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    #632
    magicbastarder
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    Emo.


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    #633
    KevRossi
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    Which famous BBC DJ and occasional presenter of Top of the Pops witnessed Lee Harvey Oswald's murder?


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    #634
    [Deleted User]
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    Emo.

    Wouldn't have got that one...


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    #635
    magicbastarder
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    another good one i heard at a table quiz was 'what's the tallest mountain in each of the four provinces'; very few tables got all four.


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    #636
    [Deleted User]
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    another good one i heard at a table quiz was 'what's the tallest mountain in each of the four provinces'; very few tables got all four.


    In the spirit of pedantry, aint there narys the peak in Ireland that qualifies (3,000m I think) as a mountain :p


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    #637
    magicbastarder
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    could use that as a spoiler question so!


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    #638
    magicbastarder
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    actually, IIRC, that was asked at a table quiz where i nearly ended up on the same team as garret fitzgerald, but he wasn't able to make it in the end. there were comments that if he had shown up, he'd have been put on a table on his own by the organisers, to make it fair on everyone else.


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    #639
    [Deleted User]
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    KevRossi wrote: »
    Which famous BBC DJ and occasional presenter of Top of the Pops witnessed Lee Harvey Oswald's murder?


    Surely must be sir Jimmy


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    #640
    Terence Rattigan
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    KevRossi wrote: »
    Which famous BBC DJ and occasional presenter of Top of the Pops witnessed Lee Harvey Oswald's murder?


    Was it John Peel?


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    #641
    ohnonotgmail
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    Which BBC presenter was in the control room at NASA mission control when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon.


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    #642
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    another good one i heard at a table quiz was 'what's the tallest mountain in each of the four provinces'; very few tables got all four.


    Carrigtoohil, Croagh Patrick, Sugarloaf, and the Giants Causeway :pac:

    Very few tables got all four Fk me - how many even got three?


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    #643
    magicbastarder
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    patrick moore i suspect.


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    #644
    [Deleted User]
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    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    Which BBC presenter was in the control room at NASA mission control when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon.

    David Frost?


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    #645
    ohnonotgmail
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    David Frost?

    No. To clarify, which CURRENT BBC presenter.


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    #646
    KevRossi
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    another good one i heard at a table quiz was 'what's the tallest mountain in each of the four provinces'; very few tables got all four.

    I only know it because I've been on all of them. Mweelrea, Carrantoohill, Lugnaquilla, Slieve Donard.
    Terence Rattigan wrote: »
    Was it John Peel?

    Yes it was. Get your hand on his autobiography if you can. Great book.


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    #647
    magicbastarder
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Carrigtoohil, Croagh Patrick, Sugarloaf, and the Giants Causeway :pac:

    Very few tables got all four Fk me - how many even got three?
    can't remember now unfortunately, this was probably over 20 years ago.
    i have twice been on teams that won the 'best/worst wrong answer' booby prize.
    names of the three wise men, we put down 'veni, vidi and vici'
    and in another quiz, one of our team members was *insistent* that a ziggurat was a large truck, so we humoured her and put that down. she realised afterwards she was thinking of juggernaut.


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    #648
    The Mulk
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    Christopher John Davison is better known by what name?


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    #649
    Fr Tod Umptious
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Carrigtoohil, Croagh Patrick, Sugarloaf, and the Giants Causeway :pac:

    Very few tables got all four Fk me - how many even got three?
    Croagh Patrick is not the tallest in Connacht.
    It's a place called Mulree or something like that, can't pronounce it, can't spell it and can't find it on a map either if I had to.

    No idea what the Ulster one is, probably something in the Mournes.


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    #650
    magicbastarder
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    just did a bit of googling - john peel was at the press conference just before oswald was killed, but there's no suggestion he was a witness to the killing in what i've found?


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    #651
    BrianBoru00
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    These TV ones are popular... Here's one that'll appeal to TV addicts, and those what are good at combinations/permutations in Mathematics.

    The Waltons - "Goodnight Johnboy" :D
    Assuming every Walton's character said 'goodnight' to each other; how many "goodnights" would there be in total?
    Anywhere from tens and thousands to millions......but assuming you meant just the household with 2 grandparents, 2 parents and 7 kids then 110...


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    #652
    magicbastarder
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    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    Which BBC presenter was in the control room at NASA mission control when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon.
    rather randomly, my wife just gave me the answer when i mentioned the john peel thing to her. and i'd never have guessed the answer.
    you could even add more detail, which BBC tv presenter held the hand of armstrong's secretary to help her relax during the moon landings?


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    #653
    ohnonotgmail
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    rather randomly, my wife just gave me the answer when i mentioned the john peel thing to her. and i'd never have guessed the answer.
    you could even add more detail, which BBC tv presenter held the hand of armstrong's secretary to help her relax during the moon landings?

    You could indeed add that as an extra piece of detail. :D


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    #654
    magicbastarder
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    which famous british musician was booked to fly on Pan Am flight 103 (which blew up over lockerbie) but missed the flight?


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    #655
    cj maxx
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    Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »
    Croagh Patrick is not the tallest in Connacht.
    It's a place called Mulree or something like that, can't pronounce it, can't spell it and can't find it on a map either if I had to.

    No idea what the Ulster one is, probably something in the Mournes.

    Mt Errigal in Donegal i think is a little taller than Sliabh Donard in the Mournes


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    #656
    Badly Drunk Boy
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    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    Which BBC presenter was in the control room at NASA mission control when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon.

    Sandi Toksvig. She's mentioned it a few times on different programmes.


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    #657
    toonarmy1
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    Who Invented the skip ?


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    #658
    magicbastarder
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    cj maxx wrote: »
    Mt Errigal in Donegal i think is a little taller than Sliabh Donard in the Mournes
    No, errigal is almost exactly 100m shorter.


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    #659
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    BrianBoru00 wrote: »
    Anywhere from tens and thousands to millions......but assuming you meant just the household with 2 grandparents, 2 parents and 7 kids then 110...

    :) correct

    It wasn't a trick question :pac:


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    #660
    Terence Rattigan
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    which famous british musician was booked to fly on Pan Am flight 103 (which blew up over lockerbie) but missed the flight?

    Johnny Rotten


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    #661
    Terence Rattigan
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    The Mulk wrote: »
    Christopher John Davison is better known by what name?

    Christy Burke :)


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