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General Knowledge Quiz

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  • #1472
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    Gene Tunney.

    Which town did Tunney's parents come from ?


  • #1473
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Lapin wrote: »
    Gene Tunney.

    Which town did Tunney's parents come from ?

    Moate?


  • #1474
    A cow called Daisy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭A cow called Daisy


    Somewhere in Mayo. Don't know town. Know someone from Kiltimagh, so guess there


  • #1475
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    A cow called Daisy wrote: »
    Somewhere in Mayo. Don't know town. Know someone from Kiltimagh, so guess there

    Kiltimagh it is.

    Fire away!


  • #1476
    A cow called Daisy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭A cow called Daisy


    Sticking with boxing, Muhammed Ali lost to 5 different boxers in his professional career. Joe Fraizer, Larry Holmes, Leon Spinks and Ken Norton were 4 of them.Who was the other boxer to beat him?


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  • #1477
    The Pheasant2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭The Pheasant2


    A cow called Daisy wrote: »
    Sticking with boxing, Muhammed Ali lost to 5 different boxers in his professional career. Joe Fraizer, Larry Holmes, Leon Spinks and Ken Norton were 4 of them.Who was the other boxer to beat him?

    Trevor Berbick at The Drama in the Bahamas!

    What is the largest Island of the Bahamas?


  • #1478
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    The Pheasant2 wrote: »
    Trevor Berbick at The Drama in the Bahamas!

    What is the largest Island of the Bahamas?

    Grand Bahama?


  • #1479
    The Pheasant2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭The Pheasant2


    feargale wrote: »
    Grand Bahama?

    Nope, good guess though


  • #1480
    irishejit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 657 ✭✭✭irishejit


    Andros Island?


  • #1481
    irishejit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 657 ✭✭✭irishejit


    The Andros Trophy is a motorsport championship traditionally contested in which country?


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  • #1482
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,053 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    irishejit wrote: »
    The Andros Trophy is a motorsport championship traditionally contested in which country?

    France (?)


  • #1483
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Spain?


  • #1484
    irishejit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 657 ✭✭✭irishejit


    donegal_man wrote: »
    France (?)

    Thats the one


  • #1485
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,053 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    When did France withdraw from NATO?


  • #1486
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,053 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    donegal_man wrote: »
    When did France withdraw from NATO?

    Okay nearly 48 hours without a reply so I'm posting a new question.

    Answer to the previous was 1966 for the complete withdrawal of all French forces

    New Question

    When did the Fifth French Republic begin?


  • #1487
    catallus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭catallus


    1956 I would have said. '58 :(


  • #1488
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    1958


  • #1489
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    What is the name of the Pacific island or atoll, 945km from the nearest land, which was jointly disputed by Mexico and France until awarded by international arbitration to the latter in 1931?


  • #1490
    Birdie Num Num
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭Birdie Num Num


    feargale wrote: »
    What is the name of the Pacific island or atoll, 945km from the nearest land, which was jointly disputed by Mexico and France until awarded by international arbitration to the latter in 1931?

    Clipperton


  • #1491
    Birdie Num Num
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭Birdie Num Num


    Birdie Num Num wrote: »
    Clipperton

    Who was recently found alive on an atoll in the Marshall Islands after 13 months lost at sea?


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  • #1492
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,053 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    Birdie Num Num wrote: »
    Who was recently found alive on an atoll in the Marshall Islands after 13 months lost at sea?

    Jose Alvarenga (??)


  • #1493
    Birdie Num Num
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭Birdie Num Num


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Jose Alvarenga (??)

    Apologies for my delayed response. Correct and over to you...


  • #1494
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,053 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    What is the name of the American missile test facility on the Marshall Islands ie which president is it named after?


  • #1495
    irishejit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 657 ✭✭✭irishejit


    donegal_man wrote: »
    What is the name of the American missile test facility on the Marshall Islands ie which president is it named after?

    Ronald Reagan?


  • #1496
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,053 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    irishejit wrote: »
    Ronald Reagan?

    Well done, you're up.


  • #1497
    irishejit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 657 ✭✭✭irishejit


    An attempt to assasinate Reagen was made in 1981 in which US City?


  • #1498
    jackdalad23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56 ✭✭jackdalad23


    irishejit wrote: »
    An attempt to assasinate Reagen was made in 1981 in which US City?

    Washington DC


  • #1499
    irishejit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 657 ✭✭✭irishejit


    jackdalad23 wrote: »
    Washington DC

    Correct...away you go


  • #1500
    jackdalad23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56 ✭✭jackdalad23


    irishejit wrote: »
    Correct...away you go

    The Washington basketball team changed their name from the Bullets to the Wizards. Why ?


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  • #1501
    The Pheasant2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭The Pheasant2


    jackdalad23 wrote: »
    The Washington basketball team changed their name from the Bullets to the Wizards. Why ?

    I actually have no idea but considering it's America I'll make a guess that they thought the original name encouraged violence?


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