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    #2132
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    gufc21 wrote: »
    The thank doesn't bring the thread up in my threads section. Forgot to check in..

    What is the official name of Mexico?

    Los Estados Unidos de Mexico


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    #2133
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    feargale wrote: »
    Los Estados Unidos de Mexico

    Which other Latin American country was from 1864 to 1953 also officially called "Estados Unidos de ....."?


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    #2134
    piuswal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    Venezuela


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    #2135
    piuswal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    What is Venezuela's official name now?


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    #2136
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    piuswal wrote: »
    What is Venezuela's official name now?

    The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.


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    #2137
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    A famous alcoholic beverage was first produced in Ciudad Bolivar, a city in Eastern Venezuela which gave its former name to the drink. Name the drink.


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    #2138
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,749 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    feargale wrote: »
    A famous alcoholic beverage was first produced in Ciudad Bolivar, a city in Eastern Venezuela which gave its former name to the drink. Name the drink.

    The renowned hangover cure Angostura Bitters

    The first aircraft to do what is parked outside the airport of Ciudad Bolivar?


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    #2139
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    donegal_man wrote: »
    The first aircraft to do what is parked outside the airport of Ciudad Bolivar?

    To discover and fly over Angel Falls? ( piloted by Jimmy Angel )


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    #2140
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,749 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    feargale wrote: »
    To discover and fly over Angel Falls? ( piloted by Jimmy Angel )

    That was quick :) Take it away


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    #2141
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Admiral Luis Brion, hero of the Venezuelan War of Independence, was born on which island?


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    #2142
    Wx
    Registered Users Posts: 222 ✭✭Wx


    Curacao


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    #2143
    Wx
    Registered Users Posts: 222 ✭✭Wx


    Curacao is in what country?


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    #2144
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Wx wrote: »
    Curacao is in what country?

    It is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

    What is the most widely spoken language in Curacao?


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    #2145
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,749 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    I have a feeling it's Portugese


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    #2146
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    donegal_man wrote: »
    I have a feeling it's Portugese

    No.


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    #2147
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    feargale wrote: »
    What is the most widely spoken language in Curacao?

    Ok. Almost a week gone. The answer is Papiamentu. Google it. It's an interesting language.

    Another question: Who was the only US president whose first language was not English?

    ( Clue: not George W. Bush! )


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    #2148
    dubstarr
    Registered Users Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    Martin Van Buren.

    What number President was he.


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    #2149
    piuswal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    dubstarr wrote: »
    Martin Van Buren.

    What number President was he.

    8th


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    #2150
    Wx
    Registered Users Posts: 222 ✭✭Wx


    piuswal wrote: »
    8th

    Is 8th correct or not?


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    #2151
    dubstarr
    Registered Users Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    Yes


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    #2152
    piuswal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    What do Martin Van Buren and George H W Bush (the father) have in common?


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    #2153
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,749 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    piuswal wrote: »
    What do Martin Van Buren and George H W Bush (the father) have in common?

    Both held ambassadorial positions and both were single term presidents


    You're probably thinking of something more interesting :)


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    #2154
    piuswal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    No- but your in the right area i.e. politics


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    #2155
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Both were vice-presidents elected president, as opposed to the more usual scenario where the v-p succeeded without election on the death of the incumbent.

    P.S. If you had said George Bush Junior I would have volunteered that both he and van Buren had limited acquaintance with the English language!


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    #2156
    Wx
    Registered Users Posts: 222 ✭✭Wx


    All yours.
    The language issue was dealt with earlier, I think!


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    #2157
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    I like to give you easy ones. George H. W. Bush's vice-president, Dan Quayle was a greatgrandson in the direct male line ( i.e. son of son of son of ) of a man born on which island?


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    #2158
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,749 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    feargale wrote: »
    I like to give you easy ones. George H. W. Bush's vice-president, Dan Quayle was a greatgrandson in the direct male line ( i.e. son of son of son of ) of a man born on which island?

    Isle of Man

    Which Manx landmark is named after the wife of a former Lieutenant Governor?


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    #2159
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Isle of Man

    Which Manx landmark is named after the wife of a former Lieutenant Governor?

    The Laxey wheel.


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    #2160
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Sorry for delay.
    What links the following: 1. a public school in the Isle of Man, 2. Ballydesmond, Co. Cork, 3. " silly billy" (allegedly), 4. Clarence House, London?


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    #2161
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,749 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    "Silly Billy" makes me think of William IV


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