QuizEire010418

Question 1

1 Which horse trained by Colin Tizzard and ridden by Richard Johnson won the 2018 Cheltenham Gold Cup?

Answer 1

1 Native River

Question 2

2 Which film star (2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) wrote three volumes of best-selling autobiography beginning with ‘Blessings in Disguise’ in 1985 followed by ‘My Name Escapes Me’ in 1996 and ‘A Positively Final Appearance’ in 1999?

Answer 2

2 Sir Alec Guinness

Question 3

3 Who succeded Rex Tillerson as US Secretary of State?

Answer 3

3 Mike Pompeo

Question 4

4 The biographies ‘So Me’ and ‘The Life and Loves of a He Devil: A Memoir’ as well as the best-selling novel ‘Holding’ were written by which famous man born April 4 1963?

Answer 4

4 Graham Norton

Question 5

5 Which American actor born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg (April 5 1901 – August 4 1981) won two Oscars for best supporting actor in 1963 for ‘Hud’ and in 1979 for ‘Being There’?

Answer 5

5 Melvyn Douglas

Question 6

6 Which Italian Renaissance master painter and sculptor died on Good Friday April 6 1520 aged 37?

Answer 6

6 Raphael

Question 7

7 Which English film and television actor (13 May 1946 – 7 April 2017) was best known for his leading role as Ronald Merrick in the television drama series ‘The Jewel in the Crown’ for which he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in 1985?

Answer 7

7 Tim Pigott-Smith

Question 8

8 In April 2017 ‘Sign Of The Times’ was a debut number-one solo hit single for which member of One Direction?

Answer 8

8 Harry Styles

Question 9

9 Which British politician born April 9 1906 was leader of the British Labour Party from 1955 to 1963?

Answer 9

9 Hugh Gaitskell

Question 10

10 The Somali-American actor Barkhad Abdi (born April 10 1985) was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in which 2013 film?

Answer 10

10 Captain Phillips

Question 11

11 Which US navy nuclear powered submarine was lost with all hands when it exceeded its crush depth during a test dive in the Atlantic on April 10 1963?

Answer 11

11 USS Thresher (SSN-593)

Question 12

12 Which Fine Gael politician born April 12 1982 is the brother of actor Killian Scott who played Tommy Daly in ‘Love/Hate’?

Answer 12

12 Eoghan Murphy

Question 13

13 Who wrote the 1907 novel ‘Friday the 13th’ which popularised the superstition that the date was unlucky in Western culture?

Answer 13

13 Thomas Lawson

Question 14

14 Who becomes the first woman to head the CIA?

Answer 14

14 Gina Haspel

Question 15

15 On board which ship did Wallace Hartley and his band give their last performance on the night of 15th April 1912?

Answer 15

15 RMS Titanic

Question 16

16 Which American musician whose rockabilly songs such as Twenty Flight Rock Summertime Blues C’mon Everybody and Somethin’ Else captured teenage frustration and desire in the mid-1950s and early 1960s died in a car crash on April 17 1960?

Answer 16

16 Eddie Cochran

Question 17

17 Which Pritzker Prize-winning architect born in Guangzhou China on April 26 1917 and still with us at time of writing designed the glass pyramid that stands outside the Louvre museum in Paris?

Answer 17

17 I M Pei

Question 18

18 Which American actor (born April 18 1934) is probably best known for his success in playing the title role in the Western television series ‘The Virginian’ broadcast on NBC from 1962–1971 and still syndicated worldwide today?

Answer 18

18 James Drury

Question 19

19 What do the initials JG stand for in the name of the English novelist short story writer and essayist J G Ballard (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)?

Answer 19

19 James Graham

Question 20

20 Which English artist born 20 April 1963 who primarily produces sculptures which typically take the form of casts was the first woman to win the annual Turner Prize in 1993?

Answer 20

20 Rachel Whiteread

Question 21

21 John Crome (22 December 1768 – 22 April 1821) Robert Ladbrooke and John Sell Cotman were leading lights of which artistic school named after an English city?

Answer 21

21 Norwich School of painters

Question 22

22 Known to his friends as ‘Mike’ what did the initials J P stand for in the name of writer J P Donleavy (born April 23 1926)?

Answer 22

22 John Patrick

Question 23

23 Which American fashion model (born April 23 1995) was named International Model of the Year 2016 by the British Fashion Council?

Answer 23

23 Gigi Hadid

Question 24

24 Which cartoonist who died on April 23 2017 aged 86 created the Beano strips Little Plum Minnie the Minx The Bash Street Kids and The Three Bears?

