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

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  • #3062
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,756 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Here's another curious one.

    What, in the 1640s, did Pope Urban VIII ban priests from doing while celebrating mass?

    Heavens, the mind boggles! I await the answer with interest.


  • #3063
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    looksee wrote: »
    Heavens, the mind boggles! I await the answer with interest.

    Yes, I just came across it in a book today. And I giggled at the thought.


  • #3064
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    What was Murphy's (he of the eponymous Law) occupation?


  • #3065
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    garancafan wrote: »
    What was Murphy's (he of the eponymous Law) occupation?

    He was an Air Force engineer , I think.


  • #3066
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    He was an Air Force engineer , I think.

    That's good enough. 5 mins - good show!


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  • #3067
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Here's another curious one.

    What, in the 1640s, did Pope Urban VIII ban priests from doing while celebrating mass?

    This ones still smouldering.


  • #3068
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,756 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Ah ha! Smoke tobacco?


  • #3069
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    looksee wrote: »
    Ah ha! Smoke tobacco?

    Yes, it had become such a worldwide craze that priests were smoking cigars while saying mass.


  • #3070
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    What connects

    Quality Street

    Peter Pan

    Mary Rose

    The Admirable Crichton


    Correcting mind freeze moment.


  • #3071
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    What connects

    Quality Street

    Peter Pan

    Mary Rose

    The Honourable Crichton

    All gave their names to confectionary.


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  • #3072
    OldGoat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,642 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    I can't think of a decent question right now but just to fill a gap.....

    What disease gets it's name from "Evil, or Bad, Air?

    Halitosis?
    Bromhidrosis? (or StinkFoot - nod to any Frank Zappa fans out there)

    Edit: Doh! I replied before checking if anyone had yet found the correct answer. Mia culpa.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #3073
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,756 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Sorry, I forgot I had to put up a question:

    How about a crossword clue:

    'Recording the harvest'

    there are a couple more words I will put in if no-one gets it.


  • #3074
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    Crossword clues usually give the number of letters. :)


  • #3075
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,756 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Oh well, ok then, 7 letters.


  • #3076
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    feargale wrote: »
    All gave their names to confectionary.

    I've never eaten a Peter Pan or a Mary Rose.

    No, keep going.


  • #3077
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    looksee wrote: »
    Sorry, I forgot I had to put up a question:

    How about a crossword clue:

    'Recording the harvest'

    there are a couple more words I will put in if no-one gets it.

    If the clue is incomplete, it can be neigh on impossible to solve. Any further words in the clue?


  • #3078
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    What connects

    Quality Street

    Peter Pan

    Mary Rose

    The Honourable Crichton
    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    What connects

    Quality Street

    Peter Pan

    Mary Rose

    The Honourable Crichton

    The Admirable Crichton is a film I recall, is that the same as The Honourable Crichton?


  • #3079
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    eisenberg1 wrote: »
    The Admirable Crichton is a film I recall, is that the same as The Honourable Crichton?

    I beg pardon from all. It should have read The Admirable rather than Honourable.


  • #3080
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    eisenberg1 wrote: »
    The Admirable Crichton is a film I recall, is that the same as The Honourable Crichton?

    I beg pardon from all. It should have read The Admirable rather than Honourable.

    Still doesn't help me. I'll hazard a guess at London as the answer?


  • #3081
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    eisenberg1 wrote: »
    Still doesn't help me. I'll hazard a guess at London as the answer?

    Nope.


    I'll add the boy David, if it helps.


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  • #3082
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,756 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Ok, the fourth letter is g


  • #3083
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    looksee wrote: »
    Ok, the fourth letter is g

    Singing?

    Ringing?


  • #3084
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Gauging?

    Digging?


  • #3085
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    Logging?


  • #3086
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,756 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Yay, I knew you could do it!


  • #3087
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    Thanks. I'm about to head off to a poor broadband part of the country for a few days. I'll fulfil my obligations as soon as I return. Anybody else like to post a question in the meantime?


  • #3088
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,318 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    garancafan wrote: »
    Thanks. I'm about to head off to a poor broadband part of the country for a few days. I'll fulfil my obligations as soon as I return. Anybody else like to post a question in the meantime?

    Sure.
    For what is Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, a French village, mostly famous ?


  • #3089
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    bonzodog2 wrote: »
    Sure.
    For what is Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, a French village, mostly famous ?

    There 's a large memorial to De Gaulle there but it may be more famous for something entirely different.


  • #3090
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    What connects

    Quality Street

    Peter Pan

    Mary Rose

    The Admirable Crichton.

    And the boy David for good measure.


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  • #3091
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,318 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    There 's a large memorial to De Gaulle there but it may be more famous for something entirely different.

    Yup, mostly known for CdG living there.


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