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What's your favourite quiz question?

  • 28-03-2021 11:56pm
    #1
    pj9999
    Registered Users Posts: 155 ✭✭pj9999


    I like the following, but post any other's ye can think of.


    After leaving Southampton on its maiden voyage, where did the Titanic next stop?

    Name an important world canal, other than Panama or Suez.

    Name a Russian city with a population greater than 1m. (Not including Moscow or St Petersburg).

    1954 World Cup Final. Won by Germany. Name runners up & venue.

    1947 All Ireland Football Final. Runners up Kerry: Name winners & venue.

    When is the longest day of the year, and how long is it?


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,792 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    When did Good Friday fall on Easter Monday? :pac:


  • #3
    Bass Reeves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,963 ✭✭✭✭Bass Reeves


    Youngest President of the United States

    Answer is Teddy Roosevelt

    Slava Ukrainii



  • #4
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,645 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Calculus is a branch of mathematics.
    But what is the original meaning of the word?

    (Answer: Pebble, or little stone)


  • #5
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,645 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    On what day of the week did 9/11 happen?

    (I think it was a Tuesday, and I can remember getting Friday off work as a national day of mourning).


  • #6
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,645 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    pj9999 wrote: »
    After leaving Southampton on its maiden voyage, where did the Titanic next stop?

    Cobh/Queenstown?


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  • #7
    Hyperbollix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,024 ✭✭✭Hyperbollix


    John Paul II. What was his name before he became Pope?


  • #8
    Bass Reeves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,963 ✭✭✭✭Bass Reeves


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    Cobh/Queenstown?

    Cherbourg in France

    Slava Ukrainii



  • #9
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,645 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Really! :(


  • #10
    jimbobaloobob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,153 ✭✭✭jimbobaloobob


    Who is Pat Clifton more commonly known as?


  • #11
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,645 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    pj9999 wrote: »

    When is the longest day of the year, and how long is it?

    I would guess June 21, but how long?
    No idea...


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  • #12
    Bass Reeves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,963 ✭✭✭✭Bass Reeves


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    I would guess June 21, but how long?
    No idea...

    6 months, North or South Pole, spring to Autumn equinox's

    Slava Ukrainii



  • #13
    PARlance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,333 ✭✭✭✭PARlance


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    I would guess June 21, but how long?
    No idea...

    24 hours


  • #14
    ForestFire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,474 ✭✭✭ForestFire


    When is the longest day of the year, and how long is it?

    1) June 21st....24hrs.... north pole
    2) maybe Dec 21st as a second option in southern hemisphere
    3) trick question... Everyday is 24hrs or Oct when clocks go back you might get a 25hr day?


  • #15
    SafeSurfer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,591 ✭✭✭SafeSurfer


    In the 1980s TV series Magnum P.I. What were the names of Magnum’s neighbour, Higgins’ 2 Doberman Pinschers?




















    Answer: Apollo & Zeus

    Multo autem ad rem magis pertinet quallis tibi vide aris quam allis



  • #16
    Bass Reeves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,963 ✭✭✭✭Bass Reeves


    ForestFire wrote: »
    When is the longest day of the year, and how long is it?

    1) June 21st....24hrs.... north pole
    2) maybe Dec 21st as a second option in southern hemisphere
    3) trick question... Everyday is 24hrs or Oct when clocks go back you might get a 25hr day?
    Technically a day is Sun up to Sundown.

    Slava Ukrainii



  • #17
    nibtrix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,305 ✭✭✭nibtrix


    Hyperbollix wrote: »
    John Paul II. What was his name before he became Pope?

    Jim?


  • #18
    Fine Cheers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 556 ✭✭✭Fine Cheers


    County with shortest coastline in Rep of Ireland ?


  • #19
    Bass Reeves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,963 ✭✭✭✭Bass Reeves


    nibtrix wrote: »
    Jim?

    Cardinal Wotuyla , spelling is probably wrong

    Slava Ukrainii



  • #20
    Bass Reeves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,963 ✭✭✭✭Bass Reeves


    DIY KING wrote: »
    County with shortest coastline in Rep of Ireland ?

    Meath

    Slava Ukrainii



  • #21
    Fine Cheers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 556 ✭✭✭Fine Cheers


    Bass Reeves wrote: »
    Meath

    Try again


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  • #22
    jimbobaloobob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,153 ✭✭✭jimbobaloobob


    Hyperbollix wrote: »
    John Paul II. What was his name before he became Pope?
    Karol Wojtyła that always stuck in my head since he passed away. Didnt know it before that


  • #23
    jimbobaloobob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,153 ✭✭✭jimbobaloobob


    DIY KING wrote: »
    County with shortest coastline in Rep of Ireland ?
    Leitrim?


  • #24
    Fine Cheers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 556 ✭✭✭Fine Cheers


    jimbobaloobob wrote: »
    Leitrim?

    Correct !


  • #25
    Bass Reeves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,963 ✭✭✭✭Bass Reeves


    54 World Cop Hungary were the runners up, I think the final was in Germany some place

    Slava Ukrainii



  • #26
    jimbobaloobob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,153 ✭✭✭jimbobaloobob


    Who is Pat Clifton more famously known as?


