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  • #1082
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    What did Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi design?


  • #1083
    nompere
    Registered Users Posts: 1,675 ✭✭✭nompere


    Is it the Statue of Liberty?


  • #1084
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    feargale wrote: »
    Which U.S. state's great seal features the following motto: "Si Quæris Peninsulam Amœnam Circumspice Armiger"?

    This one has been passed over. I'll give it 24 hours. Anybody want a clue?


  • #1085
    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,014 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Don't suppose it would be Florida?


  • #1086
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    feargale wrote: »
    This one has been passed over. I'll give it 24 hours. Anybody want a clue?

    Yes, as long as it’s not a translation. I have the gist of it, and it doesn’t help :D


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  • #1087
    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,014 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Lol, no its not, I picked out the word peninsula from the motto and that was the only one I could think of!


  • #1088
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    looksee wrote: »
    Don't suppose it would be Florida?

    Frayed knot :)

    But I would encourage you particularly to try again.


  • #1089
    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,014 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    I checked it up and I would not have ever guessed it, though I was in the right direction with the translation.


  • #1090
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    At this stage I'm surprised at all of you. It might help to ponder Trump v. Biden.

    P.S.

    Which U.S. state's great seal features the following motto: "Si Quæris Peninsulam Amœnam Circumspice Armiger"?

    Final clue = translation: "If you seek a pleasant peninsula look around you, squire."


  • #1091
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    nompere wrote: »
    Is it the Statue of Liberty?

    Yep, correct
    .sorry for delay.


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  • #1092
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    looksee wrote: »
    I checked it up and I would not have ever guessed it, though I was in the right direction with the translation.

    You were indeed.


  • #1093
    nompere
    Registered Users Posts: 1,675 ✭✭✭nompere


    Ted_YNWA wrote: »
    Yep, correct
    .sorry for delay.

    What do beetroot clows top, hendre huffcap, painted lady, snake pole and zealous wick have in common?


  • #1094
    OldRio
    Registered Users Posts: 5,908 ✭✭✭OldRio


    Butterflys?


  • #1095
    nompere
    Registered Users Posts: 1,675 ✭✭✭nompere


    OldRio wrote: »
    Butterflys?

    Sorry - no.


  • #1096
    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,014 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Fungi

    Edit - no, checked up, who'd a thought it?


  • #1097
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    feargale wrote: »
    At this stage I'm surprised at all of you. It might help to ponder Trump v. Biden.

    Which U.S. state's great seal features the following motto: "Si Quæris Peninsulam Amœnam Circumspice Armiger"?

    Final clue = translation: "If you seek a pleasant peninsula look around you, squire."

    The answer is Michigan, not one but two peninsulas. The motto is a play on Christopher Wren's words in St. Paul's Cathedral. I thought mentioning peninsula would be too obvious. And I thought saying Trump v. Biden would have focused you on battleground states.

    So here's a nice easy one. Ten U.S. vice-presidents have subsequently been elected president, but only two of them after a break from public office having vacated the vice-presidency. Joe Biden is one. Name the other.


  • #1098
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,323 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    nompere wrote: »
    What do beetroot clows top, hendre huffcap, painted lady, snake pole and zealous wick have in common?


    Fish?


  • #1099
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    feargale wrote: »
    The answer is Michigan, not one but two peninsulas. The motto is a play on Christopher Wren's words in St. Paul's Cathedral. I thought mentioning peninsula would be too obvious. And I thought saying Trump v. Biden would have focused you on battleground states.

    So here's a nice easy one. Ten U.S. vice-presidents have subsequently been elected president, but only two of them after a break from public office having vacated the vice-presidency. Joe Biden is one. Name the other.

    George Bush senior? (Or possibly Nixon?)


  • #1100
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    George Bush senior? (Or possibly Nixon?)

    Which?


  • #1101
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    feargale wrote: »
    Which?

    I’ll reverse and go for Nixon!?


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  • #1102
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    I’ll reverse and go for Nixon!?

    Right. You're on.


  • #1103
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    Which US president served non-consecutive terms?


  • #1104
    keane2097
    Registered Users Posts: 17,770 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Which US president served non-consecutive terms?

    I have this one in my head as being Grover Cleveland?


  • #1105
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    keane2097 wrote: »
    I have this one in my head as being Grover Cleveland?

    Correct. You’re up


  • #1106
    nompere
    Registered Users Posts: 1,675 ✭✭✭nompere


    New Home wrote: »
    Fish?

    Sorry - no.


  • #1107
    keane2097
    Registered Users Posts: 17,770 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Correct. You’re up

    I just see a nice bit of trivia about him while looking for another question - it's claimed he used to answer the White House phone himself :D

    Back shortly with a Q


  • #1108
    keane2097
    Registered Users Posts: 17,770 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    OK this seems like a nice one - who was the first US president to be born in a hospital?


  • #1109
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    keane2097 wrote: »
    OK this seems like a nice one - who was the first US president to be born in a hospital?

    Eisenhower?


  • #1110
    keane2097
    Registered Users Posts: 17,770 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    feargale wrote: »
    Eisenhower?

    Not him


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  • #1111
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    keane2097 wrote: »
    Not him

    I came across it sometime but I can't remember. Cleveland?


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