Shamrock and roll
March 16, 2011 in Gilligan's, Quizzes
Last night’s quiz in Gilligan’s was news-worthy for two reasons, neither of them brilliant.
I received my first serious complaint about the blog. A gent who hosted a quiz here a few weeks ago objected to the fact that I’d used his work, and (first) name, without his permission. I offered to take down the post involved and he agreed. So I have now done that.
Second, my great run of #winning is over. It was a close run thing but my team, the topically named Shamrock, lost out by a single point to Outback, who scored a magnificent 99/110. As you all know, I normally hate losing by a point but, after five weeks of being on winning teams, it didn’t feel so bad. 🙂
I think the quiz master also didn’t feel too bad about it – he voiced his relief that there was no need for a tie-breaker!
Questions we missed:
- What is the nickname of Mayo boxer Michael Sweeney?
- How many members were there in the band Village People?
- Which country contains the world’s largest number of Roman Catholic citizens?
- Which Olympic event is closest in distance to 1 mile?
- What is the main spirit in the cocktail ‘Tom Collins’?
- Which underground system features the more stations: New York or London?
- Which island nation was hit by an earthquake in October 2010?
- How many contestants start each episode of The Weakest Link?
- Which former Mayo senior footballer made his debut for Wicklow last weekend?
Picture round*:
Answers will be here tomorrow.
* There is a clue here, in the order of the photographs.
Dave said on March 16, 2011
that village people question is a bit vague-do they mean at one time or the total amount since formation