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general knowledge thread (2), with a leaderboard this time

snorlax · 2005-12-02 20:14:37

if you win you get to ask any user who posts here any question you want:D! say first to answer 6 questions correctly wins? ques 1) how many square metres rougly is the Usher library?

02-12-2005 8:14pm

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if you win you get to ask any user who posts here any question you want:D!

say first to answer 6 questions correctly wins?

ques 1)
how many square metres rougly is the Usher library?

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#2 02-12-2005 8:24pm

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9.5 thousand m2!

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#3 02-12-2005 8:33pm

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how many square metres rougly is the Usher library?[/QUOTE]

Thats not general knowledge,its ridiculous pointless knowledge.

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#4 02-12-2005 9:18pm

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ninja 101 wrote:

Thats not general knowledge,its ridiculous pointless knowledge.

The two are not mutually exclusive you realise?

Oh and didn't I ban you? That's right it was a temporary ban, but then you went and did this in feedback: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=3375464&postcount=10

Hmm.. what is it they say about leopards? Whatever it is, I'm pretty sure it's applicable in your case

Toodles :rolleyes:
(banned)

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#5 02-12-2005 9:19pm

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well done Educat !

it's not that hard if you know how many m2 one floor is and multiply it by 8 (number of floors in Usher). or you could just try guessing. obviously if the questions we're too easy the thread would be a bit pointless.

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#6 02-12-2005 9:20pm

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48 hectares

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#7 02-12-2005 9:23pm

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the whole campus is about 47 acres. how many metres are in a hectare?

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#8 02-12-2005 9:25pm

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10,000 metres squared. (100 X 100)

Do I win anything?

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#9 02-12-2005 9:59pm

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here ya go !..:v:

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#10 02-12-2005 10:06pm

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Why thanky

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#11 02-12-2005 10:59pm

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wow... people have lots of time on their hands...

so I assume my answer was incorrect?

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#12 03-12-2005 12:02am

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I got it from the old site, which was live when it was being built, and somehow I had committed to memory (/library/LIRC/)...somehow it's still there!

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#13 03-12-2005 1:03am

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Next Question Please!

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#14 03-12-2005 11:30am

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name the faculty convenors!

picture took 5mins btw, iv great dexterity in my fingers from fencing and art !

okay so far:

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#15 03-12-2005 12:09pm

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Alex Gilliland is ESS
Jon Bertram - Health Sci
Simon Hall is science
Aisling Fox is TSM
and i dont know the others.
The social and human sciences one was elected only recently i think.

I would go back through minutes of SU council, but couldnt be bothered.

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#16 03-12-2005 12:23pm

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(see above)... what he said

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#17 03-12-2005 2:36pm

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Robert Kearns is Social and Human Sciences

Can I get 0.5 for that?

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#18 03-12-2005 2:51pm

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And Neasa McGarrigle is Arts and Humanities. Can I have the other half point?

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#19 03-12-2005 4:06pm

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Who/what is a convenor anyway???

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#20 03-12-2005 4:09pm

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name the last 3 provosts in trinity

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#21 03-12-2005 4:11pm

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'Head class rep', basically. For some time, there's been a convenor per faculty, elected at the end of the year by all the reps in their faculty (or in TSM). They sit on the SU's executive and on University Council, and used to (under the old system) be on faculty executives as well. The GSU does something along the same lines.

Under the new college structures, there are also 'school convenors', which for now are elected by the reps in their school at the start of the year, who sit on school executives.

The more general use of convenor is as a softer version of chair or organiser so political parties or groups that don't believe in leaders often use the term :P

Now I get minus 2 points for geek tendencies?

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#22 03-12-2005 4:17pm

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snorlax wrote:

name the last 3 provosts in trinity

Tom Mitchell
William Watts
Francis Lyons

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#23 03-12-2005 4:20pm

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Wow...that's a detailed answer... but you should get a plus 1 point for being so helpful (and there's nothing wrong with being a geek - 20 years from now the people that were laughing at you will be cleaning your pool!)

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#24 03-12-2005 4:21pm

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...we don't know the last 3 provosts in Trinity... since Trinity is still in operation! I should get some points for that answer right?

