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STAFF WERE EVACUATED this evening from the Nautilus restaurant in Malahide after a fire broke out.
At least six units of Dublin Fire Brigade were sent to the blaze on Strand Street which started just after 8pm.
A garda spokesperson said those who were in the building at the time were evacuated and no injuries have been reported.
However images from the scene show some roof damage has been caused by the fire. The extent of the damage inside the restaurant is unclear.
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Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia) is not in any state
It is, it’s in an awful state.
Question 1 is completely incorrect. Gave up there.
Agree – it’s not in any state as they didn’t want any one state having control over the federal government.
They want it to be a state now govern like the other states but those on the Hill do not want that.
Gave up after Question 1. Washington DC is not in a State. It’s built on donated land from Maryland & Virginia which created District of Columbia. Unless my schooling was completely wrong
I thought Washington DC wasn’t part of any state? Didn’t Maryland just donate land to the district? I could be wrong…
Maryland and Virginia. The far side of the Potomac was later ceded back to Virginia.
In fairness “how many times can Ireland fit into Russia?” Is a stupid question. It’s guessing at best.
In fairness druid, if you knew all 54 African countries and their flags you’ve been wasting your life. Be happy with your one!
I said Ireland for the highest population question. I was right to say Ireland too because Ireland is the right answer. If you meant Republic of Ireland you should have said ‘Republic of Ireland’.
“The name of the State is Éire, or, in the English language, Ireland.” – Article 4
Must try harder. Two incorrect questions although i went for ireland as its not a country. Pretty easy for a supposed hard quiz
It says ‘countries’ not ‘islands’, Ireland is the official name for the this country as per the Constitution.
“Republic of Ireland” is a football team. The official name of the country is written on the cover of your passport (as is the norm) and in two languages no less.
You would be right if you said ‘Ireland’(although not for your reasoning). As per the Good Friday Agreement the population of Ireland can include anybody living in Northern Ireland that takes Irish citizenship.
District of Columbia isn’t a state. The city of Washington has no senator, its why they have “taxation without representation” on their car licence plates. Poor form to get such an easy question wrong in a quiz you created.
They have no congressman
They have Congressmen/women, but no Senators.
The have one honorary congressperson, who has no voting rights in Congress, yet the cities budget is decided upon by the House.
/Useless knowledge acquired from too much time watching West Wing
I’m in the middle of watching it again! It just never gets old…
Question one is tricky cos its wrong!
Answer to Q5 is also wrong. It is the Gall-Peters Projection, commonly known as the Peters projection.
Sorry for being pedantic
Any hardcore West Wing fan knows it well
Brilliant episode!
Poor CJ couldn’t cope..
There are 50 states in the USA, DC is not in any of them. DC does not a Senator or a Congressman, it is governed by the House of Representatives, and has a Mayor. I
Washington DC is a federal district under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Congress and the District is therefore not a part of any U.S. state.
Ireland has 6.4 million people. Norway is next with just over 5 million.
It was 4,588,252 at the last census, unlikely to have grown by 2 million since then.
It’s careless to overlook nearly 2 million people.
Well I’m shite at geography…..
So is the author, judging by the first question
HO HO HO! ;D
Questions 1 & 5 are incorrect. It’s called the Peters projection (or galls Peter to be very accurate). And while it does show the correct area of the countries of the world, it doesn’t show the correct shape.
Nearest city to Dublin is Liverpool. Now, if the question was which of THESE cities is closest …
Washington DC, I thought that meant de capital,!!!
I got the Los Angeles one only. That, only because the world map was on view :-(
This should be called the hardest ever primary school geography quiz. Geography is a lot more than knowing capital cities and population numbers!
10/10 on fourth try ;)
7/10. Some hard questions there
Load of shite
started well…..
8/10…smugness
You scored 4 out of 10!
What are ewe doing!?
You lost?
DC is a clue to the first one, District of Columbia?
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