One for everybody in the audience
October 21, 2013 in Quizzes
Last Thursday night I hosted a quiz in Claremorris, in aid of the home of my radio show, Claremorris Community Radio.
A modest enough crowd of 12 tables took part and I think all enjoyed themselves.
The winners on the night scored 89/110 and won by three points. Their prize was pretty good: €500 of toy vouchers! That’ll be handy over the next few months. 🙂
Not being a competitor, I haven’t a clue what they missed but here are a selection of questions from the night, along with two picture rounds*.
Questions:
- Which Irish guitarist, a former member of The Radiators from Space and The Pogues, died at age 56 on October 8th?
- The launch of which British singer/songwriter’s autobiography saw shops across Britain open (as the Irish Times put it “Harry Potter style”) at midnight for potential buyers?
- This week the Greek parliament voted to lift the immunity of six politicians from that nation’s far-right political party. What is the name of that party?
- Galway won this year’s All-Ireland senior camogie championship. How many times in their history have they lifted the O’Duffy Cup?
- Which jockey broke the existing record of 115 wins, set by Mick Kinnane in 1993, when he rode his 116th winner of the flat season in Navan last week?
- Which club won this year’s Australian Rules Grand Final on 28th September?
- What year? George HW Bush becomes President of the USA; China’s government cracks down on protests in Tiananmen Square in June; Greg Lemond won the Tour de France by just 8 seconds, the narrowest ever margin of victory.
- What year? President Erskine Childers dies in office; Turkish forces invade Cyrpus; Jimmy Connors wins the Wimbledon mens singles.
- Which Wicklow village’s name is a combination the names of an Irish county and the county town of a different county?
- Ballina in county Tipperary is one half of a pair of twin towns, joined by an 18th century stone bridge. What is the name of the town on the other end of this bridge?
Update: answers here.
Footnote:
* The night actually featured three picture rounds. I don’t think there’s much point putting the third, Landmarks of Claremorris, online though!
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