General knowledge thread

p to the e

as far as i knew they were on four times a year in maynooth. but thats probably something different

Orion

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

Clue an easy date to remember.

When was the synod of bishops that setup the dioceses here ?

1916?

Capt'n Midnight

No

Mahatma coat

666 Synod of whitby. its in a book I read called Credo

Mahatma coat

the city of Melbourne was named after a Woman,

name 2 other things named after the same woman?

RuggieBear

Melbourne in OZ? are you sure it was named after a woman? i thought it was named after a man...

spurious

RuggieBear wrote:

Melbourne in OZ? are you sure it was named after a woman? i thought it was named after a man...

It was, it was named after a Prime Minister. Melba highway in Melbourne is named after a woman and peach melba and melba toast after the same woman.
The woman is called after the city of Melbourne.

RuggieBear

melba toast then and....? no idea.

EDIT: oh it's already been answered.

Capt'n Midnight

Mahatma coat wrote:

666 Synod of whitby. its in a book I read called Credo

That one was in 664 , in a different country and didn't setup the dioceses here.

A clue then - what time did WWI end ?

RuggieBear

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

That one was in 664 , in a different country and didn't setup the dioceses here.

A clue then - what time did WWI end ?

11 hour of the 11 day of the 11 month

stevejazzx

what is the first number, which when spelt includes the letter 'a'.

The Hill Billy

stevejazzx wrote:

what is the first number, which when spelt includes the letter 'a'.

One hundred and one?

stevejazzx

Hill Billy wrote:

One hundred and one?

yep...although discounting 'ands' you get one thousand or being really pedantic the you might answer one and one one milliionth or something but hey one hundred and one I'll accept:)


Q. which classical guitarists original composition is featured in the movie
'the killing fields', name that composition and translate it into english.
bit tough that tbh.

stevejazzx

stevejazzx wrote:

yep...although discounting 'ands' you get one thousand or being really pedantic the you might answer one and one one milliionth or something but hey one hundred and one I'll accept:)


Q. which classical guitarists original composition is featured in the movie
'the killing fields', name that composition and translate it into english.
bit tough that tbh.

A:
Francisco Taregga
Recuerdos De Alhambra = Memories of the Alhambra..yeah very tough question...

New question:
The assination of Franz Ferdinand contributed to what exactly?

Orion

World War 1. He was killed by a Serb and the Austrians weren't too happy about it.

Think outside the box time: What book links John Lennon and Ronald Reagan?

shanew

Think outside the box time: What book links John Lennon and Ronald Reagan?

A. The Catcher in the Rye

Mark Chapman who shot John Lennon was carrying a copy of the book and
John Hinckley Jr. who shot Ronald Regan was obsessed with the book.

stevejazzx

How many books has J.D Sallinger written?

Orion

Shanew: correct
Stevejaxxz: lots but only one ever published

tSubh Dearg

Macros42 wrote:

Shanew: correct
Stevejaxxz: lots but only one ever published

eh what? I hope you were joking. I can think of at least 3 Salinger novels off the top of my head.

Orion

iirc all his other published works were short stories. Catcher the only published novel. I could be talking through my arse tho

stevejazzx

Franny and Zooey (1961) and Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenter and Seymour: An Introduction (1963),are Salinger's only other published books
So the answer is 3 full books which were published. Lots of short stories though..

ryanah

All you guys are to smart for me, but i do have a question that may stump a few.. In the tv series Batman, how many miles was it from the Batcave to Gotham City?

Paolo_M

ryanah wrote:

All you guys are to smart for me, but i do have a question that may stump a few.. In the tv series Batman, how many miles was it from the Batcave to Gotham City?

would that be 14 miles...

what were peal jam formerly known as and what prompted the title of their debut album?

Blisterman

I know that the title "Ten" was the number of their favourite basketball player.

Brow

The band name was the basketballers name too, Mookie Blaylock.

Paolo_M

Brow wrote:

The band name was the basketballers name too, Mookie Blaylock.

Outstanding!!

Anyone know who/what Tevelyan, as in "The Fields of Athenry", was?

Everyone sings it but few seem to know exactly what the f**k they're singing about.

Orion

It's Trevelyan and he was the British appointee to provide famine relief. "you stole Trevelyan's corn so the young might see the morn" refers to a man stealing corn that the British were supposed to give out anyway. He understated the extent of the famine and didn't pass out enough food. He also considered the famine natural justice against the Irish and nature's way of controlling the population. All in all a nice guy

Tree

new question?

Capt'n Midnight

Which type of volcano is the coldest ?

longshanks

an extinct one located in a polar region?