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

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  • #2152
    garancafan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    garancafan wrote: »

    What colour were the blue jumpers today?

    Blue-clad Scotland's main lineout jumpers were the brothers Richie and Jonny Gray.

    Now full attention can be given to Rubeculla's question.


  • #2153
    garancafan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    Rubecula wrote: »

    Music question then.......

    Which band had a song called !In My Own Time formed in 1966 disbanded in 1973 and had Roger Chapman as a lead singer.
    garancafan wrote:
    I think it was a folk band rather than an electronic band.
    Having looked it up and lest I mislead - it was an electronic band. It might even be called a band of considerable neck!


  • #2154
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    garancafan wrote: »
    Having looked it up and lest I mislead - it was an electronic band. It might even be called a band of considerable neck!

    Back then they were called a Progressive Rock Band


  • #2155
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    Seems to have been a tad difficult

    The answer is ......



  • #2156
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    I have to say I have never heard of them. Good one!


  • #2157
    garancafan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    garancafan wrote: »
    ...It might even be called a band of considerable neck!
    That, of course, was an allusion to the number of guitar necks used by the band.


  • #2158
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    I have to say I have never heard of them. Good one!

    I was told that at one point they were able to outsell the Beatles. However I am not sure this is true.


  • #2159
    OldRio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,155 ✭✭✭OldRio


    Rubecula wrote: »
    Seems to have been a tad difficult

    The answer is ......


    That brings back some great memories. I saw Family in concert in 1970.
    Happy times:D

    and you know it seems like yesterday.


  • #2160
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,810 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Where is Beaufort's Dyke?


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  • #2161
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,810 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Another one...how many buses in the Dublin Bus fleet? (a guess to within say 50 will do)


  • #2162
    garancafan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    looksee wrote: »
    Where is Beaufort's Dyke?

    Around Beaufort's house.;)


  • #2163
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Beauforts Dyke I know as I visited the area for a study many years ago. That trip went with a bang. I'll let others guess.

    Dublin Bus?? Great question and no idea. Guess 1200.


  • #2164
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,810 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    I reckon you have it Srameen, but will leave it for the others. Dublin bus guess not bad but not really close enough.:)


  • #2165
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    No idea about Beaufort's Dyke, maybe somewhere in Wales? Dublin Bus have loads of buses, but if you want a number I will just guess 3,252! :)


  • #2166
    Steve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    looksee wrote: »
    Another one...how many buses in the Dublin Bus fleet? (a guess to within say 50 will do)

    Going by the service near me they have two and one is broken. :rolleyes:


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  • #2167
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,810 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    No, JB, way too many!


  • #2168
    garancafan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    I have the idea that it's somewhere around the 900 mark.


  • #2169
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,810 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Give the man a coconut! They claim 950. Over to you Garancafan.


  • #2170
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,810 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Still looking for the Beaufort's Dyke answer. Srameen did give a good clue in his answer, dive in and make a guess!

    I will inflict give Srameen the prize of having to think of another clue if no-one gets it today :D


  • #2171
    garancafan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    Where is Ireland's only carillon?


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  • #2172
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    garancafan wrote: »
    Where is Ireland's only carillon?

    Cobh


  • #2173
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,810 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Beat me to it Srameen, so just to be on the safe side I will say Cork - Shandon.


  • #2174
    garancafan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    Spot on Srameen. With its 49 bells Cobh cathedral's carillon is the largest in Britain and Ireland.


  • #2175
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    What are Anadama, Bammy, Hallulla, Proja and Taftan?

    I hope I've spelt them right.


  • #2176
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,810 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    They sound like coded landing spots for an invasion. However I have no idea though they sound a bit slightly familiar, maybe my brain will have found the answer by tomorrow.


  • #2177
    Steve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    I've heard of some of them. Not sure where.

    Are they types of grain used to make bread?


  • #2178
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,810 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Ha! only just spotted the clue Steve, I reckon you could be right. Good one Srameen!


  • #2179
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    I see what you thought was a clue but it wasn't.

    They are not grains.


  • #2180
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,810 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Ahh pity! :p


  • #2181
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,810 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Bananas?


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  • #2182
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    looksee wrote: »
    Bananas?

    No but Steve just needs a bit more conviction.


  • #2183
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,810 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Water? :D


  • #2184
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    looksee wrote: »
    Water? :D

    Water? Water?

    Well you might :D

    No. Steve was close but didn't say it.


  • #2185
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,810 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    You wouldn't be splitting hairs between grain and flour, would you, Srameen :D


  • #2186
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    looksee wrote: »
    You wouldn't be splitting hairs between grain and flour, would you, Srameen :D

    Good Lord, No. Because grain and flour are not quite there yet.

    ;)


  • #2187
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,810 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Well I think that only leaves one answer so I will leave it for Steve since he set us on the path...


  • #2188
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    looksee wrote: »
    Well I think that only leaves one answer so I will leave it for Steve since he set us on the path...

    You're right. Steve stumbled on it. They are all Breads.

    All yours Steve.


  • #2189
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    Bammy rang a bell but the others didn't. Never would have guessed bread. Interesting question.


  • #2190
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,810 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    So we need a question from Steve and the answer to Beauforts Dyke, which I know Srameen knows but we didn't get the answer spelled out. So...its the deep ditch in the Irish Sea between Scotland and Northern Ireland, in which large quantities of defunct explosives (or if they were not, they are now) have been dumped. Then we wonder where all the fish have gone!

    So, Question: the nightshade (belladonna) family of plants are known for being poisonous, and yet we eat parts of them. Can anyone name three that we eat quite frequently?


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  • #2191
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Solanaceae family. Spuds, Tomato, Aubergine, Tobacco, Chilli....


  • #2192
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,810 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    You got it, your go!


  • #2193
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    What country is accredited as the world's oldest republic?


  • #2194
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    What country is accredited as the world's oldest republic?

    San Marino?


  • #2195
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,546 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    Horro everybooby....


  • #2196
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    feargale wrote: »
    San Marino?

    Correct. Your shout so.

    Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »
    Horro everybooby....

    Ok!??


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  • #2197
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,546 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    Oops....:o


  • #2198
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »
    Horro everybooby....

    And every boobytrap horror to you too. You'll find plenty of them in this thread. :D

    QUESTION: San Marino is entirely surrounded by Italy. Name the other two sovereign states, each of which is surrounded by another sovereign state.


  • #2199
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,810 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Vatican city, and I think there is one in South Africa


  • #2200
    garancafan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    Just got an email notification about the latest posts!! - is everything back to normal?

    QUESTION: San Marino is entirely surrounded by Italy. Name the other two sovereign states, each of which is surrounded by another sovereign state.

    Would Monaco be one?


  • #2201
    Steve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    looksee wrote: »
    Vatican city, and I think there is one in South Africa

    Yeah, Lesotho, been there (well nearly, its beside Durban.) Is Andorra another?

    And yes, I realise I owe a question.. I have one on the boil but will wait for a calm in the frenzy!


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