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  • #1702
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,855 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    feargale wrote: »
    Lord North? ( well, it wasn't Mae West or Sean South anyway. )

    The very fellow. PM from 1770 - 1782. Brought in the Coercive Acts of 1773, which the Americans called the Intolerable Acts as a punitive measure following the Boston Tea Party.


  • #1703
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    What is the most northerly country which has never won a medal in the Winter Olympics?


  • #1704
    Guffy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,182 ✭✭✭Guffy


    feargale wrote: »
    What is the most northerly country which has never won a medal in the Winter Olympics?

    Greenland?


  • #1705
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    gufc21 wrote: »
    Greenland?

    No. Greenland doesn't compete.


  • #1706
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,855 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    It's not us is it :confused::confused:


  • #1707
    Guffy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,182 ✭✭✭Guffy


    Iceland


  • #1708
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    gufc21 wrote: »
    Iceland

    Correct.


  • #1709
    Guffy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,182 ✭✭✭Guffy


    Feck....

    Er... what is the most northerly town? Say pop over 1,000


  • #1710
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    gufc21 wrote: »
    Feck....

    Er... what is the most northerly town? Say pop over 1,000

    Longyearbyen in Svalbard


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  • #1711
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    gufc21 wrote: »
    Feck....

    Er... what is the most northerly town? Say pop over 1,000

    Longyearbyen in Svalbard


  • #1712
    Guffy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,182 ✭✭✭Guffy


    fire away feargale


  • #1713
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    What was the nationality ( indicated by its name ) of the airship ( and of its commander and crew ) which crashed off the coast of Svalbard in 1928 ?


  • #1714
    irishejit
    Registered Users Posts: 657 ✭✭✭irishejit


    feargale wrote: »
    What was the nationality ( indicated by its name ) of the airship ( and of its commander and crew ) which crashed off the coast of Svalbard in 1928 ?

    Italian?


  • #1715
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    irishejit wrote: »
    Italian?

    Correct. Airship Italia commanded by Umberto Nobile. Amundsen lost his life in the search ( ultimately successful ) despite being not on speaking terms with Nobile at the time.


  • #1716
    irishejit
    Registered Users Posts: 657 ✭✭✭irishejit


    Which Italian car manufacturer did Enzo Ferrari originally prepare race cars for?


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  • #1717
    Guffy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,182 ✭✭✭Guffy


    irishejit wrote: »
    Which Italian car manufacturer did Enzo Ferrari originally prepare race cars for?

    CMN

    How many F1 driver championships have ferrari won?


  • #1718
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Fiat


  • #1719
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Fiat


  • #1720
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    gufc21 wrote: »
    CMN

    How many F1 driver championships have ferrari won?

    4 days gone and no answer. Tell us, gufc and post another.


  • #1721
    Guffy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,182 ✭✭✭Guffy


    feargale wrote: »
    4 days gone and no answer. Tell us, gufc and post another.

    15, one more than constructors championships.


    Easy one, its half 2 and can't think of anything else.

    which driver has the most titles?


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  • #1722
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,855 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    It's a sport I know next to nothing about but going to guess Michael Schumacher


  • #1723
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    donegal_man wrote: »
    It's a sport I know next to nothing about but going to guess Michael Schumacher

    Give us one.


  • #1724
    DubCul
    Registered Users Posts: 353 ✭✭DubCul


    Olympic event.

    Winner gets the Gold Medal but runner up gets the World Record.

    Why?

    And who?


  • #1725
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    DubCul wrote: »
    Olympic event.
    Winner gets the Gold Medal but runner up gets the World Record.
    Why?And who?

    Don't know if I should attempt this since donegalman is up. Anyway, I think it's LA 1932, 400m hurdles. Bob Tisdall took the gold medal but knocked a hurdle, and according to the rules at the time he then couldn't claim any record.


  • #1726
    DubCul
    Registered Users Posts: 353 ✭✭DubCul


    Correct


  • #1727
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    What colours did Tipperary GAA originally wear? They changed to Blue and Gold after 'Bloody Sunday' 1920.


  • #1728
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    What colours did Tipperary GAA originally wear? They changed to Blue and Gold after 'Bloody Sunday' 1920.

    White with a green sash. Now it's Donegalman's turn to post a question so perhaps you might all defer to that.


  • #1729
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,855 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    Thanks Feargale. You work away, I wouldn't have had a hope of answering either of the last two anyhow.


  • #1730
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Easy one. Name the only Tipperary player who has won Railway Cup medals in both hurling and football.

    And in light of recent posts, would newcomers please read OP.


  • #1731
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    feargale wrote: »
    Easy one. Name the only Tipperary player who has won Railway Cup medals in both hurling and football.

    Nobody?


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  • #1732
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,855 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    feargale wrote: »
    Nobody?

    Looks like a shortage of Tipp hurling fans on here


  • #1733
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Looks like a shortage of Tipp hurling fans on here

    Ok. The answer is Michael "Babs" Keating.
    We'll try again.
    Still on Tipperary, name a government minister born in Templemore.


  • #1734
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,855 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    The only one I can find from Tipperary is mini minister Tom Hayes


  • #1735
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    donegal_man wrote: »
    The only one I can find from Tipperary is mini minister Tom Hayes

    A cabinet minister from the past, deceased. I'll give it another 24 hours.


  • #1736
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    You'll kick yourself if you don't get this. Think GAA.


  • #1737
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    feargale wrote: »
    Still on Tipperary, name a government minister born in Templemore.

    Answer: Brendan Bracken, British Minister for Information 1941-1945.


  • #1738
    Guffy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,182 ✭✭✭Guffy


    Kicking myself....


  • #1739
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    gufc21 wrote: »
    Kicking myself....

    Give yourself one from me while you're at it :D

    Ok. The bad news is another GAA question.
    The good news is that since you've all obviously let your brains go to seed over the Summer recess, we'll ease you back in with a soft one.

    Tipperary again: Name the Thurles hotel in which the GAA was founded in 1884.


  • #1740
    Wichita Lineman
    Registered Users Posts: 48,742 ✭✭✭✭Wichita Lineman


    Hayes Hotel


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  • #1741
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Andy Dunne11 wrote: »
    Hayes Hotel

    Correct, now your turn to post a question. And if you haven't done so before would you please read OP before doing so.


  • #1742
    Wichita Lineman
    Registered Users Posts: 48,742 ✭✭✭✭Wichita Lineman


    Who wrote the novel 'Hotel' which was later turned into a film and tv series?


  • #1743
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,855 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    Arthur Hailey

    Hailey's novel "Airport" is set in what fictional location?


  • #1744
    Wichita Lineman
    Registered Users Posts: 48,742 ✭✭✭✭Wichita Lineman


    ^Correct, it was Arthur Hailey.


  • #1745
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Question, Donegalman?


  • #1746
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    donegal_man wrote: »
    Arthur Hailey

    Hailey's novel "Airport" is set in what fictional location?


    Lincoln International, Chicago


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  • #1747
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Who succeeded Lincoln as US President ?


  • #1748
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    Who succeeded Lincoln as US President ?

    Andrew Johnson.

    Who was the first U.S. President in or out of office to visit Ireland?


  • #1749
    piuswal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    feargale wrote: »
    Andrew Johnson.

    Who was the first U.S. President in or out of office to visit Ireland?

    Ulysses S Grant


    what county did he have connections with?


  • #1750
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    piuswal wrote: »
    Ulysses S Grant


    what county did he have connections with?

    Tyrone


  • #1751
    piuswal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    yes - question?


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