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

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  • #2972
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    I was about to say you were correct but I don't know the Drumcullen colours. So, all I can say is close enough for me.


  • #2973
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    What links the following:
    President Grover Cleveland
    Vincent van Gogh
    President Douglas Hyde
    Martin Luther King Jr.
    Slobodan Milosevic
    Ivan Pavlov
    Pope Silverius
    Nikola Tesla?


  • #2974
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,755 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    They all shared a birthday?


  • #2975
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    They all had a moustache ???



    Edit:

    Ah, Slobodan hadn't.


    Were all their fathers priests, preachers or pastors ?


  • #2976
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,755 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Ah! They were all male!


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  • #2977
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

    Were all their fathers priests, preachers or pastors ?

    Correct.

    Were they all male? Yes because I omitted the two most obvious and very current ones.


  • #2978
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Alright, a straightforward old fashioned quiz question.

    What stretch of water is known in Italian and French by their respective words for 'sleeve'?


  • #2979
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Alright, a straightforward old fashioned quiz question.

    What stretch of water is known in Italian and French by their respective words for 'sleeve'?

    La Manche

    The ( English ) Channel.


  • #2980
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Still on the subject of channels,
    By what name was the Dardanelles known to the Ancient Greeks?


  • #2981
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    The Hellespont.


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  • #2982
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Who or what links Billy the Kid to Ben Hur ?


  • #2983
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Who or what links Billy the Kid to Ben Hur ?

    Charlton Heston played both on film?


  • #2984
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    feargale wrote: »
    Charlton Heston played both on film?

    No


  • #2985
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Who or what links Billy the Kid to Ben Hur ?

    There was VW In both films..lol.

    A guess, it's the same name ? William Bonnie/Ben Hur?


  • #2986
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    eisenberg1 wrote: »
    There was VW In both films..lol.

    A guess, it's the same name ? William Bonnie/Ben Hur?

    It's not movie connected.


  • #2987
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    Was it writing? ?Ben Hur written by the judge who signed the warrent for Billy??

    Or have I got the wrong people?


  • #2988
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Rubecula wrote: »
    Was it writing? ?Ben Hur written by the judge who signed the warrent for Billy??

    Or have I got the wrong people?

    More or less. Lew Wallace wrote Ben Hur and was the governor of New Mexico who offered The Kid a pardon for his evidence against other outlaws but ultimately this was revoked by the District Attorney.

    Well done, as it was fairly obscure.


  • #2989
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Well, was I right , or did I over read the thing?

    Sorry to leave you hanging for so long. You were indeed correct!
    All words were related to the naming and etymology of the planets.


  • #2990
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    I always get these outlaws mixed up. Anyway I offer you a question.

    What is the difference between a wyvern and a dragon?


  • #2991
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,755 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    A wyvern is essentially a bird, while a dragon is a flying lizard. Both mythical creatures. With magic.


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  • #2992
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    I always thought 2 legs wyvern , 4 dragon.


  • #2993
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,086 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    I always thought 2 legs wyvern , 4 dragon.

    that and one breathes fire and the other not?


  • #2994
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    Srameen is correct. Both mythical creatures and basically the same, but a wyvern would be more 'normal' having two wings and two legs, a dragon would have four legs with two wings. Only other creature with those limbs would be a winged horse such as Pegasus. Not sure if looksee can take the call on this though.


  • #2995
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,755 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Er, I thought that is what I said? Bird, two wings, two legs; flying lizard two wings, four legs. Mythical.


  • #2996
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    looksee wrote: »
    A wyvern is essentially a bird, while a dragon is a flying lizard. Both mythical creatures. With magic.
    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    I always thought 2 legs wyvern , 4 dragon.
    Johnboy1951 wrote: »
    that and one breathes fire and the other not?

    Ok. You're all correct. Put up a question each, please.


  • #2997
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    feargale wrote: »
    Ok. You're all correct. Put up a question each, please.

    Good idea ... some people are suckers for punishment.

    :eek::eek::eek:


  • #2998
    OldGoat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,642 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    ...and just where do legless dragons fit into this (western based) mythos?
    /Opens a can of wyrms

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #2999
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,755 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Groan :D


    Edit - is that a question? Serpents? Can't think of any flying wurums?


  • #3000
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Settle down now children.


    "Robinson" was a term during the 18th century in both England and France for which device?


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  • #3001
    OldGoat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,642 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Settle down now children.
    :D
    "Robinson" was a term during the 18th century in both England and France for which device?

    You've put Heath Robinson into my mind now. :)

    A guess for the Robinson is some kind of steam powered engine. A dreadnought perhaps?

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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