The Big Irish Times Xmas Quiz of 2010

MickyD

thank you

Wheelsonthebus

Hi guys,

I'm stuck on the famous no. 57 myself. I agree that Donald Clarke may have made a mistake with this question and I think that both are right. I cant find anything to suggest that "Despicable Me" is a rehash of anything. I have seen people mentioning a link between "Dreamscape" and "Inception" but it hasn't been acknowledged in any official capacity or by critics, just more opinion etc.

The only thing I did find was that Donald Clarke did review "Inception" when it came out but didn't review "Despicable Me" in the Irish Times so maybe "Inception" was on his mind?

Any ideas? Anyone willing to email him?

Wheelsonthebus

His blog is here:

http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/screenwriter/

Orion

dudara wrote: »

9 front-benchers showed their hand, but only 7 of them were physically present in the hotel. Add on Richard Bruton and I get 8 deputies present. Can anyone confirm?

7 frontbenchers were there + Bruton. Enright attended by speakerphone.
The question is deputies not frontbenchers so the answer is 8.

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/the-green-isle-gang-make-a-swift-getaway-2221919.html

dudara

That ties in perfectly with what I have. Thanks

jamas

I agree with Kaczynski as he is the only one who was serving at the time of his death. Yar'Adua's presidential powers had been transferred to vice president by Goodluck Johnathan by the Nigerian Senate due to his ill health. The other two were not currently serving.

Wheelsonthebus

Hey guys,

You should be aware that if you are taking the questions from here:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2010/1231/1224286538538.html

that a mistake was made on this webpage:

They never added in question 72.

The question is: Which Irish singer’s treatment for a severe back injury put his band’s tour on hold in May?

The answer is: Bono

Good Luck!

Crania

Hope everyone submitted their answers in time!

We'll soon find out about the more contentious questions...

Best of luck to everyone.

supersaintpats

Possible to upload answers when they are published?

Wheelsonthebus

Hi guys,

Does anyone know when the answers/result of this will be published?

vnagidam

Is there anyone out there who knows the results of the Big Irish Times Christmas Quiz. Cant find them anywhere. Thanks.

carolireland

I think the results have not been published yet.

JohnFinner

Results published in Irish Times Weekend Magazine of the Jan 29th, 2011 - Page 24/25

Crania

Did it include the answers? I'm out of the country at the moment so I can't buy the newspaper. I looked on the website but couldn't find it. Could someone post up the answers here?

JohnFinner

Results & Answers published in Irish Times Weekend Magazine of the Jan 29th, 2011 - Page 24/25

Answers -

1) Bertie Ahern

2) Tesco

3) Soccer

4) Michael Buble

5) Avatar

6) Angelus

7) Rubber Bandits

8) (A) Eat – Italy (B) Pray – India (C) Love – Indonesia

9) Chris De Burgh

10) Kate Middleton

11) Child - Gave the name of his child - Daisy

12) The Saw Doctors.

13) Craig Doyle.

14) Julian Assange

15) Trent Reznor

16) Taylor Lautner

17) Skippy Dies

18) (1) Dane Bowers (2) Dwight Yorke (3) Peter Andre (4) Alex Reid

19) Bernard Brogan

20) Captain Beefheart

21) Chopper (Ajai Chopra)

22) Paul

23) Nigel Kennedy

24) Angela Merkel

25) Three – Brian Cowen (Ber Cowan), Mary Coughlan (Cathal Coughlan) & Brian Lenihan.

26) Kim Jong-Un.

27) Brian Dowling

28) Chinese Vase

29) Rosemary Healy-Rae

30) Ryan Giggs

31) Lorraine Keane

32) Stanley McChrystal

33) Justin Beiber

34) Spectacles

35) Annette Benning

36) Paulie Hyland

37) Stephen Fry

38) Beer

39) Christine O’Donnell

40) Alan Partridge/ Steve Coogan

41) 33

42) 9

43) Seamus Heaney

44) Michéal Ó Muircheartaigh.

45) Andy Coulson – ‘News of the World’

46) (C) Brian Lenihan

47) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church)

48) Wyclef Jean

49) North Korea

50) Miriam O’Callaghan

51) The Twilight Series.

52) Alice in Wonderland.

53) Tony Curtis.

54) Sex and the City 2.

55) The Social Network.

56) Harry Potter

57) Inception

58) The Film Airplane

59) Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien

60) Characters in films whose actors who an Oscar

61) 9

62) Pearse Doherty

63) Richard Bruton

64) Kathleen Lynch

65) Dermot Ahern

66) Paul Bradford

67) 8

68) Noel Dempsey and M.J. Nolan

69) Tom Kitt, Michael P. Kitt and Aine Brady (nee Kitt) are the siblings; Conor and Brian Lenihan, and Bertie & Noel Ahern.

70) Question - The 30th Dail is drawing to a close, and the 31st will convene sometime in Spring. The Senad coudl be the last. It will be senad number what?

24th Senad

71) Marrakech

72) Bono

73) Oscar De La Renta

74) His wife was having a baby

75) Lady Gaga

76) Kelly Osborne

77) Prince William

78) Ann Widdecombe

79) Till 40

80) Billie Piper

81) Colin Montgomerie

82) Ted Walsh

83) Vuvuzela

84) World Cup Football (Jubalani)

85) England Soccer Team Returning from the World Cup

86) Longest Ever Professional Tennis Match/ Set

87) Jose Mourinho

88) Gráinne Murphy

89) Babies

90) Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh

91) Silvio Berlusconi

92) Thailand

93) Chile/ The Chilian Miners

94) Deepwater Horizon

95) The Chair was left empty as a symbol that he could not attend.

96) Gordon Brown

97) Brazil

98) Putin and Medvedev

99) Shellacking

100) Viktor Chernomyrdin

Crania

Ah thanks very much for posting all those up, much appreciated!

I got them all correct apart from the question of the Fine Gael TDs in the Green Isle Hotel. I said 9, the answer was 8. I was sure it was the Green Isle 9, oh well.

Thanks for all the help with this fellow boardsies. I hope one of us won it...! It was good fun anyway.

SuiteCheex

Handy hint for next year's quiz (or maybe any and all Irish Times quizzes for that matter)......don't e-mail your submission, send it in by post!!

I must've been having a particularly diligent morning when I e-mailed in my answers for the Christmas Quiz as I put on a read receipt request, something I never do. I've just received a notification that my e-mail was deleted without being read.......feckers:mad:!!