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General Knowledge Quiz

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  • #692
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Ahem.. just in case I'm right...:confused:

    By what name did the Gauls refer to Scotland ?

    Ah sorry saw I'm wrong ..


  • #693
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Are you thinking Camillus ?


  • #694
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,132 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Are you thinking Camillus ?

    Nope but given that the answer is so obscure I'm calling it in your favour. He was Marcus Manlius
    Take it away


  • #695
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭feargale


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    By what name did the Gauls refer to Scotland ?
    That's a quare one! A wild guess - Caledonia?


  • #696
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭feargale


    Cumbria?


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  • #697
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭feargale


    Pictii?


  • #698
    johnnykilo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,270 ✭✭✭johnnykilo


    Iona?


  • #699
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭feargale


    Pryten?


  • #700
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭feargale


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    By what name did the Gauls refer to Scotland ?
    Is wesley leaving us marooned. I'm going to treat this as a trick question. Answer: The Gauls had no name for Scotland - they never heard of the place.


  • #701
    Birdie Num Num
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭Birdie Num Num


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    By what name did the Gauls refer to Scotland ?

    Scotti? Not sure if right?

    What was the meaning of Scotia? The Roman name for Scotland.


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  • #702
    rufty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭rufty


    Birdie Num Num wrote: »
    Scotti? Not sure if right?

    What was the meaning of Scotia? The Roman name for Scotland.

    Soctia = Land of the Irish.

    Who's the patron Saint of Glasgow and what were his 4 miracles?


  • #703
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    feargale wrote: »
    Pictii?

    Sorry all, I got sidetracked.

    I was thinking of Pictonia so well done Feargale;)


  • #704
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭feargale


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Sorry all, I got sidetracked.
    I was thinking of Pictonia so well done Feargale;)

    Which Scottish county or shire, which existed from 1698 to 1889, consisted of 14 separate non-contiguous pieces of territory ? ( or, if you prefer, 14 enclaves or exclaves )


  • #705
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Patron Saint of Glasgow....Mungo!

    Miracles: 1. Brought a bird back to life
    2. Restarted a fire that was extinguished
    3. Caught a fish that contained a magic ring
    4. Allegedly carried a sacred church bell back from Rome

    WayHay I'm back in business!!

    In what funny movie did Alex Karras knock out a horse?

    Apologies , go ahead Feargale..


  • #706
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭feargale


    rufty wrote: »
    Soctia = Land of the Irish.

    Who's the patron Saint of Glasgow and what were his 4 miracles?
    Mungo, otherwise called Kentigern
    Which Scottish county or shire, which existed from 1698 to 1889, consisted of 14 separate non-contiguous pieces of territory ? ( or, if you prefer, 14 enclaves or exclaves )


  • #707
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭feargale


    "wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    In what funny movie did Alex Karras knock out a horse?
    Blazing Saddles. Long time since I saw it. Wasn't that the film that began with the congregation in church, after a gang had mucked up the town, singing " they have left our town in s++t " ?


  • #708
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    feargale wrote: »
    Blazing Saddles. Long time since I saw it. Wasn't that the film that began with the congregation in church, after a gang had mucked up the town, singing " they have left our town in s++t " ?

    Yeah it still makes me laugh, a classic!


  • #709
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,132 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    feargale wrote: »
    Mungo, otherwise called Kentigern
    Which Scottish county or shire, which existed from 1698 to 1889, consisted of 14 separate non-contiguous pieces of territory ? ( or, if you prefer, 14 enclaves or exclaves )

    Cromartyshire perhaps


  • #710
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭feargale


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Cromartyshire perhaps

    Correct. Later joined with Rossshire which adjoined each and every Cromarty enclave.


  • #711
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,132 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    feargale wrote: »
    Correct. Later joined with Rossshire which adjoined each and every Cromarty enclave.

    Gruoch, Queen of Scotland is better known to us as?


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  • #712
    Lingua Franca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,800 ✭✭✭Lingua Franca


    Lady Macbeth?


  • #713
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Gruoch, Queen of Scotland is better known to us as?

    Lady Macbeth.

    What name do thespians use for that play?


  • #714
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭feargale


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    Lady Macbeth.

    What name do thespians use for that play?

    The Scottish play


  • #715
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭feargale


    feargale wrote: »
    The Scottish play

    " Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day and all our yesterdays are - -. " Complete the sentence, adding the last two words, please.


  • #716
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    feargale wrote: »
    The Scottish play

    Yup but I think as Lingua Franca beat me to Lady Macbeth it's her go to ask a question.


  • #717
    Lingua Franca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,800 ✭✭✭Lingua Franca


    Ok, what is the poem the two actors recite in Blackadder when he repeatedly says the name of the Scottish play? (I'll take a best guess, it's not entirely clear)


  • #718
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    Lingua Franca wrote: »
    Ok, what is the poem the two actors recite in Blackadder when he repeatedly says the name of the Scottish play? (I'll take a best guess, it's not entirely clear)

    Think it was something about hot potatoes with a hand clap thing and a nose tweak....


  • #719
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,132 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    Lingua Franca wrote: »
    Lady Macbeth?
    Lingua Franca wrote: »
    Ok, what is the poem the two actors recite in Blackadder when he repeatedly says the name of the Scottish play? (I'll take a best guess, it's not entirely clear)

    Something like "Hot potato, up his drawers, but we make amends"
    Funniest episode EVER!

    If Lingua Franca is prepared to accept Bannasidhe's answer I shall make a gentlemanly withdrawal. (No sniggering at the back)


  • #720
    Lingua Franca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,800 ✭✭✭Lingua Franca


    I'll take yours, donegal_man. I've seen the last line written as "pluck to make amends" and "Puck will make amends". Personally I think they say both in the show.

    You're up!


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  • #721
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,132 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    Nineteenth century actor Robert Coates, notorious for "improving" Shakespeare's plays was known by what nickname?


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