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

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  • #4112
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    garancafan wrote: »
    Got it after a look-up. At least one of our contributors is going to be fascinated. Good question.

    Yes, I thought a certain poster would have jumped on this one.


  • #4113
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    Wonder how he got his name. Perhaps he's now feeling distinctly uncomfortable.


  • #4114
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Corkgirl18 wrote: »
    Hebe in Greek mythology can give eternal youth and she's Zeus' daughter.
    Never heard of the other two. That is all I know.

    Go on! Go on!

    Say it!


  • #4115
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    feargale wrote: »
    Name the German president who was a direct descendant of Martin Luther.

    Complete guess: Gerhard Schroeder?


  • #4116
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Go on! Go on!

    Say it!

    I have no idea where you're going with this.. :confused::(


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  • #4117
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,740 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    They are all daughters of Zeus


  • #4118
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    looksee wrote: »
    They are all daughters of Zeus

    Wow! Where did that come from? ;) Correct. All children of Zeus.

    I thought Irishzeus would have got that one.


  • #4119
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,740 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Well in fairness I just guessed from your comments, I had no idea, one of the others should have got it.


  • #4120
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    looksee wrote: »
    Well in fairness I just guessed from your comments, I had no idea, one of the others should have got it.

    No wrangling out now. You're up. :)


  • #4121
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    looksee wrote: »
    They are all daughters of Zeus

    :o


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  • #4122
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    quickbeam wrote: »
    Complete guess: Gerhard Schroeder?

    No. Correct answer is Paul von Hindenburg.

    Three days gone and you all score a big duck, so here's another:

    An Olympic champion went on to become which country's president?


  • #4123
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,449 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    feargale wrote: »
    No. Correct answer is Paul von Hindenburg.

    Three days gone and you all score a big duck, so here's another:

    An Olympic champion went on to become which country's president?

    Kim Jong Un? Became president of North Korea (Best Korea) after winning gold, silver and bronze medals and setting Olympic records in all events in the Olympic Summer Games 2012 (London), 2012 Paralympics (also London), Winter Olympics 2014 (Sochi), and Special Olympics 2015 (Los Angeles). Also inventor and founder of the Olympic Games.

    Says so in his official state biography. Sorry for Googling. Probably against the spirit of the thing. Couldn't help meself.


  • #4124
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    feargale wrote: »
    No. Correct answer is Paul von Hindenburg.

    Never even heard of him, so, barring using Wikipedia I'd never have got it. Interesting question though.


  • #4125
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Wow! Where did that come from? ;) Correct. All children of Zeus.

    I thought Irishzeus would have got that one.

    I must admit to a slight feeling of shame :p

    Greek mythology is a personal interest but more-so when I was younger and my very limited knowledge comes more from popular fiction and other sources. Never had a chance to look at and study it properly and haven't looked at it at all in years, due to the arrivals of the true daughters of Zeus! :D I knew it rang a bell but couldn't place it.


  • #4126
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,740 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Mosi oa Tunya is the local name for which UNESCO heritage site?


  • #4127
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    looksee wrote: »
    Mosi oa Tunya is the local name for which UNESCO heritage site?

    The stone giants of Easter Island/Rapa Nui?


  • #4128
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    looksee wrote: »
    Mosi oa Tunya is the local name for which UNESCO heritage site?

    Sounds African, and sounds familiar. Kilimanjaro ?


  • #4129
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,740 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    No to both but Srameen is closer.


  • #4130
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    Victoria Falls?


  • #4131
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,740 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Victoria Falls?

    Right! It means 'the smoke that thunders'.


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  • #4132
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    Mount Apo is the highest peak in which country?


  • #4133
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Mount Apo is the highest peak in which country?

    The island of Mindanao in the Philippines. Absolutely beautiful place!


  • #4134
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    Corkgirl18 wrote: »
    The island of Mindanao in the Philippines. Absolutely beautiful place!

    Correct. Thought that would take longer!


  • #4135
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Correct. Thought that would take longer!

    I've been to Mindanao :D Only reason I knew it!


  • #4136
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    Who was Mary Mallon (born in 1869 in Tyrone) better known as?


  • #4137
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Corkgirl18 wrote: »
    Who was Mary Mallon (born in 1869 in Tyrone) better known as?

    Typhoid Mary ?


  • #4138
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    quickbeam wrote: »
    Typhoid Mary ?

    You live up to your name :D Correct!


  • #4139
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Okay, sort of Christmas themed (it's not too late to still have Christmas questions, is it?):

    "Perdrix" is French for what?


  • #4140
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    quickbeam wrote: »
    Okay, sort of Christmas themed (it's not too late to still have Christmas questions, is it?):

    "Perdrix" is French for what?

    The scientific name Perdrix perdrix is the Grey Partridge, so I'll take a stab at a Partridge.


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  • #4141
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    That's it. "Perdrix" actually sounds quite a lot like "pear tree" which I thought was amusing and why I always remember that French word when so much else is forgotten.


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