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

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  • #4922
    stevep1018
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 148 ✭✭stevep1018


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Jim Bowen is not the correct answer. He presented it. Another comedian devised it.

    Sh1t.my memory was wrong.sry


  • #4923
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,738 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Oops. Well that question is still open so!


  • #4924
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    That's what I thought. I assumed steve said I was correct that Jim Bowen didn't create it. I knew he presented it alright.


  • #4925
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Out of misery time.

    It was Norman 'Roses grow on you' Vaughan.

    It was asked here last November. You old codgers are really showing signs of age.


  • #4926
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Out of misery time.

    It was Norman 'Roses grow on you' Vaughan.

    It was asked here last November. You old codgers are really showing signs of age.


    Indeed my birthday suit needs ironing too you cheeky young monkey :D


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  • #4927
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Multi Question.

    What is the answer to each and what links the answers?

    1. What was destroyed by fire in Hong Kong harbour in 1972?

    2. In the 70s, which beer was said to 'work wonders'?

    3. Whose daughters were Regan, Goneril and Cordelia?


  • #4928
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,191 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Prospero?


  • #4929
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    New Home wrote: »
    Prospero?

    Pardon?

    You talkin' to me?


  • #4930
    New Home
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    I was guessing. :D

    I was thinking Cordelia and The Tempest, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if that was not the correct answer. I doubt you'd be surprised, too.

    Edit - except for the fact that Prospero's daughter was Miranda, not Cordelia... well they had some vowels and the R in common... so.... 7/10 for effort? :o:pac:


  • #4931
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,802 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote:
    3. Whose daughters were Regan, Goneril and Cordelia?

    Thinking back to school days, that's king Lear I believe.


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  • #4932
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Ted_YNWA wrote: »
    Thinking back to school days, that's king Lear I believe.

    Multi question... keep going.


  • #4933
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,802 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote:
    Multi question... keep going.
    At a guess

    A boat & Guinness


  • #4934
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Ted_YNWA wrote: »
    At a guess

    A boat & Guinness

    So, if they are correct, what would the link be?


  • #4935
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,802 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote:
    So, if they are correct, what would the link be?

    Missed that part of Q


  • #4936
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,191 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    The boat was carrying Guinness and was called King Lear? (Folks, I'm on a roll, tonight! :rolleyes:)


  • #4937
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    New Home wrote: »
    The boat was carrying Guinness and was called King Lear? (Folks, I'm on a roll, tonight! :rolleyes:)

    A roll taking you very much downhill. ;)


  • #4938
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    Royalty?

    King Lear.

    It's was the Queen Elizabeth that burned in Hong Kong.

    No idea on the beer....!


  • #4939
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Royalty?

    King Lear.

    It's was the Queen Elizabeth that burned in Hong Kong.

    No idea on the beer....!

    Close but no. The beer is the key ,it seems.


  • #4940
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    Was the beer that's worked wonder Double Diamond....I think


  • #4941
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    eisenberg1 wrote: »
    Was the beer that's worked wonder Double Diamond....I think

    So, who has the link in the three answers?


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  • #4942
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    So, who has the link in the three answers?

    Cards, king & Queen of diamonds?

    Cockney rhyming slang...a king Lear/pint of beer?


  • #4943
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    eisenberg1 wrote: »
    Cards, king & Queen of diamonds?

    Cockney rhyming slang...a king Lear/pint of beer?

    Cards it is. That simple!

    Your shout!


  • #4944
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Cards it is. That simple!

    Your shout!

    Pure fluke :)

    Give me a minute on a new question.


  • #4945
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    A female swan is called a ?


  • #4946
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    eisenberg1 wrote: »
    A female swan is called a ?

    A pen.

    Male being a Cob.


  • #4947
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    A pen.

    Male being a Cob.

    Correct. Bonus point if you tell why a cob is so called?


  • #4948
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    eisenberg1 wrote: »
    Correct. Bonus point if you tell why a cob is so called?

    Nature and zoology are my specialised subject.

    From cobswan or Lead Swan. Cob is an old word for leader.


  • #4949
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Nature and zoology are my specialised subject.

    From cobswan or Lead Swan. Cob is an old word for leader.

    Question when you are ready.

    Incidentally, I thought it was known as a cob due the knob on its beak...


  • #4950
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    What is sciophobia?


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  • #4951
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,191 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Fear of skiing?


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