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

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  • #6602
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    tayto lover wrote: »
    One from my Primary school days.

    Who was the French General who fought alongside Sarsfield and Custume at the "Siege of Athlone"?

    He was mentioned in Aubrey de Vere's poem about the battle.

    The Marquis de St. Ruth -


  • #6603
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 54,202 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    The Marquis de St. Ruth -

    St. Ruth in his stirrups stood up and cried "I have seen no deed like that in France"
    With a toss of his head Sarsfield replied " they had luck the dogs, t'was a merry chance".



    Your go again.


  • #6604
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    "Nobody can easily bring together a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese". Said by whom of where?


  • #6605
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    "Nobody can easily bring together a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese". Said by whom of where?

    De Gaulle of France.

    P.S. It was 246. You're throwing in a few extra ones like Galtee cheese slices and Mitchelstown cheese and onion.


  • #6606
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    feargale wrote: »
    De Gaulle of France.

    Oui, La France


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  • #6607
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    What was the Irish surname of de Gaulle's great grandmother?


  • #6608
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    feargale wrote: »
    What was the Irish surname of de Gaulle's great grandmother?

    I think we give up.... :)


  • #6609
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    I think we give up.... :)

    Sorry. It was actually his great grandmother.

    His maternal-grandmother was Julia Maillot nee Delannoy, daughter of Marie Angelique Delannoy nee McCartan,
    great-granddaughter of Anthony McCartan who left Ireland with the Wild Geese after the Battle of the Boyne, whose grandfather Patrick McCartan was brother of Owen McCartan, hanged and beheaded at Carrickfergus in 1653. The McCartans were Gaelic aristocracy, lords of Kinelarty in Co. Down. For good measure, Marie Angelique's mother was a Fleming, Irish, I'd be guessing.

    Surprised this wasn't answered. It was widely reported here in the past.


  • #6610
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    What exclusively links the following: VS Naipaul; Nadine Gordimer; William Golding; JM Coetzee; Kazuo Ishiguro?


  • #6611
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    I know at least three of them are Booker Prize winners.


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  • #6612
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    I know at least three of them are Booker Prize winners.

    You're tipping around the edges.


  • #6613
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 54,202 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    feargale wrote: »
    You're tipping around the edges.

    Have they libraries or colleges named after them?


  • #6614
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    feargale wrote: »
    What exclusively links the following: VS Naipaul; Nadine Gordimer; William Golding; JM Coetzee; Kazuo Ishiguro?

    Are they Nobel laureates?


  • #6615
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,180 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Nobel Laureates AND Bookers Prize winners?


  • #6616
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    New Home wrote: »
    Nobel Laureates AND Bookers Prize winners?

    Correct.


  • #6617
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,180 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Who wrote 'From Me Flows What You Call Time', which was submitted to the publishers on May 28, 2016, but won't be published until 2116?


  • #6618
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    New Home wrote: »
    Who wrote 'From Me Flows What You Call Time', which was submitted to the publishers on May 28, 2016, but won't be published until 2116?

    I've heard of the project but the author is beyond me.


  • #6619
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    New Home wrote: »
    Who wrote 'From Me Flows What You Call Time', which was submitted to the publishers on May 28, 2016, but won't be published until 2116?

    Its Katie Patterson's "Future Library Project". This one was written by David Mitchell, who also authored Cloud Atlas. (An odd read if anyone is interested!)

    PS: I think its 2114 that they will be published ;)


  • #6620
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,180 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Correct! It's a brilliant idea, isn't it? :)

    However, Mitchell's book will be published in 2116 - it's Margaret Atwood's one that is due to be published earlier (according to Wikipedia, anyway. :)). AFAIK, they'll "recruit" more writers every couple of years or so.


  • #6621
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,737 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    I wonder will those authors' books be considered classics in 100 years, or will they have been forgotten? Has anyone left a note for them to be found?


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  • #6622
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    looksee wrote: »
    I wonder will those authors' books be considered classics in 100 years, or will they have been forgotten? Has anyone left a note for them to be found?


    I think that Terry Pratchett's Discworld will stand the test of time due to it's fantasy medieval settings and as a commentary on current humour.


  • #6623
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    Which Britsih OBE holder has the term "noli timere messorem" on his/her coat of arms?


    Bonus point: Why?


  • #6624
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Which Britsih OBE holder has the term "noli timere messorem" on his/her coat of arms?


    Bonus point: Why?

    I know what it means if that is any good :D


  • #6625
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Which Britsih OBE holder has the term "noli timere messorem" on his/her coat of arms?


    Bonus point: Why?

    Terry Pratchett's and I assume it had something to do with the song "don't fear the reaper" .

    And all that is a guess based on translation of the motto and the reference to Terry Pritchett above. I know his name but nothing else about him and have never read him.


  • #6626
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Terry Pratchett's and I assume it had something to do with the song "don't fear the reaper" .

    And all that is a guess based on translation of the motto and the reference to Terry Pritchett above. I know his name but nothing else about him and have never read him.
    Pratchett was my favourite auther due to his humour, however he developed alzheimers and died a few years ago. If you like humour I suggest you read his stuff, it is antasy based but very funny, (Try Monstrous Regiment, Carpe Jugulum, or Night Watch)


  • #6627
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Ipswich, Nantwich, and all towns of England ending in Wich, get there names from what ?


  • #6628
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Ipswich, Nantwich, and all towns of England ending in Wich, get there names from what ?

    Wich = harbour, cognate with Old Norse Vik.

    Nothing to do with Halloween wiches!


  • #6629
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    feargale wrote: »
    Wich = harbour, cognate with Old Norse Vik.

    Nothing to do with Halloween wiches!

    That will do. They are also associated with brine wells and salt production "the 'wich towns".


  • #6630
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    What is the difference between Croque Monsieur and Croque Madame?


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  • #6631
    Quazzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,671 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    feargale wrote: »
    What is the difference between Croque Monsieur and Croque Madame?
    Croque Madame has an egg on it. Croque Monsiuer doesn't.

    The woman has an egg, which gave me a chuckle


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