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Question 1

1 Which British Prime Minister was born in Dublin on May 1 1769? He served two terms as Prime Minister from 22 January 1828 – 16 November 1830 and again from 14 November 1834 – 10 December 1834.

Answer 1

1 Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington

Question 2

2 And which British Prime Minister was born in Dublin on May 2 1737? He served as Prime Minister from 4 July 1782 – 2 April 1783.

Answer 2

2 William Petty 2nd Earl of Shelburne

Question 3

3 Under what stage name does the American singer songwriter guitarist and drummer born Joshua Michael Josh Tillman on May 3 1981 perform?

Answer 3

3 Father John Misty

Question 4

4 At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro which Hungarian swimmer (born May 3 1989) won the gold medal and broke the world record in the 400-meter individual medley won the gold medal and broke the Olympic record in the 200-meter individual medley and won a third gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke?

Answer 4

4 Katinka Hosszú

Question 5

5 In which town then part of the Kingdom of Prussia’s Province of the Lower Rhine was Karl Marx born on May 5 1818?

Answer 5

5 Trier

Question 6

6 Which Welsh actor (5 May 1944 – 10 July 2015) was widely known to American television audiences for playing the characters Robin Colcord in ‘Cheers’ and Lord John Marbury in ‘The West Wing’?

Answer 6

6 Roger Rees

Question 7

7 German composer Johannes Brahms (7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) maintained a long-running and emotionally passionate friendship with the pianist wife of which composer?

Answer 7

7 Robert Schumann’s wife Clara

Question 8

8 ‘This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate’ ‘No Logo’ ‘The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism’ and ‘No Is Not Enough’ are notable works by which Canadian writer and activist born May 8 1970?

Answer 8

8 Naomi Klein

Question 9

9 Who was born Eva María Duarte on May 7 1919?

Answer 9

9 Eva Perón

Question 10

10 Which scientist (12 May 1910 – 29 July 1994) was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry principally for her determination of the structure of vitamin B12?

Answer 10

10 Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin

Question 11

11 Which American theoretical physicist (May 11 1918 – February 15 1988) was known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics the theory of quantum electrodynamics and the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium as well as in particle physics for which he proposed the parton model? For his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics jointly with Julian Schwinger and Shin’ichirō Tomonaga he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965.

Answer 11

11 Richard Feynman

Question 12

12 Which German field-marshal and statesman (2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934) who commanded the German military during the second half of World War I was later elected President of the Weimar Republic and served in office from 12 May 1925 – 2 August 1934?

Answer 12

12 Paul von Hindenburg

Question 13

13 The current holder of the Miss World title Manushi Chhillar (born 14 May 1997) represents which country? She is the sixth woman from this country to win the title of Miss World.

Answer 13

13 India

Question 14

14 Following earlier attempts on his life by Pierre Barrière in August 1593 and Jean Châtel in December 1594 which French King was killed in Paris on 14 May 1610 by a Catholic fanatic François Ravaillac who stabbed him in the Rue de la Ferronnerie?

Answer 14

14 Henry IV

Question 15

15 Flags Numbers Maps and Stenciled Words are notable works by which American painter sculptor and printmaker (born May 15 1930) associated with Abstract expressionism Neo-Dada and Pop art?

Answer 15

15 Jasper Johns

Question 16

16 Margaret Sullavan Frances Ford Seymour Brokaw Susan Blanchard Afdera Franchetti and Shirlee Mae Adams were the five wives of which Hollywood star (May 16 1905 – August 12 1982)?

Answer 16

16 Henry Fonda

Question 17

17 Josh Homme (born May 17 1973) is the lead singer with which rock band?

Answer 17

17 Queens of the Stone Age

Question 18

18 “Mozart!” was the reputed last word of which Austrian composer who died on May 18 1911?

Answer 18

18 Gustav Mahler

Question 19

19 What was the title of Sam Smith’s (born 19 May 1992) number one that was the theme song to the 2015 James Bond movie ‘Spectre’?

Answer 19

19 Writing’s on the Wall

Question 20

20 In what city was broadcaster and documentary film-maker Louis Theroux born on May 20 1970?

Answer 20

20 Singapore

Question 21

21 Born 21 May 1921 which Russian nuclear physicist dissident and activist for disarmament peace and human rights was awarded the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize [for his] struggle for human rights for disarmament and for cooperation between all nations?

Answer 21

21 Andrei Sakharov

Question 22

22 Which Swiss painter and sculptor (22 May 1925 – 30 August 1991) is best known for his sculptural machines or kinetic art in the Dada tradition; known officially as metamechanics? His art satirized the mindless overproduction of material goods in advanced industrial society.

