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General Knowledge Quiz

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  • #812
    Riskymove
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,900 ✭✭✭✭Riskymove


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Wasn't he the gambler with no name or something like that ?

    Hatfield


  • #813
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Yeah by "something like that" I did mean Hatfield....!

    Question?


  • #814
    Riskymove
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,900 ✭✭✭✭Riskymove


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Yeah by "something like that" I did mean Hatfield....!

    Question?

    Who played Hatfield in the original Stagecoach?


  • #815
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,069 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    Riskymove wrote: »
    Who played Hatfield in the original Stagecoach?

    The great John Carradine

    Carradine played Cassius Starbuckle in which classic western?


  • #816
    TommieBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,273 ✭✭✭✭TommieBoy


    Was it The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance ?

    Clint Eastwood played Pardner in which western movie?


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  • #817
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,069 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    TommieBoy wrote: »
    Was it The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance ?

    Clint Eastwood played Pardner in which western movie?

    Paint Your Wagon

    In which branch of the US armed forces did Lee Marvin serve?


  • #818
    TommieBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,273 ✭✭✭✭TommieBoy


    He was a Marine :) I think...

    Robert Zimmerman is the birthname of what famous folk/rock musician?


  • #819
    goose2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,798 ✭✭✭goose2005


    TommieBoy wrote: »
    He was a Marine :) I think...

    Robert Zimmerman is the birthname of what famous folk/rock musician?

    bob dylan

    Where did Dylan Thomas die?


  • #820
    TommieBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,273 ✭✭✭✭TommieBoy


    New York ?

    What French inventor was the first to cross the English Channel in a hot air balloon?


  • #821
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,069 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    TommieBoy wrote: »
    New York ?

    What French inventor was the first to cross the English Channel in a hot air balloon?

    Jean Blanchard (?)


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  • #822
    TommieBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,273 ✭✭✭✭TommieBoy


    ^ indeed :)


  • #823
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,069 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    How long did the Wright brother's flight last?


  • #824
    TommieBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,273 ✭✭✭✭TommieBoy


    The first powered flight supposedly only lasted about 10 seconds, but I don't know what their earlier glider attempts yielded... I gonna have to google it :o


  • #825
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    donegal_man wrote: »
    How long did the Wright brother's flight last?

    The first successful one was 12 secs

    The one across the USA took 84 days and included 70 crash landings!!
    What was the name of the plane that did this ?


  • #826
    Seridisand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 291 ✭✭Seridisand


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    The first successful one was 12 secs

    The one across the USA took 84 days and included 70 crash landings!!
    What was the name of the plane that did this ?

    The name of the Wright Brothers Plane? :confused:

    The Plymouth Flyer?


  • #827
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Afraid not :(


  • #828
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 54,372 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    It was just "Flyer" afaik?


  • #829
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Sorry now. I didn't phrase the question right,
    I meant the one referred to that crossed the United States..


  • #830
    El Chucko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36 ✭El Chucko


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Sorry now. I didn't phrase the question right,
    I meant the one referred to that crossed the United States..

    The Vin Fizz??


  • #831
    El Chucko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36 ✭El Chucko


    Louis bleriot is credited with what?


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  • #832
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    El Chucko wrote: »
    Louis bleriot is credited with what?

    Being the first person to fly across the English channel

    What was Thor Heyerdals' marvellous achievement ?


  • #833
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,069 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    El Chucko wrote: »
    Louis bleriot is credited with what?

    Flying across the English Channel

    Who was the first man to swim the Channel?


  • #834
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Flying across the English Channel

    Who was the first man to swim the Channel?

    Matthew Webb


  • #835
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Being the first person to fly across the English channel

    What was Thor Heyerdals' marvellous achievement ?

    Crossing the Pacific in the raft called Kon Tiki ( to prove that the Polynesians could have done it )


  • #836
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    What should I do now? Ask two questions ?


  • #837
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    feargale wrote: »
    Crossing the Pacific in the raft called Kon Tiki ( to prove that the Polynesians could have done it )

    Ok. Official question: Name the three belligerent nations taking part in the War of the Pacific?


  • #838
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    feargale wrote: »
    Matthew Webb
    And supplementary question ( for bragging rights only ) : William Webb Ellis reputedly invented the game of rugby " with a fine disregard of the rules." Why was he named Webb Ellis?


  • #839
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,069 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    feargale wrote: »
    Ok. Official question: Name the three belligerent nations taking part in the War of the Pacific?

    Bolivia, Peru aaaaand Chile(?)
    feargale wrote: »
    And supplementary question ( for bragging rights only ) : William Webb Ellis reputedly invented the game of rugby " with a fine disregard of the rules." Why was he named Webb Ellis?

    His mother's maiden name was Webb :confused:


  • #840
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Bolivia, Peru aaaaand Chile(?)

    Correct. Your turn.

    His mother's maiden name was Webb :confused:

    No. Called Webb Ellis because he was vewy vewy webellious, wouldn't play the game accoding to the wules! Haw haw haw.


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  • #841
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,069 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    feargale wrote: »
    No. Called Webb Ellis because he was vewy vewy webellious, wouldn't play the game accoding to the wules! Haw haw haw.

    GROOOAN :D

    The rebellion of Caratacus was subdued by which Roman Governor?


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