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

New Home

I blame Ted.

Ted_YNWA

New Home wrote:

I blame Ted.

Why not you, everyone else jumps on that bandwagon.

looksee

I am not entitled to a question, but when did that ever put me off, so

what was the origin of the phrase 'a wild-goose chase' ?

ironwalk

Shakespeare?

In Romeo and Juliet... Can't remember to be clearer than that.

looksee

Yes Shakespeare used the phrase, possibly in print for the first time, I am not sure, but it was a phrase that had a specific origin, any ideas?

ironwalk

Ooh thought he had come up with it.
Not a clue so...presume it has nothing to do with wild geese and how far away they travel? :eek:

Rubecula

A 'wild goose chase' was a race in which horses followed a lead horse at a set distance, mimicking wild geese flying in formation.

looksee

You have it Rube! I had not known the origins of that phrase until I came on it accidentally while looking for something else!

Rubecula

be best if you try again Looksee as I keep forgetting my questions just now (too much on my mind)

looksee

Oh gee, thanks Rube! I will think...

feargale

feargale wrote: »

Name the only country whose president was an Olympic gold medallist.

You seem to have given up on this one. The answer is Hungary. Pál Schmitt, president 2010-2012, won the team épée gold medal at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.

New Home

Wow! So they were actual, genuine, deserved medals, as opposed to "dictatorial" ones! Excellent!

feargale

1. According to Western Christianity what is the earliest possible date of Easter?
2. Where would you find a moai or moai? (same word singular or plural)
3. Simon of Cyrene was reputedly a native of which modern-day country?
4. Which firm produced the first chocolate Easter egg in 1883?
5. On which hill did St. Patrick light the paschal fire in 432 A.D., reputedly the year of his return to Ireland?
6. Who was the oldest signatory of the Proclamation of the Republic issued in Dublin during Easter 1916?
7. The last tsars were accustomed to presenting jewel encrusted Easter eggs to their wives, made by which family firm of designers?
8. Dancing is prohibited on Good Friday in most parts of which country?
9. The GAA ban on foreign games was abolished by the 1971 Congress, held on Easter Sunday in which town or city?
10. Who is Francesca Pacale's greatest fan?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

1. 22nd March
2. On your head
3. Libya??
4. Fry's. But I thought it was earlier.
5. Hill of Slane
6. Thomas Clarke???
7. Faberge
8. No idea
9. No idea
10. No idea


Started well but ran dry.

Quazzie

8. Germany
9. Thurles?

garancafan

9. Belfast

feargale

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

1. 22nd March
2. On your head
3. Libya??
4. Fry's. But I thought it was earlier.
5. Hill of Slane
6. Thomas Clarke???
7. Faberge
8. No idea
9. No idea
10. No idea


Started well but ran dry.

Not bad. As of now nos. 2 and 10 are outstanding.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

feargale wrote: »

Not bad. As of now nos. 2 and 10 are outstanding.

Thought it was maol as in a bald spot.

Enlarged the screen and see it's maoi , so Easter Island.

keane2097

Are you sure you have the right name in #10?

feargale

keane2097 wrote: »

Are you sure you have the right name in #10?

Sorry. Typo. It's Francesca Pascale.

ironwalk

#2 Maoi is Easter Island - Srameen got there.

#10 All I can think of is Lorraine Pascal (baker). No clue otherwise

New Home

10. A sleazeball with a perma-tan, hair implants, and a flexible sense of ethics and honesty.

TheBoyFromAus

New Home wrote: »

10. A sleazeball with a perma-tan, hair implants, and a flexible sense of ethics and honesty.

Wayne Rooney?

TheBoyFromAus

Sorry, just realised he doesnt have a tan.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

10. Her mother???:o

keane2097

Silvio Berlusconi for that one

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

keane2097 wrote: »

Silvio Berlusconi for that one

I can't get the Easter connection though.

Rubecula

bunny parties?

ironwalk

Pascale = Easter

New Home

Of course! *Slaps forehead*