The all new, revised and easier quiz! (mod note posts 1 and 2042)

garancafan

An old goatee with a feather boa conjures up an interesting image.

Further to the three sister Gabors: Eva starred in a (fairly) long-running American TV sit-com. Anybody remember the title?

KayPea

OldGoat wrote: »

Including or excluding Peter Cushing?
The eighth was Paul McGann.

Paul McGann is my eighth doctor and one of my favourites.

You're up.

looksee

Update:

Garancafan has a question about Eva Gabor

Awaiting questions from Old Goat and Into the Blue

(This is not nudging or nagging btw, its just me trying to keep track )

Jellybaby1

garancafan wrote: »

An old goatee with a feather boa conjures up an interesting image.

Further to the three sister Gabors: Eva starred in a (fairly) long-running American TV sit-com. Anybody remember the title?

Green Acres! Loved it! Her answer to having to wash the dishes was just throwing them out the window! Often tempted to do that myself.

looksee

Oh lordy, I will be humming the Green Acres ditty for days now...

Into The Blue

"looksee wrote:

Awaiting questions from Old Goat and Into the Blue

By what stage name is Frances Gumm better known?

Jellybaby1

Judy Garland

(Am I allowed to answer more than one question?)

Into The Blue

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Judy Garland

Correct.

Jellybaby1

No peeping now. Rudolf only got to join because someone wrote a song about him. He joined Comet, Donner, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Blitzen, Vixen, and …..Who’s missing?

Gooners

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

No peeping now. Rudolf only got to join because someone wrote a song about him. He joined Comet, Donner, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Blitzen, Vixen, and …..Who’s missing?

Cupid

Jellybaby1

Its yours, Gooners.

Gooners

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Its yours, Gooners.

Yaaay, the largest French speaking city in the world is Paris, what is the second largest?

Into The Blue

Gooners wrote: »

Yaaay, the largest French speaking city in the world is Paris, what is the second largest?

Trick question? Quebec?

Gooners

Into The Blue wrote: »

Trick question? Quebec?

You are on the right track but Quebec is not the answer.

Into The Blue

Gooners wrote: »

You are on the right track but Quebec is not the answer.

Montreal?

garancafan

Bruxelles?

Gooners

Into The Blue wrote: »

Montreal?

Well done. (Sorry was feeding baby.)

Into The Blue

Don't know how to phrase this, so bear with me..

The word Dublin is derived from Dubh Linn, yet the Irish for Dublin is Ath Cliath..

Why the two names for the same area?

garancafan

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Green Acres! Loved it! Her answer to having to wash the dishes was just throwing them out the window! Often tempted to do that myself.

Spot on Jb1. Over to you.

OldGoat

Question: What year was Grafton Street pedestrianised? Bonus slap on the back if you remember the month.

looksee

Into The Blue wrote: »

Don't know how to phrase this, so bear with me..

The word Dublin is derived from Dubh Linn, yet the Irish for Dublin is Ath Cliath..

Why the two names for the same area?

I (in my ignorant non-Irish speakingness) always thought Ath Cliath meant 'city centre' rather than a name?

looksee

OldGoat wrote: »

Question: What year was Grafton Street pedestrianised? Bonus slap on the back if you remember the month.

Mad guess (I have no idea ) 1982

Into The Blue

looksee wrote: »

I (in my ignorant non-Irish speakingness) always thought Ath Cliath meant 'city centre' rather than a name?

An Lár would be town/city centre, but you're on the right track..

OldGoat

Mad guess was spot on looksee.
http://www.rte.ie/archives/2014/0204/502237-pedestrianisation-of-grafton-street-1982/

Over to you.

looksee

OldGoat wrote: »

Mad guess was spot on looksee.
http://www.rte.ie/archives/2014/0204/502237-pedestrianisation-of-grafton-street-1982/

Over to you.

That is totally incredible! Think I had better do the lottery today! I really did pull a number out of the air :eek:

I suppose somewhere along the line I must have seen a reference to that as my brain was quite definite that was the number to go for.

looksee

If you are a crafty/diy type person you may know that the US has a (very well known) product called Spackle. What would we be more likely to call it on this side of the Atlantic?

looksee

Into The Blue wrote: »

An Lár would be town/city centre, but you're on the right track..

Oh that's right...thinking about what you see on the buses. Oh yes, isn't there something about 'town of the hurdles' - meaning I think paths made from woven withies. I am rooting around here in a totally random fashion, probably thinking of something else entirely.

Into The Blue

looksee wrote: »

Oh that's right...thinking about what you see on the buses. Oh yes, isn't there something about 'town of the hurdles' - meaning I think paths made from woven withies. I am rooting around here in a totally random fashion, probably thinking of something else entirely.

