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What's your favourite quiz question?

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  • #1292
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,234 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    it's a bit OT, but another feat of precision flying which seemed not to get a lot of traction here when it happened (and was awarded an international award) was in 2014 when the crew of rescue 118 who hovered for 20 minutes, at night, in 32 knot/60km/h winds, half a rotor width from a cliff face, while rescuing an injured climber in the bluestacks.


  • #1293
    3DataModem
    Registered Users Posts: 3,939 ✭✭✭3DataModem


    Here's one that always used to cause a row:

    "What's the shortest regular scheduled flight from Dublin that lands outside the EU?"


  • #1294
    retalivity
    Registered Users Posts: 13,989 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    3DataModem wrote: »
    Here's one that always used to cause a row:

    "What's the shortest regular scheduled flight from Dublin that lands outside the EU?"

    Douglas?


  • #1295
    Bozo Skeleton
    Registered Users Posts: 749 ✭✭✭Bozo Skeleton


    What team has scored the most FA Cup goals in the history of the competition?

    Answer:
    Kettering Town


  • #1296
    Uncle Pierre
    Registered Users Posts: 1,451 ✭✭✭Uncle Pierre


    retalivity wrote: »
    Douglas?

    That would be my guess too....


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  • #1297
    Louis Friend
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 590 ✭✭✭Louis Friend


    3DataModem wrote: »
    Here's one that always used to cause a row:

    "What's the shortest regular scheduled flight from Dublin that lands outside the EU?"

    Cork?


  • #1298
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,102 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Bozo Skeleton wrote: »
    What team has scored the most FA Cup goals in the history of the competition?

    Answer:
    Kettering Town

    I couldn't figure that out how that was the answer until I copped they are including goals scored in the preliminary rounds as well.


  • #1299
    The Big Easy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,855 ✭✭✭The Big Easy


    3DataModem wrote: »
    Here's one that always used to cause a row:

    "What's the shortest regular scheduled flight from Dublin that lands outside the EU?"

    Isle of Man?


  • #1300
    Uncle Pierre
    Registered Users Posts: 1,451 ✭✭✭Uncle Pierre


    The Douglas/Isle of Man question (if that's indeed the correct answer!) is a good question, but was probably better before Brexit, when people would probably have been pondering over whether places like Switzerland or Norway were closer to Dublin.

    Now with the Brits outside the EU, am guessing many people would go for Liverpool as the answer. That means they're thinking closer to home anyway, and therefore more chance of them thinking of the Isle of Man.

    Anyway, maybe this was asked before here, but.....where did the first ever Ryanair flight depart from?


  • #1301
    3DataModem
    Registered Users Posts: 3,939 ✭✭✭3DataModem


    The Big Easy wrote: »
    Isle of Man?

    Yep.

    Note: I guess in a quiz Douglas would be accepted, but you don't fly to Douglas when you fly to the Isle of Man.


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  • #1302
    3DataModem
    Registered Users Posts: 3,939 ✭✭✭3DataModem


    Uncle Pierre wrote: »
    ..where did the first ever Ryanair flight depart from?

    Great one.

    I read the book pretty recently, I think it was Waterford (or possibly Cork)... it definitely wasn't Dublin.


  • #1303
    Uncle Pierre
    Registered Users Posts: 1,451 ✭✭✭Uncle Pierre


    You're right that it wasn't from Dublin. Won't actually give the answer here yet though, in case anybody else wants to have a stab at it....


  • #1304
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,661 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Where did the first flight from Knock airport go ?


  • #1305
    French Toast
    Registered Users Posts: 721 ✭✭✭French Toast


    Heard recently on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire:

    Which of these philosophers tutored Alexander the Great?

    A. Plato
    B. Thales
    C. Aristotle
    D. Socrates

    Wonder would many get it without the multi-choice element.


  • #1306
    Jerry Attrick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 243 ✭✭Jerry Attrick


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Where did the first flight from Knock airport go ?

    Knock Airport?

    Circled the area and landed where it had taken off from?


  • #1307
    Uncle Pierre
    Registered Users Posts: 1,451 ✭✭✭Uncle Pierre


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Where did the first flight from Knock airport go ?

    Pretty sure the first commerical/charter flights were to Rome. Think the passengers on the very first one consisted largely of Monsignor Horan and others on a pilgrimage.

