QuizEire010618 Flashcards
1 Which prominent Nazi was executed in Ramla Israel on June 1 1962?
1 Adolf Eichmann
2 Which American President was the only one to marry while in office? He married Frances Folsom in the Blue Room at the White House on June 2 1886.
2 Grover Cleveland
3 Ellas Otha Bates died aged 79 on June 3rd 2008. His stage name was Black slang for ‘nothing at all’. Who was he?
3 Bo Diddley
4 Which US president had a son called Kermit (October 10 1889 – June 4 1943)?
4 Theodore Roosevelt
5 Which South African theatre television and film director (born 5 June 1956) directed the movies ‘Notting Hill’ starring Julia Roberts ‘Enduring Love’ ‘Le Week-End’ and ‘My Cousin Rachel’ starring Rachel Weisz?
5 Roger Michell
6 Which tile-matching puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Russian game designer Alexey Pajitnov was released on June 6 1984 while he was working for the Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Science of the USSR in Moscow?
6 Tetris
7 What do the initials stand for in the name R D Blackmore (7 June 1825) author of ‘Lorna Doone’ and one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century?
7 Richard Doddridge
8 Ernest Beaux (8 December 1881 – 9 June 1961) was a Russian-born French perfumer who is best known for creating which perfume which is perhaps the world’s most famous perfume?
8 Chanel No. 5
9 Born June 9 1961 which American screenwriter producer and playwright works include the Broadway plays A Few Good Men and The Farnsworth Invention; the television series Sports Night The West Wing Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and The Newsroom; and the films A Few Good Men The American President Charlie Wilson’s War The Social Network Moneyball and Steve Jobs?
9 Aaron Sorkin
10 Launched on 9 June 2017 what is the name of the world’s largest cruise ship?
10 MS Symphony of the Seas
11 Which American golfer (born June 12 1960) and a former PGA Tour member won 13 PGA Tour events during his professional career including the 1989 British Open Championship?
11 Mark Calcavecchia
12 Which rugby player was sent off for Ireland against New Zealand on 12 June 2010 the first Irish player to be sent off in the professional era for striking an opposition player (Richie McCaw) with his knee in frustration?
12 Jamie Heaslip
13 In the Christian tradition June 13 is the feast day of which saint born Fernando Martins de Bulhões (1195 – 13 June 1231)?
13 Saint Anthony of Padua
14 In April 2018 who succeeded Amber Rudd as British Home Secretary?
14 Sajid Javid
15 Which restaurant chain was founded in Wichita Kansas on June 15 1958 by brothers Dan and Frank Carney?
15 Pizza Hut
16 Which Swiss writer born in Geneva on 16 June 1985 wrote the bestselling novel ‘The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair’?
16 Joël Dicker
17 Which English film director (born 17 June 1957) is best known for her work in theatre and as the director of ‘Mamma Mia!’ and ‘The Iron Lady’?
17 Phyllida Lloyd
18 Which American actress (June 19 1928 – June 18 2000) who began her career in theatre in 1951 is perhaps most famous for her television portrayals of Margaret Pynchon on ‘Lou Grant’ and Livia Soprano on ‘The Sopranos’?
18 Nancy Marchand
19 Which writer (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature for his novels which with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth illuminate the human condition in the world of today? He won the Booker Prize in 1980 for ‘Rites of Passage’ and was the first person to be awarded both prizes.
19 William Golding
20 Which 2000 Nobel prize-winning physicist patented the microchip or integrated circuit in 1964? He died on June 20 2005.
20 Jack St Clair Kilby
21 Her image appears on Austrian €2 coins which Austrian-Bohemian pacifist and novelist (9 June 1843 – 21 June 1914) in 1905 became the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize ‘for writing ‘Lay Down Your Arms’ and contributing to the creation of the Prize’?
21 Bertha von Suttner
22 In which 2016 film directed by Stephen Frears does Meryl Streep (born 22 June 1949) play an ageing New York heiress who dreams of becoming an opera singer even though she has a terrible singing voice?
22 Florence Foster Jenkins
23 Taking place on a single day in June 1923 which novel by Virginia Woolf details a day in the life of a fictional high-society woman in post–First World War England opens with its title character announcing that she would buy the flowers herself?
23 Mrs Dalloway
24 Who was known as the prophet Yahya in the Quran?
24 John the Baptist
25 Which Irish rider won three stages of the 2018 Giro d’Italia cycle race?
25 Sam Bennett
26 A case of perityphlitis or inflammation of the connective tissues around the caecum was cited as the reason for the postponement of what event originally scheduled for 26 June 1902?
26 Coronation of Edward VII
27 A precursor to modern mixed martial arts which Japanese professional wrestler fought boxer Muhammad Ali at the Nippon Budokan arena in Tokyo on June 26 1976? The controversial contest ended in a draw.
27 Antonio Inoki
28 At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro which Jamaican track and field sprinter (born 28 June 1992) completed a rare sprint double when she won gold in the 100m (with a time of 10.71 s) and the 200m (21.78 s) becoming the first female sprinter to do so since Florence Griffith Joyner at the Seoul Olympics in 1988?
28 Elaine Thompson
29 Who born June 29 1965 is an American writer director and producer the creator of the AMC television drama series ‘Mad Men’ which premiered in 2007 and ran for seven seasons?
29 Matthew Weiner
30 What is the name of the American swimmer born June 30 1985 the most decorated Olympian in history who won five gold and one silver medal at the Rio Olympics taking his overall tally to 28 medals 23 of them gold?
30 Michael Phelps
31 Recently dramatised starring Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role which English author and journalist wrote the ‘Patrick Melrose’ series of novels?
31 Edward St Aubyn
32 In what city was the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final played on June 30?
32 Yokohama
