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DCN Christmas Quiz 2011
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08-12-2011 9:26pm#1DCN Christmas Quiz 2011
All the questions relate to NCD, a mix of easy and not so easy questions:) Sadly no prizes only bragging rights.
Q1. What is this monument called?
Q2. What famous Banking family owns Lambay Island?
Q3. For what NCD cricket team did Ireland Cricket Captain William Porterfield play for before playing professionally in England?
Q4. Which famous crime novelist wrote ""No, there you are, as sensible as ever you were, with a pair of good balbriggan stockings on and sensible shoes"
Q5. What NCD village derives its name for the Irish for "cliff"?
Q6. The Catholic Church and GAA club in Rush are named after St.Maur. What order of monks was St Maur a member?
Q7. What local sports star links the Dublin GAA team and Leinster Rugby?
Q8. Besides Dublin Airport were else in NCD can you land a plane on land?
Q9. NewBridge House was used in scenes for which Richard Burton movie?
Q10. Where in NCD would you find Mount Gamble?
Q11. What British actor takes his stage name from a town in North Co. Dublin were his mother use to work as a maid before she emigrated to the UK?
Q12. Where in NCD were the Fr Ted Funland scenes filmed?
Q13. What leading trade unionist comes from Lusk?
Q14. Where in NCD would I find the Vintage Radio Museum?
Q15. Who is the only Skerries man to have won a Rugby World Cup?
Q16. Where is the new National Cricket Stadium?
Q 17. Loughshinny former GAA Club was called?
Q 18. Dublin Airport was formerly known as?
Q 19. Most of present day NCD lies in the Baroney of ..........East/West??
Q 20. Name the late NCD artist that painted the below work, they specialised in moonlit scenes.
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Q1
The monument
Ohh come on Leo!!!
Full Title
Q2. What famous Banking family owns Lambay Island?
Baring family. (Rogue trader Nick Leeson caused their downfall)
Correct
Q3. For what NCD cricket team did Ireland Cricket Captain William Porterfield play for before playing professionally in England?
Rush
Correct
Q4. Which famous crime novelist wrote ""No, there you are, as sensible as ever you were, with a pair of good balbriggan stockings on and sensible shoes"
Q5. What NCD village derives its name for the Irish for "cliff"?
Naul???
Correct,
Q6. The Catholic Church and GAA club in Rush are named after St.Maur. What order of monks was St Maur a member?
Q7. What local sports star links the Dublin GAA team and Leinster Rugby?
Bryan Cullen
Correct
Q8. Besides Dublin Airport were else in NCD can you land a plane on land?
Lambay Island
Wrong, heard about a landing strip on it but never actually seen reference to it or that it is still usable but if you can provide proof....
Q9. NewBridge House was used in scenes for which Richard Burton movie?
Q10. Where in NCD would you find Mount Gamble?
Q11. What British actor takes his stage name from a town in North Co. Dublin were his mother use to work as a maid before she emigrated to the UK?
Q12. Where in NCD were the Fr Ted Funland scenes filmed?
Thought it was Skerries but have been informed it was in Portrane
Correct, Tower Bay Portrane
Q13. What leading trade unionist comes from Lusk?
Jack O'Connor
Correct,
Q14. Where in NCD would I find the Vintage Radio Museum?
Howth
Correct, the Martello in Howth
Q15. Who is the only Skerries man to have won a Rugby World Cup?
Kyran Bracken
Correct
Q16. Where is the new National Cricket Stadium?
Malahide
Correct
Q 17. Loughshinny former GAA Club was called?
St Brendans
Correct
Q 18. Dublin Airport was formerly known as?
Collinstown
Correct
Q 19. Most of present day NCD lies in the Baroney of ..........East/West??
Balrothery
Correct
Q 20. Name the late NCD artist that painted the below work, they specialised in moonlit scenes.
Ciaran "Chic" Clear
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Great quiz.
Q2. What famous Banking family owns Lambay Island?
The Barings.
Q12. Where in NCD were the Fr Ted Funland scenes filmed?
Portrane
Q 18. Dublin Airport was formerly known as?
Collinstown Airport??
Yeap all correct, so the real not so easy questions are
Q1 What is this monument called?
Q4. Which famous crime novelist wrote ""No, there you are, as sensible as ever you were, with a pair of good balbriggan stockings on and sensible shoes"?
Q9. NewBridge House was used in scenes for which Richard Burton movie?
Q10. Where in NCD would you find Mount Gamble?
