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Questions at Christmas Tree Quiz

Posted Saturday, December 16, 2006

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Craic On Pub Quiz Questions and Answers

The quiz for the Christmas Tree Fund took place on Friday night in Rosato's.

Laurence Harkin was the quizmaster.

How would you have done?

Here are the questions followed by the answers:-

Round 1

1. Who presents Film 2006 on BBC Television?

2. Wellington is the capital of New Zealand but is it situated in the North or South Island?

3. In boxing which weight comes between flyweight and featherweight?

4. Alex Turner is the lead singer of which youthful Sheffield band?

5. What is the fictional setting for RTE's Fair City called?

6. The actor Dick Van Dyke - is he dead or alive?

7. On the Beatles song Ob La Di Ob La Da what does Ob La Di Ob La Da mean?

8. Which European country first issued banknotes, was it Switzerland, Sweden or England?

 

Answers

1. Jonathan Ross
2. North Island
3. Bantamweight
4. Arctic Monkeys
5. Carrickstown
6. Alive
7. Life Goes On
8. Sweden

 

Round 2

1. Who presents Deal or No deal on TV?

2. In which song did the song "White Christmas" first appear?

3. What does the W stand for in George W Bush?

4. What was Elvis Presley's middle name?

5. Which Premiership team is nicknamed The Blades?

6. What animal is on the Falkland Islands flag?

7. What star sign is known as the Water Bearer?

8. The Gunfight at the OK Corral took place in which US state? Was it Arizona or New Mexico?

 

Answers

1. Noel Edmonds
2. Holiday Inn
3. Walker
4. Aaron
5. Sheffield United
6. Sheep
7. Aquarius
8. Arizona

 

Round 3 - Christmas Questions

1. In which European city is St. Wenceslas Square

2. Name Santa's 9 reindeer

3. In "A Muppet Christmas Carol" who played Ebeneezer Scrooge?

4. In the book "A Christmas Carol" how many ghosts visited Scrooge?

5. In which ocean is Christmas Island?

6. If you were born on Christmas Day what star sign are you?

7. Caspar, Balthazaar and Melchior are better known as who?

8. On St. Stephen's Day in Ireland, who traditionally went around the countryside singing carols with a dead bird tied to a stick?

 

Answers

1. Prague
2. Rudolf, Doner, Blitzen, Comet, Cupid, Dancer, Prancer, Dasher, Vixen
3. Michael Caine
4. 4
5. Indian
6. Capricorn
7. Three Wise Men
8. Wren Boys

 

Round 4

1. Gary Lightbody is the lead singer of which band?

2. If you were eating Calamares what would you be eating?

3. The town of Prosperous is in which county?

4. Who has become the boss of West Ham United?

5. Approximately how many millionaires are there in Ireland, 10,000, 20,000 or 30,000?

6. What is the unit of currency of Egypt?

7. The Celtic & Liverpool anthem "You'll never walk alone" comes from which movie?

8. Which film won this year's Oscar for best picture?

 

Answers

1. Snow Patrol
2. Squid
3. Kildare
4. Alan Curbishley
5. 30,000
6. Pound
7. Carousel
8. Crash

 

Round 5

1. Who won this year's "I'm a Celebrity get me out of here"?

2. Give the Chemical Symbol for Lead

3. On the eighth day of Christmas what did my true love give to me?

4. Nescafe was the world's first instant coffee. When was it introduced - in the 30's, the 40's or the 50's?

5. What is the main ingredient of the Swiss dish Rosti?

6. Name the Newspaper group who recently took over the Inish Times?

7. Which is the largest planet in the solar system?

8. What was the title of Jacques Cousteau's famous boat?

 

Answers

1. Matt Willis
2. Pb
3. Eight maids a milking
4. 30's
5. Potatoes
6. River Media
7. Jupiter
8. Calypso

 

Round 6

1. Name the members of Girls Aloud

2. If you are celebrating your Pearl wedding anniversary how many years are you married?

3. The fur ermine is the winter coat of which animal?

4. Name the Russian spy assassinated with Radiation recently?

5. The town of Bastardstown is in which county?

6. Who plays Kelly Windsor in the soap Emmerdale?

7. Name Britney Spears ex-husband?

8. Where do Apricots originally hail from - Japan, China or Australia?

 

 

Answers

1. Nadine Coyle, Nicola Roberts, Cheryl Tweedie/Cole, Sarah Harding and kimberley Walsh
2. 30
3. Stoat
4. Alexander Litvinenko
5. Wexford
6. Kevin Federline
7. China