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General Knowledge Quiz

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  • #932
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,064 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    feargale wrote: »
    Ok, before it goes zombie : Erik the Red is credited by historians with what discovery?

    Greenland

    What was the name of the settlement founded by his son in modern day North America?


  • #933
    The Pheasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 372 ✭✭The Pheasant


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Greenland

    What was the name of the settlement founded by his son in modern day North America?

    Hey! I got it first

    What animal appears on Greenland's coat of arms?


  • #934
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,064 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    The Pheasant wrote: »
    Hey! I got it first

    What animal appears on Greenland's coat of arms?

    You weren't showing on my phone for some reason

    Anyhoo 'tis a polar bear rampant

    What is the name of the settlement believed to have been established by Erik the Red's son in North America?


  • #935
    The Pheasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 372 ✭✭The Pheasant


    Newfoundland?


  • #936
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,064 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    The Pheasant wrote: »
    Newfoundland?

    Close. That's the location but not the actual settlement


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  • #937
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    donegal_man wrote: »
    You weren't showing on my phone for some reason

    Anyhoo 'tis a polar bear rampant

    What is the name of the settlement believed to have been established by Erik the Red's son in North America?

    L'anse aux Meadows
    Which Irish T.D was born in Newfoundland?


  • #938
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,064 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    feargale wrote: »
    L'anse aux Meadows
    Which Irish T.D was born in Newfoundland?

    It's actually Vinland but L'anse aux Meadows is the most likely site for the earliest occupation

    No idea who the TD is


  • #939
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    donegal_man wrote: »
    No idea who the TD is

    Anybody else?


  • #940
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    I want to re-word the question : Which Irish T.D was the son of a Premier of Newfoundland? I'll explain in due course, and if nobody can give the answer by tomorrow I'll post a different question.


  • #941
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    feargale wrote: »
    I want to re-word the question : Which Irish T.D was the son of a Premier of Newfoundland? I'll explain in due course, and if nobody can give the answer by tomorrow I'll post a different question.
    Ok. The answer is Patrick (P.J.) Little (1884-1963,) Fianna Fail T.D. for Waterford 1927-1954 and Minister for Posts and Telegraphs 1939-1948. His father, Philip Francis Little (1824-1897) was Newfoundland's first colonial premier 1855-1858. I always thought P.J. Little was born in NFL, but according to Wiki he was born in Dublin.


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  • #942
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Another question: In what year did Newfoundland become a province of Canada?


  • #943
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,064 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    feargale wrote: »
    Another question: In what year did Newfoundland become a province of Canada?

    Pretty sure it's 1949 but I'll wait for confirmation


  • #944
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,064 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    What international organisation was established on April 4th 1949 (my dad's birthday)


  • #945
    Guffy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,310 ✭✭✭Guffy


    NATO, right year anyway.


  • #946
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    gufc21 wrote: »
    NATO, right year anyway.

    NATO headquarters are in which city?


  • #947
    EoghanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭EoghanIRL


    feargale wrote: »
    NATO headquarters are in which city?

    Brussels , what famous actor \ martial artist was born in Brussels ?


  • #948
    Guffy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,310 ✭✭✭Guffy


    EoghanIRL wrote: »
    Brussels , what famous actor \ martial artist was born in Brussels ?

    Was it Jean Claude van dam or however you spell it


  • #949
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    EoghanIRL wrote: »
    Brussels , what famous actor \ martial artist was born in Brussels ?

    Haven't a clue, but hey ho! We're up and going again! :)


  • #950
    EoghanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭EoghanIRL


    gufc21 wrote: »
    Was it Jean Claude van dam or however you spell it

    Yes your right


  • #951
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Just back to say hello to y'all!
    Was away for a while there. :D


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  • #952
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Would somebody please post a question then.


  • #953
    Seridisand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 291 ✭✭Seridisand


    What is Jean Claude Van Damme' real Name?


  • #954
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,064 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    Seridisand wrote: »
    What is Jean Claude Van Damme' real Name?

    Jean Claude Van Varnberg or something like that I think


  • #955
    Seridisand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 291 ✭✭Seridisand


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Jean Claude Van Varnberg or something like that I think

    Close Enough!
    Jean-Claude Camille Francois Van Varenberg


  • #956
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,064 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    Seridisand wrote: »
    Close Enough!
    Jean-Claude Camille Francois Van Varenberg
    :eek:

    "Camille" is the inspiration behind which Verdi opera?


  • #957
    Birdie Num Num
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭Birdie Num Num


    donegal_man wrote: »
    :eek:

    "Camille" is the inspiration behind which Verdi opera?

    La Traviata

    Music from the movie Xcalibur, a 70's old spice advert and a scary movie from the mid 70's was from which opera?


  • #958
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,064 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    Birdie Num Num wrote: »
    La Traviata

    Music from the movie Xcalibur, a 70's old spice advert and a scary movie from the mid 70's was from which opera?

    Carl Orff's Carmina Burana

    Which of Arthur's knights returned Excalibur to the lake?


  • #959
    daithi1970
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 515 ✭✭✭daithi1970


    Carmina Burana


    What is the capital of New York state?


  • #960
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,163 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    daithi1970 wrote: »
    Carmina Burana


    What is the capital of New York state?

    Albany.


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  • #961
    Ten of Swords
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 24,441 CMod ✭✭✭✭Ten of Swords


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Carl Orff's Carmina Burana

    Which of Arthur's knights returned Excalibur to the lake?

    Sir Bedivere

    What is the deepest lake in the world

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    Category Moderator: Social & Fun



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