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

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    • #2912
      garancafan
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      feargale wrote: »
      The Auld Lamas Fair takes place in which town?

      Ballycastle Oh!


    • #2913
      feargale
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      garancafan wrote: »
      Ballycastle Oh!

      Correct.


    • #2914
      feargale
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      Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
      There's Buick City in Michigan but I don't know if GM make the Buick.

      Nope. Buick City is an industrial site named after the car or its originator, not vice cersa.
      Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
      Malala somebody for seeking education as a right for all children.

      Surname, please?


    • #2915
      garancafan
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      What do cheese, fish and iron have in common?


    • #2916
      ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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      garancafan wrote: »
      What do cheese, fish and iron have in common?

      They all have mongers.


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    • #2917
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      feargale wrote: »
      Ok. Here goes. What Michigan town gave its name to a General Motors car?
      feargale wrote: »
      Who is the youngest ever Nobel Laureate?

      Just bumping the unanswered questions forward, as we seemed to have a few on the go a once and these slipped back a page.


    • #2918
      garancafan
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      garancafan wrote: »
      What do cheese, fish and iron have in common?
      Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
      They all have mongers.

      Correct. I could have added coster but that would have given it away too easily :).


    • #2919
      garancafan
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      feargale wrote: »
      Ok. Here goes. What Michigan town gave its name to a General Motors car?

      Is there a town called Plymouth in Michigan?


    • #2920
      looksee
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      What do costers monger?


    • #2921
      ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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      looksee wrote: »
      What do costers monger?

      Fruit and vegetables from a cart or stall.


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    • #2922
      ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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      Keeping with the occupations theme.

      What do/did a) An Ostler and b) A Chandler do for a living?


    • #2923
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      I think an Oster was an inn keeper. Not sure about a chander, did you mean Chandler? A ships chandler supplied a ship with necessities for a voyage, I have an idea that chandler means something to do with candles, so maybe it was what the americans call a 'dry goods store' or maybe the equivalent of a hardware shop.


    • #2924
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      Oh yes, chandler - candles - chandelier - candle holder!


    • #2925
      ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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      Yes a typo.. You're close enough. Technically an Ostler looked after the horses at an inn. A Chandler deals, or dealt, in candles. A ships chandler is a separate profession providing supplies and equipment for ships.


    • #2926
      feargale
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      garancafan wrote: »
      Is there a town called Plymouth in Michigan?

      No. Plymouth was produced by Chrysler/Daimler Chrysler.


    • #2927
      feargale
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      Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
      Just bumping the unanswered questions forward, as we seemed to have a few on the go a once and these slipped back a page.

      And here's another one bumped:
      feargale wrote: »
      As I write, Wexford have just beaten Cork in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling championship for the first time since what year?


    • #2928
      feargale
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      Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
      Yes a typo.. You're close enough. Technically an Ostler looked after the horses at an inn. A Chandler deals, or dealt, in candles. A ships chandler is a separate profession providing supplies and equipment for ships.

      Jacob the Biscuit and his brother began life as ships' chandlers in Waterford, purveying their ships' biscuits among other items. The biscuits sold so well that they dropped everything else, eventually putting one foot, and then both feet in Dublin.


    • #2929
      ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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      feargale wrote: »
      No. Plymouth was produced by Chrysler/Daimler Chrysler.

      I'm not sure if you're after a brand or a model but Pontiac is a town in Michigan.


    • #2930
      looksee
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      Maple Syrup is the concentrated sap of the sugar maple tree. On average, how much sap would be collected from a maple tree per season? (Number of litres)


    • #2931
      ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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      looksee wrote: »
      Maple Syrup is the concentrated sap of the sugar maple tree. On average, how much sap would be collected from a maple tree per season? (Number of litres)

      Absolutely no idea. 50 litres?


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    • #2932
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      Lol, you have just squeaked in at the very top of the estimate. 35 to 50 litres apparently. I had no idea it would be that much!


    • #2933
      ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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      :D

      Fluke.


      Where would you find Ossicones?


    • #2934
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      sounds (!) as though it might be in your ear?


    • #2935
      Samaris
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      Bones would be my guess, but it's a pretty wild one based on "ossi".


    • #2936
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      Oh I have to post this before I forget!

      What was the name of the product that used be advertised on radio as 'Its a quare name but great shtuff' ?


    • #2937
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      Just checked, I am wrong about the ossicones.


    • #2938
      feargale
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      Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
      I'm not sure if you're after a brand or a model but Pontiac is a town in Michigan.

      Pontiac is the answer.


    • #2939
      ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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      Samaris wrote: »
      Bones would be my guess, but it's a pretty wild one based on "ossi".

      Not saying if you're on even a near track but, any bones in particular?


    • #2940
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      looksee wrote: »
      Oh I have to post this before I forget!

      What was the name of the product that used be advertised on radio as 'Its a quare name but great shtuff' ?

      Oh boy! That rings a bell but it's so far away I can't hear it yet.

      Edit; some agricultural remedy.


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    • #2941
      Samaris
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      Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
      Not saying if you're on even a near track but, any bones in particular?

      Nooo, I'd have probably gone for small bones in the ear too.


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