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

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  • #6662
    Quazzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,670 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    A dead mans hand is AA88 all black, but I think that's someone else.


  • #6663
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    garancafan wrote: »
    You have 90% of the answer. As Corkgirl might say - "Dowcha boy" :D. All that remains is the hand (or, more correctly, the bid).

    The bet was his 'poke'


  • #6664
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,736 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    I think I'll make it a spread missaire (no idea how to spell that), said dangerous Dan McGrew.


  • #6665
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,736 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    I have no idea if that is the answer, but it was one of my husband's favourite quotes when anyone said 'I think...'


  • #6666
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    looksee wrote: »
    I think I'll make it a spread missaire (no idea how to spell that), said dangerous Dan McGrew.

    A spread misére is when the dealer plays with his hand showing.


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  • #6667
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    Quazzie wrote: »
    A dead mans hand is AA88 all black, but I think that's someone else.
    That was reputedly the hand held by Wild Bill Hickok when he was shot in the back.


  • #6668
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    The bet was his 'poke'
    Nope. The "poke" was the bag of gold-dust held by the stranger.


  • #6669
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    A spread mis is when the dealer plays with his hand showing.
    Nearly right. A "spread misere" or "mis ouverte" is a bid that undertakes to loose all tricks played with the bidder's hand showing.


  • #6670
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    garancafan wrote: »
    Nearly right. A "spread misere" or "mis ouverte" is a bid that undertakes to loose all tricks played with the bidder's hand showing.
    Not in poker in the US. I've been there and done that. ;)


  • #6671
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    looksee wrote: »
    I think I'll make it a spread missaire (no idea how to spell that), said dangerous Dan McGrew.
    That's good enough. Well done yourself and hubbie.


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  • #6672
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,736 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    What was the name of the last song played over the credits in the film 'The Martian' (with Matt Damon as the Martian)


  • #6673
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    looksee wrote: »
    What was the name of the last song played over the credits in the film 'The Martian' (with Matt Damon as the Martian)

    Donna Summer Hot Stuff.

    Only saw it last week for the first time.


  • #6674
    Tommy Ferguson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 93 ✭✭Tommy Ferguson


    There be some tiomainting there for sure ^


  • #6675
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,736 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    No, that's not it Srameen.


  • #6676
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    looksee wrote: »
    No, that's not it Srameen.

    Racking my brain. I will survive was played but I'm not sure at what point.


  • #6677
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Tommy Ferguson wrote: »
    There be some tiomainting there for sure ^

    I have no idea what that means.


  • #6678
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Quazzie wrote: »
    A dead mans hand is AA88 all black, but I think that's someone else.

    That was Wild Bill Hickok, or as my classmate in national school in the days when kids read comics called him, Wild Billy Haugh.


  • #6679
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Here's the one I owe.


    What is a Dragoman?


  • #6680
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Here's the one I owe.


    What is a Dragoman?

    A man who works with boats in the Middle East, a docker or stevedore.


  • #6681
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    feargale wrote: »
    A man who works with boats in the Middle East, a docker or stevedore.

    Nope.


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  • #6682
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Here's the one I owe.


    What is a Dragoman?
    I know this


  • #6683
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Rubecula wrote: »
    I know this

    Yeah! Come on.... spit it out. ;)


  • #6684
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Yeah! Come on.... spit it out. ;)

    A local official in the Ottoman Empire, a kind of a satrap.


  • #6685
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    feargale wrote: »
    A local official in the Ottoman Empire, a kind of a satrap.

    No but both answers are geographically correct.


  • #6686
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,179 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    A royal guard?


  • #6687
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    A marine/water vessel?


  • #6688
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    New Home wrote: »
    A royal guard?
    feargale wrote: »
    A marine/water vessel?

    No


  • #6689
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Yeah! Come on.... spit it out. ;)

    Linguist/translator


  • #6690
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,736 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Looks like Srameen is going to be nearest on the film question, yes the closing titles music was 'I will survive'. Yours again Srameen :D


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  • #6691
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Rubecula wrote: »
    Linguist/translator

    That's it. A translator, guide and intermediary in the middle east or Arabic world.

    You're up.


    And I think I'm due another too.


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