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

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  • #3812
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    That's the one


  • #3813
    feargale
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    In 1945 Ethiopia was one of just four independent African countries. Name the other three.


  • #3814
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    feargale wrote: »
    In 1945 Ethiopia was one of just four independent African countries. Name the other three.

    I'm currently reading Africa by John Reader so....

    Liberia, South Africa and Egypt.


  • #3815
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    I'm currently reading Africa by John Reader so....

    Liberia, South Africa and Egypt.

    Correct.


  • #3816
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Odd one out time and why

    Authors
    Arthur C Clarke

    Arthur Conan Doyle

    Graham Greene

    H.G. Wells.


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  • #3817
    looksee
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    H.G. Wells, because he only has initials. :D


    Graham Greene was the only one that didn't write scifi type books. (I have no idea, guessing)


  • #3818
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    looksee wrote: »
    H.G. Wells, because he only has initials. :D


    Graham Greene was the only one that didn't write scifi type books. (I have no idea, guessing)

    No. Nothing to do with names nor genre.


  • #3819
    New Home
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    I was going to say that one of them didn't use a pseudonym, but I can't think which one it'd be. EDIT: I just read what you said about names, so, never mind.


  • #3820
    Rubecula
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    Arthur Conan Doyle was knighted and he believed in ghosts?


  • #3821
    looksee
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    Was the belief in ghosts as a result of being knighted?


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  • #3822
    Rubecula
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    looksee wrote: »
    Was the belief in ghosts as a result of being knighted?

    No idea :D


  • #3823
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Rubecula wrote: »
    Arthur Conan Doyle was knighted and he believed in ghosts?
    looksee wrote: »
    Was the belief in ghosts as a result of being knighted?

    I think believing in ghosts was a prerequisite to knighthood in those days, but it's not that either.


  • #3824
    OldGoat
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    3 of the 4 authors were scientists, an astronomer, a biologist and a botanist.
    Mr. Greene wasn't.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #3825
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    No. Time has run it's course.

    I suspected everybody would overthink it. It's HG Wells, as he was born in Scotland while the others were English.

    Wildcard: Anybody post a Q.


  • #3826
    OldGoat
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    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Wildcard: Anybody post a Q.

    Quick one. What is the standard tuning of a six string guitar?

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #3827
    IrishZeus
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    I believe its low E to high E but would need someone else to fill in the rest


  • #3828
    garancafan
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    E,A,D,G,B,E


  • #3829
    OldGoat
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    Spot on. :)

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #3830
    garancafan
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    To what note, played upon what instrument, does a symphony orchestra normally tune?


  • #3831
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    A on Oboe - at least they did in the orchestras my daughters played with.


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  • #3832
    garancafan
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    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    A on Oboe - at least they did in the orchestras my daughters played with.

    It is indeed A4 (the A above middle C) on the oboe.


  • #3833
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    In what city is the Hallé orchestra based?


  • #3834
    IrishZeus
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    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    In what city is the Hallé orchestra based?

    Manchester?


  • #3835
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Manchester?

    Yes, since 1858


  • #3836
    IrishZeus
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    Keeping the theme going - Which of Beethoven's works was dedicated to Julie Guicciardi?


  • #3837
    New Home
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    The Moonlight Sonata?


  • #3838
    IrishZeus
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    New Home wrote: »
    The Moonlight Sonata?

    Correct. Thought that one would take longer :)


  • #3839
    New Home
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    This is a bit of an odd one:

    What's peculiar about a blackbird's tongue?

    It's something I've observed myself and when I realised it it surprised me. It's probably something well known, but in fairness I didn't know it was possible. Also, it could be common to other birds.

    Hope you've managed to make some sense of that. :o


  • #3840
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    zoology is my field and I'm not sure what the question is really. :)

    Birds have bones in their tongues but it's not unique to blackbirds, nor indeed just birds. No taste buds either.


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  • #3841
    New Home
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    I didn't know they had bones in their tongues! :) The taste buds one is interesting, too, I'll have to ask you a question about it after the question has been answered.

    Neither of them is what I was looking for, though.


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