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General Knowledge Quiz

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  • #1892
    Guffy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,306 ✭✭✭Guffy


    Good shout ;) thought I'd catch someone on it


  • #1893
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Which large city is named after said King James II?


  • #1894
    piuswal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    New York


  • #1895
    piuswal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    I take it that the thanks means go ahead!

    What is a (old) link between New York (State) and the Bahamas?

    I use "a" because there may be others that I'm not aware of.


  • #1896
    Guffy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,306 ✭✭✭Guffy


    Its been emotional guys but time to bow out me thinks.. laters ;)


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  • #1897
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    piuswal wrote: »
    I take it that the thanks means go ahead!

    What is a (old) link between New York (State) and the Bahamas?

    I use "a" because there may be others that I'm not aware of.

    The principal town or city of both begins with the letter N. :rolleyes:


  • #1898
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    English is the predominant language of both. :confused:


  • #1899
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    They're both sh1te at gaelic football. :D


  • #1900
    piuswal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    feargale wrote: »
    The principal town or city of both begins with the letter N. :rolleyes:

    On track but only at the Bahamas end
    it's a 17th century connection


  • #1901
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,054 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    Nassau (?)


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  • #1902
    piuswal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    Yes,

    the very first Dutch settlement near present day Albany, the state capital, was Fort Nassau.

    All yours


  • #1903
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,054 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    New Yorker Joseph Gayetty produced the first commercial version of what?


  • #1904
    GopErthike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 251 ✭✭GopErthike


    donegal_man wrote: »
    New Yorker Joseph Gayetty produced the first commercial version of what?

    Toilet roll.


  • #1905
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,054 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    GopErthike wrote: »
    Toilet roll.

    Well done. Take it away, as it were


  • #1906
    GopErthike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 251 ✭✭GopErthike


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Well done. Take it away, as it were

    Thanks.

    The water that sits at the bottom of the toilet bowl is very important, evaporation and siphoning are two common ways to lose this water.
    Can you name the third?


  • #1907
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    GopErthike wrote: »
    Thanks.

    The water that sits at the bottom of the toilet bowl is very important, evaporation and siphoning are two common ways to lose this water.
    Can you name the third?

    Employing a rogue plumber who accidentaly hammers a hole in the pipe.


  • #1908
    piuswal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    Flushing


  • #1909
    GopErthike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 251 ✭✭GopErthike


    Sorry, that was probably a stupid hard question. It's called wavering, you might notice it the next windy day.

    That wasn't general knowledge sorry.


  • #1910
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    GopErthike wrote: »
    Sorry, that was probably a stupid hard question. It's called wavering, you might notice it the next windy day.

    That wasn't general knowledge sorry.

    Yes, we're all sh1tt1ng ourselves over it. Anyway, nobody has precedence so you may as well post another question. And remember, no sh1t this time!


  • #1911
    GopErthike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 251 ✭✭GopErthike


    Christmas day is 25th dec, but when was the last time in which New Year's Day fell before Christmas day?


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  • #1912
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Is this one of those horse racing trick questions ?

    Or could the answer be this year and every year???


  • #1913
    mrbrianj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 384 ✭✭mrbrianj


    31st Dec 2013


  • #1914
    GopErthike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 251 ✭✭GopErthike


    mrbrianj wrote: »
    31st Dec 2013

    Spot on.


  • #1915
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    GopErthike wrote: »
    Spot on.

    Question please?


  • #1916
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    GopErthike wrote: »
    Spot on.

    Question please?


  • #1917
    Sclosages
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 489 ✭✭Sclosages


    mrbrianj wrote: »
    31st Dec 2013
    Wouldn't it be 1st January 2013?


  • #1918
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    What is the first country to welcome the new year?


  • #1919
    piuswal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    Samoa?


  • #1920
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    piuswal wrote: »
    Samoa?

    Correct. ( also Kiribati.)


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  • #1921
    piuswal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    What 3 Colonial powers almost came to war over Samoa?


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