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The all new, revised and easier quiz! (mod note posts 1 and 2042)

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  • #3572
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,634 ✭✭✭feargale


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    That's the one. Well done.

    Take it away. I may not be around to vet answers.


  • #3573
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    feargale wrote: »
    Take it away. I may not be around to vet answers.

    I'm out of questions after that one for a while. Wildcard available.


  • #3574
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,994 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Take it away. I may not be around to vet answers.


    Wot, no question, hmph!

    Anyway to take a word from Feargal's answer, does anyone know the origin (fairly precisely) of the verb 'to vet'?


  • #3575
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,646 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Veto - Latin?

    Edit: I should probably expand: to vote against someone, or to use one's vote to stop someone else from being elected - something along those lines, I think.


  • #3576
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    looksee wrote: »
    Wot, no question, hmph!

    Anyway to take a word from Feargal's answer, does anyone know the origin (fairly precisely) of the verb 'to vet'?

    Probably completely wrong but I always imagined it came from veterinary surgeon; as in the vet checked the health or soundness of an animal thus it was vetted.


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  • #3577
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,994 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    You are so near that I have to give it to you Srameen. Apparently it came from pre-race checks of horses and the inspection by a veterinary surgeon was turned into a verb - to vet.


  • #3578
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    No Google now....

    What is a Gerontocracy?


  • #3579
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,634 ✭✭✭feargale


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    No Google now....

    What is a Gerontocracy?

    Rule by ould fellas. Take it away.


  • #3580
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    feargale wrote: »
    Rule by ould fellas. Take it away.

    That's it. I think we need such authority here.

    Your question.


  • #3581
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,994 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    That's it. I think we need such authority here.

    Your question.

    Hmph, you have it! Well aul wan anyway in my case :D


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  • #3582
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,634 ✭✭✭feargale


    Take it away. I won't be around to vet. Thanks.


  • #3583
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,994 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    feargale wrote: »
    Take it away. I won't be around to vet. Thanks.

    Harrumph! Waves mod stick and directs attention to mod note in post 1...


  • #3584
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,994 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Ok, I will throw one in - what is an Ent (other than an ear, nose and throat reference).


  • #3585
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    looksee wrote: »
    Ok, I will throw one in - what is an Ent (other than an ear, nose and throat reference).

    Fictionally they are trees in Lord of the Rings.


  • #3586
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,994 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    You have it Srameen !


  • #3587
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Similar so.

    What is an Eft?


  • #3588
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    Emotional Freedom Techniques?

    Its like a type of therapy using alternative medicine techniques.


  • #3589
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Corkgirl18 wrote: »
    Emotional Freedom Techniques?

    Its like a type of therapy using alternative medicine techniques.

    That would be EFT. This is an Eft


  • #3590
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    It's also the name for a young newt I think.


  • #3591
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Ted_YNWA wrote: »
    It's also the name for a young newt I think.

    Not also, it is an immature newt in it's terrestrial phase.

    Well done. Your question.


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  • #3592
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    Who was the first US president to live in the White House?


  • #3593
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    Adams


  • #3594
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    Corkgirl18 wrote: »
    Adams

    Which one? :P


  • #3595
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    Ted_YNWA wrote: »
    Which one? :P

    John Adams! President uimhir a dó :D

    Washington was around when it was being built but never lived in it afaik.


  • #3596
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Ted_YNWA wrote: »
    Which one? :P

    Oh give it to her. It's the obvious Adams. Adams was the hard part. ;)


  • #3597
    Day Lewin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,884 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    And did the second occupier of the White House start with a B?


  • #3598
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    Corkgirl18 wrote: »
    Adams
    Corkgirl18 wrote: »
    John Adams! President uimhir a dó :D

    Washington was around when it was being built but never lived in it afaik.

    Yep burst on there Corkie.


  • #3599
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    Corkgirl18 wrote: »
    John Adams! President uimhir a dó :D

    Washington was around when it was being built but never lived in it afaik.

    Was only trying to drag in out for more than one post. :P


  • #3600
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    Staying on theme..

    Who was the second shortest serving US president and why was his term cut short?


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  • #3601
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Corkgirl18 wrote: »
    Staying on theme..

    Who was the second shortest serving US president and why was his term cut short?

    Harrison was the shortest and I'm guessing assignation cut short the next one. Lincoln was in his second term so I'll opt for McKinley though it's pure guesswork.


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