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    #32
    pwd
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    There was a bit more to it than just sounding fancier! DeFoe is the Norman equivalent of the Saxon name Foe. In DeFoe's time, there was a very snobbish attitude regarding Normans and Saxons, with the Normans making up the ruling classes mainly, and the Saxons being seen as inferior. DeFoe pretended to be a Norman, even while voicing strong opinions against this sort of attitude! Such a cad and a bounder! :)

    mall rats, jay and silent bob strike back, dogma

    is this correct?

    In the novelette, "The Outsider", a man is killed essentially because of his refusal to conform his attitudes to those considered correct by his society. The author describes the protagonist as the only sort of hero we are worthy of having. Who was the author?


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    #33
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 47,294 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    You forgot Chasing Amy in the list of Kevin Smith films


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    #34
    pwd
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    zaph wrote:
    You forgot Chasing Amy in the list of Kevin Smith films

    Didn't forget it. I'd never heard of it.


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    #35
    Ali Cat
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    Blisterman. Who were the singers in Van Halen?


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    #36
    pwd
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    Roth, David and Lee


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    #37
    Blisterman
    Registered Users Posts: 7,452 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    David Lee roth, Sammy Hagar and the guy from Extreme, who's name I can't remember, but he didn't do much.


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    #38
    billy the squid
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    isnt one of the van halen group training to be a paramedic now?


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    #39
    sionnach
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    q: "what is the world's tallest underwater mountain"
    a: mauna kea

    What was the name of alexander the great's horse?


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    #40
    pwd
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    hephastian. Alexandar was the only one able to ride it (even though he was still a teenager at the time) because he noticed that the poor thing was scared of its own shadow and he ran along besiode him for a while looking away from the sun.

    In the novelette, "The Outsider", a man is killed essentially because of his refusal to conform his attitudes to those considered correct by his society. The author describes the protagonist as the only sort of hero we are worthy of having. Who was the author?


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    #41
    Blisterman
    Registered Users Posts: 7,452 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    billy the squid wrote:
    isnt one of the van halen group training to be a paramedic now?
    Yeah, David lee Roth.


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    #42
    herobear
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    wasnt hephastion alexanders lover ? bucephalus was his horse


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    #43
    pwd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,284 ✭✭✭pwd


    easy to get them confused! Wonder if Alexander ever did :)


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    #44
    [Deleted User]
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    To rope everybody back on topic....

    Who wrote the outsider?

    Please remeber to try your hardest NOT to google.. :D

    Remember kids: Cheaters never win :cool:


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    #45
    Ali Cat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 134 ✭✭Ali Cat


    Papa Smut wrote:

    Remember kids: Cheaters never win :cool:
    Isn't that cheaters never prosper? I mean cheaters do win, just look at the US elections.... :D


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    #46
    Ali Cat
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    John B Keane

    What year did Allan Ginsberg die?


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    #47
    Ali Cat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 134 ✭✭Ali Cat


    Ali Cat wrote:
    John B Keane

    What year did Allan Ginsberg die?
    Just checked that, it's wrong...sorry


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    #48
    Blisterman
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    New rule. After 2 days, if noone can answer the question, a new question is started.


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    #49
    pwd
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    Correct answer was Albert Camus. It's worth reading!
    Irvine Stone's book "Lust for Life" was a fictionalized bography of which famous painter?


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    #50
    PH01
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    pwd wrote:
    Correct answer was Albert Camus. It's worth reading!
    Irvine Stone's book "Lust for Life" was a fictionalized bography of which famous painter?
    Boggraphy? Is that the study of bogs? ;)

    Piccaso? or Dali?
    (I should get a point for not Googleling it)


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    #51
    Sherifu
    Registered Users Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    pwd wrote:
    Correct answer was Albert Camus. It's worth reading!
    Irvine Stone's book "Lust for Life" was a fictionalized bography of which famous painter?
    I'll take a stab at van gogh.

    /edit google tells me im right :D

    Whats the longest river in Emerald Isle (Ireland,England,Scotland,Wales) ?


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    #52
    cc007
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    River Shannon ....


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    #53
    Sherifu
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    Right.


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    #54
    [Deleted User]
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    Blisterman wrote:
    New rule. After 2 days, if noone can answer the question, a new question is started.

    Agreed. However please post a question a question after you answer one.

    Ya know, keep the ball rolling n'all :D


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    #55
    cc007
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    Which county in Ireland has supposedly "a lake for every day of the year " ????


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    #56
    dudara
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    Co Cavan.

    What was the first toy to be advertised on TV?


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    #57
    Sherifu
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    dudara wrote:
    Co Cavan.

    What was the first toy to be advertised on TV?
    *stabs in dark* rubiks cube?


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    #58
    2 Espressi
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    Potato Head.

    Name the First couple to appear in bed together on Television?


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    #59
    Sherifu
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    2 Espressi wrote:
    Potato Head.

    Name the First couple to appear in bed together on Television?
    John Lennon & Yoko Ono?


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    #60
    Sysiphus
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    cc007 wrote:
    River Shannon ....


    is the severn in england not longer than the shannon??

    what do the initials QED stand for - I have two answers, both please!


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    #61
    Blisterman
    Registered Users Posts: 7,452 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    Wait to see if you are right, if you're not completely sure of the answer.


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