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Neiltoo

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Re: Pub Quiz
« Reply #15 on: June 09, 2009 »

Who first climbed this?

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Re: Pub Quiz
« Reply #16 on: June 10, 2009 »

Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni.

It's K2.

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Re: Pub Quiz
« Reply #17 on: June 10, 2009 »

Which of the following is true:

This town is five miles from Clogher


This river is six miles long


This road (marked with the 'A') runs for seven miles in a straight line.

(one mile is approximately 1.6km)

And there's an extra point for a full explanation ;)
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Neiltoo

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Re: Pub Quiz
« Reply #18 on: June 10, 2009 »

All of them

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Augher, Clogher, Fivemiletown,
Six Mile Cross and Seven Mile Round;
Cookstown's straight and long,
The drink is right but the price is wrong.
From Carrickmacross  to Crossmaglen, you'll get more rogues than honest men;
It wasn't the men from Shercock nor the men from Ballybeagh
But the dear little men from Crossmaglen put whiskey in my tea.
Thomasina from Ballymena could dance on her toes like a ballerina
But she married a man from Cushendall and now she canna dance at all.
Lisnaskea for drinking tea, Maguires Bridge for brandy;
Lisbellaw for walking straw and Derrylin the dandy.
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Re: Pub Quiz
« Reply #19 on: June 10, 2009 »

That was a proper tough one :D
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Re: Pub Quiz
« Reply #20 on: June 10, 2009 »

You're on the right lines, Wrong answer.
only one lives up to its name.
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Neiltoo

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Re: Pub Quiz
« Reply #21 on: June 10, 2009 »

OK then, technically none of them are correct.

Fivemiletown is closer to 6 miles from Clogher, the river is obviously not 6 miles long and the road is not exactly straight.   ;D

Pedantic? me?  ::)
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Re: Pub Quiz
« Reply #22 on: June 10, 2009 »

 ::)
that answer would have been a bit more plausible if you'd at least named the river and the road!
 :P

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Re: Pub Quiz
« Reply #23 on: June 10, 2009 »

The road is the Ballagh Road and the river is the Six Mile Water   ;D
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Re: Pub Quiz
« Reply #24 on: June 10, 2009 »

you really want to get this one don't you neiltoo. ;D

I know nothiiinng!
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Re: Pub Quiz
« Reply #25 on: June 10, 2009 »

one out of two.

need a clue?

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Re: Pub Quiz
« Reply #26 on: June 10, 2009 »

Doh!  Sorry, I was naming the road between Clogher and Fivemiletown. It is of course the "Seven Mile Straight" which is by my reckoning 6.9 miles long  ;D
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Re: Pub Quiz
« Reply #27 on: June 10, 2009 »

"sigh"

I suppose I'll give it to you.  

Fivemile town is about 6 miles from Clogher - something to do with Irish miles being longer.

Sixmile water is so called because in the 17th century, when travelling from Carrick to Antrim the river had to be crossed by a ford six miles from both towns.  It's about 20 miles long.

the Seven Mile Straight is seven miles long, and it is straight.
no matter what Neilltoo says!  :-*

Well done.  Your turn.
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Neiltoo

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Re: Pub Quiz
« Reply #28 on: June 10, 2009 »

Even I am not going to claim that I got that right  ;D  Working out where all the places were was hardly answering your question.


Who am I?





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Re: Pub Quiz
« Reply #29 on: June 10, 2009 »

Ermmm, is it Mouldsy?
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