ROUND ONE

1 Name the director of the recent movie “Avatar”

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2 Which team did Leinster defeat to win the 2009 Heineken Cup final?

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3 What is the name of the US Army base in Kentucky where are the US Gold reserves held?

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4 Who wrote the book “The Da Vinci code?

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5 How many inches are there in a metre?

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6 In the movie “High School Musical” name one of the main characters played by Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens?

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ROUND TWO

1 In the song the Rose of Mooncoin what is the name of the Rose of Mooncoin?

Answer2 On 9th Feb. 1963, in the middle of a long spell of exceptionally cold weather,

Ireland played England in the five nations rugby championship at Lansdowne Rd. What was the unusual final score?

Answer3 What French word meaning “born” is used in English to denote a woman’s maiden

name?

Answer4 What train can be found at King’s Cross station platform number nine and three

quarters?

Answer5 What was the Roman name for Ireland which translates from Latin as “land of

winter”?

Answer6 What is the connection between Mary Bourke and Mary Leneghan?

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ROUND THREE

1 True or false: your left lung is smaller than your right one?

Answer2 What are the next two words of the song “Imagine”: No hell below us, above us

……..?Answer3 Which Manchester City player played in the last two champions league finals?

Answer4 The sites of the seven wonders of the ancient world are in four present day

countries, Egypt is one, name one other?

Answer5 In which US city are the headquarters of both Boeing and Microsoft?

Answer6 In the cartoon Family Guy what is the surname of Peter’s family?

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ROUND FOUR

1 On what date is the 100th day of a common year (non leap-year)?

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2 Michael Phelps won eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics in which sport?

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3 Which name has been most used by Kings of England?

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4 Who is the older : Brian Cowen or Barack Obama?

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5 Which

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ROUND FIVE

1 What famous character in Coronation St. was played by Jean Alexander?

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2 In the Bible what name is given to the Battlefield of the Apocalypse?

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3 What are Puma, Chinook and Apache all types of?

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4 Who was the defeated Republican Party candidate in the 2008 U.S. presidential election?

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5 In which series of childrens’ books would you find Perfect Peter and Naughty Norman?

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6 Which club won their first FAI Cup in 2009?

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ROUND SEVEN

1 Who won the ITV X-Factor in December 2009?Answer

2 Name the famous Italian fashion designer murdered on the steps of his Miami mansion in 1997

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3 What English word can be put in front of wig, shot and ring to make new words?

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6 Which Dublin club won their second All Ireland Senior football title in Croke Park last March beating Crossmaglen in the final?

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ROUND NINE

1Which character did Vivien Leigh play in “Gone with the Wind”?

Answer2 What is terdekaphobia an irrational fear of?

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In which EU state is the head of state called the Grand Duke?

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5 What is the name of the river in Northern France which was the scene of a famous battle from July to November 1916?

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6 In the Beijing Olympics, why was there no bronze medal awarded in the women’s 100m?

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ROUND TEN

1 Who has played both intercounty Gaelic games (for Tipperary) and international soccer for Ireland in Croke Park?

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2 Herta Muller won which major prize in 2009?Answer

3 What is the name of the province and islands of the Netherlands after which a breed of horse and a breed of cattle are named?

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5 H?

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6 What is the next letter in the sequence O, T, T, F, F, S, S, ?

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7 TIE BREAK QUESTION (NEAREST TO CORREST ANSWER WINS)How many cars were sold in the Rep of ireland in 2009? (a small clue is that in 2000 there were 225,267 sold)

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