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

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    • #4052
      ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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      Born overseas got me thinking.

      Nick Robinson was born in the Netherlands.

      Douglas Hyde's wife, Lucy I think, was born in England.


    • #4053
      Corkgirl18
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      Just did a bit of googling there because I had given up and it looks like there's actually three foreign born spouses!


    • #4054
      looksee
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      quickbeam wrote: »
      I'll guess McEleese's spouse is Northern Irish, so technically British? That the question says "spouse" not "wife" makes me think it was either her or Robinson, and she's the likelier candidate.

      But NI is not 'overseas' :D


    • #4055
      feargale
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      Corkgirl18 wrote: »
      Just did a bit of googling there because I had given up and it looks like there's actually three foreign born spouses!

      Correct. I hadn't known of Nick Robinson so Srameen gets the prize.

      Thinking that the choice was otherwise too narrow, and the question consequently too easy, I deliberately said spouse rather than wife. I have learned a salutary lesson on being too smart by half.

      For a bonus point name the third.


    • #4056
      ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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      In the song 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' people often sing 'Five Gold Rings, Four Calling Birds...' . But it should be Four Colly Birds.

      What are Colly Birds?


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    • #4057
      New Home
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      Collared doves, perchance?


    • #4058
      ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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      New Home wrote: »
      Collared doves, perchance?

      Nice one! But, no


    • #4059
      New Home
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      I'll put my thinking cap back on, so. :)


    • #4060
      looksee
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      Ducks?


    • #4061
      ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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      looksee wrote: »
      Ducks?

      Have you any particular ducks in mind?


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    • #4062
      looksee
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      Not really, it was just a long lost fact(?) that popped out of the back of my mind. I probably do know the answer but it isn't coming to me just now :D


    • #4063
      New Home
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      Mandarina ducks?


    • #4064
      ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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      looksee wrote: »
      Not really, it was just a long lost fact(?) that popped out of the back of my mind. I probably do know the answer but it isn't coming to me just now :D
      New Home wrote: »
      Mandarina ducks?

      No, not any species of Duck. ;)


    • #4065
      looksee
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      Lol, I just looked it up! Definitely not a duck!


    • #4066
      New Home
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      Darn. I fell for that hook, line and sinker.

      Skylarks?


    • #4067
      ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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      New Home wrote: »
      Darn. I fell for that hook, line and sinker.

      Skylarks?

      Nope.


    • #4068
      New Home
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      Swans??


    • #4069
      garancafan
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      feargale wrote: »
      Correct. I hadn't known of Nick Robinson so Srameen gets the prize.

      Thinking that the choice was otherwise too narrow, and the question consequently too easy, I deliberately said spouse rather than wife. I have learned a salutary lesson on being too smart by half.

      For a bonus point name the third.
      Wasn't Cearbhall Ó'Dálaigh's wife something exotic like Indian?


    • #4070
      feargale
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      garancafan wrote: »
      Wasn't Cearbhall Ó'Dálaigh's wife something exotic like Indian?

      Nope.
      Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
      What are Colly Birds?

      I don't know, but they rhyme with Dolly Birds.


    • #4071
      garancafan
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      From ainm.ie

      Seo í an scoláire a bhí pósta ar an Uachtarán Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh. Tá cuntais uirthi ag P. Ní C. in Anois 29-30 Eanáir 1994 agus in Irish Times 8 Feabhra 1994, agus ag Pádraig Ó Fiannachta in An Sagart, samhradh, 1996 (‘Leabharlann Mháirín Uí Dhálaigh ar Ionad an Bhlascaoid’). Tá ‘Máirín Bean Uí Dhálaigh: Bean uasal agus scoláire’ le Próinséas Ní Chatháin i gcló in Léachtaí Cholm Cille XXXIII: Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, 2003 in eagar ag Ruairí Ó hUiginn. Tugann an tOllamh Ní Chatháin a dáta breithe: 30 Samhain 1908. Tá liosta a saothair i gcló aici freisin san alt seo. Gan amhras tá eolas freisin in Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, 2001 le Risteárd Ó Glaisne. B’as Baile Átha Cliath dá hathair, múinteoir scoile a bhí ina bhall de Chonradh na Gaeilge. Bhí seisean ag múineadh i dTrá Lí, mar a raibh a chara Proinsias Ó Fathaigh ag múineadh, agus is ann a casadh a bhean air; ba dhuine í de mhuintir Uí Bhrolcháin, tógálaithe i gCorcaigh. Fuair an t-athair post múinteora le Fiúsailéirí na Mumhan san India agus is ann a rugadh Máirín


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    • #4072
      feargale
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      garancafan wrote: »
      Fuair an t-athair post múinteora le Fiúsailéirí na Mumhan san India agus is ann a rugadh Máirín

      Holy ****. It looks like they were all born abroad. Ok, you get the same medal as Srameen, gold on the front, silver on the back.

      Now can you name the fourth?

      I may have to reword the question as follows: Who was the only Irish president with an Irish spouse?


    • #4073
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      New Home wrote: »
      Swans??

      No they aren't swan either.


    • #4074
      New Home
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      Pity.

      Lovebirds?

      Never mind, the curiosity was killing me so I looked them up. I have no patience and no willpower.


    • #4075
      quickbeam
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      feargale wrote: »
      Holy ****. It looks like they were all born abroad. Ok, you get the same medal as Srameen, gold on the front, silver on the back.

      Now can you name the fourth?

      I may have to reword the question as follows: Who was the only Irish president with an Irish spouse?

      I'm lost as I don't understand Irish. Who are the three we have so far?


    • #4076
      garancafan
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      Apologies. The main point was in the final sentence which could be translated as: "the father obtained a teaching post with the Munster Fusiliers in India and it was there that Máirín was born"

      The lady in question was Máirín Nic Dhiarmada who later married Cearbhall Ó'Dálaigh.


    • #4077
      quickbeam
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      Right, so the three so far are:
      Nick Robinson (husband of Mary) born in Netherlands
      Lucy Hyde (wife of Douglas) born in England
      Máirín Nic Dhiarmada (wife of Cearbhall Ó'Dálaigh) born in India

      And there's one more? But you're not counting Martin McAlesse being born in Belfast? :p


    • #4078
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      I only found those three when I checked them :confused:


    • #4079
      Corkgirl18
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      Not sure if I was supposed to post a question for getting Hyde correct but here goes..

      What is a Yule-hole?


    • #4080
      ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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      Corkgirl18 wrote: »
      Not sure if I was supposed to post a question for getting Hyde correct but here goes..

      What is a Yule-hole?

      My father always referred to the holes on his belt as Yule , for some reason.


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    • #4081
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      Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
      My father always referred to the holes on his belt as Yule , for some reason.

      On the right track. It the last hole in your belt to adjust your belt after over indulging at Christmas dinner. :D


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