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General Knowledge Quiz

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  • #572
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,634 ✭✭✭feargale


    gufc21 wrote: »
    England?
    Pretty sure this is right thanks to e total war :P

    When did the war of the roses finish?

    1485


  • #573
    feargale
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    gufc21 wrote: »
    England?
    Pretty sure this is right thanks to e total war :P

    When did the war of the roses finish?

    1485
    The Rose Revolution took place in 2003 in which country?


  • #574
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 54,509 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    When the tin was empty ? :D


  • #575
    donegal_man
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    feargale wrote: »
    1485
    The Rose Revolution took place in 2003 in which country?

    Georgia

    What do the people of Georgia call themselves? (Not Georgians)


  • #576
    feargale
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    donegal_man wrote: »
    Georgia

    What do the people of Georgia call themselves? (Not Georgians)

    Kartvelians


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  • #577
    feargale
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    donegal_man wrote: »
    Georgia

    What do the people of Georgia call themselves? (Not Georgians)

    Kartvelians. ( Country = " Sakartvelo. " )


  • #578
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,634 ✭✭✭feargale


    Eduard Shevardnadze, having served as Soviet foreign minister, subsequently became President of Georgia. Another man who served as foreign minister of Russia subsequently became president of another country. Name the man, OR the country.


  • #579
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,634 ✭✭✭feargale


    feargale wrote: »
    Eduard Shevardnadze, having served as Soviet foreign minister, subsequently became President of Georgia. Another man who served as foreign minister of Russia subsequently became president of another country. Name the man, OR the country.

    Ok. You wont have that one at your fingertips in Wikipedia. Do you all want to pass? Should I post a less obscure one?


  • #580
    rufty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭rufty


    feargale wrote: »
    Ok. You wont have that one at your fingertips in Wikipedia. Do you all want to pass? Should I post a less obscure one?

    Is this person real of fictional?


  • #581
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,634 ✭✭✭feargale


    rufty wrote: »
    Is this person real of fictional?

    Real, but I can imagine alot of you going on a wild goose chase!


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  • #582
    rufty
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    feargale wrote: »
    Real, but I can imagine alot of you going on a wild goose chase!

    I've looked at every single one from the 19th and 20th centuries and came up blank. Unless he was foreign minister of Russia under one guise and then President under another?


  • #583
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 54,509 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    feargale wrote: »
    Eduard Shevardnadze, having served as Soviet foreign minister, subsequently became President of Georgia. Another man who served as foreign minister of Russia subsequently became president of another country. Name the man, OR the country.

    John Quincy Adams 6th President of the U.S. ?


  • #584
    feargale
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    tayto lover wrote: »
    John Quincy Adams 6th President of the U.S. ?

    No


  • #585
    uch
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    Israel

    21/25



  • #586
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,634 ✭✭✭feargale


    uch wrote: »
    Israel
    No


  • #587
    feargale
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    rufty wrote: »
    I've looked at every single one from the 19th and 20th centuries and came up blank. Unless he was foreign minister of Russia under one guise and then President under another?

    Ok, time for some clarification. He and another man were joint foreign ministers. Keep away from post-Soviet Armenia, Kazakhstan etc.. He was 19th century.


  • #588
    rufty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭rufty


    feargale wrote: »
    Ok, time for some clarification. He and another man were joint foreign ministers. Keep away from post-Soviet Armenia, Kazakhstan etc.. He was 19th century.

    Ioannis Kapodistrias and Greece!

    Which figure from Greek mythology is the current largest dwarf planet in our solar system named after?


  • #589
    feargale
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    rufty wrote: »
    Ioannis Kapodistrias and Greece!

    Which figure from Greek mythology is the current largest dwarf planet in our solar system named after?

    Eris
    In which country are the Baths of Aphrodite?


  • #590
    rufty
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    feargale wrote: »
    Eris
    In which country are the Baths of Aphrodite?

    Cyprus.

    In the aftermath of what war did the British take over the administration of the island of Cyprus?


  • #591
    feargale
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    rufty wrote: »
    Cyprus.

    In the aftermath of what war did the British take over the administration of the island of Cyprus?

    The Russo-Turkish War 1877-1878
    Besides Cyprus, and excluding Tangier ( not Mediterranean, ) Gibraltar and Malta, name two Mediterranean territories that were administered by Great Britain for an extended period of time.


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  • #592
    rufty
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    feargale wrote: »
    The Russo-Turkish War 1877-1878
    Besides Cyprus, and excluding Tangier ( not Mediterranean, ) Gibraltar and Malta, name two Mediterranean territories that were administered by Great Britain for an extended period of time.

    Egypt and Israel (both on the Mediterranean coast).

    Which female Egyptian pharaoh held power the longest?


  • #593
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,085 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    rufty wrote: »
    Egypt and Israel (both on the Mediterranean coast).

    Which female Egyptian pharaoh held power the longest?

    Hatshepsut (regnal name Maatkare)

    How was she related to her successor, either of the two relationships will do


  • #594
    feargale
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    donegal_man wrote: »
    Hatshepsut (regnal name Maatkare)

    How was she related to her successor, either of the two relationships will do
    She was his sister


  • #595
    donegal_man
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    feargale wrote: »
    She was his sister

    Always a good guess when it comes to the Pharaohs, but not in this case


  • #596
    feargale
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    donegal_man wrote: »
    Hatshepsut (regnal name Maatkare)

    How was she related to her successor, either of the two relationships will do

    Thutmose Iii was the successor. His auntie Hatshepsut was also his step-mother.


  • #597
    feargale
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    The city of Alexandria in Egypt was one of the 5 patriachates of the early Christian Church. What were the other four patriarchal cities?


  • #598
    Guffy
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    feargale wrote: »
    The city of Alexandria in Egypt was one of the 5 patriachates of the early Christian Church. What were the other four patriarchal cities?

    Rome, Antioch, Jerusalem these are guesses but can't place a fourth i'm afraid :(


  • #599
    donegal_man
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    feargale wrote: »
    The city of Alexandria in Egypt was one of the 5 patriachates of the early Christian Church. What were the other four patriarchal cities?

    Rome, Constantinople, Antioch and Jerusalem I think


  • #600
    Guffy
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    donegal_man wrote: »
    Rome, Constantinople, Antioch and Jerusalem I think

    Ah how'd I miss Constantinople, was wrecking my head for ages.


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  • #601
    feargale
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    gufc21 wrote: »
    Ah how'd I miss Constantinople, was wrecking my head for ages.
    I was wondering the same myself.


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