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feargale wrote: »

This one has been missed. Any takers? Need a clue or two (or three)?

Cuba? Chile?

IrishZeus

feargale wrote: »

d4,d5;
c4

What is it?

That’s the Queens Gambit, a chess sequence. Recently popularised by Netflix, of all things!

feargale

New Home wrote: »

Cuba? Chile?

No. Try again.

feargale

IrishZeus wrote: »

That’s the Queens Gambit, a chess sequence. Recently popularised by Netflix, of all things!

Correct. Your question please.

New Home

feargale wrote: »

No. Try again.

The Philippines?

feargale

New Home wrote: »

The Philippines?

No.

Beasty

feargale wrote: »

No. Try again.

Argentina?

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France?

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Uganda? Idi Amin sounds like a possibility.

keane2097

feargale wrote: »

This one has been missed. Any takers? Need a clue or two (or three)?

I was thinking about America for that one, about a native insurrection or something.

feargale

keane2097 wrote: »

I was thinking about America for that one, about a native insurrection or something.

You have it. Robert E. Lee has been commemorated on U.S. stamps at least five times, most notably in 1955. Others confederates have also appeared on stamps including Jefferson Davis and Stonewall Jackson.

IrishZeus

To continue the chess theme - where does the phrase “Checkmate” originate?

feargale

IrishZeus wrote: »

To continue the chess theme - where does the phrase “Checkmate” originate?

Shah mata, Persian I think, meaning the king is dead or at least in difficulties.

IrishZeus

feargale wrote: »

Shah mata, Persian I think, meaning the king is dead or at least in difficulties.

Correct - “shah mat”, Persian for “the king is dead”

You’re up FG!

keane2097

keane2097 wrote: »

What is unusual about the paintings of British Turner Prize-winning painter Chris Ofili?

Waiting on this one pals

keane2097

And the other one I owe:

Which board game was invented by an Oscar winner?

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keane2097 wrote: »

Waiting on this one pals

Paints holding the paintbrush using his/her mouth?

feargale

I o 1 2

Féinín is the Irish-language word for which fad of recent years?

IrishZeus

feargale wrote: »

I o 1 2

Féinín is the Irish-language word for which fad of recent years?

I have two girls in a Gaelscoil, of which I’m a board member. It’s all too common a word these days

“Selfies”

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Meanwhile I was struggling to make Io12 part of the question :rolleyes:

New Home

By the way, Atreyu's horse (who died in the Swamp of Sadness) was called Artax.

IrishZeus

Where is the Pantanal, what is it, and why is it special?

keane2097

New Home wrote: »

Paints holding the paintbrush using his/her mouth?

Not what we're after

feargale

IrishZeus wrote: »

Where is the Pantanal, what is it, and why is it special?

It's in Brazil on the border with Paraguay. It's an area of conservation with lots of wildlife.

IrishZeus

feargale wrote: »

It's in Brazil on the border with Paraguay. It's an area of conservation with lots of wildlife.

Correct. It’s considered the largest swamp area in the world.

You’re up FG!

feargale

New Australia was a utopian socialist settlement founded in 1893 in which country?

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New Zealand?
Edit, ah I'm a few miles out!

keane2097

keane2097 wrote: »

What is unusual about the paintings of British Turner Prize-winning painter Chris Ofili?

I'll give a clue for this, he uses some strange materials.

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Spiderweb?

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Oh, is he the one that used elephant dung, I recall seeing something about it some good while ago. Not clear what the point was!