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

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  • #4532
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    quickbeam wrote: »
    Googled it: Talamh an Éisc = Land of Fish?

    I think directly translated that would be "Floor of the fish"... honestly never heard of it before though. Interesting question :)


  • #4533
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    quickbeam wrote: »
    Newfoundland?

    Correct.

    As an aside:
    New York - York
    New England - England
    New Mexico - Mexico

    Newfoundland - Where is Foundland? :)
    IrishZeus wrote: »
    An Airgintín in Irish I believe.

    I once blathered in Irish with a Connemara girl and when I mentioned "an Airgintín" she hadn't a clue until I said "Argentina." I reckon she and many of her Gaeltacht contemporaries would know it mainly from watching soccer on television, and the commentary wouldn't be in Irish.


  • #4534
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    I need to think of a question. If anyone has one to hand feel free to go with it.


  • #4535
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    At or near which city on 9th April 2016 did a mouse rule the world?


  • #4536
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    Liverpool


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  • #4537
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Corkgirl18 wrote: »
    Liverpool

    That didn't last long. Correct.

    Rule the World won the Aintree Grand National, trained by Mouse Morris.


  • #4538
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    In what country is Wolof the most widely spoken language?


  • #4539
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Corkgirl18 wrote: »
    In what country is Wolof the most widely spoken language?

    I came across the Wolof people in a couple of countries but will opt for Senegal.


  • #4540
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    I came across the Wolof people in a couple of countries but will opt for Senegal.

    Correct!


  • #4541
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    And where is Frafra spoken?


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  • #4542
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    And where is Frafra spoken?

    Africa?


  • #4543
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Rubecula wrote: »
    Africa?

    Like to narrow it down? Africa is the second largest continent and has more countries than any other.


  • #4544
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Like to narrow it down? Africa is the second largest continent and has more countries than any other.

    I've never heard of it. I wonder is it a makey-uppey word meaning African French? Therefore French as spoken in former French colonies in Africa.


  • #4545
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    feargale wrote: »
    I've never heard of it. I wonder is it a makey-uppey word meaning African French? Therefore French as spoken in former French colonies in Africa.

    It's spoken by the frafra or farefare peoples.


  • #4546
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    It's spoken by the frafra or farefare peoples.

    Ghana?


  • #4547
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Ghana?

    That's it.


  • #4548
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    That's it.


    This question is probably too easy but its one I found absolutely fascinating when I read it and it continues the language theme:

    Which country's language has remained (largely) unchanged since Norse times? (Meaning that 1000+ year old text is still readable)


  • #4549
    OldGoat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,641 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    This question is probably too easy but its one I found absolutely fascinating when I read it and it continues the language theme:

    Which country's language has remained (largely) unchanged since Norse times? (Meaning that 1000+ year old text is still readable)
    Would that be Iceland?

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #4550
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    OldGoat wrote: »
    Would that be Iceland?

    It would indeed. Far too easy a question :)


  • #4551
    OldGoat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,641 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    They are only easy if you know the answer. :)

    On to a motor racing question. Who is the youngest F1 driver to start a race?

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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  • #4552
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,207 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Jacques Villeneuve?

    Mind you, I'd be shocked if I got it right...


  • #4553
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    OldGoat wrote: »
    They are only easy if you know the answer. :)

    On to a motor racing question. Who is the youngest F1 driver to start a race?

    Complete guess but Lewis Hamilton? (I know nothing about this sport other than his name :D )


  • #4554
    OldGoat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,641 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    Neither of the above. (Neither of the above even appear in the top 10 :))
    To narrow the field a bit he is a current driver.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #4555
    Scorpion Sting
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,250 ✭✭✭✭Scorpion Sting


    I'm going to guess Fernando Alonso. I remember him being a young buck when he started in the early noughties for Minardi I think it was.


  • #4556
    Scorpion Sting
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,250 ✭✭✭✭Scorpion Sting


    Scorpion Sting wrote: »
    I'm going to guess Fernando Alonso. I remember him being a young buck when he started in the early noughties for Minardi I think it was.

    Actually wait no. I think I know it, Max Verstappen?


  • #4557
    OldGoat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,641 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    Scorpion Sting wrote: »
    Actually wait no. I think I know it, Max Verstappen?
    Max it is. Quite a talent that young Dutchman has.
    /Waves chequered flag for Scorpion.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #4558
    Scorpion Sting
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,250 ✭✭✭✭Scorpion Sting


    :D

    Alright then...

    In our solar system which two planets rotate clockwise?


  • #4559
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    Venus and Uranus. However Uranus' axis is just over 90 degrees so it could be considered to rotate either way depending on perspective.


  • #4560
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    What's the next letter in this sequence?

    OTTFFSSE


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  • #4561
    Scorpion Sting
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,250 ✭✭✭✭Scorpion Sting


    N for nine.


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