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FG Table Quiz July 2019 Game Thread

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  • #182
    Necro
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    Ah Christ.

    We had Hawkings :(

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  • #183
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 6,045 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Ectoplasm wrote: »
    Ohhh so close $hifty

    Gah! Knew there was a 2 in there. Hope I picked the right Dakota now


  • #184
    Kolido
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,730 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Q6. Social networking site Facebook was founded in February of which year?

    Answer: 2004

    FUNFACT: Facebook is 3rd on the Alexa ranks, behind only Google and Youtube.


  • #185
    Collie D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,516 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    Mollyb60 wrote: »
    ****ing shaun mendes. Wrecked my head yesterday and I was miles off anyway.

    Wrecked your head?! I’ve still got We are Young going through my brain


  • #186
    Kolido
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,730 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Q7. The iconic sculpture, Mount Rushmore, is in which US state?

    Answer: South Dekota

    BQ: Of the 4 former USA presidents depicted in the sculpture, which is the most recent to hold office?

    Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

    image.jpg


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  • #187
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  • #188
    quickbeam
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    ^^ Again, thanks to Bill Bryson (Mt. Rushmore was commissioned in 1927)


  • #189
    Kolido
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,730 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Q8. Which song was Oasis' first number one in the UK Singles Chart in April 1995?

    Answer: Some might say


  • #190
    Mollyb60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,906 ✭✭✭Mollyb60


    Collie D wrote: »
    Wrecked your head?! I’ve still got We are Young going through my brain


    And they're not even the same band! Train did Bruises that I was thinking of and apparently Fun did that We are Young song. :mad:


  • #191
    Kolido
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,730 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


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  • #192
    Necro
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  • #193
    quickbeam
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    Hope you got that one right, Necro :)


  • #194
    Kolido
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    Q1. How many studio albums have the 'Spice Girls' released?

    Answer: 3

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  • #195
    [Deleted User]
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    Kolido wrote: »
    Q7. The iconic sculpture, Mount Rushmore, is in which US state?

    Answer: South Dekota

    Booyah!


  • #196
    Baggly
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    Kolido wrote: »
    Q1. How many studio albums have the 'Spice Girls' released?

    Answer: 3

    Well ****.


  • #197
    Necro
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    quickbeam wrote: »
    Hope you got that one right, Necro :)

    Only after a rethink :pac:

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  • #198
    [Deleted User]
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    Kolido wrote: »
    Q1. How many studio albums have the 'Spice Girls' released?

    Answer: 3

    ece52d4f5bf86d8fd927122f6445617d063931da.jpg

    Ohoh


  • #199
    Kolido
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,730 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Q2. According to Greek mythology who was the first woman on earth?

    Answer: Pandora

    Q3. Which British 1980's pop group took their name from a mad scientist in the movie Barbarella?

    Answer: Duran Duran

    FUNFACT: Despite being one of the most successfull UK bands of the 80's, they have only achieved 2 UK number 1 singles.


  • #200
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,328 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    Kolido wrote: »
    Q1. On which date is groundhog day celebrated in USA?

    Answer: February 2nd

    FUNFACT: I've never watched the movie 'Groundhog Day' and I'm unlikely to as I don't like Bill Murray.

    Get out.

    Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue



  • #201
    kitten_k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,361 ✭✭✭kitten_k


    Kolido wrote: »
    Q1. How many studio albums have the 'Spice Girls' released?

    Answer: 3

    ece52d4f5bf86d8fd927122f6445617d063931da.jpg

    Yay!!


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  • #202
    munster87
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    Kolido wrote: »
    Q1. How many studio albums have the 'Spice Girls' released?

    Answer: 3

    ece52d4f5bf86d8fd927122f6445617d063931da.jpg

    That was unexpected


  • #203
    Ted_YNWA
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    Kolido wrote: »
    Q1. How many studio albums have the 'Spice Girls' released?

    Answer: 3

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  • #204
    Necro
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    What is it with me and 80s pop lol

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  • #205
    Kolido
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,730 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Q4. In which modern day country was J. R. R. Tolkien born?

    Answer: South Africa


    Q5. Who was the US president when the first 'Star Wars' movie was released?

    Answer: Jimmy Carter

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  • #206
    duffman13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,274 ✭✭✭duffman13


    Kolido wrote: »
    Q1. How many studio albums have the 'Spice Girls' released?

    Answer: 3

    ece52d4f5bf86d8fd927122f6445617d063931da.jpg

    Get ta ****! Seriously! Wow, didn't expect that


  • #207
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    Electric Nitwit wrote: »
    Sports knocked out of the park

    juan-uribe-destroys-a-homer-against-the-braves.gif

    Same

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z95H0hR-20A


  • #208
    Necro
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    Hope you got the Tolkien question right QB ;)

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  • #209
    Kolido
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,730 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Q6. Who directed their daughter to an Oscar winning performance in the 1985 movie Prizzi's Honor

    Answer: John Huston


    FUNFACT: John Huston holds the unique distinction of directing both his father Walter and his daughter Anjelica in Oscar-winning performances (in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and Prizzi's Honor, respectively)


  • #210
    TheValeyard
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    Jimmy Carter is awesome. He is like 94 years old and still building houses.

    Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue



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  • #211
    quickbeam
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    Necro wrote: »
    Hope you got the Tolkien question right QB ;)

    But of course :)


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