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    #482
    Skrynesaver
    Registered Users Posts: 1,109 ✭✭✭Skrynesaver


    The hand Bill Hickcock held when shot. Aces and eights

    Ooops missed the previous page...


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    #483
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    The question now is

    whose turn is it to ask a question?


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    #484
    tayto lover
    Registered Users Posts: 51,497 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    dropinthocean wrote: »
    ok, a more straight forward one. What is a dead man's hand?

    Aces and eights.

    Where would you find a "DeadMan's handle"?


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    #485
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    tayto lover wrote: »
    Aces and eights.

    Where would you find a "DeadMan's handle"?

    On a Train?


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    #486
    Guffy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,036 ✭✭✭Guffy


    tayto lover wrote: »
    Aces and eights.

    Where would you find a "DeadMan's handle"?

    on a pipe?


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    #487
    Johnnio13
    Registered Users Posts: 796 ✭✭✭Johnnio13


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    On a Train?

    Think Bannasidhe got it right. I would say on a train too.


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    #488
    tayto lover
    Registered Users Posts: 51,497 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    On a Train?

    Correct. It's a handle that the driver had to keep his hand on and keep it depressed. If he fell ill and the handle lifted without his hand on it then the breaks would automatically be deployed.
    Don't think they use that system now though, but not entirely sure.

    Your turn Bannasidhe :D


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    #489
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    tayto lover wrote: »
    Correct. It's a handle that the driver had to keep his hand on and keep it depressed. If he fell ill and the handle lifted without his hand on it then the breaks would automatically be deployed.
    Don't think they use that system now though, but not entirely sure.

    Your turn Bannasidhe :D

    When was the worlds first transcontinental railway completed?


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    #490
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,373 ✭✭✭im invisible


    1869

    what other world first in transport occurred in Birr Co. Offaly in the same year?


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    #491
    tayto lover
    Registered Users Posts: 51,497 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    When was the worlds first transcontinental railway completed?

    1869 The Pacific Railroad.

    Who was the murder victim in Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express" ?


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    #492
    tayto lover
    Registered Users Posts: 51,497 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Oops sorry. Didn't see your "invisible" post :eek:


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    #493
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    im invisible wrote: »
    1869

    what other world first in transport occurred in Birr Co. Offaly in the same year?
    The first free standing, railless mechanically propelled vehicle was produced, and the first fatal accident involving such a vehicle occurred.
    Q. By what name was Birr previously known?


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    #494
    tayto lover
    Registered Users Posts: 51,497 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Parsonstown.
    Who was the parson (vicar) in Pride and Prejudice?


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    #495
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,703 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    tayto lover wrote: »
    Parsonstown.
    Who was the parson (vicar) in Pride and Prejudice?

    Mr Collins.

    Jane Austen left an incomplete novel called?


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    #496
    Johnnio13
    Registered Users Posts: 796 ✭✭✭Johnnio13


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Mr Collins.

    Jane Austen left an incomplete novel called?

    Sanditon


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    #497
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,703 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    Johnnio13 wrote: »

    Sanditon

    Well done, your turn with a question


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    #498
    Johnnio13
    Registered Users Posts: 796 ✭✭✭Johnnio13


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Well done, your turn with a question

    When was the first Austin motor car produced?


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    #499
    The Pheasant
    Registered Users Posts: 372 ✭✭The Pheasant


    Johnnio13 wrote: »

    When was the first Austin motor car produced?
    1906, also the year of the worlds first feature film - name it


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    #500
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    The Pheasant wrote: »
    1906, also the year of the worlds first feature film - name it
    The great train robbery?


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    #501
    The Pheasant
    Registered Users Posts: 372 ✭✭The Pheasant


    feargale wrote: »
    The great train robbery?
    Nope, we're talking the first feature length film


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    #502
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    The Pheasant wrote: »
    1906, also the year of the worlds first feature film - name it

    The Story of the Kelly Gang    .


    What film won the first Oscar for Best Picture?


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    #503
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,703 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    Bannasidhe wrote: »

    The Story of the Kelly Gang    .


    What film won the first Oscar for Best Picture?

    Wings

    Who was the first person to refuse an Oscar?


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    #504
    The Pheasant
    Registered Users Posts: 372 ✭✭The Pheasant


    donegal_man wrote: »

    Wings

    Who was the first person to refuse an Oscar?
    Marlon Brando?


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    #505
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Wings

    Who was the first person to refuse an Oscar?

    Dudley Nichols?


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    #506
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,703 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    Dudley Nichols?

    Well done! Refused because it was the middle of a screen writers strike


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    #507
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Well done! Refused because it was the middle of a screen writers strike

    I love Hollywood trivia :D.

    Who was the first female director to win an Oscar for best picture?


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    #508
    Ilovelucy
    Registered Users Posts: 704 ✭✭✭Ilovelucy


    Kathryn Bigelow.

    What character did Kathryn Morris play in Cold Case?


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    #509
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    Ilovelucy wrote: »
    Kathryn Bigelow.

    What character did Kathryn Morris play in Cold Case?

    Lily Rush?

    Edit: remembered the characters first name.


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    #510
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    Lily Rush?

    Edit: remembered the characters first name.

    Ended up checking if this was the right answer on google - it is.

    What UK TV series starring Sue Johnson also investigated cold cases?


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    #511
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,703 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    Ended up checking if this was the right answer on google - it is.

    What UK TV series starring Sue Johnson also investigated cold cases?

    Waking The Dead (?)


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