Answer 24

24 Leo Baxendale

Question 25

25 Which Irishman served from 1972 to 1980 as the sixth president of the International Olympic Committee? He died on April 25 1999.

Answer 25

25 Lord Killanin

Question 26

26 Which fantasy novelist born April 1 1926 wrote the 'Dragonriders of Pern' series of fantasy novels? American-born writer who immigrated to Ireland

Answer 26

26 Anne McCaffrey

Question 27

27 Which 'Strictly Come Dancing' judge was born Marnie Mercedes Darcey Pemberton Crittle on 27 April 1969?

Answer 27

27 Darcey Bussell

Question 28

28 Ours is essentially a tragic age so we refuse to take it tragically. is the opening line from which novel first published in Italy in 1928?

Answer 28

28 Lady Chatterley's Lover

Question 29

29 Which Algerian track and field athlete born April 29 1988 winner of the 1500 metres gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics won silver medals in both the 800 m and 1500 m events at the Rio Olympics?

Answer 29

29 Taoufik Makhloufi

Question 30

30 Which 20th century philosopher (26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was the author of the works 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus' and 'Philosophical Investigations'? 

Answer 30

30 Ludwig Wittgenstein

Question 31

31 Who is the chairman of the National Emergency Coordination group?

Answer 31

31 Sean Hogan

Question 32

32 Which horse won the 2018 Dubai World Cup?

Answer 32

32 Thunder Snow

Question 33

33 What are the names of the three children of Homer and Marge Simpson?

Answer 33

33 Bart Lisa & Maggie

Question 34

34 Which American film director born with the surname Schwartzberg on 24 April 1930 directed the movies 'The Omen' (1976) 'Superman' (1978) 'The Goonies' (1985) and 'Scrooged' (1988) and all four 'Lethal Weapon' movies?

Answer 34

34 Richard Donner

Question 35

35 What is the name of the road that is crossed by the Aintree Race Course? 

Answer 35

35 Melling Road

Question 36

36 Who (April 22 1936 – August 8 2017) starred as La Boeuf in 1969 film 'True Grit' which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Most Promising Newcomer?

Answer 36

36 Glen Campbell

Question 37

37 Which American singer songwriter guitarist and fiddler (April 6 1937 – April 6 2016) along with Buck Owens and his band the Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound which is characterized by the twang of Fender Telecaster and the unique mix with the traditional country steel guitar sound new vocal harmony styles in which the words are minimal and a rough edge not heard on the more polished Nashville sound recordings of the same era?

Answer 37

37 Merle Haggard

Question 38

38 What are the names of the Russian father and daughter who were poisoned with a nerve agent in Salisbury on March 4 2018?

Answer 38

38 Segei & Yulia Skripal

Question 39

39 Which American actress (born April 29 1983) is best known for her role as FBI agent/profiler-turned blacklist consultant Elizabeth Keen on the NBC drama series 'The Blacklist'? 

Answer 39

39 Megan Boone

Question 40

40 The name of which type of red sauce is thought to originate from the Malay word for a fermented fish sauce?

Answer 40

40 Ketchup

Question 41

41 Who became the fourth woman to train a Grand National winner when One For Arthur won the race in 2017?

Answer 41

41 Lucinda Russell

Question 42

42 Raphael's portrait of which poet appears on the two euro coin of Italy?

Answer 42

42 Dante

Question 43

43 'Letters from Iceland is a 1937 travel book in prose and verse by WH Auden and which Irish poet?

Answer 43

43 Louis MacNiece

Question 44

44 Which mansion in Washington DC gives its name both to a concerto by Igor Stravinsky and to an international conference of 1944 that laid the foundations for the establishment of the United Nations?

Answer 44

44 Dumbarton Oaks

Question 45

45 Which religious group has two main divisions the Theravada and Mahayana?

Answer 45

45 Buddhists

Question 46

46 Which American city stands on the confluence of the Allegheny and Monogahela rivers? 

Answer 46

46 Pittsburgh

Question 47

47 Sorex minutus is the binomial name for which creature native to Ireland?

Answer 47

47 Pygmy shrew

Question 48

48 In which major mountain range of North America extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California would you find the mountains Mount Rainier the range's highest mountain standing at 14411 ft (4392 m) Mount Adams Mount Hood and Mount St. Helens?

Answer 48

48 Cascade Range

Question 49

49 In February 2018 who succeeded Jacob Zuma to become the fifth president of South Africa since the country's 1994 democratic transition?

Answer 49

49 Cyril Ramaphosa

Question 50

50 Which American photographer born April 23 1950 is famous for his June 1985 National Geographic cover of a green-eyed child known as 'the Afghan Girl'?

