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

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  • #6992
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    New Home wrote: »
    Pears?

    Nope.


  • #6993
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    feargale wrote: »
    Figs?

    Nope.


  • #6994
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Pomegranate ??


  • #6995
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    feargale wrote: »
    Christmas falls in December.

    The Halifax disaster happened in December.

    And I'm guessing that Boston was founded in December.

    Correct on the first two but there is a specific link between the two cities/regions, related to Christmas.


  • #6996
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Correct on the first two but there is a specific link between the two cities/regions, related to Christmas.

    I'm guessing that Halifax was settled by Empire Loyalists from New England during or after the American Revolutionary War. Maybe they arrived at Christmas on Santa's sleigh. I know the loyalists who arrived there didn't get a royal welcome from the local French settlers.


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  • #6997
    garancafan
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    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Pomegranate ??

    Nope.


  • #6998
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,191 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Oranges!


  • #6999
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    New Home wrote: »
    Oranges!

    Nope.


  • #7000
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Apples?????


  • #7001
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,191 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Carob?


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  • #7002
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Uggli fruit?


  • #7003
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Spaghetti??


  • #7004
    New Home
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    Jujubes!


  • #7005
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    I think it's way past bedtime for this one. If St. Nick needed a G 'n' T after his exertions of yesterday he didn't have far to go for a lemon.


  • #7006
    New Home
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    Sooo... juniper? :D


  • #7007
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    garancafan wrote: »
    I think it's way past bedtime for this one. If St. Nick needed a G 'n' T after his exertions of yesterday he didn't have far to go for a lemon.

    I was picturing a cucumber tree for a second - my preferred garnish in a G&T.


  • #7008
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    I'll put my one to bed also. Halifax sends a giant Christmas tree to Boston each Christmas as thanks for the support they received from the city following the Halifax bombing.


  • #7009
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    Upon what surface is the game of "bandy" played?


  • #7010
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    garancafan wrote: »
    Upon what surface is the game of "bandy" played?

    Ice. Used to play it in Finland.


  • #7011
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,738 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    I have never heard of it but I will randomly guess sand.

    Ah, no.


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  • #7012
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Ice. Used to play it in Finland.

    Spot on Zeus. Hope your legs don't have any after-affects!


  • #7013
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    What does HALO stand for in the military?


  • #7014
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    What does HALO stand for in the military?

    There was a TV series that used HALO for High Altitude Low Opening.


  • #7015
    Quazzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,677 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    There was a TV series that used HALO for High Altitude Low Opening.

    That's what I know it from parachuting terms, but not sure if that's the same for military


  • #7016
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    There was a TV series that used HALO for High Altitude Low Opening.

    Correcto.


  • #7017
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    It looks like the people who owe questions may be on holiday.
    I learned this yesterday so said I'd ask before it flies from my brain. Its probably common knowledge.

    What is the little plastic bit at the end of a shoelace called? The bit that stops the lace from fraying.


  • #7018
    Quazzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,677 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    Corkgirl18 wrote: »
    It looks like the people who owe questions may be on holiday.
    I learned this yesterday so said I'd ask before it flies from my brain. Its probably common knowledge.

    What is the little plastic bit at the end of a shoelace called? The bit that stops the lace from fraying.
    Aglet?


  • #7019
    Quazzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,677 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    I was reading about a pair of twins who were born 18 minutes apart in Dublin recently and because of timing, one was born in 2017 and one was born in 2018 (23:58 & 00:16).

    My question is tho, what is the longest recorded between the birth of twins?


  • #7020
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    There was a case in Ireland a few years back with something lime 3 months between the births. Don't know what the record is though.


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  • #7021
    Quazzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,677 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    There was a case in Ireland a few years back with something lime 3 months between the births. Don't know what the record is though.
    Yip. 87 days to be exact, so pretty much 3 months.


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