Trivia Thread Resurrection

[Valmy]

Oh...well that isn't too far off.

[Eddie Teach]

A desire to bath in the blood of Irishmen?

I guess I always thought Oliver was a descendent of Thomas. I guess this is where I learn that is not true.

Do you mean ancestor?

[grumbler]

A desire to bath in the blood of Irishmen?

I guess I always thought Oliver was a descendent of Thomas. I guess this is where I learn that is not true.

Do you mean ancestor?

Oliver was the ECW general (17th Century).  Thomas was Henry VIII's chief minister during VIII's chief mischiefs (16th Century). 

[Eddie Teach]

My bad.

[Syt]

Judith Love Cohen was an aerospace engineer who worked on the guidance system of the Minutemen missiles and the Abort-Guidance system of the Apollo lunar module which played a critical role in saving Apollo 13.

She is also the mother of an actor/comedian. Who is he?

[The Larch]

Jack Black.

[Syt]

Correct

[The Larch]

Continuing with the space race theme:

Astronaut candidates that wanted to join the Mercury program (the famous Mercury Seven) had to fulfill a series of criteria, such as being qualified jet pilots, having at least 1.500 hours of flight time, and having a bachelor's degree, but they also had a couple of more arbitrary ones related to their age and height. Which were these requiriments?

[The Brain]

They had to be white.

[Agelastus]

At least 30 years old and under 5ft 10"?

[The Larch]

At least 30 years old and under 5ft 10"?

1/2.

[Admiral Yi]

24 hour rule, or something.

Which five nationalities were present at The Battle of The Boyne?

I say nationalities because two of them, the English and the Irish, were not countries.  So what are the other three.

[Liep]

Orcs, elves and dwarves?

[Admiral Yi]

So close.

[Agelastus]

English, Irish, French, Dutch, German, Scottish, (Ulster) Scots and probably several more.