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    #932
    Blisterman
    Registered Users Posts: 7,457 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    Jonathan Swift


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    #933
    quazzy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,307 ✭✭✭quazzy


    Blisterman wrote:
    Jonathan Swift
    Bingo


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    #934
    Blisterman
    Registered Users Posts: 7,457 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    What is the only band to play Woodstock, Live Aid and Live 8?


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    #935
    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭tricky D


    Not the what - The Who

    What word has all the vowels in alphabetical order?


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    #936
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users Posts: 22,777 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    Facetious

    I'm sure that there's another...Can't think of it at the mo.

    Edit:
    A quick google & here's the the longest word with the five vowels in alphabetical order:
    Phragelliorhynchus


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    #937
    Pines
    Registered Users Posts: 225 ✭✭Pines


    Hill Billy wrote:
    Facetious

    I'm sure that there's another...Can't think of it at the mo.

    Abstemious.


    The name of the little doohickey at the end of your shoelace that stops it unravelling? And doohickey won't be accepted!


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    #938
    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭tricky D


    aglet?


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    #939
    Pines
    Registered Users Posts: 225 ✭✭Pines


    Yup!


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    #940
    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭tricky D


    What is the name of the city used as the typical average mainstream American city??


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    #941
    hamsterboy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭hamsterboy


    Hicksville, maybe Nowhere U.S.A.


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    #942
    quazzy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,307 ✭✭✭quazzy


    tricky D wrote:
    What is the name of the city used as the typical average mainstream American city??

    Omaha (sp) ... [sings] somewhere in middle America [/sings]


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    #943
    Pal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,115 ✭✭✭Pal


    don't understand the question.
    used by whom ?


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    #944
    totoal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 162 ✭✭totoal


    tricky D wrote:
    What is the name of the city used as the typical average mainstream American city??
    Meridian City


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    #945
    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭tricky D


    Ok then, a bit more specific:

    It's the typical average mainstream city often used by politicians, demographers, market testers and successful acts on the Vaudeville circuit amongst others. 'If it works in ???? it'll work anywhere' or 'will it play in ???'


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    #946
    Carcharodon
    Registered Users Posts: 3,980 ✭✭✭Carcharodon


    tricky D wrote:
    Ok then, a bit more specific:

    It's the typical average mainstream city often used by politicians, demographers, market testers and successful acts on the Vaudeville circuit amongst others. 'If it works in ???? it'll work anywhere' or 'will it play in ???'


    Washington ?? or Franklin ??


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    #947
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,761 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Boise


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    #948
    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭tricky D


    One of america's best stand-up comedians was raised in a whorehouse in this city. Now deceased.


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    #949
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,761 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Detroit


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    #950
    RuggieBear
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    some town in illinois. but i can't for the life of me think what it is called


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    #951
    Carcharodon
    Registered Users Posts: 3,980 ✭✭✭Carcharodon


    peoria


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    #952
    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭tricky D


    Carcharodon wrote:
    peoria
    yup


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    #953
    Carcharodon
    Registered Users Posts: 3,980 ✭✭✭Carcharodon


    tricky D wrote:
    yup

    Ah but i must admit i had to google Richard Pryor to find answer, i feel so dirty.

    My turn i suppose,

    What is the name of the worlds deepest lake and where is it ??


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    #954
    Pal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,115 ✭✭✭Pal


    Lake Baikal. Russia.

    somebody else ask the next question please.


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    #955
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,761 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    What was the biggest freshwater lake seen by anyone ?

    [edit]- sorry have to wait until the above answer is rubber stamped - even if it holds 1/4 of the all the freshwater and has seals n' things


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    #956
    Orion
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    I'll say Lake Superior. But they way you've phrased the question does not inspire me with confidence :D

    [edit]Unless the Aral sea is freshwater. And seeing as it's used for irrigation I'm going to guess it is.


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    #957
    Carcharodon
    Registered Users Posts: 3,980 ✭✭✭Carcharodon


    Pal wrote:
    Lake Baikal. Russia.

    somebody else ask the next question please.

    Yes, Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia


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    #958
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,761 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    No it's not Lake Superior.
    Or the Aral Sea, offhand I can't remember if it was salty but it's now a lot saliter and a fraction of it's former size.


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    #959
    Orion
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    I only mentioned it because of your phrasing. It used to be the biggest lake in th e world but isn't anymore. I'll say Lake Baikal again then - and that's only cos I googled it :D. It's the biggest by volume while Superior is the biggest by surface area.


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    #960
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,761 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Not sure about volume of liquid, but the one I'm thinking of had a larger area.


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    #961
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users Posts: 22,777 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    Which broadsheet newspaper has the world's largest circulation for an English language daily paper?


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