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  • #1002
    feargale
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    I believe I owe a second question.

    What are the only two languages, each of which is an official language of an EU member state, but neither of which is an official language of the European Union.
    One mark for each.
    To clarify, forget languages with regional recognition, e.g. Welsh is co-official with English in Wales but does not have countrywide official status in the UK.


  • #1003
    New Home
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    Catalan and Basque? Probably not...


  • #1004
    OldRio
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    feargale wrote: »
    Just to continue challenging your sanity, another " most populous" question, but easier this time:

    Most populous country that never played in FIFA World Cup finals?

    India perhaps


  • #1005
    feargale
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    OldRio wrote: »
    India perhaps

    Correct.
    India first attracted attention playing barefoot in the 1948 Olympics, and relatively speaking had a good run in the 1950s, including getting to the semi-finals at the Melbourne Olympics.

    India qualified by default for the 1950 FIFA World Cup as a result of the withdrawal of all of their scheduled opponents. But lack of financial assistance to purchase tickets including the prospects of a very long sea journey meant that the team never made it to Brazil. Although FIFA imposed a rule banning barefoot play following 1948 Olympics where India had played barefoot. The myth that Indians refused to play because they were not allowed to play barefoot is not entirely true, according to the then Indian captain Shailen Manna, it was just a story to cover up the disastrous decision of the AIFF, who seem to have valued the Olympics over the World Cup. It was a seminal moment in Indian soccer. The team has never since come close to qualifying for the World Cup.

    Your question?


  • #1006
    feargale
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    New Home wrote: »
    Catalan and Basque? Probably not...

    Nope. They have only regional status.


  • #1007
    IrishZeus
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    feargale wrote: »
    Nope. They have only regional status.


    Turkish and Flemish?


  • #1008
    feargale
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    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Turkish and Flemish?

    Turkish is correct, official in Cyprus.

    Flemish is wrong. Standard Dutch is the official language in Belgium.


  • #1009
    New Home
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    Albanian?


  • #1010
    feargale
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    New Home wrote: »
    Albanian?

    Nope.


  • #1011
    IrishZeus
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    Luxemburgish? (sp)

    I run a language travel agency in real life. You finally asked a question in my realm of experience :D


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  • #1012
    feargale
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    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Luxemburgish? (sp)

    I run a language travel agency in real life. You finally asked a question in my realm of experience :D

    That's it.

    I have an impression, but can find nothing to substantiate it, that a member state is confined to nominating one official language. Maybe it's an unwritten understanding. I don't know why Cyprus didn't nominate Turkish, since Greek also belongs to Greece, maybe because the number of speakers in Greek Cyprus is tiny.
    Luxemburgish? Their other two official languages, French and German are spoken for. Maybe they just couldn't be bothered.


  • #1013
    feargale
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    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Luxemburgish? (sp)

    I run a language travel agency in real life. You finally asked a question in my realm of experience :D

    What do you do? Carry people to specific language areas to study languages? Organise courses?


  • #1014
    OldGoat
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    feargale wrote: »
    What do you do? Carry people to specific language areas to study languages? Organise courses?
    These quiz questions are getting harder all the time. How am I supposed to know what IrishZ does in work?
    :D

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #1015
    IrishZeus
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    OldGoat wrote: »
    These quiz questions are getting harder all the time. How am I supposed to know what IrishZ does in work?
    :D

    €10 and I’ll share my answers with you :D


  • #1016
    IrishZeus
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    feargale wrote: »
    What do you do? Carry people to specific language areas to study languages? Organise courses?

    We operate as an agency bringing (mostly) Latin American students into Ireland and Canada for English language and Degree/Masters programmes. We place them into colleges, rather than providing any courses ourselves. Up and running a few years now and all going well - it’s a huge industry in Ireland that unfortunately very people know much about and is often tarnished by negative press!

    I will be back shortly with a question :)


  • #1017
    IrishZeus
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    Linus Pauling - for what is he known and what is unique about him in this regard?


  • #1018
    feargale
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    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Linus Pauling - for what is he known and what is unique about him in this regard?

    Winning two Nobel Prizes.


  • #1019
    IrishZeus
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    feargale wrote: »
    Winning two Nobel Prizes.

    Correct but he is not unique in that sense. A bit more detail please


  • #1020
    feargale
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    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Correct but he is not unique in that sense. A bit more detail please

    He won them in different categories,, chemistry and peace, I think.


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  • #1021
    IrishZeus
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    Correct, but still not unique. (Marie Cure being another example of a winner across two categories)


  • #1022
    OldRio
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    feargale wrote: »
    Correct.
    India
    Your question?

    Sorry for the delay. I work, and some say, an exhibit in a Museum. (The cheek). There was some confusion over the last few days but it seems I have 3 weeks off.

    Anyhow.. Question, music.
    Which album and artist had 741 weeks in the Billboard Hot 200 Album Chart.

