Spot the ball-room: answers
September 19, 2011 in Quizzes
It’s time for a bumper post. This one will include all the answers to those mentioned in Spot the ball-room and one more.
No, I haven’t remembered what the tie-breaker question was that we answered correctly with “3”. However, I have remembered a spot prize question, which the quiz master posed mid-way through the night. Here it is:
- Name either of the Westmeath men who have played at centre-field in an All-Ireland football final in the last 15 years.
I’ll give you the answer to that at the very end of the post. If I was to give you a clue, I’d say don’t take it too seriously…
The quiz master delighted in a bit of word play. Whether this was intentional or not, I’m not sure. At one point he created a hubbub by mistaking the ‘l’ for an ‘r’ in a question relating to venue of the Pope’s election. I’m sure that was deliberate. However, his introduction of the raffle prize (a ticket to the All-Ireland football final) as one of the “most converted” items around probably wasn’t.
Have some answers:
- True of false: Kerry defeated Mayo by nine points in this year’s All-Ireland football semi-final. A> True (1-20 to 1-11)
- T/F: Cassata is an Italian dessert. A> True
- T/F: In Who wants to be a Millionaire?, contestants have to answer 12 questions correctly to win the million. A> Both *
- The Mitchelstown Caves are located in which Irish county? A> Tipperary
- Who won the Mercury Music Prize in 2010? A> The xx
- The town of Emly is located in which Irish county? A> Tipperary
- What type of animal is a Rhodesian Ridgeway? A> Dog (although it’s actually called a Rhodesian Ridgeback)
- In Father Ted, what was the name of the ‘Dancing Priest’? A> Liam Finnegan
- Who is the current Ceann Comhairle of Mayo County Council? A> Austin Francis O’Malley
- The world’s largest soccer stadium is the Rungrado May Day. It holds 150,000 people. In what country can it be found? A> North Korea
- Kerry footballer Colm Cooper represents what club? A> Dr. Croke’s
- Who did Charlestown defeat in the 2009 Mayo county senior football final? A> Knockmore
- Which Dublin theatre was co-founded by Micheál Mac Liommóir and Hilton Edwards? A> The Gate Theatre
- What is Ireland’s second-smallest county? A> Carlow
Spot the Ball:
- B
- B
- B
- B
- A
- C
- A
- B
- C
- B
Picture round:
- Bryan Cullen
- The Saturdays
- Omar Sharif
- Joe McQuillan
- Mundy
- Caroline Wozniacki
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Dominique Strauss-Kahn
- Tasmanian Devil
- Dan Carter
- Tony Buckley
- Mary McEvoy
The biggest cheer of the night came when a wrong answer was given. During the audio round, we were asked “How much had the bike cost?” in this song here:
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J59SFTqb7MQ]
The answer given was €92. However, most people in the room must have known that was wrong as heckling started. Ordinarily, if there’s a challenge, the quiz master has to send someone off to check the definitive, correct answer. Not so on this occasion – he just lined up the song on the CD player and we all listened to a bit more of it than he’d played earlier. When the appropriate line “…he asked me of a hundred, I gave him eighty-two…” was broadcast the room erupted into a massive ovation. You’d have thought Seamus Moore himself had just walked in!
Tie-breakers:
- In what year did Ireland host the Ryder Cup? A> 2006
- Which Emma starred in and wrote the screenplay for the film Sense and Sensibility? A> Emma Thompson
- A.N. Other question A> 3
- What is normally served from a tureen? A> Soup (or vegetables)
- What was the name given to the process of compelling men to join the navy? A> Press Gang
Finally, here’s the answer to the question at the top of the post. You could have said either Foster or Allen. I told you not to take it too seriously!
Footnote:
* The answer initially called out was “False. It takes 15 questions.” Someone challenged this and it turned out they were also right – since 2007 the newer format now only features 12 questions. So everyone got a point for this particular question.
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