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  • #1552
    Grid.
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 68,370 Mod ✭✭✭✭Grid.


    Which phone was considered as the first smartphone ?


  • #1553
    The Pheasant2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭The Pheasant2


    I'll get the ball rolling again:

    What's the world's largest species of monkey?


  • #1554
    Birdie Num Num
    Registered Users Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭Birdie Num Num


    The Pheasant2 wrote: »
    I'll get the ball rolling again:

    What's the world's largest species of monkey?

    Baboon - Mandrill species


  • #1555
    The Pheasant2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭The Pheasant2


    Birdie Num Num wrote: »
    Baboon - Mandrill species

    *Puts on pedantry hat* Mandrills aren't actually baboons (they're their own genus), but yeah ya got Mandrill so that's good enough for me :)


  • #1556
    Birdie Num Num
    Registered Users Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭Birdie Num Num


    The mother of Monkees band member Mike Nesmith was famous for the invention of what?


  • #1557
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Birdie Num Num wrote: »
    The mother of Monkees band member Mike Nesmith was famous for the invention of what?

    Tippex.


  • #1558
    Birdie Num Num
    Registered Users Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭Birdie Num Num


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Tippex.

    I remembered that from my school days. Don't think it was actually the brand tippex she started but correction fluid it was. Over to you.


  • #1559
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Birdie Num Num wrote: »
    I remembered that from my school days. Don't think it was actually the brand tippex she started but correction fluid it was. Over to you.

    I smiled when I read the question, my father is a big aficionado of 60s music and culture and I remember him telling me this random fact.

    I'll stay on the 60s theme and ask what was The Beach Boys first number 1 single in the USA?


  • #1560
    4umbrellas
    Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭4umbrellas


    I get around?


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  • #1561
    EZ24GET
    Registered Users Posts: 6,017 ✭✭✭EZ24GET


    I always heard Mike's mother invented Whiteout just a name brand here. sorry to interrupt


  • #1562
    Birdie Num Num
    Registered Users Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭Birdie Num Num


    EZ24GET wrote: »
    I always heard Mike's mother invented Whiteout just a name brand here. sorry to interrupt

    Actually 'Liquid Paper' was the brand originally called 'Mistake Out' It's all the same suff, correction fluid.


  • #1563
    Birdie Num Num
    Registered Users Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭Birdie Num Num


    4umbrellas wrote: »
    I get around?

    Anyhows 4umbrellas needs validation of the above answer so we can get going again.


  • #1564
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    4umbrellas wrote: »
    I get around?

    That's right. Over to you.


  • #1565
    4umbrellas
    Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭4umbrellas


    What's the name of the caffeine-like chemical found in chocolate?


  • #1566
    Birdie Num Num
    Registered Users Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭Birdie Num Num


    4umbrellas wrote: »
    What's the name of the caffeine-like chemical found in chocolate?

    theobromine


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  • #1567
    4umbrellas
    Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭4umbrellas


    Birdie Num Num wrote: »
    theobromine
    Correct!


  • #1568
    Birdie Num Num
    Registered Users Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭Birdie Num Num


    4umbrellas wrote: »
    Correct!

    What was the motive for the invention of m&m's?


  • #1569
    Birdie Num Num
    Registered Users Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭Birdie Num Num


    Birdie Num Num wrote: »
    What was the motive for the invention of m&m's?

    What was the motive for the invention of m&m's? Motive might be the wrong choice of word here. Motive/Inspiration


  • #1570
    irishejit
    Registered Users Posts: 657 ✭✭✭irishejit


    Birdie Num Num wrote: »
    What was the motive for the invention of m&m's? Motive might be the wrong choice of word here. Motive/Inspiration

    Is it to do with stopping the chocolate melt?


  • #1571
    Birdie Num Num
    Registered Users Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭Birdie Num Num


    irishejit wrote: »
    Is it to do with stopping the chocolate melt?

    Yeah, that'll do. It wasn't a great question.

    During WWII they were trying to find a way for soldiers to carry chocolate in their pockets without it melting so covering it in a candy coating was seen as a solution.

    Step up to the mic.


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  • #1572
    irishejit
    Registered Users Posts: 657 ✭✭✭irishejit


    Which US actor/voice artist has been the voice of the red M&M in the adverts since 1996?


  • #1573
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    irishejit wrote: »
    Which US actor/voice artist has been the voice of the red M&M in the adverts since 1996?

    I'll take a guess with Hank Azaria?


  • #1574
    Birdie Num Num
    Registered Users Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭Birdie Num Num


    irishejit wrote: »
    Which US actor/voice artist has been the voice of the red M&M in the adverts since 1996?