Answer 22

22 Jean Tinguely

Question 23

23 Which Hollywood actress born May 7 1923 played the title role of Eve Harrington in the 1950 film ‘All About Eve’?

Answer 23

23 Anne Baxter

Question 24

24 Stevie Wonder wrote the 1976 song ‘Sir Duke’ in tribute to which man who died on 24 May 1974?

Answer 24

24 Edward Kennedy ‘Duke’ Ellington

Question 25

25 Which former world heavyweight champion refereed the second Ali versus Liston fight on May 25 1965?

Answer 25

25 Jersey Joe Walcott

Question 26

26 Which Italian racing driver and back to back Formula One World Champion in 1952 and 1953 was killed in a crash in Monza on May 26 1955?

Answer 26

26 Alberto Ascari

Question 27

27 Which fictional character was born on 28 May 1908 (which is also his creator's birthday) in Gdingen Imperial Germany (now Gdynia Poland); his father was Polish and his mother Maria Michelopoulos was Greek?

Answer 27

27 Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Question 28

28 Who was the last King of Nepal from 2001 to 2008 when the monarchy was abolished on May 28 2008?

Answer 28

28 Gyanendra (Bir Bikram Shah Dev)

Question 29

29 Which encounter fought on 29th May 1455 was the first battle in the Wars of the Roses?

Answer 29

29 St Albans

Question 30

30 In April 2018 who succeeded Raúl Castro as President of Cuba?

Answer 30

30 Miguel Díaz-Canel

Question 31

31 By what name is Stephanie A. Gregory Clifford (born in Baton Rouge Louisiana on March 17 1979) much better known professionally?

Answer 31

31 Stormy Daniels

Question 32

32 How many balls including the cue ball are there on a snooker table at the start of a frame?

Answer 32

32 22

Question 33

33 'Prime Time' is a flagship RTE current affairs programme but which British actress born 23 May 1933 wrote her debut novel 'Prime Time' in 1988?

Answer 33

33 Joan Collins

Question 34

34 Which singer was born Francesco Stephen Castelluccio on May 3 1934?

Answer 34

34 Frankie Valli

Question 35

35 Which country has been ruled by the Al Khalifa dynasty since 1783?

Answer 35

35 Bahrain

Question 36

36 Which horse owned by Michael O'Leary's Gigginstown House Stud trained by Gordon Elliott and ridden by Davy Russell won the 2018 Aintree Grand National at an SP of 10/1?

Answer 36

36 Tiger Roll

Question 37

37 And which horse under jockey JJ Slevin won the 2018 Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse for the same owner and trainer?

Answer 37

37 General Principle

Question 38

38 Appointed in May 2017 who is the current prime minister of France?

Answer 38

38 Édouard Philippe

Question 39

39 In the novel by Heather Morris who was Lale Sokolov?

Answer 39

39 The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Question 40

40 The wide tract of forest and saltwater swamp known as the Sundarbans forms the lower part of the delta of which river?

Answer 40

40 Ganges

Question 41

41 Which vegetable is known in Indian cookery as bhindi?

Answer 41

41 Okra

Question 42

42 What is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California in northern Mexico on the US border?

Answer 42

42 Mexicali

Question 43

43 Which Fine Gael politician (born 21 May 1943) was the Minister for Finance from March 2011 until June 2017? He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick East and later Limerick City constituencies since 1981.

Answer 43

43 Michael Noonan

Question 44

44 Who recently succeeded Páraic Duffy as Director General of the GAA?

Answer 44

44 Tom Ryan

Question 45

45 Which fictional detective had as his manservant a reformed criminal named Magersfontein Lugg?

Answer 45

45 Albert Campion (in the books by Marjorie Allingham)

Question 46

46 Which song a huge hit for John Denver in 1971 was co-written by then husband and wife Bill Danoff (born May 7 1946) and Taffy Nivert and John Denver?

Answer 46

46 Take Me Home Country Roads

Question 47

47 What is the capital of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh?

Answer 47

47 Bhopal

Question 48

48 Which war was ended by the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648?

Answer 48

48 Thirty Years War

Question 49

49 What is the young of a spider called?

Answer 49

49 Spiderling

Question 50

50 In which Shakespeare play does Crab the dog appear? 

Answer 50

50 Two Gentlemen of Verona

Question 51

51 Which English philosopher in his 1651 book 'Leviathan' described the life of man as 'solitary poor nasty brutish and short'?

Answer 51

51 Thomas Hobbes

Question 52

52 Which country's one and two euro coins show a cruciform idol from around 3000BC? It is said to reflect the country's place at the heart of civilisation and antiquity.

