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

Rubecula

keane2097 wrote: »

Belarus
Moldova
Lithuania
Russia
Romania

What list does the above start off?

no idea, but to me it looks like the list of initial cosmonauts home nations (oh gawd I hope I am wrong as I do not have a question yet)

keane2097

I may just give the answer to that as it's probably a bit of an annoying question where the answer might depend on where you ask, but what I was looking for was alcohol consumption per capita.

jbt123

keane2097 wrote: »

I may just give the answer to that as it's probably a bit of an annoying question where the answer might depend on where you ask, but what I was looking for was alcohol consumption per capita.

Where does Ireland rank on that list as a matter of interest?

Maybe you could post the link?

Thank you in advance.

keane2097

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/who-drinks-the-most-alcohol-consumption-by-country.html

feargale

keane2097 wrote: »

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/who-drinks-the-most-alcohol-consumption-by-country.html

"Consumption"? The list is a bit skewed, showing Andorra at no. 7. Every red-nosed Frenchman and Spaniard for miles around regularly visits Andorra to fill his car-boot with tax-free alcohol. Maybe it works better for bigger countries.

feargale

Ah here. You're all a bit slow here. I wouldn't mind but summer is over.

Angoroj or "Agonies" (1964) was the first feature film produced entirely in which language?

IrishZeus

feargale wrote: »

Ah here. You're all a bit slow here. I wouldn't mind but summer is over.

Angoroj or "Agonies" (1964) was the first feature film produced entirely in which language?

Esperanto

feargale

IrishZeus wrote: »

Esperanto

Correct. Give us one, Zeus.

IrishZeus

What word links:

Venice
Forty
Lazaret

Quazzie

IrishZeus wrote: »

What word links:

Venice
Forty
Lazaret

Is it got to do with leper colonies or people in exile in general?

EDIT: Read the question wrong. Sorry

Rubecula

IrishZeus wrote: »

What word links:

Venice
Forty
Lazaret

Hospital?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

IrishZeus wrote: »

What word links:

Venice
Forty
Lazaret

Quarantine?

IrishZeus

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Quarantine?

Quarantine it is. The origin of the word is “quaranto” which is Italian for 40. This was the number of nights the Venetians made ships remain in harbour before disembarking during the time of the Black Death, to ensure they were disease free.

You’re up, Autumn Harsh Cloud.

Rubecula

IrishZeus wrote: »

Quarantine it is. The origin of the word is “quaranto” which is Italian for 40. This was the number of nights the Venetians made ships remain in harbour before disembarking during the time of the Black Death, to ensure they were disease free.


You’re up, Srameen.

Excellent question Irish z. if I had the bravery of my convictions I may have said that too. but well done to Srameen.

New Home

IrishZeus wrote: »

The origin of the word is “quaranta” which is Italian for 40.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Ciccone
Sarkisian
Sumner
Nelson
Mathers
Fenty


A connection, please. Extra points for plenty of detail.

New Home

The first is Madonna, the third is Sting (IIRC), the fifth is Eminem. Surnames of singers using pseudonyms (and only by one name - is the second Cher?)?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

New Home wrote: »

The first is Madonna, the third is Sting (IIRC), the fifth is Eminem. Surnames of singers using pseudonyms (and only by one name - is the second Cher?)?

🎆 🎇


That's it. Known by a single name.

New Home

\o/

Look, mammy, I got one all on my own!!!

(Back in a while with my question)

feargale

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Ciccone
Sarkisian
Sumner
Nelson
Mathers
Fenty


A connection, please. Extra points for plenty of detail.

Real surnames of showbiz people e.g.

Ciccone = Madonna
Sarkisian = Cher

New Home

feargale wrote: »

Real surnames of showbiz people e.g.

Ciccone = Madonna
Sarkisian = Cher

Slow coach! :pac:

New Home

Ok, very easy one: what are false friends?

feargale

New Home wrote: »

Ok, very easy one: what are false friends?

Words or phrases in one language which appear to mean something in another language but mean something totally different.

They can get you into big trouble e.g.

Embarazada in Spanish means not embarrassed but pregnant;

Publichny Dom in Russian means not a pub ("public house") but a brothel.

New Home

Bingo!

feargale

What links the following:

1. A bird about town in "Swinging London";

2. A high-level spirit in Cork;

3. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in;

4. Clifford Joseph Price?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

feargale wrote: »

What links the following:

1. A bird about town in "Swinging London";

2. A high-level spirit in Cork;

3. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in;

4. Clifford Joseph Price?

Just based on two of them, I'm guessing Goldie.

feargale

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Just based on two of them, I'm guessing Goldie.

Correct. Which two do you need guidance on?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

feargale wrote: »

Correct. Which two do you need guidance on?

2&4

1 Is Goldie the eagle

4. Goldie Hawn started in this.

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Another connections

Vanity Fair
Animal Farm
The Jungle Book
The Far Pavilions.

feargale

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

2&4

1 Is Goldie the eagle

Yes. Goldie the golden eagle escaped from London Zoo twice in 1965, on the first occasion almost causing a diplomatic incident by devouring while free, a duck in the garden of the American ambassador to Britain.


2. A gilded sculpture of an angel sits high up on the main spire of Cork's Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral, known to all Corkonians other than alumni of its many posh schools as "the Goldie Angel."

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

3. Goldie Hawn started in this.

She did indeed.

4. Born Clifford Joseph Price in 1965, musician, DJ, visual artist and actor better known as Goldie.