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YORE MAs pub quizz thread [NO CHAT!]

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  • #2882
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    buckieburd wrote: »
    Because Ireland was the first team to play Germany after the war. And I honestly already knew that I didnt have to google or anything!!
    That isn't the correct answer though.

    It's a total myth. :)


  • #2883
    buckieburd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 426 ✭✭buckieburd


    Hagar wrote: »
    What is the most commonly eaten fruit?

    Sorry if I'm out of turn.

    Apple?


  • #2884
    buckieburd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 426 ✭✭buckieburd


    DesF wrote: »
    That isn't the correct answer though.

    It's a total myth. :)

    Because Deutscher Fußball-Bund official colour is green


  • #2885
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    buckieburd wrote: »
    Because Deutscher Fußball-Bund official colour is green
    Yes, nicely looked up.


  • #2886
    buckieburd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 426 ✭✭buckieburd


    DesF wrote: »
    Yes, nicely looked up.

    Who helped discover DNA but is overlooked in the history books?


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  • #2887
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    Dammit, I should know this. I just finished reading A Brief History of Nearly Everything.

    Some wimmin is it?


  • #2888
    buckieburd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 426 ✭✭buckieburd


    DesF wrote: »
    Dammit, I should know this. I just finished reading A Brief History of Nearly Everything.

    Some wimmin is it?

    You just narrowed it down to half the population....


  • #2889
    Don1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,172 ✭✭✭Don1


    Monica Lewinsky?


    Oh wait, I misread the question............


  • #2890
    buckieburd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 426 ✭✭buckieburd


    Don1 wrote: »
    Monica Lewinsky?


    Oh wait, I misread the question............

    He he! :D


  • #2891
    Minder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,774 ✭✭✭Minder


    A german fella called meesher, but he didn't know it was the building blocks of life. Watson & Crick otherwise.


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  • #2892
    buckieburd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 426 ✭✭buckieburd


    Minder wrote: »
    A german fella called meesher, but he didn't know it was the building blocks of life. Watson & Crick otherwise.

    Watson and Crick were credited with it, but they had another researcher on the team who was never formally aknowledged.......name that obscure researcher!!


  • #2893
    Minder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,774 ✭✭✭Minder


    buckieburd wrote: »
    Watson and Crick were credited with it, but they had another researcher on the team who was never formally aknowledged.......name that obscure researcher!!

    Seem to remember a japanese researcher? Name escapes me.

    Edit, wasn't japanese, was she?

    It has been 90 minutes since your question, 'bout time you gave the answer, i think


  • #2894
    legspin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,018 ✭✭✭legspin


    Rosalind Franklin. Never got the recognition she deserved mainly because Nobel Prizes are not awarded posthumously and she died in 1958, 6 years before the prize was given to Watson, Crick and Maurice Wilkins.


  • #2895
    buckieburd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 426 ✭✭buckieburd


    legspin wrote: »
    Rosalind Franklin. Never got the recognition she deserved mainly because Nobel Prizes are not awarded posthumously and she died in 1958, 6 years before the prize was given to Watson, Crick and Maurice Wilkins.

    Excellent gold star for you!!!


  • #2896
    legspin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,018 ✭✭✭legspin


    My turn so...

    What nationality was Nicholas Corpernicus?


  • #2897
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    legspin wrote: »
    My turn so...

    What nationality was Nicholas Corpernicus?
    Polish


  • #2898
    legspin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,018 ✭✭✭legspin


    DesF wrote: »
    Polish

    Give that boy a biscuit.


  • #2899
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    What is the most popular first name in the world?


  • #2900
    Cathmandooo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,324 ✭✭✭✭Cathmandooo


    DesF wrote: »
    What is the most popular first name in the world?

    muhammad?


  • #2901
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    Cathooo wrote: »
    muhammad?
    Yes...


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  • #2902
    Cathmandooo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,324 ✭✭✭✭Cathmandooo


    DesF wrote: »
    Yes...

    wohoo!

    what film is this scene from?

    picture2.jpg


  • #2903
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,786 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    Gentlemen prefer blondes.


  • #2904
    Cathmandooo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,324 ✭✭✭✭Cathmandooo


    Hagar wrote: »
    Gentlemen prefer blondes.

    no


  • #2905
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    Some like it hot?


  • #2906
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,717 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    Some Like It Hot

    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • #2907
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Ah des beat me to it :D


  • #2908
    Cathmandooo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,324 ✭✭✭✭Cathmandooo


    DesF wrote: »
    Some like it hot?

    clever clever man ;) is there anything you don't know?!


  • #2909
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,786 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    Cathooo wrote: »
    clever clever man ;) is there anything you don't know?!

    No.


    My question. :D


  • #2910
    Cathmandooo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,324 ✭✭✭✭Cathmandooo


    Hagar wrote: »
    No.


    My question. :D

    lash away :D


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  • #2911
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    Hagar wrote: »
    No.


    My question. :D
    Go ahead and ask, I'm going for my Lunch.


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