Answer 52

52 Cyprus

Question 53

53 In which folk opera does the drug peddler Sportin' Life persuade the heroine to go to New York?

Answer 53

53 Porgy and Bess

Question 54

54 Which book by George Crile about a US congressman’s involvement in a covert CIA operation to support the Afghan rebels in the 1980s was released as a film starring Tom Hanks in 2007?

Answer 54

54 Charlie Wilson's War

Question 55

55 Bored doctor's wife Emma Bovary is the central character of which writer's first published novel?

Answer 55

55 Gustave Flaubert (Madame Bovary)

Question 56

56 Which two US states border Rhode Island?

Answer 56

56 Connecticut & Massachusetts

Question 57

57 Newton & Ridley is the name of the brewery in Coronation Street. What is the name of the brewery in EastEnders?

Answer 57

57 Luxford & Copley

Question 58

58 In the Star Trek universe in which city are the headquarters of Starfleet command and Starfleet Academy?

Answer 58

58 San Francisco

Question 59

59 On which body of the solar system are there craters called Shakespeare Beethoven and Tolstoy?

Answer 59

59 Mercury

Question 60

60 Bikini Atoll is part of what island group in the Pacific?

Answer 60

60 Marshall Islands

Question 61

61 Thiruvananthapuram also known as Trivandrum is the capital and the largest city of which Indian state with the nicknames God's Own Country Spice Garden of India and Land of Coconuts?

Answer 61

61 Kerala

Question 62

62 Carbonera and Dragonera are two of the of the smaller islands of which archipelago?

Answer 62

62 Balearic Islands

Question 63

63 The songs 'The Surrey With The Fringe On Top' and 'People Will Say We're In Love' come from which musical?

Answer 63

63 Oklahoma!

Question 64

64 In 1964 there was an outbreak of typhoid in which UK city with the first two cases identified on 20 May 1964?

Answer 64

64 Aberdeen

Question 65

65 Which 1965 Nobel Prize-winning physicist (May 11 1918 – February 15 1988) who had a reputation as a prankster wrote the book 'What Do You Care What Other People Think?'?

Answer 65

65 Richard Feynman

Question 66

66 A song contest held annually since 1951 in which city on the Italian Riviera was the inspiration for the Eurovision Song Contest? 

Answer 66

66 San Remo

Question 67

67 Which Greek singer born Vassiliki Papathanasiou won the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest representing Luxembourg with the French song 'Aprés Toi'?

Answer 67

67 Vicky Leandros

Question 68

68 In the USA which federal holiday which is observed on the last Monday of May and remembers those who died serving in the country's armed forces originated in 1868 after the American Civil War and was then named Decoration Day?

Answer 68

68 Memorial Day

Question 69

69 Which 1969 novel by Kurt Vonnegut has the alternative title 'The Children's Crusade - A Duty-Dance With Death'?

Answer 69

69 Slaughterhouse-Five

Question 70

70 Which American professional golfer (born May 12 1970) will captain the US team at the 2018 Ryder Cup?

Answer 70

70 Jim Furyk

Question 71

71 Wuhan located at the intersection of the Yangtze and Han rivers and sometimes referred to as 'the Chicago of China' is the capital and largest city of which Chinese province?

Answer 71

71 Hubei

Question 72

72 Who born 18 May 1872 was awarded the 1950 Nobel Prize for Literature in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought?

Answer 72

72 Bertrand Russell

Question 73

73 Panthera uncia is the scientific name of which large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia?

Answer 73

73 Snow leopard / Ounce

Question 74

74 Which pop group provided the interval act at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton the year ABBA won with 'Waterloo'?

Answer 74

74 The Wombles

Question 75

75 Which Irish singer represented Luxembourg at the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest and finished 5th with the song 'Toi'?

Answer 75

75 Geraldine Brannigan

Question 76

76 Keith Relf who was electrocuted in the basement of his home on 14 May 1976 aged 33 was best known as the lead vocalist and harmonica player for which English rock band?

Answer 76

76 The Yardbirds

Question 77

77 Which Irish jockey (born 22 May 1977 County Offaly) has won the Irish flat racing Champion Jockey title nine times?

Answer 77

77 Pat Smullen

Question 78

78 Who were Ray Doyle and William Bodie in a TV show first broadcast from 1977 to 1983?

Answer 78

78 The Professionals

Question 79

79 Which mid-20th-century novelist (24 August 1890 – 14 May 1979) was born Ella Gwendolyn Rees Williams and grew up in the Caribbean island of Dominica though she was mainly resident in England from the age of 16? She is best known for her novel 'Wide Sargasso Sea' (1966) written as a prequel to Charlotte Brontë's 'Jane Eyre'.

Answer 79

79 Jean Rhys

Question 80

80 What is the most senior non-commissioned rank in the Irish Army?

Answer 80

80 Battalion Sergeant Major (BSM)