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    #1592
    Beasty
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    feargale wrote: »
    I'm guessing Wimbledon singles. There were a few Irish winners around that time. Next? James Cecil Parke? c. 1907?
    feargale wrote: »
    On second thoughts maybe wrestling. Would next up be Danno Mahony from Ballydehob c. 1945?

    Nope & Nope

    Just to add, I reckon it happened in all our lifetimes.....


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    #1593
    IrishZeus
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    Beasty wrote: »
    Nope & Nope

    Just to add, I reckon it happened in all our lifetimes.....

    Given the forum we’re in, that’s narrows it down to sometime after 1820. Very helpful.


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    #1594
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    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Given the forum we’re in, that’s narrows it down to sometime after 1820. Very helpful.

    Whippersnapper.


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    #1595
    looksee
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    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Given the forum we’re in, that’s narrows it down to sometime after 1820. Very helpful.

    No, it means it happened in the last 15 years. Give or take a year.


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    #1596
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    looksee wrote: »
    No, it means it happened in the last 15 years. Give or take a year.
    Not quite as I intended it, but not inaccurate either...


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    #1597
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    I think I owe a question. What is tangzhong?


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    #1598
    looksee
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    A musical instrument?


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    #1599
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    No. You're very far away from the answer. (It does sound like it should be, though, doesn't it? Some kind of gourd lute, or something. :)).


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    #1600
    looksee
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    I looked it up, and yes, no :D Of interest though.


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    #1601
    Beasty
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    Beasty wrote: »
    Harry Reynolds became a World Champion in a particular sport in 1896. Who was the next Irishman to take a senior World Championship in that sport (and a bonus point for the year)?
    No-one getting near yet

    So I'll take away that bonus point, and tell you it happened in 2013

    Oh, and Reynolds was also known as the "Balbriggan Flyer"


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    #1602
    feargale
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    Beasty wrote: »
    No-one getting near yet

    So I'll take away that bonus point, and tell you it happened in 2013

    Oh, and Reynolds was also known as the "Balbriggan Flyer"

    Cycling?


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    #1603
    Beasty
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    feargale wrote: »
    Cycling?

    Mr Reynolds is reputed to have ridden up the hill to Ardgillan from the cost road on a fixed wheel bike....


    ....backwards!

    Still need the guy who took a World Championship in 2013 (who actually lives not too far away from Balbriggan)


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    #1604
    feargale
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    Beasty wrote: »
    Mr Reynolds is reputed to have ridden up the hill to Ardgillan from the cost road on a fixed wheel bike....


    ....backwards!

    Still need the guy who took a World Championship in 2013 (who actually lives not too far away from Balbriggan)

    Martin Early?


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    New Home wrote: »
    I think I owe a question. What is tangzhong?
    Bump!


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    #1606
    feargale
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    New Home wrote: »
    I think I owe a question. What is tangzhong?

    Tang is a village in Westmeath. Would it be a song about Tang sung by an intoxicated Chinese gentleman?


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    #1607
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    No.


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    #1608
    IrishZeus
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    Some form of food?


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    #1609
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    Closer. It's an ingredient of sort.


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    #1610
    Beasty
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    feargale wrote: »
    Martin Early?
    Nope, but in a way remarkably close, although Earley never participated in the event the other guy became World Champion in (and the other guy never competed in a Grand Tour, while Earley competed in a dozen)


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    #1611
    feargale
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    Beasty wrote: »
    Nope, but in a way remarkably close, although Earley never participated in the event the other guy became World Champion in (and the other guy never competed in a Grand Tour, while Earley competed in a dozen)

    Dan Martin?


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    #1612
    feargale
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    Anyway I owe half a question. Which country issued two stamps honouring a military leader who led a revolt against that country?


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    #1613
    Beasty
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    feargale wrote: »
    Dan Martin?

    And again, very close in one way, but wide of the mark in another:pac:


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    New Home wrote: »
    I think I owe a question. What is tangzhong?

    Re-bump. Hint: look in the food thread.


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    Right, I'll knock this on the head. Tangzhong is a water roux (a roux made by cooking 1 part of flour in 5 parts of water until it reaches 65 degrees Celsius), which is then added to the usual ingredients (flour, water, yeast and salt and very often milk, egg and butter) to make an extremely soft bread which stays fresh for days.

    Now, for something entirely different - what were the names of the young hero and his horse in The Neverending Story? I don't mean the child reading the book. Also, for half a bonus point 'cause this one's easy, who sang the theme song?


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    #1616
    IrishZeus
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    New Home wrote: »
    Right, I'll knock this on the head. Tangzhong is a water roux (a roux made by cooking 1 part of flour in 5 parts of water until it reaches 65 degrees Celsius, which is then added to the usual ingredients (flour, water, yeast and salt) to make an extremely soft bread which stays fresh for days.

    Now, for something entirely different - what were the names of the young hero and his horse in The Neverending Story? I don't mean the child reading the book. Also, for half a bonus point 'cause this one's easy, who sang the theme song?

    Falkor was the flying dog/horse I think? Can’t remember the rest but they might come back to me. Watched jt many times as a kid.


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    Yep, Falkor was the white furry creature dragon dog snake type of thing. :)


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    keane2097
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    I know your man's name I think but not the horse's. The horse I think was want so unless it was snowmane or something like that. Atreu (not sure of spelling - ah-TRAY-you) was your man's name if I recall correctly.


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    #1619
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    You've got Atreyu all right, but you're nowhere near the right answer for the horse.


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    #1620
    bonzodog2
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    The song was sung by Limahl


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    #1621
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    Indeed it was. :)


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