What's your favourite quiz question?

ohnonotgmail

wally79 wrote: »

Huey Lewis

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Jennifer Rush also. And celine dion, i think.

both correct. , the Frankie, Huey and Jennifer songs were all different songs, they only had the title in common. the celine dion song was a cover of the jennifer rush song.

crossman47

There are only three countries who have had just one club win either the European Cup or the Champions League. What are the countries and clubs?

ohnonotgmail

crossman47 wrote: »

There are only three countries who have had just one club win either the European Cup or the Champions League. What are the countries and clubs?

Steau Bucharest from Romania is one I think. Ajax from Holland for the other?

EmmetSpiceland

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

Steau Bucharest from Romania is one I think. Ajax from Holland for the other?

Celtic?

Duckworth_Luas

crossman47 wrote: »

There are only three countries who have had just one club win either the European Cup or the Champions League. What are the countries and clubs?

Romania - Steaua Bucharest

Yugoslavia/Serbia - Red Star Belgrade

France - Marseilles

ohnonotgmail

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Celtic?

thats a great shout.

crossman47

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

Romania - Steaua Bucharest

Yugoslavia/Serbia - Red Star Belgrade

France - Marseilles

France have had two.

ohnonotgmail

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

Romania - Steaua Bucharest

Yugoslavia/Serbia - Red Star Belgrade

France - Marseilles

there are four then not 3. Celtic definitely count.

ohnonotgmail

crossman47 wrote: »

France have had two.

who is the second french team to win it?

crossman47

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

who is the second french team to win it?

Sorry - my mistake. I thought Reims but they lost two finals

partyguinness

crossman47 wrote: »

There are only three countries who have had just one club win either the European Cup or the Champions League. What are the countries and clubs?

Scotland- Celtic
Romania- Steaua
Yugoslavia- Red Star
France- Marseille

partyguinness

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

Steau Bucharest from Romania is one I think. Ajax from Holland for the other?

Nah, Feynoord and PSV also won it.

partyguinness

Esay enough one..

Name the two players to break the world transfer record twice.

Miley Byrne

partyguinness wrote: »

Esay enough one..

Name the two players to break the world transfer record twice.

Was Figo one of them?

ohnonotgmail

partyguinness wrote: »

Esay enough one..

Name the two players to break the world transfer record twice.

Cristiano Ronaldo is definitely one of them.

Lost Ormond

partyguinness wrote: »

Esay enough one..

Name the two players to break the world transfer record twice.

Is there not a third. Ronaldo, Di Maria and Lukaku

Robbie Keane

wally79

partyguinness wrote: »

Esay enough one..

Name the two players to break the world transfer record twice.

Maradona and Brazilian ronaldo

partyguinness

wally79 wrote: »

Maradona and Brazilian ronaldo

Correct

partyguinness

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

Cristiano Ronaldo is definitely one of them.

He broke it once- Man U to RM.

Louis Friend

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

Huey Lewis and the News

Which Oscar winning actor was murdered, in character of course, to the sound of Hip to be Square?

Jared Leto

Quantum Erasure

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

Huey Lewis and the News

Which Oscar winning actor was murdered, in character of course, to the sound of Hip to be Square?

I'm something of a music connoisseur myself...

ohnonotgmail

What is the only US state with a one syllable name?

Sultan of Bling

ohnonotgmail wrote:

What is the only US state with a one syllable name?

Maine

chooseusername

How many US states begin and end with the same letter?

Ohio , Alaska , .... Can't think of any more - going with the vowel ones :pac:

Will chance '2'

chooseusername

Deleted User wrote: »

Ohio , Alaska , .... Can't think of any more - going with the vowel ones :pac:

Will chance '2'

Alabama.

Duckworth_Luas

chooseusername wrote: »

How many US states begin and end with the same letter?

4

Alaska
Alabama
Arizona
Ohio

Duckworth_Luas

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

4

Alaska
Alabama
Arizona
Ohio

WD, I hope ya got them all

I would have got them, but I was trying to be first :pac:

the beer revolu

Travelling by land, what's the least number of countries you'd have to traverse to travel from North Korea to Norway?

dulpit

the beer revolu wrote: »

Travelling by land, what's the least number of countries you'd have to traverse to travel from North Korea to Norway?