    If you mean the very first flight, there's probably a good chance that one took off, circled round a bit, and then landed there again all right.... :)


  • #1308
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,234 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    where did the very first flight *to* knock airport land?
    wait, no, that's not right...


  • #1309
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,661 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Uncle Pierre wrote: »
    Pretty sure the first commerical/charter flights were to Rome. Think the passengers on the very first one consisted largely of Monsignor Horan and others on a pilgrimage
    The irony being that Knock is a place of pilgrimage in it's own right.


  • #1310
    Uncle Pierre
    Registered Users Posts: 1,451 ✭✭✭Uncle Pierre


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    The irony being that Knock is a place of pilgrimage in it's own right.

    ...which is a large part of the reason he wanted an airport there in the first place. :)

    May as well confirm at this stage that the first Ryanair flight was indeed out of Waterford. It flew to Gatwick.

    According to this story, the plane itself was so small that cabin crew weren't allowed to be any taller than 5' 2". That would surely count as some sort of employment discrimination today!


  • #1311
    moycullen14
    Registered Users Posts: 869 ✭✭✭moycullen14


    French Toast wrote: »
    Heard recently on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire:

    Which of these philosophers tutored Alexander the Great?

    A. Plato
    B. Thales
    C. Aristotle
    D. Socrates

    Wonder would many get it without the multi-choice element.

    I remember this one. I think the guy worked it out by dates. He knew the date order of the philosophers and matched that with Alexander. Seriously impressive knowledge and smarts to do that. Also, it was a very valuable question, 500K?


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  • #1312
    dulpit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,229 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    One for NFL fans. Who did Brett Favre throw his first career pass to?


  • #1313
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users Posts: 16,109 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    dulpit wrote: »
    One for NFL fans. Who did Brett Favre throw his first career pass to?

    Himself!

    Quiz questions:

    What is the oldest lake in the world?
    What is the deepest lake in the world?
    What is the largest freshwater lake in the world by volume?


  • #1314
    chooseusername
    Registered Users Posts: 3,583 ✭✭✭chooseusername


    If, when Trigger replaced the broken andles and eads of his brooms,
    he repaired them , made them into brooms and kept them,
    how many Trigger's brooms would there be?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUl6PooveJE


  • #1315
    BrianBoru00
    Registered Users Posts: 1,035 ✭✭✭BrianBoru00


    :(
    Pherekydes wrote: »
    Himself!

    Quiz questions:

    What is the oldest lake in the world?
    What is the deepest lake in the world?
    What is the largest freshwater lake in the world by volume?

    Pretty sure Lake Baikal is the answer to one of them.....
    Deepest / Lake Michigan for largest?


  • #1316
    KevRossi
    Registered Users Posts: 4,376 ✭✭✭KevRossi


    Pherekydes wrote: »
    Himself!

    Quiz questions:

    What is the oldest lake in the world?
    What is the deepest lake in the world?
    What is the largest freshwater lake in the world by volume?

    Baikal to all three.

    I know this as I've been there. Siberians will proudly tell you it has (supposedly) more water in it than the 5 Great Lakes put together.


  • #1317
    Allinall
    Registered Users Posts: 6,526 ✭✭✭Allinall


    chooseusername wrote: »
    If, when Trigger replaced the broken andles and eads of his brooms,
    he repaired them , made them into brooms and kept them,
    how many Trigger's brooms would there be?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUl6PooveJE

    Great question.

    My fairly confident answer would be 15.


  • #1318
    chooseusername
    Registered Users Posts: 3,583 ✭✭✭chooseusername


    Allinall wrote: »
    Great question.

    My fairly confident answer would be 15.
    What about the one in the picture?


  • #1319
    Hamsterchops
    Registered Users Posts: 3,133 ✭✭✭Hamsterchops


    What is the most westerly city in the UK?


  • #1320
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,234 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    KevRossi wrote: »
    I know this as I've been there. Siberians will proudly tell you it has (supposedly) more water in it than the 5 Great Lakes put together.
    IIRC, half of the total volume of fresh water in britain is in loch ness.


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  • #1321
    uch
    Registered Users Posts: 7,008 ✭✭✭uch


    Hamsterchops wrote: »
    What is the most westerly city in the UK?

    Derry?

    21/25



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