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

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  • #3302
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    One for mischief:

    Of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac only one is mythical. Which one?


  • #3303
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Rat..Ox... Tiger...Rabbit...

    Next in the sequence please.

    Dragon


  • #3304
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Corkgirl18 wrote: »
    Dragon

    Correct.


  • #3305
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    garancafan wrote: »
    One for mischief:

    Of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac only one is mythical. Which one?
    Corkgirl18 wrote: »
    Dragon
    ...


  • #3306
    OldGoat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,643 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    looksee wrote: »
    hm, i got 23 but not like that!
    I probably went the same direction as you and looked for a repeating pattern to find ...+2, +4, +2, +? which coincidentally gives the correct answer. :)

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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  • #3307
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 30,494 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Yes, that was it OG, it wasn't a good enough answer though so I didn't bother with it. Great minds and all that though!


  • #3308
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    Which country has Funafuti as their capital?


  • #3309
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Corkgirl18 wrote: »
    Which country has Funafuti as their capital?

    Known to all regular viewers of Pointless.

    ;)


  • #3310
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,639 ✭✭✭feargale


    Corkgirl18 wrote: »
    Which country has Funafuti as their capital?

    Tuvalu


  • #3311
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 30,494 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    I spent an interesting half hour on Google Maps and Wikipedia exploring Tuvalu, and wondering how on earth did anyone manage to live there!


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  • #3312
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,639 ✭✭✭feargale


    Tuvalu and another tiny Pacific island nation together constituted a British colony from 1916 to 1976.

    (a) Which other tiny Pacific island nation?

    (b) What was the name of this colony?


  • #3313
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Kiribati and Tuvalu once constituted the Gilbert Islands. Not sure if that's what you are looking for.


  • #3314
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,639 ✭✭✭feargale


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Kiribati and Tuvalu once constituted the Gilbert Islands. Not sure if that's what you are looking for.

    I'll take that. Gilbert and Ellice Islands actually.


  • #3315
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    To keep us going.

    Next?

    Shirley Bassey...Tom Jones.... Nancy Sinatra... Louis Armstrong...???


  • #3316
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    Shirley Bassey again?

    James Bond themes in order.

    Goldfinger, Thunderball etc


  • #3317
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Rubecula wrote: »
    Shirley Bassey again?

    James Bond themes in order.

    Goldfinger, Thunderball etc

    I kind of suspected you'd be the knew to get that.

    Up you get so.


  • #3318
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    What has the quiz program Blockbusters got in common with the James Bond films?


  • #3319
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Rubecula wrote: »
    What has the quiz program Blockbusters got in common with the James Bond films?

    Bob (can I have a P please) Holness played James Bond at some point - on radio I think.


  • #3320
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    Yes indeed ..... your turn.


  • #3321
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Lincoln ...Hamilton...Jackson...

    And next is?


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  • #3322
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    garancafan wrote: »
    Next in sequence:

    Lambeth
    westminster
    Waterloo
    Blackfriars

    Clue: The answer is not Millenium


  • #3323
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    garancafan wrote: »
    Clue: The answer is not Millenium

    They are London parishes but I don't know any others. St. Paul's?


  • #3324
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,342 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    Southwark
    Road bridges over the Thames west to east


  • #3325
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    bonzodog2 wrote: »
    Southwark
    Road bridges over the Thames west to east

    Bang on Bonzo.

    You're up.


  • #3326
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    bonzodog2 wrote: »
    Southwark
    Road bridges over the Thames west to east

    D'oh. How did I miss that?

    Great question.


  • #3327
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,342 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    Which US Secretary of Defense had the middle name "Strange" ?


  • #3328
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    bonzodog2 wrote: »
    Which US Secretary of Defense had the middle name "Strange" ?
    Involved in the Cuban Crisis and later President of the World Bank. Bobby Strange McNamara.


  • #3329
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,342 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Involved in the Cuban Crisis and later President of the World Bank. Bobby Strange McNamara.

    All hail the the fountain of knowledge, Mr S!
    You have the mic


  • #3330
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Lincoln ...Hamilton...Jackson...

    And next is?

    This one until I think of another.


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  • #3331
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Waterloo sunset, last Christmas, rocket man, wonderwall and wild thing have something in common. But what?


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