    Easy peasy.


  • #1023
    IrishZeus
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    Michael Jackson?


  • #1024
    New Home
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    Whitney Houston - I will always love you? Céline Dion with My heart will go on? Westlife with one of theirs? Take That? The Beatles? How many straws have I clutched?


  • #1025
    IrishZeus
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    New Home wrote: »
    How many straws have I clutched?

    Shakin’ Stevens?


  • #1026
    New Home
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    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Shakin’ Stevens?


    I beg your pudding?


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  • #1027
    bonzodog2
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    Ah lads, its Dark Side of the moon,Pink Floyd

    I just happened to be watching a YT interview with Alan Parsons today, the recording engineer on DSOTM

    It'll be a while before I think of another question.....


  • #1028
    OldRio
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    bonzodog2 wrote: »
    Ah lads, its Dark Side of the moon,Pink Floyd

    I just happened to be watching a YT interview with Alan Parsons today, the recording engineer on DSOTM

    It'll be a while before I think of another question.....

    Correct, some hmmmmmm interesting guesses but Floyd it was.
    I also watched that interview with Alan Parsons.


  • #1029
    OldGoat
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    OldRio wrote: »
    Correct, some hmmmmmm interesting guesses but Floyd it was.
    I also watched that interview with Alan Parsons.
    Alan Parsons, a name I've not heard in a few years. Now I'm off to unearth my copy of "Eye in the Sky" and give it a listen.

    Also happy to listen to Hans Zimmers rearrangement of "Eclipse" (Pink Floyd DSOTM) on the Dune film trailer. Looking forward to hearing that in full.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #1030
    looksee
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    Update summary: awaiting answer to IrishZeus' question and a new question from Bonzodog2.


  • #1031
    IrishZeus
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    looksee wrote: »
    Update summary: awaiting answer to IrishZeus' question and a new question from Bonzodog2.

    Will give it till 4pm


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  • #1032
    IrishZeus
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    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Will give it till 4pm

    He was the only person to win two unshared Nobel prizes.

    Name 3 people to win two prizes? You have two already


  • #1033
    keane2097
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    IrishZeus wrote: »
    He was the only person to win two unshared Nobel prizes.

    Name 3 people to win two prizes? You have two already

    Maxwell?


  • #1034
    IrishZeus
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    keane2097 wrote: »
    Maxwell?

    Nope


  • #1035
    IrishZeus
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    Bump. Will give it till the morning.


  • #1036
    looksee
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    It looks as though Bonzodog isn't giving us a question, I'll put up another one tomorrow to keep things going.


  • #1037
    bonzodog2
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    Apologies for the delay. Whats special about the number 1729? Its not a date thing.


  • #1038
    New Home
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    Darn, I used too know that, I can't remember now.


  • #1039
    IrishZeus
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    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Bump. Will give it till the morning.

    Frederik Sagner
    Marie Curie
    Linus Pauling
    John Bardeen

    I’ll come back with another


  • #1040
    feargale
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    bonzodog2 wrote: »
    Apologies for the delay. Whats special about the number 1729? Its not a date thing.

    It appears on a bottle of something. Eau de Cologne?


  • #1041
    looksee
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    I think you are thinking of 4711 :D The quiz number is one of those numbers that I totally don't understand that is a prime (or some such) number that can be divided by itself and multiplied out to find the distance to the sun. Or something.


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  • #1042
    New Home
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    I think it was more a mathematical thing, something that Sheldon Cooper would have known


  • #1043
    bonzodog2
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    No. Its a maths thing, its the smallest number that has a particular property


  • #1044
    New Home
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    I only know that a friend of mine is obsessed by 3 of those 4 numbers (i.e. 2, 7 and 9 in any combination) and keeps coming across them is the most unlikely places (e.g., he buys a new computer and the box he receives has 729 on it, his booking number for a flight might contain 927, his new code for broadband (defaulted in, not chosen) might have 972 in it, the pizza delivery guy's moped has 297 on the number plate, his receipt n. for the order is 792, etc. It's beyond coincidental, at this stage. I've tried to be on the look out myself for other numbers, e.g. 1, 8 and 5, but they're not as frequent at all at all.


  • #1045
    bonzodog2
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    OK.to keep things moving, 1729 is the smallest integer that is the sum of two squares in two different ways.

    An easier one for ya, which is "The Windy City" ?


  • #1046
    New Home
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    Seattle?


  • #1047
    looksee
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    Waterford - no, really!


  • #1048
    bonzodog2
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    New Home wrote: »
    Seattle?
    looksee wrote: »
    Waterford - no, really!

    No and no


  • #1049
    IrishZeus
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    It’s Chicago I think?


  • #1050
    OldRio
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    Tis. Chicago I'm sure.


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  • #1051
    bonzodog2
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    Yup. Off you go IZ


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