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GAA Golden Ticket answers

Posted in Quizzes, tagged , , , , on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Here are the answers to the questions posed on RTÉ Drivetime Sport, as part of their GAA Golden Ticket giveaway.

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GAA Golden Ticket

Posted in Quizzes, tagged , , , , on January 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »

RTÉ Sport and the GAA are giving away a ‘Golden Season Ticket’ this week on Drivetime Sport. This is basically the gaelic games equivalent of the Golden Ticket from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and will get you into any GAA game of your choice, anywhere in the country, throughout 2009.  This includes big games [...]

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The First Dáil answers

Posted in Quizzes, tagged , , , on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Here are the answers to the picture question from the post on the first Dáil. Obviously you had to either be Irish or be into Irish history to have had a hope of getting these.

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The First Dáil

Posted in Quizzes, tagged , , on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

On January 21st 1919, the Sinn Féin MPs who were neither on-the-run from British Authorities or already in prison convened the first meeting of the Assembly of Ireland, the Dáil Éireann, in Dublin’s Mansion House. This has been an election promise of the Sinn Féin party in the 1918 General Election, in which the party [...]

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US Presidents answers

Posted in Quizzes, tagged , , on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Here are the answers to the questions I posed in the US Presidents post.

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US Presidents

Posted in Quizzes, tagged , , on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In honour of the day that’s in it, here’s a small quiz on the office of President of the United States of America. No matter what you heard on QI, the official list of Presidents of the United States begins with George Washington, as he was the first president sworn into office following the ratification [...]

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RTÉ Sport quiz 08

Posted in Quiz Show, tagged , , on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In the second of a quickly diminishing series, here’s how the RTÉ Sports Dept Christmas quiz, hosted by Des Cahill, turned out. The first thing I’ll say about this quiz is that the competitors certainly enjoyed themselves.  Indeed, the competitors here sound like things may have been a bit “festive” around the RTÉ studios that [...]

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Kermode’s Movie Game 08

Posted in Quiz Show, tagged , , on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

As each year ends, some radio and TV shows combine the need to have a retrospective look back on the preceding 12 months with the desire to enjoy themselves and hit upon the idea of  a quiz.  Over the next few days I’ll be uploading some of my favourites from the recent holiday period. A [...]

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Happy New Year answers

Posted in Quizzes, tagged , on January 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Here are the answers to the questions I posted in Happy New Year!

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