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Jellybaby1

Well I looked it up and maybe in Ecuador it was an important item. Here in Ireland we used whatever we had handy!

feargale

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Well I looked it up and maybe in Ecuador it was an important item. Here in Ireland we used whatever we had handy!

Yes, I know. My father told me that in the 1920s luminaries of a certain political party came to canvass in his village. They had a soapbox/butterbox/whatever set up outside the church ready to address the people after Sunday Mass. They had to abandon ship as the exiting worshippers pelted them to the outskirts of the village. I believe turf was scarce in the place that winter.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Looked it up. Hardly the first thing comes to mind in this country for oration.

feargale

Ok. Are you all out then or do you want to continue? Rubecula? garancafan?

looksee

I think we could move on, pretty sure no-one knows the answer apart from those of us that have looked it up!:D

garancafan

I'm stumped.

feargale

Ok. I was going to suggest to Srameen that he might be a little more uplifting of the El Presidente. . Really, can you imagine him on a fair day in Quito, standing on a soapbox while his chest was covered in medals?
The answer is balcony.
Since Srameen made the most attempts maybe he should post the next question.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

What have Bolivia, Rwanda, Serbia and Paraguay got in common?

bonzodog2

Did they all have heads of state assassinated?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

bonzodog2 wrote: »

Did they all have heads of state assassinated?

No idea. Not that I know of and not the link I'm thinking of.

feargale

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

What have Bolivia, Rwanda, Serbia and Paraguay got in common?

They are all landlocked.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

feargale wrote: »

They are all landlocked.

Taa Daa!!! Well done.

feargale

A strange bird is singing

Sweet notes of the sun,

Tho’ song time is over

And Autumn begun.

Words from "Autumn Evening in Serbia" - by which Irish war poet?

Jellybaby1

The only war poet I know of is Francis Ledwidge. There must have been others though.

feargale

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

The only war poet I know of is Francis Ledwidge. There must have been others though.

I'll take that as an answer. Correct.

Jellybaby1

Well, thank you.

In what year did Good Friday fall on a Monday?

garancafan

There was a horse of that name but I've no idea of the year.

Jellybaby1

Anyone else?

bonzodog2

Anything to do with the start of the Gregorian calendar?

Jellybaby1

bonzodog2 wrote: »

Anything to do with the start of the Gregorian calendar?

I know nothing about the Gregorian calendar, but I very much doubt it had anything to do with it.

samsid

the horse 'Good Friday' fell at an English National Hunt meeting in 1946, in addition another horse named 'Good Friday' fell at NH meeting
on Boxing Day , St Stephens Day to us, in 1899. From an old school quizzer, who gave up when the quiz's were permiated by the chirping of mobile phones , 20 years on it must be so much worse now

bonzodog2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar

10 days disappeared in 1582 but it was in October

When the new calendar was put in use, the error accumulated in the 13 centuries since the Council of Nicaea was corrected by a deletion of 10 days. The Julian calendar day Thursday, 4 October 1582 was followed by the first day of the Gregorian calendar, Friday, 15 October 1582 (the cycle of weekdays was not affected).

Jellybaby1

samsid wrote: »

the horse 'Good Friday' fell at an English National Hunt meeting in 1946, in addition another horse named 'Good Friday' fell at NH meeting
on Boxing Day , St Stephens Day to us, in 1899. From an old school quizzer, who gave up when the quiz's were permiated by the chirping of mobile phones , 20 years on it must be so much worse now

Spot on! No mobiles here thank goodness, your turn samsid.

samsid

OK which actor ,later a U.S. Ambassador and proposed Senate candidate was signed to play 'James Bond' only to be eventually bought out of his contract?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

samsid wrote: »

the horse 'Good Friday' fell at an English National Hunt meeting in 1946, in addition another horse named 'Good Friday' fell at NH meeting
on Boxing Day , St Stephens Day to us, in 1899. From an old school quizzer, who gave up when the quiz's were permiated by the chirping of mobile phones , 20 years on it must be so much worse now

Jockey Club rules state you cannot ever have two horses of the same name. I have heard both given as an answer to that question but nobody has been able to show documented proof of either. Most Table Quizzes go with 1946.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

samsid wrote: »

OK which actor ,later a U.S. Ambassador and proposed Senate candidate was signed to play 'James Bond' only to be eventually bought out of his contract?

Think that came up before. John Gavin.

He was great in Destry in the early 60s

samsid

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Think that came up before. John Gavin.

He was great in Destry in the early 60s

that's correct, was bought out of contract after Sean Conneru was paid 1.2 million, at the time a record fee plus development money for 2 independent film projects, to reprise the role, John Gavin would be also remembered for his role in Alfred Hitchcocks Psycho, can't remember Destry tho , must have been a tv show? as I do remember the movies Destry with Jimmy Stewart & my late Dad's favourite Audie Murphy

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

samsid wrote: »

that's correct, was bought out of contract after Sean Conneru was paid 1.2 million, at the time a record fee plus development money for 2 independent film projects, to reprise the role, John Gavin would be also remembered for his role in Alfred Hitchcocks Psycho, can't remember Destry tho , must have been a tv show? as I do remember the movies Destry with Jimmy Stewart & my late Dad's favourite Audie Murphy

Yes Destry was TV.


What have these in common?

Hoagy Carmichael, John Cleese, and Henri Matisse.

recylingbin

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Yes Destry was TV.


What have these in common?

Hoagy Carmichael, John Cleese, and Henri Matisse.

All studied law?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

recylingbin wrote: »

All studied law?

yes.