I obtained a record breaking score of 11 questions correct.Albert fúcking Einstein,me
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I obtained a record breaking score of 11 questions correct.Albert fúcking Einstein,me
In one GK sitting or the whole show?Quote:
Originally Posted by TheCurly
Do they have an Irish edition then Curly?Quote:
Originally Posted by TheCurly
Oh the whole show.I'm not a weirdoQuote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
Last week one of them was a transer. I'm sure of it. :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by TheCurly
By which I assume you mean one of them was a man or a woman. How is this news?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
A man who thought he was a woman. Surely the mentally ill should be placed in medical accomodation and treated with electric shocks and drugs until they are no longer a danger to society, not sent to university?Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
There was one a while back on Only Connect. Massive big fecker he was. Towered over his mum and dad, but was dressed in a floral print frock and called himself Daisy or some such.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Needless to say, it was very, very funny.
Do you sense that the worm is just - finally - starting to turn on this business? People seem to me to be starting to say 'Hang on a mo. This is all a load of bòllocks, isn't it?' in public.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
I got a five-pointer on Only Connect last week - I was proud of that. Finally a use for GermanQuote:
Originally Posted by Burney
First clue was:
Excess weight gained due to emotional overeating
could only be ridiculous things German has a word for but English doesn't
Is that one you've heard a lot, la? :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
:hehe: Quite the opposite at the moment - although any excuse to eat baconQuote:
Originally Posted by Burney
I got the one about the Curragh.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheCurly
What was the question?Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Well it can only have been about the mutiny, the racecourse or the military prison, surely?Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
It could have been a music question.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-ah5vTtPOc
Either way I suspect Pedro guessed and got lucky.
THe mutiny.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
They answered Wexford having been told in the question that it was in Kildare :)
I do know a fair bit about Irish history and have spent a lot of time in Kildare.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
So no, I didnt get lucky.
Probably know more than I do to be fair. :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Even I knew that, and I've spent a lifetime purposely avoiding reading or hearing anything that refers to Irish history.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
I didnt spend time in Kildare entirely through choice, before anyone points out that it is pretty ****ing dull.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
And my interest in Irish history is largely based on 18th and 19th century. I know nothing of the Curragh mutiny other than that it happened at the Curragh and the Curragh is in Kildare.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
It was British and Anglo-Irish officers who were signalling their refusal to put down the UVF's effective insurrection in the north, p. Which was a bit treasonous of them, but sort of understandable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Well, I know that much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
It was three questions on mutinies. I was disappointed the Indian one didnt come up.
It's probably considered problematic to call it a mutiny these days. We probably have to call it The First War of Indian Independence or something equally silly. Mind you, as far as I'm aware, it's the only war of Indian Independence - if you don't count when they all started slaughtering each other the minute they got actual independence.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
It was our fault they decided to slaughter each other don’t forget.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
THat was a civil war...Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
It was a mutiny. The ungrateful *******s!
In the broader sense, yes it was.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Hmmm. Looked at from another perspective, we were the only thing that stopped them slaughtering one another for 200 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Of course it was all fomented by the Russians*.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
*Source: Flashman In The Great Game
Exactly. So why did we leave?Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Big mistake for all concerned.
Because the Americans had us by the balls and were squeezing to ensure we dismantled the empire as quickly as humanly possible.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Hmmmmmm....I think it was also no longer paying its way. The 20th century was hugely eating into the profits of empire and escalating the costs of defending it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Oh, sure. We were going to leave anyway. The disastrous haste with which we did so was dictated by the yanks, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter