QuizEire011019 Flashcards
1 Which Oscar-winning actress was born Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers on October 1 1989 in Sacramento California?
1 Brie Larson
2 By what stage name is the English indie singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Damon Michael Gough born 2 October 1969 in Dunstable Bedfordshire much better known?
2 Badly Drawn Boy
3 Which Finnish actor and former professional basketball player (born October 3 1986) is best known for his role as Chewbacca in the ‘Star Wars’ saga taking over the role from Peter Mayhew first as a body double with ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ (2015) and later as the lead in ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ (2017) and ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ (2018)?
3 Joonas Suotamo
4 Which Turkish-born French actor (born 4 October 1953) received critical praise for his performance as Julien Baptiste in the acclaimed BBC One/Starz drama series ‘The Missing’ and in the 2019 in a spin-off series titled ‘Baptiste’?
4 Tchéky Karyo
5 Which famous man did nurse Evelyn Mase marry on 5 October 1944?
5 Nelson Mandela
6 Which golfer who won eleven Majors during his career became the first American-born player to win the 1922 British Open at Royal St George’s Golf Club in Sandwich Kent? He won the Claret Jug three more times and died on October 6 1969?
6 Walter Hagen
7 Thom Yorke (born 7 October 1968) is an English musician best known as the lead singer and main songwriter of which alternative rock band?
7 Radiohead
8 The Bank of England polymer £20 note to be introduced in 2020 will feature which figure?
8 J. M. W. Turner
9 Which bird scientific name Numenius arquata once very common in Ireland has declined by over 95% in the last thirty years and now less than 140 breeding pairs remain?
9 Curlew
10 The Supper at Emmaus was one of the most famous paintings by which Dutch painter (October 10 1889 to December 30 1947) best known for his successful and complex scheme of forging and selling paintings attributed to Dutch masters?
10 Han van Meegeren
11 Which American rapper songwriter television personality was born Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar in The Bronx New York City on October 11 1992?
11 Cardi B
12 In Greek mythology who was the wife of King Priam of Troy during the Trojan War?
12 Hecuba
13 Jack Ryan who has been portrayed on screen by Alec Baldwin Harrison Ford Ben Affleck and Chris Pine was created by which writer who died on October 1 2013?
13 Tom Clancy
14 One of the most successful Olympians of all time which American track and field athlete (October 14 1873 – September 29 1937) who specialised in the standing high long and triple jumps won a total of eight gold medals at the 1900 1904 and 1908 Olympic Games and two gold medals at the Intercalated Games (1906 in Athens)?
14 Ray Ewry
15 1988’s Big starring Tom Hanks (the first film directed by a woman to gross over US$100 million) Awakenings (1990) starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro A League of Their Own (1992) with Geena Davis Tom Hanks Madonna and Rosie O’Donnell and The Preacher’s Wife (1996) are notable films directed by which female film director born in The Bronx Ney York City on October 15 1943?
15 Penny Marshall
16 By what name is Giovanni Antonio Canal born in Venice on 18 October 1697 better known?
16 Canaletto
17 Which American actress and film star of the 1930s and 1940s was born Gladys Georgianna Greene (October 17 1900 – June 19 1991)? She had feature roles in three Frank Capra films: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) You Can’t Take It with You (1938) and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1944 for her performance in The More the Merrier (1943). and as a homesteader’s wife in the classic George Stevens western Shane (1953) her final film and the only color film in which she appeared.
17 Jean Arthur
18 The Neapolitan Novels comprising ‘My Brilliant Friend’ (2012) ‘The Story of a New Name’ (2013) ‘Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay’ (2014) and ‘The Story of the Lost Child’ (2015) are notable works by which pseudonymous Italian novelist born 18 October 1943?
18 Elena Ferrante
19 Which British prime minister died in office on October 18 1865 his last words being ‘Die my dear Doctor? That’s the last thing I shall do’?
