QUIZ 21

NAME:______

1.Name the Sligo man who won a World Junior Cycling Championship? ______

2.What is the rule for the circumference of a circle? ______

3.What does the acronym SARS stand for? ______

4.What are the Glasgow soccer clubs, Celtic and Rangers, collectively known as? ______

5.Words like I, me you, he, she, which substitute for a noun are known as? ______

6.What is the highest mountain in Ireland? ______

7.Who would use a theodolite and chain? ______

8.According to the Bible, who was the most patient man? ______

9.What is the young of a swan called? ______

10.King is to queen as Earl is to ? ______

11.What country gets its name from the equator which crosses it? ______

12.In what year did the Easter Rising take place in Ireland? ______

13.What is a group of rabbits known as? ______

14.What is the name of the volcano situated on the island of Sicily? ______

15.What was An Gorta Mór more commonly known as? ______

16.What is the capital of Poland? ______

17.How many chambers are there in the human heart? ______

18.What country gave its name to Siamese cats and Siamese twins? ______

19.What is the longest river in Ireland and the UK? ______

20.In what city is the headquarters of the UN situated? ______

Quiz 21

  1. Mark Scanlon
  2. πr2
  3. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
  4. The Old Firm
  5. Pronouns
  6. Carrantuohill
  7. Surveyor
  8. Job
  9. Cygnet
  10. Countess
  11. Equador
  12. 1916
  13. Warren
  14. Mount Etna
  15. The Great Famine
  16. Warsaw
  17. Four
  18. Thailand
  19. River Shannon
  20. New York

QUIZ 22

NAME:______

1.With what sport would you associate Punchestown? ______

2.Which great painter invented the wheelbarrow? ______

3.In what county does the River Shannon rise? ______

4.What is the scientific name for water? ______

5.Where in the body would you find the Radius and ulna bones? ______

6.What is the largest lake in Britain and Ireland? ______

7.What type of noun is the word “Peter”? ______

8.Who was the first President of America? ______

9.Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to do what? ______

10.What is the collective name for a group of geese? ______

11.In what year was the Treaty of Limerick signed? ______

12.What is the longest river in the world? ______

13.What famous boxer was also known as Cassius Clay? ______

14.According to the bible, who was the strongest man? ______

15.In what sport is a shuttlecock used? ______

16.What is the capital of Albania? ______

17.What European capital city is built on the River Seine? ______

18.Roquefort, Münster and Gouda are all types of what? ______

19.What is the European equivalent of what the Americans call a “Realtor”? ______

20.Complete the phrase “As daft as a ………..”? ______

Quiz 22

  1. Horse racing
  2. Leonardo da Vinci
  3. Cavan
  4. H2O
  5. The Arm
  6. Lough Neagh
  7. Proper
  8. George Washington
  9. Travel in space
  10. Gaggle
  11. 1691
  12. The Nile
  13. Muhammad Ali
  14. Samson
  15. Badminton
  16. Tirana
  17. Paris
  18. Cheese
  19. Auctioneer / Estate Agent
  20. Brush

QUIZ 23

NAME:______

1.Complete the phrase “As slippery as ……..” ______

2.What do Americans call the footpath / pavement? ______

3.In what country is the port of Le Havre? ______

4.How many events take place in a heptathlon? ______

5.In what year did the Great Famine start? ______

6.What is the collective name for a group of lions? ______

7.What is the rule for the area of a circle? ______

8.What is the young of a goose called? ______

9.Is shinty a skin disease or a Scottish game? ______

10.Which animal is an anagram of the word toga? ______

11.What girl went to see the Wizard of Oz? ______

12.What boy’s name is also the name for a male turkey? ______

13.What toy did Arnold Schwarzenegger try to buy in the film “Jingle All the Way”? ______

14.In the bible, who died first, Cain or Abel? ______

15.What is the name of the building in Dublin where the Dáil meets? ______

16.What is the name of the main park in Manhattan, New York? ______

17.Peter Parker is the secret identity of which superhero? ______

18.What did Sandra Bullock drive in the film “Speed”? ______

19.Do the LondonTowers play volleyball or basketball? ______

20.What is the middle name of Rupert the Bear? ______

Quiz 23

  1. An Eel
  2. Sidewalk
  3. France
  4. Seven
  5. 1845
  6. Pride
  7. πr2
  8. Gosling
  9. A Scottish Game
  10. Goat
  11. Dorothy
  12. Tom
  13. Turbo Man
  14. Abel
  15. Leinster House
  16. Central Park
  17. Spiderman
  18. Bus
  19. Basketball
  20. The

QUIZ 24

NAME:______

1.A statue was recently erected in Rathcormac to commemorate what Irish woman? ______

2.To what EU country do the Balearic Islands belong? ______

3.What colour is an emerald stone? ______

4.What is the capital of Austria? ______

5.Thanub is an anagram of what country in Asia? ______

6.What does the abbreviation WHO stand for? ______

7.Who was the first Pope? ______

8.What is a papaya? ______

9.What is the collective name for a group of gorillas? ______

10.Where in the body would you find the fibula and tibia bones? ______

11.What is the main ingredient in Quiche Lorraine? ______

12.What Japanese word meaning “empty orchestra” involves someone singing solo to a backing track? ______

13.What word do Americans use for the word “nappy”? ______

14.According to the proverb what can beggars not be? ______

15.Complete the phrase “As fit as a _____”? ______

16.What girl’s name can be abbreviated to “Betty”? ______

17.What does the text/e-mail language “JTLYK” stand for? ______

18.In what country would you read the newspaper “”Le Parisien Libere”? ______

19.What is an omnivore? ______

20.In what section of an orchestra would you find timpani, percussion or brass? ______

Quiz 24

  1. Countess Markiewicz
  2. Spain
  3. Green
  4. Vienna
  5. Bhutan
  6. World Health Organisation
  7. Peter
  8. Fruit
  9. Band
  10. Leg
  11. Eggs
  12. Karaoke
  13. Diaper
  14. Choosers
  15. Fiddle
  16. Elizabeth
  17. Just To Let You Know
  18. France
  19. Animal which eats both plants and animals
  20. Percussion

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