  • #27
    Fine Cheers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 556 ✭✭✭Fine Cheers


    Wasn't the 47 All Ireland the one played in the Polo Grounds NYC and won by Cavan


  • #28
    appledrop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,047 ✭✭✭appledrop


    That one on Russia is a really good one.

    I looked up answer, about 12 cities with population over 1m and I've never heard of any of them!


  • #29
    Fine Cheers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 556 ✭✭✭Fine Cheers


    jimbobaloobob wrote: »
    Who is Pat Clifton more famously known as?

    Mattress Mick ðŸ˜


  • #30
    jimbobaloobob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,153 ✭✭✭jimbobaloobob


    DIY KING wrote: »
    Mattress Mick ðŸ˜


    No not quite, fictional character


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  • #31
    gormdubhgorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,900 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    On countries flags.

    Which two countries are the only ones to have purple in their flag?

    Which countries have firearms in their flags?

    And as a bonus question which is the only country in the world to have a modern firearm (ak47) in their flag?

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



  • #32
    Fine Cheers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 556 ✭✭✭Fine Cheers


    Middle colour on a rainbow ?
    Clue:
    ROYGBIV


  • #33
    Bass Reeves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,963 ✭✭✭✭Bass Reeves


    jimbobaloobob wrote: »
    No not quite, fictional character

    Is he a postman

    Slava Ukrainii



  • #34
    shtpEdthePlum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 556 ✭✭✭shtpEdthePlum


    Hyperbollix wrote: »
    John Paul II. What was his name before he became Pope?
    Oh no, people will think this is rigged...

    I organised pub quiz at Ted Fest a couple of times and the one every group got wrong was:

    "What is the name of the nightclub on Craggy Island?"


  • #35
    poppers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 628 ✭✭✭poppers


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    When did Good Friday fall on Easter Monday? :pac:

    Horse in the irish grand national???


  • #36
    Bass Reeves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,963 ✭✭✭✭Bass Reeves


    1947 All Ireland was that in the Polo grounds in NY if it was Cavan won

    Slava Ukrainii



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  • #37
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    How many bones has a grown up got?


  • #38
    Fine Cheers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 556 ✭✭✭Fine Cheers


    Who are David and Stephen Flynn better known as ?


  • #39
    Fine Cheers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 556 ✭✭✭Fine Cheers


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    How many bones has a grown up got?

    Dem bones dem bones need calcium.....


  • #40
    Fine Cheers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 556 ✭✭✭Fine Cheers


    Last one - second smallest county in Leinster ?


  • #41
    Bass Reeves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,963 ✭✭✭✭Bass Reeves


    DIY KING wrote: »
    Last one - second smallest county in Leinster ?

    Kilkenny

    Slava Ukrainii



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  • #42
    Snickers Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭Snickers Man


    Hyperbollix wrote: »
    John Paul II. What was his name before he became Pope?
    jimbobaloobob wrote: »
    Karol Wojtyła that always stuck in my head since he passed away. Didnt know it before that

    I thought it was George Ringo.....


  • #43
    Fine Cheers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 556 ✭✭✭Fine Cheers


    Bass Reeves wrote: »
    Kilkenny

    The 4 smallest counties in Ireland are all in Leinster, starting with smallest:

    Louth
    Carlow
    Dublin
    Longford

    So Carlow is answer


  • #44
    Snickers Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭Snickers Man


    DIY KING wrote: »
    Who are David and Stephen Flynn better known as ?

    The Happy Pears?


  • #45
    Fine Cheers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 556 ✭✭✭Fine Cheers


    DIY KING wrote: »
    Who are David and Stephen Flynn better known as ?

    THE HAPPY PEAR

    Might be better asked the other way round.


  • #46
    Snickers Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭Snickers Man


    pj9999 wrote: »
    Name an important world canal, other than Panama or Suez.

    Kiel canal


  • #47
    Snickers Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭Snickers Man


    Glasgow Celtic's win in the European Cup Final of 1967 took place on what Catholic feast day?


  • #48
    joebloggs32
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,637 ✭✭✭joebloggs32


    Who lives at Number One Observatory Circle?














    Vice President of the USA.


  • #49
    humberklog
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,580 Mod ✭✭✭✭humberklog


    SafeSurfer wrote: »
    In the 1980s TV series Magnum P.I. What were the names of Magnum’s neighbour, Higgins’ 2 Doberman Pinschers?
















    Only kinda neighbours, as they both lived on the same estate (Robin's Nest). Higgins was House Master and Magnum stayed as Robin Master's guest in the guest house.

    Robin Masters never appeared in Magnum PI but he was voiced in 5 episodes. Who voiced Robin Master's character?


  • #50
    jimbobaloobob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,153 ✭✭✭jimbobaloobob


    Whats the most frequently drawn number in the national lottery?


  • #51
    pj9999
    Registered Users Posts: 155 ✭✭pj9999


    The Titanic stopped at Cherbourg for some ridiculous reason instead of heading straight for Cobh

    Other canals: Kiel, Corinth etc.

    Other Russians: Novosibirsk and er….Putridingrad?… etc etc.

    1954 WC: Held in Bern: Germany beat Hungary.

    1947 AIFF: Allegedly won by Cavan in New. York (a bit far fetched if you ask me).

    Longest day of the year is the last Sunday of October which almost unbelievably is 25 hours long.


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