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    #1052
    pablomakaveli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,752 ✭✭✭pablomakaveli


    Manach wrote: »
    Was it in the Meditaranian Basin, around Sicily?

    First to get it right.

    Your question next.


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    #1053
    Manach
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,674 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manach


    To which playwright did Napoleon exclaim "You are a man. I bow" upon first meeting him?


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    #1054
    jank
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13,018 ✭✭✭✭jank


    That is a tough one Manach. Any clues?


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    #1055
    Manach
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,674 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manach


    You'd have a "Devil of a time" answering it. :)
    Further hint:
    It happen in 1808, and he was also a German politician.


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    #1056
    Manach
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,674 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manach


    Given the time elapsed, I'll give the answer: Goethe.
    Someone else's turn now.


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    #1057
    jank
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13,018 ✭✭✭✭jank


    I think you get to ask another one Manach.


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    #1058
    Manach
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,674 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manach


    Ok - Fresh question:
    Classical. What is the modern name of the sea which the Greek Xenophon and the 10,000 reached after escaping the Persian Empire?


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    #1059
    tfitzgerald
    Registered Users Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭tfitzgerald


    was it the black sea


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    #1060
    Manach
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,674 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manach


    Yes. ....and they cried "Thalatta! Thalatta", the sea the sea which was the Black Sea.
    Your turn.


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    #1061
    tfitzgerald
    Registered Users Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭tfitzgerald


    who was Oona O'Neil and why was she famous


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    #1062
    keano_afc
    Registered Users Posts: 8,711 ✭✭✭keano_afc


    Mrs Charlie Chaplin. I assume that answers both questions?


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    #1063
    tfitzgerald
    Registered Users Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭tfitzgerald


    keano_afc wrote: »
    Mrs Charlie Chaplin. I assume that answers both questions?
    spot on she married him when she was only 16 your go:)


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    #1064
    keano_afc
    Registered Users Posts: 8,711 ✭✭✭keano_afc


    Keeping it on the Chaplin theme, in what film did he make his final on screen appearance?


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    #1065
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,838 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Arrgghhhh
    I'll say The Great Dictator but IIRC he was in a talkie later


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    #1066
    keano_afc
    Registered Users Posts: 8,711 ✭✭✭keano_afc


    Incorrect


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    #1067
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 19,923 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    countess from hong kong with marlon brando!


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    #1068
    keano_afc
    Registered Users Posts: 8,711 ✭✭✭keano_afc


    A Countes From Hong Kong is correct. Your question.


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    #1069
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 19,923 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    hmm, here it goes. Who was appointed Geographer and Surveyor General of the Continental Army/Geographer of the United States of America in 1877 by George Washington?

    aint too hard to find out and hopefully someone will know.


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    #1070
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,838 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    No one since he was long dead by 1877 :pac:
    Weepsie wrote:
    ain't too hard to find out
    :eek: for shame


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    #1071
    Eriu
    Registered Users Posts: 25 ✭Eriu


    Don't know the answer but do know Washington died in 1799!


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    #1072
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 19,923 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    excuse me for that momentous typo, hope i didnt do that in the thesis whenever i wrote it. i meant of course 1777


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    #1073
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,838 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Guessing Lewis or Clarke ?


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    #1074
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 19,923 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    nope, they were employed by thomas jefferson and were very young at that stage i think and perhaps its harder than i thought to find out. bit of a speciality question so i apologise


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    #1075
    Fazer6
    Registered Users Posts: 161 ✭✭Fazer6


    DapperGent wrote: »
    Yeah I think that's right.

    Somthing to do with seeds wasn't it?

    What was the bands famous song? I can't remember.

    Aqualung????


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    #1076
    jank
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13,018 ✭✭✭✭jank


    I suppose you ask another one Weepsie.

    A quick one from me.

    At what famous battle did Alexander the Great finally defeat the Persian army led my King Darius?


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    #1077
    Doublin
    Registered Users Posts: 238 ✭✭Doublin


    Battle of Guagamela

    Q. What was Alexanders first major battle where he led part of his fathers army?


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    #1078
    pablomakaveli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,752 ✭✭✭pablomakaveli


    Battle of Chaeronea.


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    #1079
    Doublin
    Registered Users Posts: 238 ✭✭Doublin


    Correct.

    Do you know where I can source more details on Alexenders defeat of the hoplite's as most I found are sketchy at most?


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    #1080
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 19,923 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    the answer was colonel robert erskine.

    The sinking of which ship in february 1898 precipitated the Spanish-American War?


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    #1081
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,838 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    We've to wait for the poster of the question to confirm that the answer is correct before posting one of you own.

    just in case
    The Maine exploding for reasons unknown was the excuse used


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