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General Knowledge Quiz

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  • #1742
    Wichita Lineman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48,742 ✭✭✭✭Wichita Lineman


    Who wrote the novel 'Hotel' which was later turned into a film and tv series?


  • #1743
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,132 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    Arthur Hailey

    Hailey's novel "Airport" is set in what fictional location?


  • #1744
    Wichita Lineman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48,742 ✭✭✭✭Wichita Lineman


    ^Correct, it was Arthur Hailey.


  • #1745
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭feargale


    Question, Donegalman?


  • #1746
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Arthur Hailey

    Hailey's novel "Airport" is set in what fictional location?


    Lincoln International, Chicago


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  • #1747
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Who succeeded Lincoln as US President ?


  • #1748
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭feargale


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Who succeeded Lincoln as US President ?

    Andrew Johnson.

    Who was the first U.S. President in or out of office to visit Ireland?


  • #1749
    piuswal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    feargale wrote: »
    Andrew Johnson.

    Who was the first U.S. President in or out of office to visit Ireland?

    Ulysses S Grant


    what county did he have connections with?


  • #1750
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭feargale


    piuswal wrote: »
    Ulysses S Grant


    what county did he have connections with?

    Tyrone


  • #1751
    piuswal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    yes - question?


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  • #1752
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭feargale


    feargale wrote: »
    Tyrone

    Name another U.S. president who has an ancestral home in Co. Tyrone.


  • #1753
    Nomis21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,409 ✭✭✭Nomis21


    James Buchanan

    James Buchanan never married. Which British Prime Minister elected in 1970 also never married ?


  • #1754
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭feargale


    Nomis21 wrote: »
    James Buchanan

    Where was James Joyce's wife born?

    No. Buchanan was Donegal. Furthermore per OP the question should follow the previousnone. I don't believe this one does.

    P.S. OK, I'll take Tyrone for Buchanan, though it seems to be controversial.


  • #1755
    piuswal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    Tyrone - Woodrow Wilson
    Nora Barnacle - Galway
    British PM - Ted Heath

    Question; How many points can be attributed to Wilson during WW1?


  • #1756
    Nomis21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,409 ✭✭✭Nomis21


    Fourteen

    Which artist painted a car crashing fourteen times?


  • #1757
    dubstarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    Andy Warhol


  • #1758
    dubstarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    Who is Rip Thorns very famous cousin.


  • #1759
    Nomis21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,409 ✭✭✭Nomis21


    Andy or Warhol must be in the question!


  • #1760
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭feargale


    Nomis21 wrote: »
    Andy or Warhol must be in the question!

    Not quite, but the question must be related to the previous question or answer. This one isn't.


  • #1761
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    feargale wrote: »
    Not quite, but the question must be related to the previous question or answer. This one isn't.

    Seeing as its gone 5 days....

    From what city and state do the Dandy Warhols' hail ?


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  • #1762
    Birdie Num Num
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭Birdie Num Num


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Seeing as its gone 5 days....

    From what city and state do the Dandy Warhols' hail ?

    Portland, Oregon.

    What sport is associated with the Oregon Project?


  • #1763
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Track and Field / Athletics ?

    In case I'm right......What is the longest standing Olympic track and field record?


  • #1764
    Birdie Num Num
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭Birdie Num Num


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Track and Field / Athletics ?

    In case I'm right......What is the longest standing Olympic track and field record?

    You are right. I am going to guess it is the long jump by Bob Beamon as his World record stood for a very long time and I am not sure if it has been bettered in the Olympics since he notched it in the Mexico games.


  • #1765
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Spot on, that's what I was thinking too.. :)


  • #1766
    Birdie Num Num
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭Birdie Num Num


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Spot on, that's what I was thinking too.. :)

    In which Irish venue did Olympic swimmer Johnny Weismuller compete at in 1924?


  • #1767
    uch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,033 ✭✭✭uch


    Birdie Num Num wrote: »
    In which Irish venue did Olympic swimmer Johnny Weismuller compete at in 1924?

    Blackrock Baths ?

    21/25



  • #1768
    Birdie Num Num
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭Birdie Num Num


    uch wrote: »
    Blackrock Baths ?

    Go again. Although I think the roof was designed by the same architect.


  • #1769
    DubCul
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 353 ✭✭DubCul


    Tara Street?


  • #1770
    Birdie Num Num
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭Birdie Num Num


    DubCul wrote: »
    Tara Street?

    Nope


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  • #1771
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Phoenix Park pond ?

    (was on a TG4 documentary afaicr)


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