[QUOTE=âOnthesod, post: 1115502, member: 1441â]Met one or two nice ones there on Friday night.
Whats was the name of Napolean Boneparteâs horse?
Where are the Malvina Islands?
The first World cup final was held in Estadio Centenario, what city is it in?
Chisinau is the capital city of what country?[/QUOTE]
Ed
The Atlantic
Montevideo
Moldova
Iâd guess at Alaska for both northerly and westerly. Florida (southerly) and Maine (easterly)
[QUOTE=âHorsebox, post: 1115510, member: 1537â]Ed -IF ONLY!!
The Atlantic
Montevideo
Moldova[/QUOTE]
Correct*, Correct, Correct, Correct⌠The quizmaster was being pernickity and wanted us to call the malvinas by their english name⌠the bollicks didnât ask that question thoughâŚ
*As per QM this answer was wrong but there seems to be conflicting opinions so I am making an executive decision to award a point to HB
Hawaii ?
Hawaii would be the most southerly. The rest is a bit of a trick question. Alaska is the most northerly, westerly and easterly state because that chain of Islands off its coast actually passes through the 180 degree longitude line thus starting again on the east.
Alaska, Hawaii, Florida, Maine ?
Alaska is 3 of them (N, W, E) with Hawaii being the other (S)
Alaska crosses into the Eastern hemisphere âŚ
[QUOTE=âOnthesod, post: 1115502, member: 1441â]Met one or two nice ones there on Friday night.
Whats was the name of Napolean Boneparteâs horse?
Where are the Malvina Islands?
The first World cup final was held in Estadio Centenario, what city is it in?
Chisinau is the capital city of what country?[/QUOTE]
nickel (pumpernickel came form when napoleon said the bread was bon pour nickel)
atlantic (falklands)
[QUOTE=âartfoley, post: 1115532, member: 179â]nickel (pumpernickel came form when napoleon said the bread was bon pour nickel)
atlantic (falklands)[/QUOTE]
FFS. An obvious myth.
From wiki
A false folk etymology[/URL] involves Napoleon, who, while invading Germany, asked for bread and was served dark Westphalian rye bread. According to the folktale, Napoleon declared that this was not suitable bread for himself, the emperor, but was bread ([I]pain[/I]) for Nickel (or Nicole), his horse: â[I]Câest du pain pour Nickel/Nicole![/I]â[URL=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpernickel#cite_note-6â][6][/URL] In a variation of the same basic story, Napoleon declared that the bread was no good for him, but was only good ([I]bon[/I]) for his horse: â[I]Câest bon pour Nickel![/I]â The name âNickelâ is not confirmed for any of Napoleonâs many horses,[URL=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpernickel#cite_note-7â][7][/URL] still, given the number of horses used, this remains a possibility. This folk etymology grew from a âwitty interpretationâ, proposed by seventeenth-century satirist [URL=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Johann_Balthasar_Schupp&action=edit&redlink=1â]Johann Balthasar Schupp[/URL], that the bread was only good for âNicolâ, a nickname for a weak or puny horse.[URL=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpernickel#cite_note-8â][8][/URL][URL=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpernickel#cite_note-9â][9] It is not clear why anyone imagines that the Germans would name a much loved local speciality after an insult in a language they did not understand.
Perhaps Art could help with the last bit?
[QUOTE=âJulio Geordio, post: 1115538, member: 332â]FFS. An obvious myth.
From wiki
A false folk etymology[/URL] involves Napoleon, who, while invading Germany, asked for bread and was served dark Westphalian rye bread. According to the folktale, Napoleon declared that this was not suitable bread for himself, the emperor, but was bread ([I]pain[/I]) for Nickel (or Nicole), his horse: â[I]Câest du pain pour Nickel/Nicole![/I]â[URL=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpernickel#cite_note-6â][6][/URL] In a variation of the same basic story, Napoleon declared that the bread was no good for him, but was only good ([I]bon[/I]) for his horse: â[I]Câest bon pour Nickel![/I]â The name âNickelâ is not confirmed for any of Napoleonâs many horses,[URL=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpernickel#cite_note-7â][7][/URL] still, given the number of horses used, this remains a possibility. This folk etymology grew from a âwitty interpretationâ, proposed by seventeenth-century satirist [URL=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Johann_Balthasar_Schupp&action=edit&redlink=1â]Johann Balthasar Schupp[/URL], that the bread was only good for âNicolâ, a nickname for a weak or puny horse.[URL=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpernickel#cite_note-8â][8][/URL][URL=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpernickel#cite_note-9â][9] It is not clear why anyone imagines that the Germans would name a much loved local speciality after an insult in a language they did not understand.
Perhaps Art could help with the last bit?[/QUOTE]
so youâre saying i answered the question correctly then ?
No the answer is Marengo
only ever had one horse did he?
I find it somewhat difficult to credit that Napoleon had only one horse throughout his lifetime and therefore I think @Horsebox[/USER] s and [USER=179]@artfoley should be treated as being valid until proved otherwise.
No he probably had hundreds (none of which were known to be called nickel), and the question is flawed, but that is the answer they are looking for Iâd imagine.
You have made a complete mug of yourself.
[QUOTE=âJulio Geordio, post: 1115546, member: 332â]No he probably had hundreds none of which were known to be called nickel, and the question is flawed, but that is the answer they are looking for Iâd imagine.
You have made a complete mug of yourself.[/QUOTE]
look, pal, iâll tell you what. next time thereâs a pub quiz in the goat any other of chawkeâs pubs (iâm charitable enough to cede home ground to you) weâll go head to head and weâll see how sneery you are without the net, google and wiki.
but iâm glad that something just off the top opf my head made your monday morning that little more bearable.
if he did it surely ended up in a Russian burger jointâŚ
[QUOTE=âJulio Geordio, post: 1115546, member: 332â]No he probably had hundreds (none of which were known to be called nickel), and the question is flawed, but that is the answer they are looking for Iâd imagine.
You have made a complete mug of yourself.[/QUOTE]
Just read up a bit there on the subject of Napoleons horses and there is no historical reference to him ever riding a horse called Marengo, so this appears to be a myth.
He did however ride a steed called Monsieur Edward and a stallion called Nicolas, so yet again Horsebox and art are comprehensively vindicated.
[QUOTE=âFagan ODowd, post: 1115549, member: 706â]Just read up a bit there on the subject of Napoleons horses and there is no historical reference to him ever riding a horse called Marengo, so this appears to be a myth.
He did however ride a steed called Monsieur Edward and a stallion called Nicolas, so yet again Horsebox and art are comprehensively vindicated.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=âFagan ODowd, post: 1115549, member: 706â]Just read up a bit there on the subject of Napoleons horses and there is no historical reference to him ever riding a horse called Marengo, so this appears to be a myth.
He did however ride a steed called Monsieur Edward and a stallion called Nicolas, so yet again Horsebox and art are comprehensively vindicated.[/QUOTE]
As an aside I couldnât give a fuck about whether he did or didnât have a horse named Marengo, I merely postulated that it was the answer they were looking for.
Secondly my derision of Art is in reference to his pumpernickel nonsense.
[QUOTE=âartfoley, post: 1115547, member: 179â]look, pal, iâll tell you what. next time thereâs a pub quiz in the goat any other of chawkeâs pubs (iâm charitable enough to cede home ground to you) weâll go head to head and weâll see how sneery you are without the net, google and wiki.
but iâm glad that something just off the top opf my head made your monday morning that little more bearable.[/QUOTE]
Look mate I know youâre embarrassed at having made a show of yourself on the internet, but it happens to the best of us. Take a breath and regroup. Tomorrow is another day.