by McManusFan » 04 Dec 2021 Read
Kronos?
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by HappyCamper » 04 Dec 2021 Read
Not Poseidon, who was the child of Rhea and Kronos.
And not Kronos who was a brother of Rhea.
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by HappyCamper » 06 Dec 2021 Read
Clue. He is also a planet name.
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by Juddernaut88 » 06 Dec 2021 Read
Mercury
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by McManusFan » 06 Dec 2021 Read
Uranus? I think that's the only non-Roman planet name.
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by HappyCamper » 06 Dec 2021 Read
McManusFan wrote:Uranus? I think that's the only non-Roman planet name.
It is Uranus.
Mercury was the Roman messenger of the gods, and the equivalent of the Greek Hermes.
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by Prop » 06 Dec 2021 Read
HappyCamper wrote:McManusFan wrote:Uranus? I think that's the only non-Roman planet name.
It is Uranus.
Mercury was the Roman messenger of the gods, and the equivalent of the Greek Hermes.
He also made a real bottom of delivery jobs.
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by McManusFan » 07 Dec 2021 Read
Uranus' moons are largely named after characters written by which literary figure?
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by Prop » 07 Dec 2021 Read
McManusFan wrote:Uranus' moons are largely named after characters written by which literary figure?
Shakespeare? Oberon etc.
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by McManusFan » 07 Dec 2021 Read
Prop wrote:McManusFan wrote:Uranus' moons are largely named after characters written by which literary figure?
Shakespeare? Oberon etc.
Correct. There are a few by Alexander Pope too, but it's mostly Shakespeare.
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by Prop » 07 Dec 2021 Read
Which groundbreaking 1990s computer game saw a space marine battling demons on one of the Mars moons, Phobos, and featured the iconic BFG (Big F***ing Gun)?
The developers would go on to release games of a similar design, including Quake and Rage.
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by Iranu » 07 Dec 2021 Read
Doom?
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by Prop » 07 Dec 2021 Read
Iranu wrote:Doom?
That’s the one
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by Iranu » 08 Dec 2021 Read
The video game Eternal Darkness is the source for which Snooker Island poster’s username?
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by Juddernaut88 » 08 Dec 2021 Read
The Saviour?
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by Iranu » 08 Dec 2021 Read
Nope
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by chengdufan » 08 Dec 2021 Read
Cloud Strife?
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by Iranu » 08 Dec 2021 Read
Not Cloud Strife who is from Final Fantasy VII
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by Juddernaut88 » 08 Dec 2021 Read
mantorock
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by Iranu » 08 Dec 2021 Read
Juddernaut88 wrote:mantorock
Correct!
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by Juddernaut88 » 08 Dec 2021 Read
Now that is how you fluke an answer
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by Juddernaut88 » 08 Dec 2021 Read
Which actor played Han Solo in the original Star Wars films?
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by Iranu » 08 Dec 2021 Read
Harrison Ford
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by Juddernaut88 » 08 Dec 2021 Read
Iranu wrote:Harrison Ford
Correct
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by HappyCamper » 08 Dec 2021 Read
harrison ford & alden ehrenreich
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by Iranu » 08 Dec 2021 Read
Which legendary artefact first appears in Perceval, le Conte du Graal, an unfinished romance written c1190?
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by chengdufan » 08 Dec 2021 Read
The Holy Grail?
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by Iranu » 08 Dec 2021 Read
chengdufan wrote:The Holy Grail?
Correct! The previous answer being a big clue.
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by chengdufan » 08 Dec 2021 Read
Who played Arthur, King of the Britons in Monty Python and the Holy Grail?
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by HappyCamper » 08 Dec 2021 Read
graham chapman.
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