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    #242
    annascott
    Registered Users Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭annascott


    Sorry!
    What nationality is the guys who invented Trivial Pursuit?


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    #243
    dubstarr
    Registered Users Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    canadian
    How many commonwealth states are there


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    #244
    annascott
    Registered Users Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭annascott


    54 (British)

    4 USA


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    #245
    annascott
    Registered Users Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭annascott


    What is the last (50th) US state?


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    #246
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    annascott wrote: »
    What is the last (50th) US state?

    Hawaii

    How many US states border Canada?


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    #247
    annascott
    Registered Users Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭annascott


    13

    what is 'fear of the number 13' called?


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    #248
    abff
    Registered Users Posts: 5,731 ✭✭✭abff


    Triskaidekaphobia.

    How many Friday the 13th movies were there?


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    #249
    KKkitty
    Registered Users Posts: 7,534 ✭✭✭KKkitty


    triskaidekaphobia



    What is the phobia relating to clowns called?


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    #250
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,733 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    abff wrote: »
    Triskaidekaphobia.

    How many Friday the 13th movies were there?

    12 including the 2009 remake

    KKkitty wrote: »
    triskaidekaphobia



    What is the phobia relating to clowns called?

    Coulrophobia


    What is "The Diamond Sutra"?


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    #251
    Skrynesaver
    Registered Users Posts: 1,109 ✭✭✭Skrynesaver


    donegal_man wrote: »
    12 including the 2009 remake




    Coulrophobia


    What is "The Diamond Sutra"?

    A Buddhist text (earliest printed book in existence I think)

    What name and rank was The Buddha traditionally said to be born as?


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    #252
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    Skrynesaver wrote: »
    A Buddhist text (earliest printed book in existence I think)

    What name and rank was The Buddha traditionally said to be born as?

    Siddhartha Gautama - a prince of a Hindu Royal family.

    Where was The Buddha said to have been born?


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    #253
    tayto lover
    Registered Users Posts: 51,652 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Nepal.

    Where is the inventor of the crossword puzzle buried?


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    #254
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    tayto lover wrote: »
    Nepal.

    Where is the inventor of the crossword puzzle buried?

    5 across and 6 down...


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    #255
    tayto lover
    Registered Users Posts: 51,652 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    im invisible wrote: »
    5 across and 6 down...

    Correct. I'm a bit giddy today. It must be the Christmas mood setting in :D


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    #256
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    we'll go with 'who was the inventer of the crossword?'
    seeing as i spent the last 10 mins looking him up on wikipedia


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    #257
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,733 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    tayto lover wrote: »
    Nepal.

    Where is the inventor of the crossword puzzle buried?

    Florida

    Only two countries have six colour flags, which two?


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    #258
    tayto lover
    Registered Users Posts: 51,652 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Florida

    Only two countries have six colour flags, which two?

    South Africa and Croatia.

    Which was the first country to have a national flag?


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    #259
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,733 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    tayto lover wrote: »
    South Africa and Croatia.

    Which was the first country to have a national flag?

    Half right, South Africa is one. Croatian flag has only three colours.
    There is one other country that has a flag with six different colours (clue, it's a newer African country)


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    #260
    tayto lover
    Registered Users Posts: 51,652 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Half right, South Africa is one. Croatian flag has only three colours.
    There is one other country that has a flag with six different colours (clue, it's a newer African country)

    Sudan


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    #261
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,733 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    tayto lover wrote: »
    Sudan

    That's the one


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    #262
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    tayto lover wrote: »
    Sudan

    Any chance of an auld question there Tayto ?


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    #263
    tayto lover
    Registered Users Posts: 51,652 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Any chance of an auld question there Tayto ?

    Sorry.

    What is the study of flags and emblems called? (and don't irk me -- bit of a clue)


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    #264
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,733 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    tayto lover wrote: »
    Sorry.

    What is the study of flags and emblems called? (and don't irk me -- bit of a clue)

    Vexology (I'll wait for confirmation before posting a question)


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    #265
    tayto lover
    Registered Users Posts: 51,652 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Vexology (I'll wait for confirmation before posting a question)

    Excellent. It's VEXILLOLOGY
    It was asked for 500k on "who wants to be a millionaire" a few years ago. I knew it at the time because I set some charity quizzes and had come across the word. The contestant didn't take it on that night. Would have loved to have been in his shoes.

    You're next.


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    #266
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,733 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    Margaret Thatcher was part of the team which developed what? Clue: It's food


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    #267
    Amigaman
    Registered Users Posts: 472 ✭✭Amigaman


    Soft Scoop ice cream... when she worked for j. Lyons


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    #268
    Amigaman
    Registered Users Posts: 472 ✭✭Amigaman


    Who is the Father of the Amiga :-) ( it had to be an Amiga related question - sorry )


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    #269
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    Amigaman wrote: »
    Who is the Father of the Amiga :-) ( it had to be an Amiga related question - sorry )

    Jay Miner.

    What university connects Miner to the Atomic Bomb?


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    #270
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    Jay Miner.

    What university connects Miner to the Atomic Bomb?

    Sorry I've been away...
    Probably MIT I'm guessing....?


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    #271
    Skrynesaver
    Registered Users Posts: 1,109 ✭✭✭Skrynesaver


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Sorry I've been away...
    Probably MIT I'm guessing....?
    Wrong coast I suspect, Atari was a west coast company and Oppenheimer was @ Berkeley at the time of the Manhattan project so I'm going to guess Berkeley

    Which, in the event I'm right leads to the following question, Bishop Berkeley was born in Dysart Co. Kilkenny, which river does the castle overlook?


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