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    #722
    ionapaul
    Registered Users Posts: 5,297 ✭✭✭ionapaul


    hmm, the spanish bombed their moroccan colonies in the 1910s and 1920s - in 1925 they asked the French Flying Corp to bomb a town after the Spanish forces had been defeated by rebels. Is this what you mean?


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    #723
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,693 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    That's the one - your question. ( google for - chechaouen bombed )


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    #724
    ionapaul
    Registered Users Posts: 5,297 ✭✭✭ionapaul


    Alright, a topical one with the film and all....

    What was the name of Alexander the Great's beloved horse?


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    #725
    REDZ
    Registered Users Posts: 273 ✭✭REDZ


    Bucephalus


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    #726
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,693 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    REDZ wrote:
    Bucephalus
    Google confirms that, so it's your turn to ask a question REDZ

    Note: you aren't allowed to Google for answers - just that I saw the film and still couldn't remember the damn things name, but it was miley that sold him.


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    #727
    ionapaul
    Registered Users Posts: 5,297 ✭✭✭ionapaul


    If he doesn't come back, I've got more questions, and would love to hear everyones...


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    #728
    Frankie Smith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 57 ✭✭Frankie Smith


    who killed jean paul marat of french revolution fame?


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    #729
    Chinafoot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,894 ✭✭✭Chinafoot


    Frankie Smith wrote:
    who killed jean paul marat of french revolution fame?

    Charlotte Corday
    With a dagger
    In the bathroom

    :D


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    #730
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,693 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Didn't they make a death mask from him ?


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    #731
    Chinafoot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,894 ✭✭✭Chinafoot


    no idea

    ok my turn, i'll make it an easy one.

    In what year were the Vikings "expelled" from Dublin?


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    #732
    elvenscout742
    Closed Accounts Posts: 206 ✭✭elvenscout742


    Umm... 1014, was it? That was the Battle of Clontarf, anyway ;) .

    In what year was power restored to the emperor of Japan? ('Tis easier than one might think... ;) )


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    #733
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,693 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    1945 ?


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    #734
    F Fiesta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭F Fiesta


    Um


    What port did Joseph Mengele leave in his search for new life in South America?


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    #735
    elvenscout742
    Closed Accounts Posts: 206 ✭✭elvenscout742


    Capt'n Midnight wrote:
    1945 ?

    Ummm... not quite. Have you seen The Last Samurai? I'm not sure if I should correct you.


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    #736
    Frankie Smith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 57 ✭✭Frankie Smith


    would it have been 1868?


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    #737
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,693 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    elvenscout742 wrote:
    Have you seen The Last Samurai? I'm not sure if I should correct you.
    eh no. nor do I plan to :D


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    #738
    elvenscout742
    Closed Accounts Posts: 206 ✭✭elvenscout742


    Well, you really should. Great movie.

    And Frankie Smith was right.


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    #739
    Chinafoot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,894 ✭✭✭Chinafoot


    elvenscout742 wrote:
    Umm... 1014, was it? That was the Battle of Clontarf, anyway ;) .




    you were wrong by the way....the answer was 902. they were "expelled" for almost 15 years before returning to take control again.


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    #740
    PHB
    Registered Users Posts: 20,617 ✭✭✭✭PHB


    Thats a bit silly of a question :)
    THey were ultimatly expelled for good in 1014.
    They were also expelled briefly during the reign of Muireartach, for quite some period of time, but that doesnt count either.
    Anyway, meanie ;)


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    #741
    Frankie Smith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 57 ✭✭Frankie Smith


    who fired the first shot in the irish war of independance?


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    #742
    Chinafoot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,894 ✭✭✭Chinafoot


    PHB wrote:
    Thats a bit silly of a question :)

    Tell Prof. Clarke that. He seems to think it was fairly important.
    But sure what would he know? :rolleyes:


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    #743
    GusherING
    Registered Users Posts: 340 ✭✭GusherING


    Frankie Smith wrote:
    who fired the first shot in the irish war of independance?

    Two IRA men at Soloheadbeg in Jan 1919. They killed 2 RIC men. ;)

    I guess it's my turn at a question. Here goes.

    Where did Sean McBride announce that Eire would become a republic. And for bonus points, why (allegedley) did he announce it then?


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    #744
    ISAW
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,142 ✭✭✭ISAW


    GusherING wrote:
    Two IRA men at Soloheadbeg in Jan 1919. They killed 2 RIC men. ;)

    I guess it's my turn at a question. Here goes.

    Where did Sean McBride announce that Eire would become a republic. And for bonus points, why (allegedley) did he announce it then?

    Wasnt it in Canada?

    Something to do with either dev or being insulted by a minister or the ambassador over there?


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    #745
    GusherING
    Registered Users Posts: 340 ✭✭GusherING


    ISAW wrote:
    Wasnt it in Canada?

    Something to do with either dev or being insulted by a minister or the ambassador over there?

    Well done. Although Dev wasn't there, he wasn't in power. The Canadians made a toast to the King, being the official head of state to both Canada and the Free State. This obviously didn't go down well with the Irish and in a drunken act, McBride decided to call a press conference. Later (and sober, I can only assume) he announced the pending declaration of a republic.


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    #746
    PHB
    Registered Users Posts: 20,617 ✭✭✭✭PHB


    Ah thats harsh, don't blame it on the drink.
    He saw the oppurtunity and took it


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    #747
    RagShagBill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 168 ✭✭RagShagBill


    Name the three ex-Lenin Politburo members in the dock in the 1938 Great Show Trial.


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    #748
    Riamfada
    Registered Users Posts: 10,246 ✭✭✭✭Riamfada


    Kamenev , Zinoviev , Bukharin?


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    #749
    ionapaul
    Registered Users Posts: 5,297 ✭✭✭ionapaul


    Bukharin, Krestinsky and Rykov. Still battling my way through Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar! Great book


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    #750
    ionapaul
    Registered Users Posts: 5,297 ✭✭✭ionapaul


    Hopefully not too difficult: What was Strongbow's (credited with beginning the Norman conquest of Ireland) real name and title?


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    #751
    Manach
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,717 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manach


    Would that be Richard Fitzgilbert de Clare, Earl of Pembroke ?.... starting 800 years of English oppresion, culminating when Fran won Celelbrity Love Island. :)


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