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

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  • #4292
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,210 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Cool! :)


  • #4293
    OldGoat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,642 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    "goat smuggler"
    Where do I send my application form? Can't wait to get my business cards.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #4294
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    In The Italian Job (the 1969 original one with Michael Caine) where were the jail scenes filmed?


  • #4295
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Orion wrote: »
    In The Italian Job (the 1969 original one with Michael Caine) where were the jail scenes filmed?

    Kilmainham is in my head for some reason


  • #4296
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Kilmainham is in my head for some reason

    Correct.


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  • #4297
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Orion wrote: »
    Correct.

    Oh dear, so I need a question....


    What did Edwin Beard Budding invent?


  • #4298
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Oh dear, so I need a question....


    What did Edwin Beard Budding invent?

    The lawnmower!


  • #4299
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    The lawnmower!

    He did, God bless him.


  • #4300
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Time for a bump.

    Which of the following are Slav languages and which are not:

    Albanian, Bulgarian, Greek, Hungarian, Romanian?


  • #4301
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    feargale wrote: »
    Time for a bump.

    Which of the following are Slav languages and which are not:

    Albanian, Bulgarian, Greek, Hungarian, Romanian?

    I'll guess that none are actually Slav.

    Hungarian certainly isn't - related to Estonian and Finnish.
    Greek isn't - doesn't even use the same alphabet.
    Romanian - clue is in the name, is a Roman (Latin) language, I believe.
    Not sure about the other two, but I think I'd take a chance and say not Slavic either.


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  • #4302
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    feargale wrote: »
    Time for a bump.

    Which of the following are Slav languages and which are not:

    Albanian, Bulgarian, Greek, Hungarian, Romanian?

    I thought Bulgarian was. No idea about the others.


  • #4303
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Could I have unambiguous answers please,
    As in:
    Slav = a, b, c etc
    Non-slav = d,e etc


  • #4304
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Non Slav: Albanian, Bulgarian, Greek, Hungarian, Romanian


  • #4305
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    I assume you mean Slavic as opposed to Balto Slavic. I think only Bulgarian is Slavic from that list but I'm not sure.


  • #4306
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    I believe I owe a question.

    In the game of Risk, what territory is south of Central America?


  • #4307
    OldGoat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,642 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    Venezuala?

    My current Risk board is based on The Game of Thrones. :)

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #4308
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    OldGoat wrote: »
    Venezuala?

    My current Risk board is based on The Game of Thrones. :)

    You are correct, Sir :)


  • #4309
    OldGoat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,642 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    Of (or Off) Lane was named by Viscount Moore - Henry Moore. Anyone know why it was called so?

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #4310
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    OldGoat wrote: »
    Of (or Off) Lane was named by Viscount Moore - Henry Moore. Anyone know why it was called so?

    Yes, there's a whole range of streets in North Dublin that come from the same name - Henry Moore Earl of Talbot, I think was his name. Thus giving us:
    Henry St.
    Moore St.
    Earl St.
    Of St.
    Talbot St.


  • #4311
    OldGoat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,642 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    Yep. Gotta love the hubris of the man.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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  • #4312
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    OldGoat wrote: »
    Yep. Gotta love the hubris of the man.

    Is Of Lane still around? I've never actually seen it, but knew the story from childhood.


  • #4313
    OldGoat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,642 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    It's been changed. It's the road/lane that joins Henry Street to Moore Street. I think it got changed (physically) when the area was being renovated with Victorian brickwork way back when. It's (I think) now called Henry Place.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #4314
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    quickbeam wrote: »
    I'll guess that none are actually Slav.
    Not correct.
    quickbeam wrote: »
    Hungarian certainly isn't - related to Estonian and Finnish.
    Correct.
    quickbeam wrote: »
    Greek isn't - doesn't even use the same alphabet.

    Correct, though the Cyrillic alphabet emanates from the Greek and is only used in countries of the Orthodox tradition. Those of the Catholic tradition use Roman script.
    quickbeam wrote: »
    Romanian - clue is in the name, is a Roman (Latin) language, I believe.
    Correct
    quickbeam wrote: »
    Not sure about the other two, but I think I'd take a chance and say not Slavic either.
    Not correct.

    Albanian is not Slav. It's a stand alone Indo-European language, vaguely related, some believe, to Armenian. The Albanians claim for themselves and their language descent from the Illyrian(s), but the jury is out on that. It's one of just four living non-Romance European languages that borrowed considerably from Latin during the first millenium, the others being Irish, Welsh and Basque. ( So did the Berber languages of North Africa.)
    Mik (friend) amicus
    Qytet (city) civitas
    Shok (friend, pal) socius
    Këndoj ( to sing ) cantare.

    Bulgarian is the only one that's Slav. The most Russophile country in non-Soviet Europe. According to my Belarussian friend the Soviets used to call it "the Sixteenth Republic." Turkey was what they mostly had in common - " The enemy of my enemy is my friend."

    So, who won?


  • #4315
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    feargale wrote: »
    So, who won?

    Autumn Harsh Cloud said this, so he did.
    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    I assume you mean Slavic as opposed to Balto Slavic. I think only Bulgarian is Slavic from that list but I'm not sure.


    Good question, interesting!


  • #4316
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Two countries share the honour of being bordered by the most countries. What two are they?


  • #4317
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    Guessing here but: Russia and Chad?


  • #4318
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Russia and China?


  • #4319
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    feargale wrote: »
    Russia and China?

    Yes, each has 14. Mr. Trump would have fun building walls there.


  • #4320
    New Home
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    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Yes, each has 14. Mr. Trump would have fun building walls there.

    China already has one! :D And like one of Trump's team said during his campaign, 'It works, 'cause there are no Mexicans there!' :rolleyes:


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  • #4321
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    What one word describes/defines all of the following:
    buzkashi, kabaddi and sepak takraw?

    In other words what are they?

    P.S. Don't google this. If nobody gets it I'll ask an easier, supplementary question.


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