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General Knowledge Quiz

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  • #182
    dubstarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    Hawaii is the 50th state of the union.
    What is the largest state in America


  • #183
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    dubstarr wrote: »
    Hawaii is the 50th state of the union.
    What is the largest state in America

    (In 'America' - which is a continent - the largest 'State'/country is Canada :p *pedant*)

    In the U.S it is Alaska.

    Which is the most populated state in the U.S.?


  • #184
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Going by the recent election...California?


  • #185
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    "California here I come" is a song from which 1920's Broadway musical ?


  • #186
    GoodisonPark
    Closed Accounts Posts: 372 ✭✭GoodisonPark


    Bombo

    What kind of musical instrument is a Bombo?


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  • #187
    dubstarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    its a a latin drum
    Whats the capital of chile


  • #188
    Lingua Franca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,800 ✭✭✭Lingua Franca


    Santiago de Chile.

    What is the name for the fruit of the blackthorn?


  • #189
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Lingua Franca wrote: »
    Santiago de Chile.

    What is the name for the fruit of the blackthorn?

    The Sloe

    What is the name for the fruit of the Whitethorn ?


  • #190
    dubstarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    The haw
    who was lord hawhaw


  • #191
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    dubstarr wrote: »
    The haw
    who was lord hawhaw

    William Joyce.

    Where was Joyce born?


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  • #192
    dubstarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    Brooklyn
    Who were the first europeans to settle there


  • #193
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 55,609 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    The Dutch (New Amsterdam)


    What is Ireland's second smallest county?


  • #194
    dubstarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    kilkenny
    Whats the largest city in England


  • #195
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 55,609 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    dubstarr wrote: »
    kilkenny
    Whats the largest city in England

    Wrong it's Carlow.

    London.

    What Jack wrote "White Fang".


  • #196
    john kinsella
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 462 ✭✭john kinsella


    dubstarr wrote: »
    kilkenny
    Whats the largest city in England

    By population London,

    Whats the most populous town in Ireland?


  • #197
    dubstarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    tayto lover wrote: »
    Wrong it's Carlow.

    London.

    What Jack wrote "White Fang".

    Wrong its Carlisle
    Jack London
    Where was he born


  • #198
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 55,609 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    john kinsella wrote: »
    By population London,

    Whats the most populous town in Ireland?

    Drogheda (just a little more than Dundalk)

    What mountain peak overlooks the beautiful village of Carlingford?


  • #199
    dubstarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    by land area is carlisle i did ask what was the biggest not by population


  • #200
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 55,609 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    dubstarr wrote: »
    by land area is carlisle i did ask what was the biggest not by population

    London is massive though. Wouldn't even consider Carlisle at all. I might google it later.


  • #201
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 55,609 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Well done Dubstarr.

    http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_largest_city_in_England

    Very good question in fairness.


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  • #202
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    What question are we on? :confused:


  • #203
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 55,609 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    What question are we on? :confused:

    Drogheda (just a little more than Dundalk)

    What mountain peak overlooks the beautiful village of Carlingford?


  • #204
    Scorpion Sting
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,332 ✭✭✭✭Scorpion Sting


    Slieve Foy.

    What is the highest mountain in Europe?


  • #205
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 55,609 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Mount Elbrus

    Which mountain has the heads of 4 American Presidents carved into it.


  • #206
    Scorpion Sting
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,332 ✭✭✭✭Scorpion Sting


    Mount Rushmore.

    Which U.S. President had the shortest spell in office?


  • #207
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 55,609 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    William Henry Harrisson

    Who was the smallest U.S. President?


  • #208
    dubstarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    James Madison
    Who was the only US president not to represent a political party


  • #209
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 55,609 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    No. 1 -- George Washington.

    In what mountains did Rip Van Winkle fall asleep.


  • #210
    dubstarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    catskill mountains
    who wrote a couple of swells


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  • #211
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    dubstarr wrote: »
    catskill mountains
    who wrote a couple of swells

    Irving Berlin?


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