didn;t bother listing girls).

    Who was the last French king to officially live in the Louvre?


  • #290
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    Yeah - plus he spent his last years in France.

    Anyhoo - Seth - 3rd named child of Adam and Eve (they didn;t bother listing girls).

    Who was the last French king to officially live in the Louvre?

    Louis XIV

    Why is the runic word RAIHAN so important in the history of writing?


  • #291
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,207 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Louis XIV

    Why is the runic word RAIHAN so important in the history of writing?

    It was the 1st word ever found written. On the bone of a deer and therefore began the history of the English language.


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  • #292
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    tayto lover wrote: »
    It was the 1st word ever found written. On the bone of a deer and therefore began the history of the English language.

    Well done ;)


  • #293
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,207 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    On what would you find --

    14 lines of hieroglyphs, 32 lines of demotic and 54 lines of the Greek language?


  • #294
    Lingua Franca
    Registered Users Posts: 2,800 ✭✭✭Lingua Franca


    The rosetta stone!

    No googling... what colour are Bart Simpson's shoes?


  • #295
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,207 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Lingua Franca wrote: »
    The rosetta stone!

    No googling... what colour are Bart Simpson's shoes?

    Blue?


  • #296
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,207 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    How many pairs of shoes was Imelda Marcos said to have owned?
    (roughly in hundreds will do)


  • #297
    Motopepe
    Registered Users Posts: 111 ✭✭Motopepe


    said to have been about 7500 pairs but actually only 1060


    how many islands make up the Philippines?


  • #298
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Is it the same as Imeldas pairs of shoes were rumoured to total...

    7000 ?


  • #299
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Happy New Year Y'all..

    What Pope commissioned the formation of the modern calender ?


  • #300
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Happy New Year Y'all..

    What Pope commissioned the formation of the modern calender ?

    Gregory XIII

    What ship brought the remains of WB Yeats home from France?


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  • #301
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    The LE Machta.

    What prior family connection had Yeats with Drumcliffe Church/Cemetery?


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