Trivia Quiz thread

Rai · 01-25-2011, 01:50 PM

I've been watching a lot of QI lately, and the recent popularity of the Would you rather...? thread made me want to try this out.

So, the game is: someone asks a question about a nice piece of trivia, preferably from the topic of the Irish music scene we all know and love, and the one to answer correctly gets to ask the next question. Could be fun.

So here's the starting one: Which member of the Dublin busking scene recorded a song in Sanskrit?

verenita · 01-25-2011, 04:09 PM

i suck at trivias, hehe... but it sounds fun. good luck to everyone and maybe i can play once or twice

Joyful · 01-25-2011, 05:02 PM

I like the game, but I have no idea of the answer, even with the help of Google.

mariaoran · 01-25-2011, 06:22 PM

hmm I'll go with Ronan ... though I hope I'm not right because I don't have a good follow up question.

Rai · 01-25-2011, 11:55 PM

Nope, It's not Rónán, but we are talking about a close friend of his.

ko210 · 01-26-2011, 12:06 AM

Liam O Maonlai?

Rai · 01-26-2011, 09:09 AM

Nope.

Clue time!
He co-wrote one of his most famous songs with Rónán.

ko210 · 01-26-2011, 02:08 PM

Hm... Mic Christopher and Ronan wrote a Mary Janes song together, but that's all I've got.

Rai · 01-26-2011, 03:23 PM

You're getting pretty warm there...

Yetzirah · 01-26-2011, 06:21 PM

when i'm thinking about mic i automatically think of glen. but i can't imagine him singing in sanskrit...

mariaoran · 01-26-2011, 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rai

Nope, It's not Rónán, but we are talking about a close friend of his.

my second guess was Mic Christopher, but if not then I guess it could be one of the Odlums. Dave maybe? they were in Kila together...

Rai · 01-26-2011, 06:41 PM

It's not Glen.

Maria, is your guess Mic or an Odlum?

mariaoran · 01-26-2011, 06:48 PM

odlum. you already said it wasn't mic, right?

Rai · 01-26-2011, 08:05 PM

I said it's not Liam, nor Rónán or Glen.

mariaoran · 01-27-2011, 03:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ko210

Hm... Mic Christopher and Ronan wrote a Mary Janes song together, but that's all I've got.

What about this?

But if Ko210 is not right then my guess is still Dave Odlum.

Rai · 01-27-2011, 03:34 PM

I wanted a more concrete guess, but this has been going on for long enough. Yep, it was Mic, and the song is the hidden track of Bored of their Laughing.

Ko, it's your turn.

ko210 · 02-01-2011, 07:13 PM

I've kinda got a lot going on over here, so for the sake of moving this trivia along, would anyone like to take my turn?

hazey · 02-17-2011, 06:08 PM

Do people want to play this? If so, here's another go:

Which Irish musician sings the song that accompanies the opening credits of Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley?

(this is easily google-able, so there goes all the hard work

)

quiquemartin · 02-17-2011, 07:11 PM

Sinead??

hazey · 02-18-2011, 02:46 PM

Sinead is correct as far as the first name goes. But I'll be lenient and let you pass, otherwise this game will never get rolling. The correct answer is Sinead O'Connor, indeed.

Your turn to ask the question now.

quiquemartin · 02-18-2011, 09:04 PM

Ok!

How many times has Damien played in Spain?

verenita · 02-18-2011, 11:27 PM

^ LOL!

well, he actually played (watch ten days to barcelona vids), but he never included spain in his tours (sorry, by the way)...

rachlanee · 02-19-2011, 12:21 AM

I wonder why he never toured Spain? That would be one of the first places I would choose to play. (I'm in love with Spanish films though, and would love to travel there one day.)

verenita · 02-19-2011, 01:01 AM

have you watched the headliners session: interview + intimate performance.
he said he like spain just to go there to relax and walk in the street like a completly unknown guy and bla bla... but that was back in 2003 (if i am right)... and, also, he finished his last tour by late 2007... maybe he will go there on his next tour (whenever it may happen

).

rachlanee · 02-19-2011, 01:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by verenita

have you watched the headliners session: interview + intimate performance.
he said he like spain just to go there to relax and walk in the street like a completly unknown guy and bla bla... but that was back in 2003 (if i am right)... and, also, he finished his last tour by late 2007... maybe he will go there on his next tour (whenever it may happen

).

