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

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  • #5282
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    feargale wrote: »
    QUESTION: Who was crowned King of England in Dublin?

    Lambert Simnel, but it didn't count.


  • #5283
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Lambert Simnel,

    Correct.
    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    but it didn't count.

    But at least he survived to tell the tale, living out his life as a retainer at the court of King Henry VII, unlike Perkin Warbeck, the next one to try the same stunt. At that stage King H was probably thinking that if he didn't put a stop to this Paddy from Connemara would be the next to claim he was king.


  • #5284
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Which Best Picture Oscar winning movie had the longest runtime?


  • #5285
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    Has to be Gone with the Wind


  • #5286
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Yes, 238 minutes. About 100 minutes too long for me.


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  • #5287
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,736 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    That's one film (of many) that I have never seen. I am not a film fan generally. My daughter however has been known to identify a film from the next room based on a single word or, on one occasion, a sneeze!


  • #5288
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    What person has won the most oscars?


  • #5289
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Walt Disney?


  • #5290
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,179 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Meryl Streep?


  • #5291
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Walt Disney?

    Correct. 22 if memory serves. I think he also holds the record for most consecutive years to get an oscar.


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  • #5292
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    What have the following got in common:

    Reese Witherspoon
    Bruce Willis
    Will Ferrell
    Neil Simon
    Garth Brooks
    Rudyard Kipling


  • #5293
    wally79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,947 ✭✭✭wally79


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    What have the following got in common:

    Reese Witherspoon
    Bruce Willis
    Will Ferrell
    Neil Simon
    Garth Brooks
    Rudyard Kipling

    They all go by their given middle name


  • #5294
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    What have the following got in common:

    Reese Witherspoon
    Bruce Willis
    Will Ferrell
    Neil Simon
    Garth Brooks
    Rudyard Kipling

    Possibly people who don't go by their first names? Pretty sure its true for Kipling, Witherspoon and Ferrell. Not sure about the others


  • #5295
    wally79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,947 ✭✭✭wally79


    wally79 wrote: »
    They all go by their given middle name

    Shirley Bassey has sung the theme songs to how many James Bond films?

    Bonus points for the names


  • #5296
    sunny2004
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,538 ✭✭✭sunny2004


    5


  • #5297
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    3. moonrakaaaa, diamonds are for eveaaaa and goldfingaaaa.


  • #5298
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    What modern day country was the centre of the Sasanian Empire?


  • #5299
    kilk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 144 ✭✭kilk


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    What modern day country was the centre of the Sasanian Empire?

    Iraq or somewhere nearby?


  • #5300
    kilk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 144 ✭✭kilk


    What's a Steveen? Not sure if I have the correct spelling...

    No it's not a little chap call steve!


  • #5301
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    kilk wrote: »
    Iraq or somewhere nearby?
    kilk wrote: »
    What's a Steveen? Not sure if I have the correct spelling...

    No it's not a little chap call steve!

    No. Not Iraq.


    Could you confirm the spelling or pronunciation of Steeven as a couple of things come to mind but not spelt like that.


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  • #5302
    kilk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 144 ✭✭kilk


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    No. Not Iraq.


    Could you confirm the spelling or pronunciation of Steeven as a couple of things come to mind but not spelt like that.

    I can only spell it as I heard a grandfather say it, as he had one, Steveen, steeveen... I suppose there could be a clue in there somewhere...

    It could be an Irish word too I'd imagine


  • #5303
    kilk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 144 ✭✭kilk


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    What modern day country was the centre of the Sasanian Empire?

    Iran?


  • #5304
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    kilk wrote: »
    Iran?

    Yes Iran,


  • #5305
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    kilk wrote: »
    I can only spell it as I heard a grandfather say it, as he had one, Steveen, steeveen... I suppose there could be a clue in there somewhere...

    It could be an Irish word too I'd imagine

    It's a glorified stick for planting spuds. Useless things. A spade does it in half the time.

    Edit spelled steeveen


  • #5306
    kilk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 144 ✭✭kilk


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    It's a glorified stick for planting spuds. Useless things. A spade does it in half the time.

    Edit spelled steeveen

    Correct! Yes is was a cone ended tool for planting spuds, useful in famine times.


  • #5307
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    kilk wrote: »
    Correct! Yes is was a cone ended tool for planting spuds, useful in famine times.

    A bit late in famine times, as the crop was lost. ;)

    What is Ireland's largest seabird?


  • #5308
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    A bit late in famine times, as the crop was lost. ;)

    What is Ireland's largest seabird?

    Gannett?


  • #5309
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Gannett?

    It is indeed. A spectacular bird.


  • #5310
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    It is indeed. A spectacular bird.

    I would ask another bird question but it would be pointless with you around :)

    Let's go medical... what organ is affected by a condition called hydronephrosis?


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  • #5311
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,802 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    kidneys


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