Russia.

magicbastarder

i seem to have guessed that successfully.

what is the only US state to have no straight lines in its borders?

the beer revolu

magicbastarder wrote: »

i seem to have guessed that successfully.

what is the only US state to have no straight lines in its borders?

Haiwaii

magicbastarder

yeah, that's a fairly easy one.

the beer revolu

dulpit wrote: »

Russia.

The answer is one.

begbysback

If I measure one of my feet and it is less than 12 inches, can it still be considered a foot?

Dr Turk Turkelton

begbysback wrote: »

If I measure one of my feet and it is less than 12 inches, can it still be considered a foot?

No it can't. Happened to me once,I went to see the chiropodist and put my penis on their table.
They responded by saying "I'm sorry,I only deal in feet".
I replied "ah come on its a good 11 inches" but alas to no avail.

magicbastarder

how many of the 50 US states are smaller (by area) than the island of ireland?
and how many are smaller than the county of cork?

French Toast

Who refereed the 1914 AI Football final?

A bit of a specific/quirky one, but an interesting answer for the history or GAA buffs.

partyguinness

magicbastarder wrote: »

how many of the 50 US states are smaller (by area) than the island of ireland?
and how many are smaller than the county of cork?

Based on total area size, I would make 31 states smaller than Ireland.


I would make it 3 states smaller than County Cork.

magicbastarder

partyguinness wrote: »

Based on total area size, I would make 31 states smaller than Ireland.


I would make it 3 states smaller than County Cork.

are you sure you're not comparing square miles in the US with square kilometres in ireland?

ohnonotgmail

magicbastarder wrote: »

are you sure you're not comparing square miles in the US with square kilometres in ireland?

no there are 19 US states with an area greater than the area of the country of Ireland.

partyguinness

magicbastarder wrote: »

are you sure you're not comparing square miles in the US with square kilometres in ireland?

Indeed I am ...that would be 10 states smaller than Ireland.

ohnonotgmail

partyguinness wrote: »

Indeed I am ...that would be 10 states smaller than Ireland.

I think you looked at the area of the country of ireland and went from there. if you go by that there are 19 US states that are bigger. If you go by the island of ireland there are 13 US states that are bigger.

Moonbeam

What is the biggest desert on earth?....

It is often wrong in quizzes...

Antarctic desert
The largest desert on earth is the Antarctic desert, covering the continent of Antarctica with a size of around 5.5 million square miles. The term desert includes polar deserts, subtropical deserts, cold winter and cool coastal deserts, and are based on their geographical situation

ohnonotgmail

Moonbeam wrote: »

What is the biggest desert on earth?....

It is often wrong in quizzes...

Antarctic desert
The largest desert on earth is the Antarctic desert, covering the continent of Antarctica with a size of around 5.5 million square miles. The term desert includes polar deserts, subtropical deserts, cold winter and cool coastal deserts, and are based on their geographical situation

ah at least give us a chance to answer the question.

magicbastarder

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

I think you looked at the area of the country of ireland and went from there. if you go by that there are 19 US states that are bigger. If you go by the island of ireland there are 13 US states that are bigger.

are you sure you're not comparing US states with square mile stats, with the island of ireland expressed in square kilometres?
based on the list i found on wikipedia, i make it 11 states smaller than ireland.

ohnonotgmail

magicbastarder wrote: »

are you sure you're not comparing US states with square mile stats, with the island of ireland expressed in square kilometres?
based on the list i found on wikipedia, i make it 11 states smaller than ireland.

ah for gods sake. Far too early in the morning for thinking this hard.

Uncle Pierre

French Toast wrote: »

Who refereed the 1914 AI Football final?

A bit of a specific/quirky one, but an interesting answer for the history or GAA buffs.

Did he end up in a film starring Liam Neeson?

Quantum Erasure

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

ah at least give us a chance to answer the question.

*to google the question