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

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  • #3782
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    He was not a rebel as far as I know.


  • #3783
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Old Prussian became extinct in the 17th century or a short time later. What living language is most closely related to it?


  • #3784
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    Latvian?


  • #3785
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    German?


  • #3786
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    garancafan wrote: »
    Latvian?

    I'll take that though Lithuanian is probably a little closer. All three are Baltic languages, of which only Latvian and Lithuanian survive.


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  • #3787
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    Where was the Yola language spoken?


  • #3788
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    garancafan wrote: »
    Where was the Yola language spoken?


    Wasn't that in Ireland?!


  • #3789
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,741 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    South Wexford


  • #3790
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    Rubecula wrote: »
    Colonel Fitzstephen French, of Frenchpark, County Roscommon, instigated what in 1860.

    The answer to this was the formation of the Royal Irish Rifles.


  • #3791
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    Pennant to Looksee. "Yola" (the "old" language) was a strange mixture of Chaucerian English and Flemish and was the language of the Norman invaders who settled and became "more Irish than the Irish themselves". It was predominant in the old baronies of Forth and Bargy in the South-East of what became County Wexford and only died out in the 19th c.


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  • #3792
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,741 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Oh yes, I need a question. Um.

    What is a choli?


  • #3793
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,227 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    A bacterium?


  • #3794
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,741 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    New Home wrote: »
    A bacterium?

    No


  • #3795
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    I know it's some sort eastern clothing, and I'm not asking Mrs S, but you probably want something more definite


  • #3796
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,741 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    You are definitely heading in the right direction.


  • #3797
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    Its a short top that usually shows your belly.
    People would wear them as part of their Sari


  • #3798
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,741 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    You are so right Corkgirl, over to you!


  • #3799
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    Who/What lives in a formicary?


  • #3800
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,227 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Ants?


  • #3801
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Ant.

    Edit. Drat!

    Formic acid from ants is my aide memoir.


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  • #3802
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    New Home wrote: »
    Ants?

    Correct!


  • #3803
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,227 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    YAY!! So, my question (I know it'll be guessed in 5 seconds flat) is:

    What's Cynara Cardunculus used for?


  • #3804
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,741 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Is it a spice?


  • #3805
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,227 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Not what I was going for.


  • #3806
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Cheese enzymes


  • #3807
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,227 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Yep, it's used to make vegetarian rennet.


  • #3808
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    What country is/was associated with King Menelik?


  • #3809
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,227 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Wasn't he the guy who also gave the name to those party horns/ curly paper tubes/whistles that unroll when you blow into them? I can't remember, but I'll guess Turkey, even though I'm pretty sure that's not right.


  • #3810
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    New Home wrote: »
    Wasn't he the guy who also gave the name to those party horns/ curly paper tubes/whistles that unroll when you blow into them? I can't remember, but I'll guess Turkey, even though I'm pretty sure that's not right.

    No, not close.


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  • #3811
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    What country is/was associated with King Menelik?

    Ethiopia.


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