Faster than a speeding bullet: answers

November 26, 2010 in Gilligan's, Quizzes

Here are the answers to the questions I posted yesterday in Faster than a speeding bullet.

There’ll be more posts over the weekend as I’m off out quizzing tonight. Huzzah!

And introducing a new feature…

Things I learned at this quiz (but my team-mates already knew):

Answers:

In which county can you find the town of Ardagh? A> Longford
In which county is Devil’s Bit mountain? A> Tipperary
Name the year: Cork is European Capital of Culture, TD Ray Burke serves time in jail, Hedgehunter won the Aintree Grand National. A> 2005
What type of animal is an Albacore? A> Fish (it’s also known as Longfin Tuna)
What is the name of the Dublin councillor who recently threw paint over Minister for Health Mary Harney? A> Louise Minihan
How did Albanian Adriatik Vodo make front page news in Ireland this month? A> He was involved in an ‘incident’ outside the National Stadium with Steve Collins
William Shakepeare’s play Measure for Measure is set in which city? A> Vienna
What is the name of the Samoan equivalent of New Zealand’s Haka dance? A> Siva Tau
Jean-Claude Juncker is Prime Minister of which country? A> Luxembourg
Whose autobiography is entitled How the boy next door turned out? A> Diarmuid Gavin
Mount Tumbledown can be found in which island chain? A> Falkland Islands
Which London football club were founded in 1886 as Dial Square? A> Arsenal