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    #422
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Charles V in or around 1530 was the last to receive official Coronation from the Pope himself.
    After that the title changed to "elected emperor of the Romans"... when the official coronation was deemed unnecessary.

    Is that correct ?


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    #423
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Charles V in or around 1530 was the last to receive official Coronation from the Pope himself.
    After that the title changed to "elected emperor of the Romans"... when the official coronation was deemed unnecessary.

    Is that correct ?

    Charles V was crowned in 1519 and abdicated in 1556 (not official until '58) with the Spanish Empire (including the Netherlands) going to his son Phillip while his younger brother Ferdinand became HRE.
    As by then many of the German states were officially Lutheran so crowning by the Pope was no longer considered the done thing.

    The last to use the title was Francis II until 1806 when Napoleon finally put an official end to the Holy Roman Empire.

    Have we a question?


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    #424
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    What jockey rode Holy Roman Emperor to his final victory for Ballydoyle in 2006 ?


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    #425
    Guffy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,036 ✭✭✭Guffy


    Ciaran Fallon?


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    #426
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    gufc21 wrote: »
    Ciaran Fallon?

    Correct. Question ?


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    #427
    Guffy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,036 ✭✭✭Guffy


    Thanks eilish:-P

    Ah.... Who played the lead role in seabiscuit?


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    #428
    Lingua Franca
    Registered Users Posts: 2,800 ✭✭✭Lingua Franca


    Tescos value burgers.


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    #429
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,703 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    gufc21 wrote: »
    Thanks eilish:-P

    Ah.... Who played the lead role in seabiscuit?

    Tobey Maguire

    Who wrote the novel, 'The Good German'?


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    #430
    GoodisonPark
    Closed Accounts Posts: 372 ✭✭GoodisonPark


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Tobey Maguire

    Who wrote the novel, 'The Good German'?
    Joseph Canon


    What is the only county in Ireland that doesn't touch a county that touches the sea?


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    #431
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    GoodisonPark wrote: »
    Joseph Canon


    What is the only county in Ireland that doesn't touch a county that touches the sea?

    Laois ?

    Alphabetically..whats the last town in Ireland?


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    #432
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,703 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Laois ?

    Alphabetically..whats the last town in Ireland?

    Youghal (?)


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    #433
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Youghal (?)


    correct..


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    #434
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,703 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    donegal_man wrote: »
    Youghal (?)


    correct..

    Okay so, which former mayor of Youghal was imprisoned for marrying one of Elizabeth I's ladies in waiting?


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    #435
    Guffy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,036 ✭✭✭Guffy


    donegal_man wrote: »
    wesleysniper38 wrote: »

    Okay so, which former mayor of Youghal was imprisoned for marrying one of Elizabeth I's ladies in waiting?

    walter raleigh was hardly mayor of youghal was he?


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    #436
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,703 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    gufc21 wrote: »
    donegal_man wrote: »

    walter raleigh was hardly mayor of youghal was he?

    Yep he was, in the late 1588 - 1589. Your turn with a question ;)


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    #437
    Guffy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,036 ✭✭✭Guffy


    what was he thought to have brought to Ireland?

    potatoes


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    #438
    Fannyhead
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 85 ✭✭Fannyhead


    potatoes?


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    #439
    Guffy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,036 ✭✭✭Guffy


    question?


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    #440
    dropinthocean
    Registered Users Posts: 122 ✭✭dropinthocean


    Fannyhead wrote: »
    potatoes?

    Tobacco aswell, iirc....


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    #441
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    potatoes and tobacco


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    #442
    celtictiger32
    Registered Users Posts: 2,488 ✭✭✭celtictiger32


    and leaving coats in puddles...

    what is the largest lake in ireland?


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    #443
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    celtictiger32 wrote: »
    and leaving coats in puddles...

    what is the largest lake in ireland?
    Lough Neagh
    What is the world's largest lake on an island?


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    #444
    Kolido
    Registered Users Posts: 13,359 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    feargale wrote: »
    Lough Neagh
    What is the world's largest lake on an island?


    Nettilling Lake on Baffin Island?


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    #445
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Kolido wrote: »


    Nettilling Lake on Baffin Island?
    Correct.


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    #446
    Kolido
    Registered Users Posts: 13,359 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    feargale wrote: »
    Correct.

    What is the world's largest island in a lake?


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    #447
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,703 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    Kolido wrote: »

    What is the world's largest island in a lake?

    Manitoulin (and very nice it is too)

    What is the name of the stretch of water connecting Lake Huron to Lake Michigan?


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    #448
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Manitoulin (and very nice it is too)

    What is the name of the stretch of water connecting Lake Huron to Lake Michigan?

    Is that the Mackintack strait ?


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    #449
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,703 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Is that the Mackintack strait ?

    Close enough, you're up


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    #450
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    What is the Canadian equivalent of the Loch Ness Monster called ?


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    #451
    Skrynesaver
    Registered Users Posts: 1,109 ✭✭✭Skrynesaver


    You mean Sasquatch?


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