    I was actually listening to one of the adverts a few hours ago and thought 'that guys voice is familiar'. Thinking it was the guy from CSI NY but didn't know his name until I googled it. So I'm guessing Gary Sinise.


  • #1575
    irishejit
    Registered Users Posts: 657 ✭✭✭irishejit


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    I'll take a guess with Hank Azaria?
    Birdie Num Num wrote: »
    I was actually listening to one of the adverts a few hours ago and thought 'that guys voice is familiar'. Thinking it was the guy from CSI NY but didn't know his name until I googled it. So I'm guessing Gary Sinise.

    Sorry took so long to reply guys....too a long an Easter! Hank Azaria is the closest but a clue is probably in order....His most famous voice overs to date are in a Matt Groening creation


  • #1576
    The Pheasant2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭The Pheasant2


    irishejit wrote: »
    His most famous voice overs to date are in a Matt Groening creation

    Is he in Futurama?


  • #1577
    Guffy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,182 ✭✭✭Guffy


    mr. west?


  • #1578
    irishejit
    Registered Users Posts: 657 ✭✭✭irishejit


    gufc21 wrote: »
    mr. west?

    That's him....your go


  • #1579
    Guffy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,182 ✭✭✭Guffy


    ha couldn't remember his first name :p

    Fox broadcast the first episode of Futurama in 1999 but which American TV Network aired the final episode in 2013?


  • #1580
    Guffy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,182 ✭✭✭Guffy


    Comedy central. Who's next?


  • #1581
    The Pheasant2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭The Pheasant2


    How many toes does a dog have?


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  • #1582
    Guffy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,182 ✭✭✭Guffy


    The Pheasant2 wrote: »
    How many toes does a dog have?

    18 including the two 'thumbs' 16 without


  • #1583
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Might kickstart the thread again with this.

    Which country claims to be the oldest surviving sovereign state and constitutional Republic in the world? (a claim which is not really disputed by anybody else)


  • #1584
    The Pheasant2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭The Pheasant2


    Greece?


  • #1585
    Wichita Lineman
    Registered Users Posts: 48,742 ✭✭✭✭Wichita Lineman


    Vatican?


  • #1586
    Guffy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,182 ✭✭✭Guffy


    San Marino.

    on which side did san marino fight in WW1?


  • #1587
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,855 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    gufc21 wrote: »
    San Marino.

    on which side did san marino fight in WW1?

    Is it a trick question and they were in fact neutral (?)


  • #1588
    Guffy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,182 ✭✭✭Guffy


    correct


  • #1589
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,855 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    When did Germany finally pay off the last of the WW1 reparations?


  • #1590
    XxMCRxBabyxX
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 7,439 Mod ✭✭✭✭XxMCRxBabyxX


    donegal_man wrote: »
    When did Germany finally pay off the last of the WW1 reparations?

    I have 2006 in my head for some reason?


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  • #1591
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    donegal_man wrote: »
    When did Germany finally pay off the last of the WW1 reparations?

    2010.


  • #1592
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    donegal_man wrote: »
    When did Germany finally pay off the last of the WW1 reparations?

    2010.


  • #1593
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    donegal_man wrote: »
    When did Germany finally pay off the last of the WW1 reparations?

    2010.


  • #1594
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,855 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    feargale wrote: »
    2010.
    feargale wrote: »
    2010.
    feargale wrote: »
    2010.

    You're all right :D


  • #1595
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Haiti achieved independence from France in 1804 on condition that it pay reparations to France. In what year was the final instalment paid?


  • #1596
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Haiti achieved independence from France in 1804 on condition that it pay reparations to France. In what year was the final instalment paid?


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  • #1597
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    feargale wrote: »
    Haiti achieved independence from France in 1804 on condition that it pay reparations to France. In what year was the final instalment paid?

    Answer = 1947. This place has gone dead. Another: Haiti was the first enduring republic of freed slaves in the Western Hemisphere. But Palmares, a predecessor from a century earlier, which did not survive, was established in which modern day country?


  • #1598
    The Pheasant2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭The Pheasant2


    Jamaica?


  • #1599
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    The Pheasant2 wrote: »
    Jamaica?

    No.


  • #1600
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    The Pheasant2 wrote: »
    Jamaica?

    No.


  • #1601
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,855 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    feargale wrote: »
    Answer = 1947. This place has gone dead. Another: Haiti was the first enduring republic of freed slaves in the Western Hemisphere. But Palmares, a predecessor from a century earlier, which did not survive, was established in which modern day country?

    99% sure it's Brazil but will wait for confirmation before posting follow up question.


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