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  • #152
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Sysiphus wrote:
    Back to basics? :eek:

    Ha It's a quiz! Not a science quiz! Remember in a general knowlege quiz, the key word is general

    Feel free to start a specific science quiz thread
    Thank you sys.


  • #153
    sceptre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    Zakrze wrote:
    A. The Rolling Stones
    Sorry to butt in with a non-question or answer but nice one, Zakrze, thought that one would hit the time limit.


  • #154
    zokrez
    Closed Accounts Posts: 565 ✭✭✭zokrez


    Actually I thought that's what the parsec was ?!? (That wouldn't be asked at a table quiz would it ?)


    I'll ask another :


    Q: Which duo, consisting of Alex Gifford and Will White, released their debut album Decksandrumsandrockandroll (sic) in January 1998?


  • #155
    somano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 252 ✭✭somano


    Propellerheads :rolleyes:

    On the Luas red line: WHich stop lies between Goldenbridge & Blackhorse ? :confused:


  • #156
    Blisterman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,461 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    Well time is well up on that one. Next question.


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  • #157
    tSubh Dearg
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 5,555 ✭✭✭tSubh Dearg


    Who composed the The Brandenburg Concertos?


  • #158
    Crania
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 605 ✭✭✭Crania


    tSubh Dearg wrote:
    Who composed the The Brandenburg Concertos?
    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Name the highest peak in Alaska


  • #159
    JBoyle4eva
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,264 ✭✭✭JBoyle4eva


    Mt Mckinley


  • #160
    Crania
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 605 ✭✭✭Crania


    Hello, when you answer a question you are meant to ask a new question. So, if you are not going to ask a question I will.
    What causes a tsunami?


  • #161
    StupidLikeAFox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,732 ✭✭✭StupidLikeAFox


    earthquakes?


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  • #162
    Blisterman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,461 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    Earthquake/Earths crust moving.


  • #163
    Sysiphus
    Registered Users Posts: 320 ✭✭Sysiphus


    Aye, I go plate tectonics, causing a underwater swell that travel outward, strikes the continental shelf and pushes upwards causing a tidal wave.

    Who discovered the fact of plate tectonics?


  • #164
    joe.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭joe.


    wilson


  • #165
    Sysiphus
    Registered Users Posts: 320 ✭✭Sysiphus


    nope


  • #166
    Shrimp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,645 ✭✭✭Shrimp


    morgan


  • #167
    Sysiphus
    Registered Users Posts: 320 ✭✭Sysiphus


    nope... again


  • #168
    joe.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭joe.


    Wegener


  • #169
    Sysiphus
    Registered Users Posts: 320 ✭✭Sysiphus


    bingo!

    next q joe?


  • #170
    joe.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭joe.


    name the famous architect Lord _____???

    clue: he designed beijing airport


  • #171
    Crania
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 605 ✭✭✭Crania


    Lord Foster

    What is the old name for Thailand?


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  • #172
    Healio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Healio


    That wouldnt happen to be Ceylon?

    edit> just kopped it nevermind!!


  • #173
    RuggieBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,958 ✭✭✭✭RuggieBear


    CoolCiaran wrote:
    Lord Foster

    What is the old name for Thailand?

    Siam


  • #174
    Crania
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 605 ✭✭✭Crania


    RuggieBear wrote:
    Siam
    Correct

    Ask a question now RuggieBear


  • #175
    RuggieBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,958 ✭✭✭✭RuggieBear


    Who wrote the Nancy Drew books?


  • #176
    Blisterman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,461 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    Nancy Drew?


  • #177
    Crania
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 605 ✭✭✭Crania


    Wirt Benson??


  • #178
    RuggieBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,958 ✭✭✭✭RuggieBear


    nope and nope


  • #179
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Was it the same person that wrote the hardy boys?


  • #180
    RuggieBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,958 ✭✭✭✭RuggieBear


    kinda..... :D


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  • #181
    The Fitz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 750 ✭✭✭The Fitz


    carolyn keene?


  • #182
    RuggieBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,958 ✭✭✭✭RuggieBear


    fitzer666 wrote:
    carolyn keene?

    Yep....which is actually a pen name. Think there were dozens of authors who wrote ND and since the Hardy Boys books were owned by the same guy, some of those authors also wrote the HB as well.


  • #183
    Blisterman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,461 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    Ok, 2 days no question.
    Who directed Easy Rider?


  • #184
    Drag00n79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,746 ✭✭✭Drag00n79


    Dennis Hopper did it.


  • #185
    Blisterman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,461 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    Yeah, your question


  • #186
    Drag00n79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,746 ✭✭✭Drag00n79


    Rearrange the letters GOT HOSPITAL to form a single word.


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  • #187
    Crania
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 605 ✭✭✭Crania


    Thats hardly a quiz question, its more of a puzzle


  • #188
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    At first I thought it was "photographs", but after realising there's no "r", I discovered it's "pathologist".


  • #189
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    Who wrote the album "Bat Out Of Hell"?


  • #190
    Crania
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 605 ✭✭✭Crania


    sinecurea wrote:
    Who wrote the album "Bat Out Of Hell"?
    Meat Loaf??


  • #191
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    Try again...


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  • #192
    Manaris
    Registered Users Posts: 154 ✭✭Manaris


    sinecurea wrote:
    Who wrote the album "Bat Out Of Hell"?
    Jim Steinman.


  • #193
    Crania
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 605 ✭✭✭Crania


    Ask a question


  • #194
    RuggieBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,958 ✭✭✭✭RuggieBear


    What are the "bases" in american dating?


  • #195
    Blisterman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,461 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    Kissing
    fondeling the breasts
    finger/genital contact
    sex


  • #196
    RuggieBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,958 ✭✭✭✭RuggieBear


    bingo :D

    Your question!


  • #197
    Blisterman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,461 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    What company made the 2600 console?


  • #198
    RuggieBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,958 ✭✭✭✭RuggieBear


    Blisterman wrote:
    What company made the 2600 console?

    atari....


  • #199
    Blisterman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,461 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    Yeah, your question


  • #200
    RuggieBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,958 ✭✭✭✭RuggieBear


    ok easy one.....

    Who is the most capped irish rugby player ever....?


  • #201
    Sherifu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    Eric Elwood?


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