Q11. What British actor takes his stage name from a town in North Co. Dublin were his mother use to work as a maid before she emigrated to the UK?0 -
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Cardinal Richelieu wrote: »Yeap all correct, so the real not so easy questions are
Q1 What is this monument called?
Q4. Which famous crime novelist wrote ""No, there you are, as sensible as ever you were, with a pair of good balbriggan stockings on and sensible shoes"?
Q9. NewBridge House was used in scenes for which Richard Burton movie?
Q10. Where in NCD would you find Mount Gamble?
Q11. What British actor takes his stage name from a town in North Co. Dublin were his mother use to work as a maid before she emigrated to the UK?
Thought I had posted about Mount Gamble.
Q9. NewBridge House was used in scenes for which Richard Burton movie?
The spy who came in from the cold
Q10. Where in NCD would you find Mount Gamble?
Swords
Cant produce any eveidence about planes landing on Lambay but have heard on many occasions a small plane can land on the Island to the right as you look from Rush
Is the monument named after A brixter, Balbriggan man? Heard a bit of slagging at work a while back0 -
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DCN Christmas Quiz Part 2
Q.1 The late Baron of Kinsaly(CJ Haughey) lived in a house designed by which famous architect?
Q.2 What is this feature called?
Q.3 Where in NCD would you find a part of Los Angeles?
Q.4 In 1913 the aviator Harry Hawker and his mechanic Kauper crashed off the coast of Loughshinny. What WW2 fighter plane did the aviation company Hawker later found build?
Q.5 Rockabill lighthouse was built of stone quarried where in NCD?
Q.6 What was the final destination port of The John Tayleur which was wrecked off Lambay in 1853?
Q.7 Who use to live at Swords Castle before it fell into decline?
Q.8 As you pass the old Corn Mill as you enter Rush at Whitestown a river runs under the road, what is the name of the small river that you pass over that use to power the Mill?
Q.9 In 1960 how many Tractors were in Rush? Clue Skerries & Holmpatrick had 18 & 65, Lusk 77:D
Q.10 Where would you find this ruined church in NCD?
Q.11 Which famous son of Swords died in Usk Prison in Wales?
Q.12 Which country head of state lives in a palace designed by the same architect who designed Lambay Castle?
Q.13 Which local writer wrote the script for the film "Boy Eats Girl"?
Q.14 Who was shot and later died of his wounds in the Grand Hotel Skerries?
Q.15 What would the locals of Malahide insert into the waters of the holy well of St Sylvester's to purify it?
Q.16 Why was the 1926 Rugby game between Skerries and Balbriggan which was played in Skerries delayed after Kick Off?
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Cardinal Richelieu wrote: »DCN Christmas Quiz Part 2
Q.1 The late Baron of Kinsaly(CJ Haughey) lived in a house designed by which famous architect?
Gandon
Q.2 What is this feature called?
Baldongon castle
Q.3 Where in NCD would you find a part of Los Angeles?
Q.4 In 1913 the aviator Harry Hawker and his mechanic Kauper crashed off the coast of Loughshinny. What WW2 fighter plane did the aviation company Hawker later found build?
Hawker Hurricane
Q.5 Rockabill lighthouse was built of stone quarried where in NCD?
Kinsealy
Q.6 What was the final destination port of The John Tayleur which was wrecked off Lambay in 1853?
Q.7 Who use to live at Swords Castle before it fell into decline?
Tayleurs
Q.8 As you pass the old Corn Mill as you enter Rush at Whitestown a river runs under the road, what is the name of the small river that you pass over that use to power the Mill?
Whitestown river
Q.9 In 1960 how many Tractors were in Rush? Clue Skerries & Holmpatrick had 18 & 65, Lusk 77:D
Q.10 Where would you find this ruined church in NCD?
Hollywood near Baldara
Q.11 Which famous son of Swords died in Usk Prison in Wales?
Thomas Ashe
Q.12 Which country head of state lives in a palace designed by the same architect who designed Lambay Castle?
Q.13 Which local writer wrote the script for the film "Boy Eats Girl"?
Q.14 Who was shot and later died of his wounds in the Grand Hotel Skerries?
Q.15 What would the locals of Malahide insert into the waters of the holy well of St Sylvester's to purify it?
Q.16 Why was the 1926 Rugby game between Skerries and Balbriggan which was played in Skerries delayed after Kick Off?
Tide came in
No use of Google, hence some are definitely wrong.
Great work Cardinal R. !0
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