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  • #962
    Kojak
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    The New York Times :confused::confused:


  • #963
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    Nope - No lollypop for you.

    /+1


  • #964
    Scorpio Girl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 128 ✭✭Scorpio Girl


    The financial one printed on orange paper (i think it's orange anyway)


  • #965
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 94,820 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Bombay Times (or whatever they call it now)


  • #966
    Amigaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 472 ✭✭Amigaman


    http://timesofindia.com
    Market share
    The newspaper today sells 2.7 million copies daily, and has an average issue readership in excess of 8.4 million, which makes it by far the world's largest English-language broadsheet newspaper.


    Close Paul but no Cherry :-)


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  • #967
    myjugsarehuge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 234 ✭✭myjugsarehuge


    There isn't a question to answer ?


  • #968
    Mick86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 982 ✭✭✭Mick86


    myjugsarehuge wrote:
    There isn't a question to answer ?
    Which broadsheet newspaper has the world's largest circulation for an English language daily paper?

    The Beijing Times or it's equivalent?:D


  • #969
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    A gold star for Amiga man!

    It is indeed the Times of India.

    Here's another:
    Which ex-Birmingham window cleaner sped to a World Title in August 1992?


  • #970
    Carcharodon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,070 ✭✭✭Carcharodon


    Hill Billy wrote:
    A gold star for Amiga man!

    It is indeed the Times of India.

    Here's another:
    Which ex-Birmingham window cleaner sped to a World Title in August 1992?

    Total guess - Nigel Mansell in F1, thats around his era i think


  • #971
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    Carcharodon wrote:
    Total guess - Nigel Mansell in F1, thats around his era i think

    Well done Carcharodon! First past the chequered flag.


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  • #972
    Carcharodon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,070 ✭✭✭Carcharodon


    Hill Billy wrote:
    Well done Carcharodon! First past the chequered flag.

    Ah Ha, poxy guess on my part.

    Who was Time Magazines Person of the Century ?


  • #973
    RuggieBear
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    Bono?


    or was this the Ronnie O'Brien incident?:)


  • #974
    Carcharodon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,070 ✭✭✭Carcharodon


    RuggieBear wrote:
    Bono?


    or was this the Ronnie O'Brien incident?:)


    Nope


  • #975
    totoal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 162 ✭✭totoal


    Was it Adolf Hitler?


  • #976
    Carcharodon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,070 ✭✭✭Carcharodon


    totoal wrote:
    Was it Adolf Hitler?

    Nope, he won it around 1938 and only won it once i think


  • #977
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    Was it Ghandi?


  • #978
    hamsterboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭hamsterboy


    Einstein?


  • #979
    Carcharodon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,070 ✭✭✭Carcharodon


    hamsterboy wrote:
    Einstein?


    Correct - Albert Einstein

    Macros42- I think Ghandi was runner up along with Roosevelt


  • #980
    hamsterboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭hamsterboy


    Which species of animal is known to be totally left-handed?


  • #981
    Karoma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    hamsterboy wrote:
    Which species of animal is known to be totally left-handed?
    Polar bear(s)? \o/


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  • #982
    hamsterboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭hamsterboy


    Correct! Polar Bears. How the hell did they test that one?


  • #983
    Karoma
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    Q: How many astronomical units (AU) is the planet Mercury from the Sun?


  • #984
    hamsterboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭hamsterboy


    0.38 AU from the Sun, if I remember my Astronomy Ireland notes!


  • #985
    Karoma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    Correct.


  • #986
    hamsterboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭hamsterboy


    Bloody Hell. That was such a stretch of memory. Ok

    Where was the new Irish Tricolour flown for the second time?


  • #987
    RuggieBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,958 ✭✭✭✭RuggieBear


    Un


  • #988
    hamsterboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭hamsterboy


    Nope. Was within the republic


  • #989
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    The Four Courts?

    Or maybe the GPO.


  • #990
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 94,820 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    eh
    the same place as it was flown the first time ?? :p


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  • #991
    quazzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,319 ✭✭✭quazzy


    Dublin Castle??


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