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The all new, revised and easier quiz! (mod note posts 1 and 2042)

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  • #1472
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    no idea whatsoever.... should that be in the really difficult quiz ? :D


  • #1473
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Rubecula wrote: »
    no idea whatsoever.... should that be in the really difficult quiz ? :D

    A very wise man (my father) used to say a question is never hard if you know the answer.

    The answer is an actor, mostly known for comedy, many years back and a man of few words.


  • #1474
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,740 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    A comedy actor of few words probably has to be Charlie Chaplin! Though I have no idea about the women.


  • #1475
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    looksee wrote: »
    A comedy actor of few words probably has to be Charlie Chaplin! Though I have no idea about the women.

    That's him. I thought the clue might blow it.

    Some of the marriages lasted only 2 or 3 years and 3 of his brides were teenagers.


  • #1476
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,740 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    An elephant is a pachyderm...what does the word mean?


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  • #1477
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    I'm guessing that derm is from the greek dermos for skin. Pakhus is thick. So aptly, Thick skinned - like myself.


  • #1478
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,740 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    right! your turn...


  • #1479
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Sticking with animal names. The Wood mouse has the scientific name Apodemus sylvaticus. What does it mean?


  • #1480
    BrensBenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,292 ✭✭✭BrensBenz


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Sticking with animal names. The Wood mouse has the scientific name Apodemus sylvaticus. What does it mean?

    Emmmm.....A mouse with an address in the woods???


  • #1481
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    BrensBenz wrote: »
    Emmmm.....A mouse with an address in the woods???


    Substantially, yes. Apo is "away from" demus is house and slyvaticus is woods (aah those little sylvanian families). So this mouse was away from the house and in the woods to distinguish it from the House Mouse.
    My apologies as it wasn't a great question but it was in my mind at the time.

    Your turn.


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  • #1482
    BrensBenz
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    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

    Your turn.

    Whoh????
    Well....OK.....

    Japan is said to have approx. 50,000 people who have reached which milestone?


  • #1483
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    Centenarians?


  • #1484
    BrensBenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,292 ✭✭✭BrensBenz


    garancafan wrote: »
    Centenarians?

    Correct! I thought it was an interesting fact but I still refuse to eat raw fish.

    Over to you.


  • #1485
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    The clock associated with "Big Ben" is regulated in an interesting way. How?


  • #1486
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Is that the pennies used to get the balance right on the pendulum or is it a mechanism?


  • #1487
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    It is, indeed, the stack of old pennies on top of the pendulum. Addition/removal of a penny to/from the stack adds/subtracts 0.4 seconds in 24 hours.

    Over to you.


  • #1488
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    What is the smallest Irish bird?


  • #1489
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,740 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    The wren?


  • #1490
    Jellybaby1
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    Maureen Potter? :p


  • #1491
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    looksee wrote: »
    The wren?
    No
    Jellybaby1 wrote: »
    Maureen Potter? :p
    If only! :)


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  • #1492
    OldGoat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,642 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    looksee wrote: »
    The wren?
    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    No
    A baby wren?

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #1493
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    OldGoat wrote: »
    A baby wren?

    :D Nope.


  • #1494
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    A quail's egg! And let that be the end of it! (Huff!) Sorry for the humour, but I really don't know the answer to much here. :o


  • #1495
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Jellybaby1 wrote: »
    A quail's egg! And let that be the end of it! (Huff!) Sorry for the humour, but I really don't know the answer to much here. :o

    No. Which came first though the quail or the egg?


  • #1496
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    Flippin' heck! Another question I don't know the answer to! :confused:


  • #1497
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    It's not a baby anything. It's a common bird but many never notice them. No trick, no cryptics, just a feathered bird.


  • #1498
    looksee
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    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    It's not a baby anything. It's a common bird but many never notice them. No trick, no cryptics, just a feathered bird.

    Is that because they are too small to see?


  • #1499
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    Lady Bird? with a glued on feather?

    edit : forgot my serious answer is it The Goldcrest? I know it is NOT the rubecula


  • #1500
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Goldcrest it is. Lovely birds. I enjoy when I spot them in the garden.


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  • #1501
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    Name the book:

    Three Baker's dozen and a flight of stairs
    Film had Robert Donat with all his dark hairs
    When a clock hit a certain time
    Death peeled out with each chime.


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