19 Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston
20 Which American composer (born October 20 1955) is best known for his many film scores including ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ ‘Skyfall’ and ‘Spectre’? He has been nominated for fourteen Academy Awards and three Golden Globes and has won two BAFTAs six Grammys and an Emmy Award.
20 Thomas Newman
21 The ‘Earthsea’ series and ‘The Left Hand of Darkness’ are notable works by which American novelist (October 21 1929 – January 22 2018) winner of the Hugo Award Nebula Award Locus Award and World Fantasy Award each more than once?
21 Ursula K. Le Guin
22 Which British-Zimbabwean (Rhodesian) novelist born in Iran (22 October 1919 – 17 November 2013) was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature for “that epicist of the female experience who with scepticism fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny”?
22 Doris Lessing
23 Joe Louis was nicknamed ‘The Brown Bomber’ but which American professional boxer (born October 22 1985) is nicknamed ‘The Bronze Bomber’?
23 Deontay Wilder
24 Which American voice actor (September 7 1926 – October 24 1997) is best known for his performances in Hanna-Barbera cartoons? His best-remembered vocal creations include Scooby-Doo Bamm-Bamm Rubble and Hoppy in The Flintstones Astro in The Jetsons Muttley in Wacky Races and Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines Boo-Boo Bear and Ranger Smith in The Yogi Bear Show.
24 Don Messick
25 Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz were the middle names of which artist born 25 October 1881?
25 Pablo Picasso
26 Which English actor (born 26 October 1953) plays DI Fred Thursday in the TV series ‘Endeavour’?
26 Roger Allam
27 Which Slovak-Canadian film producer and director (born October 27 1946) best known for his comedy work directed the films Meatballs (1979) Stripes (1981) Ghostbusters (1984) Legal Eagles (1986) Twins (1988) Ghostbusters II (1989) Kindergarten Cop (1990) Dave (1993) Junior (1994) Six Days Seven Nights (1998) Evolution (2001) My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006) and No Strings Attached (2011)?
27 Ivan Reitman
28 Which English philosopher and physician (29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the “Father of Liberalism”?
28 John Locke
29 Which British philosopher (29 October 1910 – 27 June 1989) is known for his promotion of logical positivism particularly in his books ‘Language Truth and Logic’ (1936) and ‘The Problem of Knowledge’ (1956)?
29 A. J. “Freddie” Ayer
30 Which American singer-songwriter born Grace Barnett Wing in Chicago on October 30 1939 and nicknamed The Acid Queen and The Chrome Nun is most associated with the bands The Great Society Jefferson Airplane Jefferson Starship and Starship?
30 Grace Slick
31 Which horror film series features the serial killer Michael Myers?
31 Halloween
32 His film ‘Le Monde du silence’ won the Palme d’Or in 1956 and the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1957 although he was not credited at the ceremony; the award was instead presented to the film’s co-director Jacques Cousteau. His most famous films include the crime film ‘Ascenseur pour l’échafaud’ (1958) the World War II drama ‘Lacombe Lucien’ (1974) the romantic crime film ‘Atlantic City’ (1980) the comedy-drama ‘My Dinner with Andre’ (1981) and the autobiographical film ‘Au revoir les enfants’ (1987). Who is this French film director screenwriter and producer (30 October 1932 – 23 November 1995) worked in both French cinema and Hollywood and produced both French and English language films?
32 Louis Malle
33 Who was the shortest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century? He is often referred to as “the unknown Prime Minister” not least because of a biography of that title by Robert Blake; the name comes from a remark by Asquith at his funeral that they were burying the Unknown Prime Minister next to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Westminster Abbey.
33 Andrew Bonar Law
34 Who is the current reigning Miss Ireland and will represent Ireland at the Miss World finals in China later in the year?
34 Chelsea Farrell
35 In September which town was announced as the overall winner of the 2019 National Tidy Towns competition?
35 Glaslough Co Monaghan
36 What was the name of the Irish surgeon (1786–1836) who accompanied Napoleon to Saint Helena and became his physician having been surgeon on board the Bellerophon when the emperor surrendered himself?
36 Barry O’Meara
