QuizEire011018 Flashcards
1 Born October 1 1924 who was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize “for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts to advance democracy and human rights and to promote economic and social development”?
1 Jimmy Carter
2 Born 2 October 1984 which former French professional tennis player won the 2013 Wimbledon Championships singles title after previously being runner-up in 2007 and was a semi-finalist at the 2011 French Open?
2 Marion Bartoli
3 Which actress born 3 October 1988 plays the title role in the 2018 film ‘Lara Croft’?
3 Alicia Vikander
4 Played by Dakota Johnson (born 4 October 1989) who is the female protagonist in the ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ trilogy?
4 Anastasia Steele
5 In September which town was announced as the overall winner of the 2018 National Tidy Towns competition?
5 Listowel
6 In which country is there a city called 6th of October which is a satellite town and part of the urban area 32 km (20 miles) outside the capital city?
6 Egypt
7 In October 2007 Emmanuel Macron married his former teacher 24 years his senior. What is her name?
7 Brigitte Marie-Claude Trogneux
8 Which American film actress was born Jane Alice Peters on October 6 1908? The third wife of actor Clark Gable she died at the age of 33 in an airplane crash on January 16 1942.
8 Carole Lombard
9 Blade II (2002) Hellboy (2004) Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) Pacific Rim (2013) Crimson Peak (2015) and The Shape of Water (2017) are among the notable films directed by which director born in Guadalajara Mexico on October 9 1964?
9 Guillermo del Toro Gómez
10 In October 1910 which European country became a republic after King Manuel II was overthrown?
10 Portugal
11 What invention named after a city was due to a discovery made independently by German cleric Ewald Georg von Kleist on 11 October 1745 and by Dutch scientist Pieter van Musschenbroek in 1745–1746?
11 Leyden jar (or Leiden jar)
12 Released on Island Records on October 12 1981 what was the name of U2’s second studio album?
12 October
13 Which Swiss chemist received the 1948 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine for his 1939 discovery of insecticidal qualities and use of DDT in the control of vector diseases such as malaria and yellow fever? He died on October 13 1965.
13 Paul Müller
14 What was the last film in which Roger Moore (14 October 1927 – 23 May 2017) played James Bond?
14 A View to a Kill (1985)
15 Which Irish soprano was born in Castlebar Co Mayo on October 15 1889? She trained as a singer and is particularly remembered for performances in Puccini operas in Italy and Covent Garden. She died in Dublin on April 16 1958.
15 Margaret Burke Sheridan
16 Which Maltese journalist an outspoken critic of political corruption in Malta was assassinated in a car bomb attack close to her home on October 16 2017?
16 Daphne Caruana Galizia
17 Assassinated on 15 October 1987 Thomas Sankara sometimes referred to as “Africa’s Che Guevara” was the president of which African country from 1983 to 1987?
17 Burkina Faso
18 Which American character actor (October 18 1935 – December 12 2006) played Frank Barone on the sitcom ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ and the comical monster in Mel Brooks’ film spoof ‘Young Frankenstein’ (1974)?
18 Peter Boyle
19 Which author born in Washington DC on October 19 1962 wrote the art inspired novels ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ and ‘The Lady and the Unicorn’?
19 Tracy Chevalier
20 Which Bangladeshi-born British writer and novelist (born October 20 1967) debut novel ‘Brick Lane’ (2003) was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize?
20 Monica Ali
21 Peaking around October 21 what is the most prolific meteor shower associated with Halley’s Comet?
21 Orionids
22 “New Rose” was the first single by which British punk rock group released on 22 October 1976 on Stiff Records?
22 The Damned
23 Margaret Qualley (born October 23 1994) is an American actress dancer and model known for playing Jill Garvey on the HBO television series ‘The Leftovers’ and Mia Sutton in the 2017 film ‘Death Note’. Which actress is her well-known mother?
23 Andie MacDowell
24 Also known as the Ramadan War or October War in which year was the Yom Kippur War fought between October 6-25?
24 1973
25 Which Crimean War battle was fought on October 25 1854?
25 Battle of Balaclava
26 Which Irish filmmaker published a memoir titled ‘It’s Not Yet Dark’ in 2014 about his experience with motor neurone disease? He wrote and directed ‘My Name Is Emily’ while living with the condition in 2015. He died aged 43 on 26 October 2017.
26 Simon Fitzmaurice
27 ‘The Patriot Game’ ‘McAlpine’s Fusiliers’ and ‘Liverpool Lou’ are notable works by which songwriter singer short story writer novelist and playwright born in Dublin on 22 October 1928?
27 Dominic Behan
28 Which band released their sixth studio album ‘News of the World’ on 28 October 1977?
28 Queen
29 Actor Robert Hardy (29 October 1925 – 3 August 2017) probably best-known for playing Siegfried Farnon on ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ was a notable expert on which medieval weapon?
29 English longbow
30 Which astronaut (born October 31 1930) was the command module pilot of the Apollo 11 mission who remained in orbit while Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the moon?
30 Michael Collins
31 In 1866 which Irish doctor and scientific writer (21 December 1821 – 31 October 1897) developed the original equations for hanging as a humane method of execution whereby the neck was broken at the time of the drop so that the condemned person did not slowly strangle to death? “On hanging considered from a Mechanical and Physiological point of view” was published in the London Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science Vol. 32 No. 213 (July 1866) calling for a drop energy of 2240 ft-lbs.
31 Samuel Houghton
32 What name is given to The Simpsons’ Halloween episode since season two?
32 Treehouse of Horror