I don't believe I have heard that one, Vere. You mean there are more performances than what I have seen on youtube?

verenita · 02-19-2011, 02:07 AM

well... i´ve never seen the headliners performance on youtube... but thanks to eva (

), you can download it... which i highly recommend you

Quote:

Originally Posted by eva_arg

2004-07-24 - Headliners, Channel 4
1/7 http://www.megaupload.com/es/?d=S05RLIN6
2/7 http://www.megaupload.com/es/?d=84L9W1TH
3/7 http://www.megaupload.com/es/?d=14FQWI82
4/7 http://www.megaupload.com/es/?d=QQFMLKPV
5/7 http://www.megaupload.com/es/?d=05U5HMZ9
6/7 http://www.megaupload.com/es/?d=D2QD6KTT
7/7 http://www.megaupload.com/es/?d=EU55EE0S

it´s one of the best perfomances and interview i´ve ever watched.

rachlanee · 02-19-2011, 02:24 AM

thank you, sweetie! I was having a difficult day!

verenita · 02-19-2011, 02:28 AM

big hugs then

if you can watch it now, it will definitely make your day

sorry... back to the topic.

01-25-2011, 01:50 PM	#1
Rai Eskimontologist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Robo-Hungarian Empire Posts: 2,345	Trivia Quiz thread I've been watching a lot of QI lately, and the recent popularity of the Would you rather...? thread made me want to try this out. So, the game is: someone asks a question about a nice piece of trivia, preferably from the topic of the Irish music scene we all know and love, and the one to answer correctly gets to ask the next question. Could be fun. So here's the starting one: Which member of the Dublin busking scene recorded a song in Sanskrit? __________________ "There's, another example. See, here I'm now sitting by myself, uh, er, talking to myself. That's, that's chaos." "If you find you've got a dragon charging at you at thirty miles per hour snapping its teeth you can always drive it defensively through the covers"

01-25-2011, 04:09 PM	#2
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	i suck at trivias, hehe... but it sounds fun. good luck to everyone and maybe i can play once or twice __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

01-25-2011, 05:02 PM	#3
Joyful Eskimama Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: United States Posts: 1,276	I like the game, but I have no idea of the answer, even with the help of Google. __________________ "It's not perfect, but it's mine."

01-25-2011, 06:22 PM	#4
mariaoran The girl from Venezuela Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Madrid Posts: 2,118	hmm I'll go with Ronan ... though I hope I'm not right because I don't have a good follow up question. __________________ "This place is a Gynocracy!" repetition creates pattern, repetition creates pattern, repetition creates pattern...

01-25-2011, 11:55 PM	#5
Rai Eskimontologist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Robo-Hungarian Empire Posts: 2,345	Nope, It's not Rónán, but we are talking about a close friend of his. __________________ "There's, another example. See, here I'm now sitting by myself, uh, er, talking to myself. That's, that's chaos." "If you find you've got a dragon charging at you at thirty miles per hour snapping its teeth you can always drive it defensively through the covers"

01-26-2011, 12:06 AM	#6
ko210 Eskimo Regular Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Chicago Posts: 187	Liam O Maonlai?

01-26-2011, 09:09 AM	#7
Rai Eskimontologist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Robo-Hungarian Empire Posts: 2,345	Nope. Clue time! He co-wrote one of his most famous songs with Rónán. __________________ "There's, another example. See, here I'm now sitting by myself, uh, er, talking to myself. That's, that's chaos." "If you find you've got a dragon charging at you at thirty miles per hour snapping its teeth you can always drive it defensively through the covers"

01-26-2011, 02:08 PM	#8
ko210 Eskimo Regular Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Chicago Posts: 187	Hm... Mic Christopher and Ronan wrote a Mary Janes song together, but that's all I've got.

