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

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I'm going to say Leonardo Da Vinci, even though that's probably wrong.

fritzelly

Nope - but see where you're getting that

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

De Medicina is a 1st-century medical treatise by Aulus Cornelius Celsus that refers to the use of a syringe.

Francis Rynd performed the first subcutaneous injection but it was recorded as being first used on a female patient.


So, not sure .

fritzelly

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

De Medicina is a 1st-century medical treatise by Aulus Cornelius Celsus that refers to the use of a syringe.

Francis Rynd performed the first subcutaneous injection but it was recorded as being first used on a female patient.


So, not sure .

From what I read they weren't injected but Rynd is correct - an Irish man!
Another notch on Irish inventions

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

fritzelly wrote: »

From what I read they weren't injected but Rynd is correct - an Irish man!
Another notch on Irish inventions

He reported it's first use as injecting a pain killer into a Mrs Cox.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

What mystery did Dundalk man Francis McClintock help solve?

fritzelly

Is this something to do with a recent tv series because that name rings a bell from when I was checking out the synopsis/origin of the series - won't answer to give someone else a chance.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

fritzelly wrote: »

Is this something to do with a recent tv series because that name rings a bell from when I was checking out the synopsis/origin of the series - won't answer to give someone else a chance.

If it is I haven't heard of it. He's a local celebrity here in nearby Dundalk.

feargale

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

What mystery did Dundalk man Francis McClintock help solve?

The fate of Franklin's expedition in search of the North West Passage, 1845 or so.

fritzelly

feargale wrote: »

The fate of Franklin's expedition in search of the North West Passage, 1845 or so.

The Terror was the series

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

feargale wrote: »

The fate of Franklin's expedition in search of the North West Passage, 1845 or so.

That's it. A fascinating character.

feargale

How did Rose Mary Woods stretch credibility in 1974?

IrishZeus

feargale wrote: »

How did Rose Mary Woods stretch credibility in 1974?

Part of Watergate. She erased parts of recorded conversation whilst stretching to answer her phone whilst her foot remained on the peddle for her transcription machine. Follow up investigation showed that the “stretch” to reach the phone would have been very uncomfortable and couldn’t have been maintained.

looksee

Since I amazingly got 20% of an answer a while ago I will throw in an extra question - what (original) nationality was Paddington Bear?

Ted_YNWA

looksee wrote: »

Since I amazingly got 20% of an answer a while ago I will throw in an extra question - what (original) nationality was Paddington Bear?

Peru.

I have a 20% from earlier too, do I now get 40%.

New Home

No, it's "Deepest, Darkest Peru", Ted.

Ted_YNWA

To keep it rolling.

Which US Great Lake has more shoreline than the entire US Atlantic seaboard?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

To keep it rolling.

Which US Great Lake has more shoreline than the entire US Atlantic seaboard?

Pure guess. Lake Huron?

Ted_YNWA

Nope, process of elimination now :P

New Home

Erie?

Ted_YNWA

New Home wrote: »

Erie?

nope.

New Home

Yeah, I knew that...

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Michigan

Ted_YNWA

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Michigan

Correct

New Home

Srameen always gives Superior answers.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Where would you find a Purlicue?

Beasty

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Where would you find a Purlicue?

Is it something to do with a Purli Queen - perhaps what they use to play pool?


:pac:

New Home

Something to do with knitting?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Beasty wrote: »

Is it something to do with a Purli Queen - perhaps what they use to play pool?


:pac:

If only.....but perhaps they might.

looksee

I could tell you what a curlicue is... I'm sure it has something to do with 'p's and 'q's.