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  • #1652
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,339 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    feargale wrote: »
    This one has been missed. Any takers? Need a clue or two (or three)?
    Cuba? Chile?


  • #1653
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    feargale wrote: »
    d4,d5;
    c4

    What is it?

    That’s the Queens Gambit, a chess sequence. Recently popularised by Netflix, of all things!


  • #1654
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    New Home wrote: »
    Cuba? Chile?

    No. Try again.


  • #1655
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    That’s the Queens Gambit, a chess sequence. Recently popularised by Netflix, of all things!

    Correct. Your question please.


  • #1656
    New Home
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    feargale wrote: »
    No. Try again.
    The Philippines?


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  • #1657
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    New Home wrote: »
    The Philippines?

    No.


  • #1658
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 75,256 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    feargale wrote: »
    No. Try again.

    Argentina?


  • #1659
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,339 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    France?


  • #1660
    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,036 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Uganda? Idi Amin sounds like a possibility.


  • #1661
    keane2097
    Registered Users Posts: 17,770 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    feargale wrote: »
    This one has been missed. Any takers? Need a clue or two (or three)?

    I was thinking about America for that one, about a native insurrection or something.


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  • #1662
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    keane2097 wrote: »
    I was thinking about America for that one, about a native insurrection or something.

    You have it. Robert E. Lee has been commemorated on U.S. stamps at least five times, most notably in 1955. Others confederates have also appeared on stamps including Jefferson Davis and Stonewall Jackson.


  • #1663
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    To continue the chess theme - where does the phrase “Checkmate” originate?


  • #1664
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    To continue the chess theme - where does the phrase “Checkmate” originate?

    Shah mata, Persian I think, meaning the king is dead or at least in difficulties.


  • #1665
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    feargale wrote: »
    Shah mata, Persian I think, meaning the king is dead or at least in difficulties.

    Correct - “shah mat”, Persian for “the king is dead”

    You’re up FG!


  • #1666
    keane2097
    Registered Users Posts: 17,770 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    keane2097 wrote: »
    What is unusual about the paintings of British Turner Prize-winning painter Chris Ofili?

    Waiting on this one pals


  • #1667
    keane2097
    Registered Users Posts: 17,770 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    And the other one I owe:

    Which board game was invented by an Oscar winner?


  • #1668
    New Home
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    keane2097 wrote: »
    Waiting on this one pals

    Paints holding the paintbrush using his/her mouth?


  • #1669
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    I o 1 2

    Féinín is the Irish-language word for which fad of recent years?


  • #1670
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    feargale wrote: »
    I o 1 2

    Féinín is the Irish-language word for which fad of recent years?

    I have two girls in a Gaelscoil, of which I’m a board member. It’s all too common a word these days :D

    “Selfies”


  • #1671
    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,036 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Meanwhile I was struggling to make Io12 part of the question :D :rolleyes:


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  • #1672
    New Home
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    By the way, Atreyu's horse (who died in the Swamp of Sadness) was called Artax.


  • #1673
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    Where is the Pantanal, what is it, and why is it special?


  • #1674
    keane2097
    Registered Users Posts: 17,770 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    New Home wrote: »
    Paints holding the paintbrush using his/her mouth?

    Not what we're after


  • #1675
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Where is the Pantanal, what is it, and why is it special?

    It's in Brazil on the border with Paraguay. It's an area of conservation with lots of wildlife.


  • #1676
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    feargale wrote: »
    It's in Brazil on the border with Paraguay. It's an area of conservation with lots of wildlife.

    Correct. It’s considered the largest swamp area in the world.

    You’re up FG!


  • #1677
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    New Australia was a utopian socialist settlement founded in 1893 in which country?


  • #1678
    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,036 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    New Zealand?
    Edit, ah I'm a few miles out!


  • #1679
    keane2097
    Registered Users Posts: 17,770 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    keane2097 wrote: »
    What is unusual about the paintings of British Turner Prize-winning painter Chris Ofili?

    I'll give a clue for this, he uses some strange materials.


  • #1680
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,339 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Spiderweb?


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  • #1681
    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,036 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Oh, is he the one that used elephant dung, I recall seeing something about it some good while ago. Not clear what the point was!


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