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General Knowledge Quiz

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  • #542
    Guffy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,406 ✭✭✭Guffy


    yip


  • #543
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    After this diplomatic embarassment, what was the name of the operation embarked upon by the United States to destabilise the Castro regime?


  • #544
    The Pheasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 372 ✭✭The Pheasant


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    After this diplomatic embarassment, what was the name of the operation embarked upon by the United States to destabilise the Castro regime?
    Mongoose?


  • #545
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    The Pheasant wrote: »
    Mongoose?[/QUOTE


    Correcto!


  • #546
    The Pheasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 372 ✭✭The Pheasant


    What animal family is the mongoose a member of? And I want the proper name! :D


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  • #547
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Herpestidai / herpestidei / ?

    If so by what name do we more usually refer to Herpes Simplex as ?


  • #548
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Herpestidai / herpestidei / ?

    If so by what name do we more usually refer to Herpes Simplex as ?

    herpestidae? It's something 'herpes' alright.

    Cold sores?


  • #549
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Yes, the dreaded coldsore.


  • #550
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    An outbreak of which STD among French troops in 1494 spread across Europe killing millions of people?


  • #551
    The Pheasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 372 ✭✭The Pheasant


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    An outbreak of which STD among French troops in 1494 spread across Europe killing millions of people?
    Gotta be syphilis? Only STD I can think of that was around that time


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  • #552
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Go ahead with another question there Pheasant


  • #553
    The Pheasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 372 ✭✭The Pheasant


    Alright grand, was waiting for a confirmation because I wasn't sure, I'll start off with an easy one - in which battle were the French army annihilated by the english led by Henry V?


  • #554
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    The Pheasant wrote: »
    Alright grand, was waiting for a confirmation because I wasn't sure, I'll start off with an easy one - in which battle were the French army annihilated by the english led by Henry V?

    Agincourt.

    During which 'war' did Agincourt take place?


  • #555
    The Pheasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 372 ✭✭The Pheasant


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    Agincourt.

    During which 'war' did Agincourt take place?

    Hundred years war, who was the French king at the time of agincourt?


  • #556
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    The Pheasant wrote: »
    Hundred years war, who was the French king at the time of agincourt?

    Charles VI.

    What woman was instrumental in helping Charles VII secure his throne?


  • #557
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,132 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    Charles VI.

    What woman was instrumental in helping Charles VII secure his throne?

    Joan Of Arc

    Which bishop condemned Joan to death for heresy?


  • #558
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Joan Of Arc

    Which bishop condemned Joan to death for heresy?

    Pierre Cauchon.


    Which pope ordered the posthumous retrial for Joan which found her innocent?


  • #559
    EoghanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭EoghanIRL


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    Pierre Cauchon.


    Which pope ordered the posthumous retrial for Joan which found her innocent?

    Pope Callixtus III,
    Who was his successor ?


  • #560
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    EoghanIRL wrote: »
    Pope Callixtus III,
    Who was his successor ?

    Pius II.

    Which one of Callixtus III's nephews became an infamous pope?


  • #561
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,132 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    Pius II.

    Which one of Callixtus III's nephews became an infamous pope?

    Rodrigo Borgia (Pope Alexander VI)

    Before his ordination Rodrigo qualified as what?


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  • #562
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭feargale


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Rodrigo Borgia (Pope Alexander VI)

    Before his ordination Rodrigo qualified as what?

    Lawyer


  • #563
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭feargale


    feargale wrote: »
    Lawyer
    Pope Alexander VI intervened in a territorial dispute between which two countries?


  • #564
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,132 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    feargale wrote: »
    Pope Alexander VI intervened in a territorial dispute between which two countries?

    France and Spain (Naples). I won't post a question 'til this answer is confirmed - or not ;)


  • #565
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭feargale


    donegal_man wrote: »
    France and Spain (Naples). I won't post a question 'til this answer is confirmed - or not ;)

    No.


  • #566
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,132 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    feargale wrote: »
    No.

    Ho hum


  • #567
    Guffy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,406 ✭✭✭Guffy


    spain and portugal?


  • #568
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭feargale


    gufc21 wrote: »
    spain and portugal?

    Right, relating to their designs on the New World.


  • #569
    Guffy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,406 ✭✭✭Guffy


    When was monarchy abolished in Portugal?


  • #570
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭feargale


    gufc21 wrote: »
    When was monarchy abolished in Portugal?

    1910
    Which country calls Portugal its oldest ally?


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  • #571
    Guffy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,406 ✭✭✭Guffy


    England?
    Pretty sure this is right thanks to e total war :P

    When did the war of the roses finish?


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