YORE MAs pub quizz thread [NO CHAT!]

the dee · 29-01-2008 06:27PM

LostinBlanch wrote: »

Cheers Cathoo,

OK you can have the choice of the horse that won the Irish Derby mentioned in Ulysses.

Or tell me where did Saint Nicholas originally come from?

No idea.

And Germany?

Cathmandooo · 29-01-2008 06:28PM

LostinBlanch wrote: »

Cheers Cathoo,

Or tell me where did Saint Nicholas originally come from?

damn someone asked that yesterday or maybe today and I've forgotten, can't i learn anything

damn brain!! I'm off anyway

LostinBlanch · 29-01-2008 06:30PM

the dee wrote: »

And Germany?

Not Germany, though a lot of people from this country live in Germany

the dee · 29-01-2008 06:32PM

LostinBlanch wrote: »

Not Germany, though a lot of people from this country live in Germany

It's either Austria or the Netherlands then. Maybe.

LostinBlanch · 29-01-2008 06:33PM

Head south east to a warm country.

the dee · 29-01-2008 06:33PM

Spain?

*I need to learn east from west

Turkey?

Who am I fooling? I haven't a clue.

LostinBlanch · 29-01-2008 06:34PM

Other end of the mediteranean.

the dee · 29-01-2008 06:36PM

LostinBlanch wrote: »

Other end of the mediteranean.

Greece? I'd like to see a citation on this one. I thought he was central European. He's the patron saint of Greece all right.

LostinBlanch · 29-01-2008 06:38PM

Greece is correct. Though his homeplace is in Turkey now. It was a Greek province of Anatolia but is now the Turkish province of Anatalyia. So I would have accepted either Turkey or Greece.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Nicholas

I was there on hols last year!

LostinBlanch · 29-01-2008 06:39PM

Anyway,

I'm outta here. have fun.

the dee · 29-01-2008 06:39PM

My boyf is half greek and called Nicholas

I'm off too. Catch you guys tomorrow.

Zaph · 29-01-2008 08:07PM

600 posts in this thread since yesterday? Did anyone apart from me do any work today?

Pal · 29-01-2008 08:17PM

Why is this sign in Latin and where would you find it ?

admiralofthefleet · 29-01-2008 08:19PM

looks a bit like rathfarnham shopping centre and i presume its in latin so people who speak latin can read it:p

Hagar · 29-01-2008 08:36PM

I think Noli Fumare is Italian so I'm guessing it's in Rome.

Pal · 29-01-2008 08:50PM

It is English and Latin.

Italian would be VIETATO FUMARE

and not Rome.

making this easy.
Its a town in England that puts its signs in Latin.

echter · 29-01-2008 08:57PM

because it's near hadrians wall in the UK, which was built by the romans, who spoke latin yaaaay

watna · 29-01-2008 08:57PM

Pal wrote: »

It is English and Latin.

Italian would be VIETATO FUMARE

and not Rome.

making this easy.
Its a town in England that puts its signs in Latin.

Bath? or Oxford? I get two guesses!

Pal · 29-01-2008 08:59PM

name the town

Hagar · 29-01-2008 09:02PM

Has to be Chester. They have Romans wandering the streets.

Zaph · 29-01-2008 09:03PM

Londinium

Pal · 29-01-2008 09:04PM

no

Pal · 29-01-2008 09:10PM

echter wrote: »

because it's near hadrians wall in the UK, which was built by the romans, who spoke latin yaaaay

close enough
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallsend_Metro_station
you're next

echter · 29-01-2008 10:34PM

what's the name of the little piece of plastic at the end of a shoelace to keep it from fraying?

Zaph · 29-01-2008 10:35PM

An aglet

admiralofthefleet · 29-01-2008 10:36PM

tittles or something like that

echter · 29-01-2008 10:38PM

Zaph wrote: »

An aglet

you win

Zaph · 29-01-2008 10:40PM

On what island was Freddie Mercury born?

Don1 · 29-01-2008 10:41PM

Madagascar?!

Zaph · 29-01-2008 10:42PM

Nope

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