01-26-2011, 03:23 PM	#9
Rai Eskimontologist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Robo-Hungarian Empire Posts: 2,345	You're getting pretty warm there... __________________ "There's, another example. See, here I'm now sitting by myself, uh, er, talking to myself. That's, that's chaos." "If you find you've got a dragon charging at you at thirty miles per hour snapping its teeth you can always drive it defensively through the covers"

01-26-2011, 06:21 PM	#10
Yetzirah Eskimissima Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: in my own little world! :D Posts: 2,746	when i'm thinking about mic i automatically think of glen. but i can't imagine him singing in sanskrit... __________________ Nothing to declare

01-26-2011, 06:41 PM	#12
Rai Eskimontologist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Robo-Hungarian Empire Posts: 2,345	It's not Glen. Maria, is your guess Mic or an Odlum? __________________ "There's, another example. See, here I'm now sitting by myself, uh, er, talking to myself. That's, that's chaos." "If you find you've got a dragon charging at you at thirty miles per hour snapping its teeth you can always drive it defensively through the covers"

01-26-2011, 06:48 PM	#13
mariaoran The girl from Venezuela Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Madrid Posts: 2,118	odlum. you already said it wasn't mic, right? __________________ "This place is a Gynocracy!" repetition creates pattern, repetition creates pattern, repetition creates pattern... Last edited by mariaoran; 01-26-2011 at 06:54 PM.

01-26-2011, 08:05 PM	#14
Rai Eskimontologist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Robo-Hungarian Empire Posts: 2,345	I said it's not Liam, nor Rónán or Glen. __________________ "There's, another example. See, here I'm now sitting by myself, uh, er, talking to myself. That's, that's chaos." "If you find you've got a dragon charging at you at thirty miles per hour snapping its teeth you can always drive it defensively through the covers"

01-27-2011, 03:34 PM	#16
Rai Eskimontologist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Robo-Hungarian Empire Posts: 2,345	I wanted a more concrete guess, but this has been going on for long enough. Yep, it was Mic, and the song is the hidden track of Bored of their Laughing. Ko, it's your turn. __________________ "There's, another example. See, here I'm now sitting by myself, uh, er, talking to myself. That's, that's chaos." "If you find you've got a dragon charging at you at thirty miles per hour snapping its teeth you can always drive it defensively through the covers"

02-01-2011, 07:13 PM	#17
ko210 Eskimo Regular Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Chicago Posts: 187	I've kinda got a lot going on over here, so for the sake of moving this trivia along, would anyone like to take my turn?

02-17-2011, 06:08 PM	#18
hazey Draper's Girl Friday Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,910	Do people want to play this? If so, here's another go: Which Irish musician sings the song that accompanies the opening credits of Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley? (this is easily google-able, so there goes all the hard work ) __________________ "We de-whimsified ourselves. Yep, we're normal now."

02-17-2011, 07:11 PM	#19
quiquemartin Eskimo Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 146	Sinead?? __________________ Sorry for my English.

02-18-2011, 02:46 PM	#20
hazey Draper's Girl Friday Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,910	Sinead is correct as far as the first name goes. But I'll be lenient and let you pass, otherwise this game will never get rolling. The correct answer is Sinead O'Connor, indeed. Your turn to ask the question now. __________________ "We de-whimsified ourselves. Yep, we're normal now."

02-18-2011, 09:04 PM	#21
quiquemartin Eskimo Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 146	Ok! How many times has Damien played in Spain? __________________ Sorry for my English.

02-18-2011, 11:27 PM	#22
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	^ LOL! well, he actually played (watch ten days to barcelona vids), but he never included spain in his tours (sorry, by the way)... __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

02-19-2011, 12:21 AM	#23
rachlanee Eskimo Regular Join Date: May 2010 Location: Roswell, Georgia Posts: 358	I wonder why he never toured Spain? That would be one of the first places I would choose to play. (I'm in love with Spanish films though, and would love to travel there one day.) __________________ In a half painted frame where the wood wouldn't stain. I hope that reminds you of the part you couldn't change in me

02-19-2011, 01:01 AM	#24
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	have you watched the headliners session: interview + intimate performance. he said he like spain just to go there to relax and walk in the street like a completly unknown guy and bla bla... but that was back in 2003 (if i am right)... and, also, he finished his last tour by late 2007... maybe he will go there on his next tour (whenever it may happen ). __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

02-19-2011, 02:24 AM	#27
rachlanee Eskimo Regular Join Date: May 2010 Location: Roswell, Georgia Posts: 358	thank you, sweetie! I was having a difficult day! __________________ In a half painted frame where the wood wouldn't stain. I hope that reminds you of the part you couldn't change in me

02-19-2011, 02:28 AM	#28
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	big hugs then if you can watch it now, it will definitely make your day sorry... back to the topic. __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]