Quiz questions:

10 rounds in quiz. Each round has a theme. Each question is worth 1 point in all rounds bar the last

(where there is 3 points per question) allowing for a maximum of 120 points at the end of the quiz.

Round 1) General Knowledge Round

1. How long is the Great Wall of China?

2. What is the first book in the Bible?

3. Which American State is nearest to the Russia?

4. In the popular children’s TV show, who were the ‘flowerpot men?

5. Which foreign politician retired in November 2016 after a humiliating election result?

6. In Irish folklore, who gained knowledge from the salmon after sucking his thumb?

7. What is the real name of the famous author George Orwell?

8. What British athlete was successful in defending both their 5,000m & 10,000m titles at Rio 2016,

after winning them initially at London 2012?

9. Who was the longest running British Prime Minister?

10. What is the name of Moe’s pet cat in ‘The Simpsons’?

Round 2) TV & Film Round

1. According to IMDB, what movie currently occupies the top spot in their list of greatest movies?

2. In what TV show would you find the characters Badger and Skinny Pete?

3. Frank Abagnale Jr. was played by who in the movie ‘Catch me if you can’?

4. In which Fictional land is Game of Thrones set?

5. The TV show ‘Narcos’ is based upon the life of who?

6. In The Simpsons, what is Bart’s second name?

7. The movie ‘The Pianist’ is based in what time period?

8. The Irish movie ‘My Left Foot’s’ main character suffers from what disablement?

9. “I’ve had my fun and that's all that matters” is a famous line from what TV show?

10. Kevin Hart voices a white rabbit in which animated movie?

Round 3) Irish Geography Round

1. Which Causeway is said to have been built as a ‘bridge’ from

Ireland to Scotland?

2. What county is the Blarney Stone situated in?

3. How many counties are in Ulster?

4. What is the county town of Leitrim?

5. What is the highest peak in Northern Ireland?

6. To the nearest thousandth miles, how many square miles is

the island of Ireland?

7. How many counties does Tipperary border?

8. Knock, the ‘Lourdes’ of Ireland’ is located in which Irish county?

9. What is the smallest county in Ireland?

10. How many provinces are there in Ireland?

Round 4) Picture Round

1) Who is this? 2) Who is this? 3) What movie is he from?

4) What sport is this 5) Who is this? 6) What is this?

person famous for?

7) Who is this? 8) What is this?

9) What game franchise 10) What is this specific

is this guy from? part of the shoe lace called?

Round 5) Sports Round

1. How many hurdles are there in the men’s 110m hurdles event?

2. What is the nickname of the darts player, Phil Taylor?

3. What word links a sporting film from 2009 to an inaugural sporting

event organised by Prince Harry in 2014?

4. What year did the Munich air disaster take place, which killed 8

Manchester United players?

5. What football team plays at the football stadium commonly known

as ‘Paradise’?

6. Who is the most recent winner of the Formula One championship?

7. What two fighters took part in the highest grossing UFC fight ever, Bringing in a gross revenue

of $90 million?

8. Who did Muhammad Ali fight in the infamous ‘Rumble in the Jungle’

boxing match in 1974?

9. In Rugby Union, how many points are awarded for a try and a

successful conversion?

10. When Mario Balotelli scored in the Manchester derby in 2011, what

three words were on the t-shirt he revealed?

Round 6) Flags Round

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Round 7) Music Round

1. What was the best-selling song of the 80’s and who sang it?

2. Who won the 1974 Eurovision song contest and with what song?

3. What song is sung at the Catalina wine mixer in the movie Step Brothers?

4. In the song ‘Grace’ by the Wolfe tones, who is Grace?

5. The one-hit wonder Mambo No. 5 was sung by who?

6. The famous Irish singer Hozier is from what county?

7. UFC fighter Conor McGregor enters the octagon to what Sinead O’Connor track?

8. What was Michael Jacksons first solo US number 1 song?

9. Baby one more time by Britney Spears was released in 1998, but what age was Britney when the

song came out?

10. What is the name of the French national anthem?

Round 8) History Round

1. What year did Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?

2. May 9th 1865 was the end date of what?

3. At whose graveside was Pádraig Pearse quoted saying “..They have left us our Fenian dead, and while

Ireland holds these graves, Ireland unfree shall never be at peace” in May 1915?

4. What year was the late Fidel Castro born?

5. In what year was the Berlin Wall officially removed from the streets of Berlin?

6. Opened in Indian in the year 1648, what is one of the most famous

Wonders of the world?

7. Enzo Ferarri, the founder of Ferarri, died in 1988. But what modern

day footballer can be described as his doppelganger?

8. What date in History were the last shots fired in Europe in WWII?

9. Situated in Morocco, what year was the world’s oldest existing

University opened?

10. In what year did the Act of Union between Britain and Ireland come into effect?

Round 9) Science and Technology Round

1. Dmitri Mendeleev created the what?

2. Where would you find chlorophyll?

3. Ruby and Python are types of what?

4. In what country is the Samsung Headquarters?

5. Leeds is the City whom which famous Computer games company is situated and founded?

6. Who was the first person in space?

7. Who demonstrated the first working television?

8. What is the hardest tissue in the human body?

9. As well as cars, Rolls Royce also create what?

10. What are Lyrids, Perseids, and Leonids?

Round 10) ‘In What Year’ Round (each question is worth 3 points)

1. In what year did the titanic sink?

2. What year did the Beatles have their first number one hit?

3. What year was President Michael D. Higgins born?

4. What year was the Spanish Armada?

5. What year did Dublin win their first All-Ireland football title?

6. What year was John F. Kennedy elected US president?

7. In what year was the 500th Episode of The Simpsons broadcast?

8. What year was the godfather released?

9. What year did Dustin the Turkey represent Ireland in the Eurovision song contest?

10. What year was Apple founded? 1976