You're right. The Black Pool (An Linn Dubh, where the Poddle joins the liffey) was a settlement by an Ath Cliath, Hurdled Ford (Fr Mattew Bridge location). Over time the two settlements amalgamated.

Into The Blue

looksee wrote: »

If you are a crafty/diy type person you may know that the US has a (very well known) product called Spackle. What would we be more likely to call it on this side of the Atlantic?

Is Spackle a product name? I always thought it was just the generic term for stuff like Polyfila..

looksee

Right, Into the Blue, it is a product name, ad if you are a crafty sort you find all sorts of american instructions saying to use Spackle. Took me ages to figure out it was Polyfilla! Your go!

Jellybaby1

Into The Blue wrote: »

Don't know how to phrase this, so bear with me..

The word Dublin is derived from Dubh Linn, yet the Irish for Dublin is Ath Cliath..

Why the two names for the same area?

I learned in primary school that Dubh Linn = Black Pool, but Baile Atha Cliath, not sure, Baile I know is town. Don't know the rest. Blame the Vikings, I believe. Oops, I'm late again. Sorry.

Jellybaby1

garancafan wrote: »

Spot on Jb1. Over to you.

In the song sung by Perry Como…Why did Cali-phone ya?

OldGoat

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

In the song sung by Perry Como…Why did Cali-phone ya?

Ahhh feck. I can remember what Della wore but not why Calli phoned.

looksee

I rather think it was 'to ask what did Della wear' - not absolutely sure. She did wear a brand New Jersey!

BrensBenz

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

In the song sung by Perry Como…Why did Cali-phone ya?

"Was she all alone?"
"She phoned to say Hawaii, she phoned to say Hawaii, she phoned to say Hawaii, that's why Cali phoned."

Jellybaby1

BrensBenz wrote: »

"Was she all alone?"
"She phoned to say Hawaii, she phoned to say Hawaii, she phoned to say Hawaii, that's why Cali phoned."

Correct! Your turn.

BrensBenz

What does this depict? Hint: Although in Dublin, it's not one of the Dubliners!

Into The Blue

prob pure coincidence, but I was watching a gardening show earlier in the week, and a lad had something very similar in his garden...

So, I'm going with The Green Man?
Early Pagan figure, adopted into Christian culture as a symbol of prosperity

Jellybaby1

Some Roman god of watery things, Neptune mebbe?

BrensBenz

Into The Blue wrote: »

So, I'm going with The Green Man?
Early Pagan figure, adopted into Christian culture as a symbol of prosperity

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Some Roman god of watery things, Neptune mebbe?

On all accounts.....Nope!
Though it / he does represent something watery!

Hint: I was surprised that a representation of "this" was on O'Connell Bridge, Dublin.

looksee

I think I have another question, so:

Of which book is this the first line : 'There was no possibility of taking a walk that day'

Samaris

BrensBenz wrote: »

On all accounts.....Nope!
Though it / he does represent something watery!

Hint: I was surprised that a representation of "this" was on O'Connell Bridge, Dublin.

Hrm, I was thinking Pan, but that's not particularly watery...yet, he does appear to have horns and look a bit satyr-y. Bacchus?

looksee

He does seem to have a trident tho. There is something in the back of my head about a god of the Liffey? Seems like a very localised god though, and i have no idea what his name is

OldGoat

looksee wrote: »

I think I have another question, so:

Of which book is this the first line : 'There was no possibility of taking a walk that day'

"My left foot"?

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looksee

OldGoat wrote: »

"My left foot"?

...

'snort'

I thought that was a dead easy one, its a basic table-quiz question!

OldGoat

BrensBenz wrote: »

What does this depict? Hint: Although in Dublin, it's not one of the Dubliners!

It's one of four faces, three male and one female - Anna Livia. That's as much as I can remember. Is it one of the four provinces?

Samaris

OldGoat wrote: »

It's one of four faces, three male and one female - Anna Livia. That's as much as I can remember. Is it one of the four provinces?

Hm, well Anna Livia is a name for the Liffey itself, I think, it's a personification of the river, if my very mild brush with James Joyce and his deranged prose is being remembered right. So is it something to do with certain rivers?

Jellybaby1

looksee wrote: »

I think I have another question, so:

Of which book is this the first line : 'There was no possibility of taking a walk that day'

It's one of those classics, but hmmmmmm, which one.......? No idea.

looksee

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

It's one of those classics, but hmmmmmm, which one.......? No idea.

Does this help - a few lines in

'The said Eliza, John, and Georgiana were now clustered round their mama in the drawing-room'

Samaris

Ah, Jane Eyre.