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    #992
    looksee
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    I will throw in another question just to keep things going. A religious one for a change.

    Between which two cities was Paul the Apostle travelling when he experience his conversion.


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    #993
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    Damascus was one, I can't remember the other.


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    #994
    feargale
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    looksee wrote: »
    I will throw in another question just to keep things going. A religious one for a change.

    Between which two cities was Paul the Apostle travelling when he experience his conversion.

    Tarsus?


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    #995
    looksee
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    Damascus is right, what was the other?


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    #996
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    All roads lead to Rome.... :pac:


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    #997
    feargale
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    I already offered Tarsus without a response. Jerusalem?


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    #998
    looksee
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    Sorry I should have said no to Tarsus, that was where he was born. But yes, Jerusalem is the answer, he was travelling from Jerusalem to Damascus.


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    #999
    feargale
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    feargale wrote: »

    1. What is the most populous country which is never credited with a Nobel Prize win?

    Indonesia (c. 275 million, 4th in the world) is never credited, certainly not by Wikipedia. However Willem Einthoven (21 May 1860 – 29 September 1927) a Dutch physician who received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1924, was born to Dutch parents in Semarang in the then Dutch East Indies. His widowed mother relocated the family to the Netherlands when he was ten years old.
    feargale wrote: »

    2. What is the most populous country which is not the birthplace of a Nobel laureate?

    Nobody born in the Philippines (c.110 million, 13th in the world) has been awarded a Nobel Prize.

    But Franz Ontal, a native of Victorias, Negros Occidental, was the head inspector training of the United Nations’ Organization for the Protection of Chemical Weapons which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2013.
    And Fr. Jose Ramon Villarin (born in Manila 30th January 1960) was part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Al Gore and the IPCC jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change".


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    #1000
    IrishZeus
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    feargale wrote: »
    Indonesia is never credited, certainly not by Wikipedia. However Willem Einthoven (21 May 1860 – 29 September 1927) a Dutch physician who received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1924, was born to Dutch parents in Semarang in the then Dutch East Indies. His widowed mother relocated the family to the Netherlands when he was ten years old.

    Nobody born in the Philippines has been awarded a Nobel Prize.

    But Franz Ontal, a native of Victorias, Negros Occidental, was the head inspector training of the United Nations’ Organization for the Protection of Chemical Weapons which won the Nobel Peace Prize.

    Great questions in fairness. You’re up again I think?


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    #1001
    feargale
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    Just to continue challenging your sanity, another " most populous" question, but easier this time:

    Most populous country that never played in FIFA World Cup finals?


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    #1002
    feargale
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    I believe I owe a second question.

    What are the only two languages, each of which is an official language of an EU member state, but neither of which is an official language of the European Union.
    One mark for each.
    To clarify, forget languages with regional recognition, e.g. Welsh is co-official with English in Wales but does not have countrywide official status in the UK.


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    #1003
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    Catalan and Basque? Probably not...


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    #1004
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    feargale wrote: »
    Just to continue challenging your sanity, another " most populous" question, but easier this time:

    Most populous country that never played in FIFA World Cup finals?

    India perhaps


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    #1005
    feargale
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    OldRio wrote: »
    India perhaps

    Correct.
    India first attracted attention playing barefoot in the 1948 Olympics, and relatively speaking had a good run in the 1950s, including getting to the semi-finals at the Melbourne Olympics.

    India qualified by default for the 1950 FIFA World Cup as a result of the withdrawal of all of their scheduled opponents. But lack of financial assistance to purchase tickets including the prospects of a very long sea journey meant that the team never made it to Brazil. Although FIFA imposed a rule banning barefoot play following 1948 Olympics where India had played barefoot. The myth that Indians refused to play because they were not allowed to play barefoot is not entirely true, according to the then Indian captain Shailen Manna, it was just a story to cover up the disastrous decision of the AIFF, who seem to have valued the Olympics over the World Cup. It was a seminal moment in Indian soccer. The team has never since come close to qualifying for the World Cup.

    Your question?


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    #1006
    feargale
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    New Home wrote: »
    Catalan and Basque? Probably not...

    Nope. They have only regional status.


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    #1007
    IrishZeus
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    feargale wrote: »
    Nope. They have only regional status.


    Turkish and Flemish?


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    #1008
    feargale
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    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Turkish and Flemish?

    Turkish is correct, official in Cyprus.

    Flemish is wrong. Standard Dutch is the official language in Belgium.


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    #1009
    New Home
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    Albanian?


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    #1010
    feargale
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    New Home wrote: »
    Albanian?

    Nope.


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    #1011
    IrishZeus
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    Luxemburgish? (sp)

    I run a language travel agency in real life. You finally asked a question in my realm of experience :D


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    #1012
    feargale
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    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Luxemburgish? (sp)

    I run a language travel agency in real life. You finally asked a question in my realm of experience :D

    That's it.

    I have an impression, but can find nothing to substantiate it, that a member state is confined to nominating one official language. Maybe it's an unwritten understanding. I don't know why Cyprus didn't nominate Turkish, since Greek also belongs to Greece, maybe because the number of speakers in Greek Cyprus is tiny.
    Luxemburgish? Their other two official languages, French and German are spoken for. Maybe they just couldn't be bothered.


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    #1013
    feargale
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    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Luxemburgish? (sp)

    I run a language travel agency in real life. You finally asked a question in my realm of experience :D

    What do you do? Carry people to specific language areas to study languages? Organise courses?


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    #1014
    OldGoat
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    feargale wrote: »
    What do you do? Carry people to specific language areas to study languages? Organise courses?
    These quiz questions are getting harder all the time. How am I supposed to know what IrishZ does in work?
    :D

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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    #1015
    IrishZeus
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    OldGoat wrote: »
    These quiz questions are getting harder all the time. How am I supposed to know what IrishZ does in work?
    :D

    €10 and I’ll share my answers with you :D


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    #1016
    IrishZeus
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    feargale wrote: »
    What do you do? Carry people to specific language areas to study languages? Organise courses?

    We operate as an agency bringing (mostly) Latin American students into Ireland and Canada for English language and Degree/Masters programmes. We place them into colleges, rather than providing any courses ourselves. Up and running a few years now and all going well - it’s a huge industry in Ireland that unfortunately very people know much about and is often tarnished by negative press!

    I will be back shortly with a question :)


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    #1017
    IrishZeus
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    Linus Pauling - for what is he known and what is unique about him in this regard?


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    #1018
    feargale
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    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Linus Pauling - for what is he known and what is unique about him in this regard?

    Winning two Nobel Prizes.


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    #1019
    IrishZeus
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    feargale wrote: »
    Winning two Nobel Prizes.

    Correct but he is not unique in that sense. A bit more detail please


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    #1020
    feargale
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    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Correct but he is not unique in that sense. A bit more detail please

    He won them in different categories,, chemistry and peace, I think.


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    #1021
    IrishZeus
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    Correct, but still not unique. (Marie Cure being another example of a winner across two categories)


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