Answer 50

50 Steve McCurry

Question 51

51 Bemba is the most spoken indigenous language of which landlocked African country?

Answer 51

51 Zambia

Question 52

52 Set in the fictional town of Roulettenburg 'The Gambler' is a short novel by which Russian writer?

Answer 52

52 Dostoyevsky

Question 53

53 The RTE broadcaster Gerry Ryan died aged 53 on April 30 in what year?

Answer 53

53 2010

Question 54

54 What is the title of the 2007 sequel to the 2003 film 'Bruce Almighty'?

Answer 54

54 Evan Almighty

Question 55

55 Which fellow-student and compatriot of J P Donleavy's was the inspiration for Sebastian Dangerfield protagonist of 'The Ginger Man' first published in 1955?

Answer 55

55 Gainor Stephen Crist

Question 56

56 Which Chinese city on the Pearl River near to Hong Kong and giving its name to a style of cooking is now called Guangzhou?

Answer 56

56 Canton

Question 57

57 Which two US states border the state of Washington?

Answer 57

57 Oregon & Idaho

Question 58

58 Which major world city is served by Pulkovo International Airport?

Answer 58

58 St Petersburg

Question 59

59 What is the more common name for Muriatic acid?

Answer 59

59 Hydrochloric acid

Question 60

60 Which English musician (born 26 April 1960) is best known as the drummer of the new wave music band Duran Duran from their inception until 1985 and again from 2001 onwards?

Answer 60

60 Roger Taylor

Question 61

61 Measuring 1303 square degrees which is the largest of the 88 modern star constellations?

Answer 61

61 Hydra

Question 62

62 What are the only species of bear (Tremarctos ornatus) native to South America?

Answer 62

62 Spectacled or Andean bear 

Question 63

63 Which war was ended by the Treaty of Paris in 1763?

Answer 63

63 Seven Years War

Question 64

64 Which planet in our solar system has the longest rotation period (243 days) of any planet in the Solar System and rotates in the opposite direction to most other planets?

Answer 64

64 Venus

Question 65

65 Who was shot and killed by Boston Corbett on April 26 1865?

Answer 65

65 John Wilkes Booth

Question 66

66 Which religious organisation was established at the Black House in San Francisco California on Walpurgisnacht April 30 1966 by Anton Szandor LaVey who was the church's High Priest until his death in 1997?

Answer 66

66 Church of Satan

Question 67

67 'Homeward: Songs by the Way' and 'The Earth Breath' are among the works of which figure (10 April 1867 – 17 July 1935) in the Irish literary revival who used the grapheme 'Æ' as a pen name?

Answer 67

67 George Russell 

Question 68

68 What is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India?

Answer 68

68 Patna

Question 69

69 Sak'art'velo is the local name for which former Soviet republic?

Answer 69

69 Georgia

Question 70

70 In which US city was the Mayo Clinic founded in 1889?

Answer 70

70 Rochester Minnesota

Question 71

71 Zhengzhou is the capital of which Chinese province?

Answer 71

71 Henan

Question 72

72 Developed by the German-born American chemist Herman Frasch in 1894 in the Frasch process superheated water is pumped into underground deposits to recover what element?

Answer 72

72 Sulphur

Question 73

73 Which former international born April 26 1973 is currently the head coach of the Scotland national rugby union team?

Answer 73

73 Gregor Townsend

Question 74

74 Which Mercury prize-winning band released their second chart-topping album 'Favourite Worst Nightmare' in April 2007?

Answer 74

74 Arctic Monkeys

Question 75

75 Last month which Chilean film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film? 

Answer 75

75 A Fantastic Woman

Question 76

76 Which Briton became the Olympic figure skating champion at Innsbruck in 1976 the first Englishman to do so?

Answer 76

76 John Curry

Question 77

77 Who made history in 1977 when she was the first woman to ride in the Aintree Grand National on her horse Barony Fort?

Answer 77

77 Charlotte Brew

Question 78

78 And in 1982 which woman rode Cheers to eighth place in the Aintree Grand National and thus became the first female jockey to successfully complete the race?

Answer 78

78 Geraldine Rees

Question 79

79 Which horse did amateur jockey Dick Saunders ride to win the 1982 Aintree Grand National and become at age 48 the oldest jockey to date to win the race?

Answer 79

79 Grittar

Question 80

80 Which English actress born April 10 1992 was cast in the lead role of Rey in the 'Star Wars' sequel trilogy appearing in 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' (2015) and 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' (2017)?

Answer 80

80 Daisy Ridley