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

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  • #9032
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,458 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    I'm stumped and can't get past Herbert Jolly.
    That's one of them


  • #9033
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,458 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Beasty wrote: »
    That's one of them

    OK, I'm looking for a number, but Srameen is definitely in the right channel with his answer


  • #9034
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    Beasty wrote: »
    OK, I'm looking for a number, but Srameen is definitely in the right channel with his answer

    3.


  • #9035
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,458 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    3.

    Yes it's 3 - Jolly from Guernsey and Aubrey Boomer and the one and only Ted Ray (OK perhaps there was another one!), both Jerseyonians….


  • #9036
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    I'm stumped and can't get past Herbert Jolly.

    And two more from Jersey a few years further back.

    3


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  • #9037
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    Morris Michtom and Richard Steiff - for what are they known?


  • #9038
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,191 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Teddy bears? (Only going by the surname of the latter)


  • #9039
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    New Home wrote: »
    Teddy bears? (Only going by the surname of the latter)

    Correct - jointly credited with their creation.


  • #9040
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,191 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Fill in the gaps on these gems uttered by Homer Simpson:

    1. Vampires are make-believe, like elves, gremlins, and _______.
    2. You don't win friends with _____.
    3. ______ is the first step towards failure.
    4. God bless those ______.
    5. I believe children are our future, ______ __ ____ ____ ___.


  • #9041
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,738 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    I am one of the very few people on the planet who has never watched Homer Simpson, however I guess no 3 is 'trying'?


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  • #9042
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,191 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Yes, it is. :)


  • #9043
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,802 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    2 is salads.


  • #9044
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,191 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Salad, but yes. :)


  • #9045
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    1. Eskimos
    4. Pagans
    5. Unless we stop them now.

    Homer is my hero :D


  • #9046
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,191 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Indeed! 1/5th of a questio each to Looksee and Ted, and 3/5ths to IrishZeus. :D


  • #9047
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    Related - What’s inside the Sunsphere?


  • #9048
    Quazzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,677 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Related - What’s inside the Sunsphere?

    Wigs?


  • #9049
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Related - What’s inside the Sunsphere?

    The one in Tennessee has a cafe and bar.


  • #9050
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    Quazzie wrote: »
    Wigs?

    Correcto, your question.

    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    The one in Tennessee has a cafe and bar.

    I was looking for the Simpsons related answer ;)


  • #9051
    Quazzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,677 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    What are J.G Tierney and his son Patrick famous for?


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  • #9052
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Quazzie wrote: »
    What are J.G Tierney and his son Patrick famous for?

    Hoover dam died same day. Was on PBS recently.


  • #9053
    Quazzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,677 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Hoover dam died same day. Was on PBS recently.

    Tip. Died the same date 13 years apart and were the first and last people to die on the construction of the Hoover Dam.

    you're up Autumn Harsh Cloud :)


  • #9054
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    What first, for the USA, appeared in the Pennsylvania Gazette on May 9, 1754?


  • #9055
    keane2097
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,799 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    What first, for the USA, appeared in the Pennsylvania Gazette on May 9, 1754?

    Total guess - crossword


  • #9056
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,135 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Not gonna google but guess some kind of cartoon or satirical drawing


  • #9057
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    keane2097 wrote: »
    Total guess - crossword

    Not crossword anyway. I think that started about 1913 or later. Not sudoku either :)

    I'll chance non-government advertisements


  • #9058
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,802 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    Obituary perhaps.


  • #9059
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,191 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    A photograph?


  • #9060
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    fritzelly wrote: »
    Not gonna google but guess some kind of cartoon or satirical drawing

    It was a cartoon. Ben Franklin owned it and drew the carton himself.


    Your question.


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  • #9061
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,135 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Who administered the first ever injection under the skin with his own invention?


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