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

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  • #4472
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Arcturus is right. Found by following the "arc" of the handle of the plough downward until you meet the next brightest star.


  • #4473
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    Interesting. In Harry Potter Sirius' brother has the middle name Arcturus.


  • #4474
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    And his first name is Regulus, a bright star in Leo.


  • #4475
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    Not sure if its my turn as I only got 1/2 a question correct but we seem to be at a stand still.

    What is the difference between an atomic bomb and a hydrogen bomb?

    Bonus Qn: What bomb is known as the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated?


  • #4476
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Corkgirl18 wrote: »
    Not sure if its my turn as I only got 1/2 a question correct but we seem to be at a stand still.

    What is the difference between an atomic bomb and a hydrogen bomb?

    Bonus Qn: What bomb is known as the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated?

    Atomic is fission and Hydrogen is fusion.

    The Russian Tsar Bomb.


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  • #4477
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Atomic is fission and Hydrogen is fusion.

    The Russian Tsar Bomb.

    Correct as usual Autumn Harsh Cloud :D


  • #4478
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    What unique feature applies to only Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan?


  • #4479
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    They're both double landlocked.


  • #4480
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    quickbeam wrote: »
    They're both double landlocked.

    I'm tempted to say no and concoct something else but, no, you are, of course,
    correct.


  • #4481
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    What links the following:

    Joel Goodson
    Brian Flanagan
    William Harford
    Frank Mackey
    John Anderton


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  • #4482
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,571 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    They're all people I don't know.


  • #4483
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    It's not an exhaustive list. I can add more names that might help??


  • #4484
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    quickbeam wrote: »
    It's not an exhaustive list. I can add more names that might help??

    Adding more people I never heard of won't help me, I'm afraid. :)


  • #4485
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    quickbeam wrote: »
    What links the following:

    Joel Goodson
    Brian Flanagan
    William Harford
    Frank Mackey
    John Anderton

    Based on two of them I'm going to say characters played by Tom Cruise
    Joel Goodson - Risky Business and John Anderton - Minority Report. No idea of the other characters if I'm right.


  • #4486
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    You might know some of those i add..... I didn't want to make it too easy to start with :)


  • #4487
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Orion wrote: »
    Based on two of them I'm going to say characters played by Tom Cruise
    Joel Goodson - Risky Business and John Anderton - Minority Report. No idea of the other characters if I'm right.

    Yep! That's it.

    Joel Goodson - Risky Business
    Brian Flanagan - Cocktail
    William Harford - Eyes Wide Shut
    Frank Mackey - Magnolia
    John Anderton - Minority Report

    I was going to add Joseph Donelly (Far And Away) next. Then Les Grossman (Tropic Thunder) probably would have given it away.

    Well done Orion!


  • #4488
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    quickbeam wrote: »
    You might know some of those i add..... I didn't want to make it too easy to start with :)

    No, even the answers mean nothing to me. Cinema is my greatest weak spot.


  • #4489
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭feargale


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    No, even the answers mean nothing to me. Cinema is my greatest weak spot.

    We all have our failings. Nobody's perfect!


  • #4490
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    Sorry completely forgot to come back to this. I'm exhausted right now so let's have a local question and it's a 3-parter.

    What was the first post on boards.ie? Who posted it (his normal nick not the one that actually posted it) and what's his real name?


  • #4491
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Orion wrote: »
    Sorry completely forgot to come back to this. I'm exhausted right now so let's have a local question and it's a 3-parter.

    What was the first post on boards.ie? Who posted it (his normal nick not the one that actually posted it) and what's his real name?
    Goodnight!


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  • #4492
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    OMG iam deeply embarrassed here considering I am a mod .

    I would like to ask exactly what you mean.
    Beruthiel lol (be still my beating heart) or Gneez. ah bugger it I don't know



    Deep shame.


  • #4493
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    Was it DeVore about Quake, something to do with taht game any I think. How boards initially came about.


  • #4494
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 30,443 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Ah now Rube, don't be hard on yourself. I am not only a mod but one who has seen that first post not all that long ago. But this is O&O and the aul memory isn't all it used to be. (Well in all honesty it was never that great :D ) I think Ted might be on the right lines there, but I really cannot recall!


  • #4495
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    Ted_YNWA wrote: »
    Was it DeVore about Quake, something to do with taht game any I think. How boards initially came about.
    I'll accept the poster and real name. Nobody would know the post without looking it up.

    Clue: Boards has two daddies. It wasn't Dev.


  • #4496
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    In the spirit of the thread someone post another question too. I thought considering most posters here are of a certain vintage this would be a bit easier.


  • #4497
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭feargale


    Which two non-member states have UN observer status?


  • #4498
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    feargale wrote: »
    Which two non-member states have UN observer status?

    Palestine and The Vatican or Holy See.


  • #4499
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭feargale


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Palestine and The Vatican or Holy See.

    Correct as usual, Autumn Harsh Cloud. Away you go.


  • #4500
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Where is linked by Moonstone, Orange Blossom, Sunshine and the Northern Mockingbird?


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  • #4501
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,571 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Varieties of tulips?


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