Advertisement
Help Keep Boards Alive. Support us by going ad free today. See here: https://subscriptions.boards.ie/.
If we do not hit our goal we will be forced to close the site.

Current status: https://keepboardsalive.com/

Annual subs are best for most impact. If you are still undecided on going Ad Free - you can also donate using the Paypal Donate option. All contribution helps. Thank you.
https://www.boards.ie/group/1878-subscribers-forum

Private Group for paid up members of Boards.ie. Join the club.

YORE MAs pub quizz thread [NO CHAT!]

1…2021232526…224

Comments

  • #662
    legspin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,018 ✭✭✭legspin


    9'2"?


  • #663
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Robert Wadlow is the world's tallest man at 8 feet 11 inches


  • #664
    watna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,367 ✭✭✭✭watna


    latchyco wrote: »
    Robert Wadlow is the world's tallest man at 8 feet 11 inches

    hmmm, that looks suspiciously googled to me!


  • #665
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,410 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    latchyco wrote: »
    Robert Wadlow is the world's tallest man at 8 feet 11 inches

    Well he was, he died in 1940.
    watna wrote: »
    hmmm, that looks suspiciously googled to me!

    Nah, if he'd Googled it he would have said 8 feet 11.1 inches :)


  • #666
    smashey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,676 ✭✭✭✭smashey


    Zaph wrote: »
    Nah, if he'd Googled it he would have said 8 feet 11.1 inches :)

    How did they mange to come up with .1 of an inch? :D

    Surely the inch was divided in the old imperial way.

    1/2, 1/4, 1/8 etc.

    Therefore, 1/8" = 0.125". :D


  • Advertisement
  • #667
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,410 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Dunno, maybe an exact conversion from his metric height? This from Wikipedia:
    Wadlow reached an unprecedented 8 feet 11.09 inches (2.72 m)


  • #668
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    hmmm, that looks suspiciously googled to me!
    It was :)

    (but my previous answers to questions including the one i got right wasn't)
    Zaph wrote: »

    Nah, if he'd Googled it he would have said 8 feet 11.1 inches :)

    I did and it said 8 feet 11 inches (googled below )

    Robert Wadlow is the world's tallest man at 8 feet 11 inches. ... At the age of 13 he became the world's tallest Boy Scout with a height of 7'4 (224 cm). ...
    www.maniacworld.com/worlds_tallest_man.htm - 11k - Cached - Similar pages


  • #669
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,410 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Well I suppose you were close enough :D

    You're up Brother latchy


  • #670
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Quote Zaph -Well I suppose you were close enough

    You're up Brother latchy

    Bus if he is dead then it must be sombody else ? :D


    Back on track (Excuse my disappearance)

    What was the name of irelands first cinema and were was it located ?.


  • #671
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,410 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    The Volta on Abbey Street, I think. James Joyce was the manager, or owner or something.


  • Advertisement
  • #672
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Zaph wrote: »
    The Volta on Abbey Street, I think. James Joyce was the manager, or owner or something.


    Congrats Zaph ,but i had it down as on mary street and James Joyce indeed was a partner in the company that opened it .

    Your twist


  • #673
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,410 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Just Googled it, it was indeed Mary Street. Knew it was that neck of teh woods anyway. :)

    What is astronaut Buzz Aldrin's real first name?


  • #674
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Buzz ?


  • #675
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,874 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Edwin

    If there are 10 birds in a field, and you shoot one dead, how many birds in the field remain alive?


  • #676
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    None cuz the sound of the gunshot (not to mention the sight of their dead pal ) will freak the other birds into all having heart atttacks and dying ? :D


  • #677
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,874 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Correct! (If by having heart attacks you mean they fly away! ;))


  • #678
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Correct! (If by having heart attacks you mean they fly away! ;))

    Why em , of course but you could have left the last word out of the question ;)

    Ok , an off the top of my head Question

    Who is the american black comedian who sold out all over the uk on his recent tour ?

    Edit

    In the absense of boardsie members around who may know answer googled or otherwise ;)...the answer is Chris Rock .


  • #679
    justsomebloke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,406 ✭✭✭✭justsomebloke


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Correct! (If by having heart attacks you mean they fly away! ;))

    surely though if you had had a silencer on the gun and shot the bird they wouldn't of heard the shot so might not have flown off


  • #680
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,874 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    But would someone with a beer gut and receding hair be smart enough to use a silencer? I think not...


  • #681
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,410 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Deleted User wrote: »
    But would someone with a beer gut and receding hair be smart enough to use a silencer? I think not...

    I'm sorry, but the insinuation that the Brothers are somewhat lacking in the grey matter department is truly offensive. Had you asked whether someone with a beer gut and receding hair could be arsed going off to buy a silencer, remember to pack it with the gun and then actually bother fitting it before firing, well then you may have had a point.


  • Advertisement
  • #682
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Zaph wrote: »
    I'm sorry, but the insinuation that the Brothers are somewhat lacking in the grey matter department is truly offensive. Had you asked whether someone with a beer gut and receding hair could be arsed going off to buy a silencer, remember to pack it with the gun and then actually bother fitting it before firing, well then you may have had a point.

    Not to mention the bullets , he might forget the bullets ....


  • #683
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,786 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    My rifle has a sound moderator, the correct term ;), a high power scope and a bipod.
    Now all I need is an address...


  • #684
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Hagar wrote: »
    My rifle has a sound moderator, the correct term ;), a high power scope and a bipod.
    Now all I need is an address...


    Dealyplazza@grassyknoll.com :D


  • #685
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,874 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Speaking of receding hair, a new question arises:

    Why is it that men who have been castrated rarely go bald?


  • #686
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,786 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    They can no longer produce testosterone which is the major cause of male pattern baldness.


  • #687
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    My question is what should we do if a question goes unanswered ?

    Give the answer or shoot it ? (allowing for the fact there are not as many bro's and sis's around )


  • #688
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,786 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    latchyco wrote: »
    My question is what should we do if a question goes unanswered ?


    Ssshhhh. Nobody say a word...:D


  • #689
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,874 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Hagar be correct.


  • #690
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Hagar wrote: »
    Ssshhhh. Nobody say a word...:D

    Hello my darkness my ol friend , i've come to talk to you again ,whitin the sound............. of Silence

    I love it :D
    Deleted User wrote: »
    Hagar be correct.

    Their has to be rules otherwise the concept is redundant .I think we need a mod for this thread ;).........any mods in the house ?


  • Advertisement
  • #691
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,786 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    A two parter.

    What is an ell?

    What is an emm?


Advertisement