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#25 03-12-2005 4:37pm

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Here, you get one Pedant Point.

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#26 03-12-2005 4:37pm

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Educat's going to win this!

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thirdfox +0.3 for trying so hard

what was the budgetary allowance for tcd this year?

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#27 03-12-2005 4:48pm

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a tupence...

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#28 03-12-2005 4:49pm

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...and thanks for the pity points!

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#29 03-12-2005 4:49pm

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I have an unfair advantage cause of being on the college board until recently! 80m as a block grant, plus money for 'free fees' (somewhere around 25m). Supposed to go up by 7% next year.

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#30 03-12-2005 4:55pm

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I thought the free fees money only amounted to €1942500 at max? (taking an average of 2500 students paying €777)...

More money for Trinity? Yay!!!

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#31 03-12-2005 4:58pm

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this is getting ridiculous, i thought that was a hard question!:)

Educat-3.5

what are the 3 biggest societies, and the 3 biggest sports clubs in college?
and what is the smallest society/club?

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#32 03-12-2005 5:01pm

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Law Soc
Hist
Phil

no idea about the others...
smallest is Sinn Fein? (since it's been booted out)

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#33 03-12-2005 5:02pm

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sports...
Rugby
Football
Tennis?

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#34 03-12-2005 5:05pm

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Thirdfox wrote:

I thought the free fees money only amounted to €1942500 at max? (taking an average of 2500 students paying €777)...

More money for Trinity? Yay!!!

That's not free fees money. Free fees money is the amount given by the Government to third level colleges based on numbers, i.e. to replace what would have been pre-1995 tuition fees (although there is a big problem in that increases haven't kept up with wages or costs). It's in or around what is set as the 'EU tuition fee' by colleges, as opposed to the 'non-EU tuition fee', which supposedly represents the actual cost of college (not necessarily accurate).

The 775 is either paid by the student or by a local authority as part of education grants - it's not accounted for in the block grant or in the fees money, because it gets to colleges indirectly. From a budget point of view, it's in the 'student support' section.

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#35 03-12-2005 5:07pm

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Pure guesses: (I hope you know the answers snor)

Largest:
Phil
Hist
Dubes/law

Boxing
Duhac
Ladies hockey?

Smallest:
sports: Knights
soc: Afro-carribean

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#36 03-12-2005 5:08pm

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If it's student support then how come we don't get it? Wasn't there some campaign to show what our money was being used for? e.g. the €50 thing yesterday...

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#37 03-12-2005 5:09pm

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what are the 3 biggest societies

acording to the TN
SVP
HisT
Phill

3 biggest paying societys
Hist
Phil
SfSoc

Smallest Jewish Society or the caladoneian society

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#38 03-12-2005 5:09pm

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ApeXaviour wrote:

Pure guesses: (I hope you know the answers snor)

Largest:
Phil
Hist
Dubes/law

Boxing
Duhac
Ladies hockey?

Smallest:
sports: Knights
soc: Afro-carribean

Dubes :eek: ??? No way! Law soc must be bigger...right?

Is boxing that popular in Trinity?

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#39 03-12-2005 5:10pm

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largest soc = vincent de paul

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#40 03-12-2005 5:11pm

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do i get a point for that?

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#41 03-12-2005 5:12pm

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#42 03-12-2005 5:13pm

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can i ask the next question?

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#43 03-12-2005 5:13pm

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what about sports? fire away agent smith

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#44 03-12-2005 5:15pm

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Boxing football and rugby

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#45 03-12-2005 5:17pm

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ya. i think ill give Apex a 1/4 of a point as he got some of them

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#46 03-12-2005 5:18pm

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I said football and rugby *gives puppy dog eyes* do I get something (nice) too?

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#47 03-12-2005 5:20pm

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#48 03-12-2005 5:21pm

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scoreboard please snorlax

QUESTION:

Who was recently forced out of there society room and why, and wont be returning till after christmas? and its not sinn Fein

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#49 03-12-2005 5:22pm

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Film makers

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#50 03-12-2005 5:22pm

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you?

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#51 03-12-2005 5:23pm

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snorlax wrote:

largest soc = vincent de paul

Oh yeah.. forgot about them.

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