Season 3 - Week 1 Flashcards
Outside the front gate of Trinity College Dublin stands a statue of which notable alumnus, a Dub who was a statesman, economist, and philosopher? This man entered TCD in 1744 and graduated in 1748. Later in life he was a noted supporter of Catholic emancipation and a staunch opponent of the French Revolution.
Edmund Burke
What is the name of the thick noodle made from wheat flour used in Japanese cuisine? Its simplest form of serving is with a mild broth called kakejiru made from dashi, soy sauce, and mirin.
Udon
After years of denying links to it, Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close confidant of Russian president Vladimir Putin admitted in September 2022 that he ‘founded’ which paramilitary group? This organisation came to global prominence during the war in Donbas in Ukraine.
Wagner Group
In 2022, which four-time All-Ireland winning gaelic footballer published Threads, a book subtitled Clothes and the Irishman - A Woven History?
Paul Galvin
Which proto-punk anthem, released in 1969 by American group The MC5, ultimately led to the group being dumped by Elektra Records due to controversy over its explicit lyrics and liner notes?
Kick Out the Jams
While the over 550 species of the family Papilionidae may be known as ‘Swallowtails’, they are in fact members of what order of insects?
Butterflies / Lepidoptera (accept either)
Which Fine Gael TD for Meath West recently resigned from the role of Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection after admitting he had failed to declare ownership of an existing home in a planning application?
Damien English
Which bay in the North of Ireland is divided into the Outer Bay, and the almost entirely landlocked Inner Bay? The outer bay stretches from Newcastle to St John’s Point whilst the inner bay features a namesake town
Dundrum Bay
What name is shared by the two main sources of medieval skaldic tradition in Iceland and Norse mythology? One is referred to as the ‘Prose’ form while an older collection of poems without an original title now known as the ‘Poetic’ form
Edda
In August 2020, as a method of competing with TikTok, photo sharing site Instagram launched which service, that allowed users to publish short-form videos?
Reels
Which member of the Burke family from Castlebar, Co. Mayo, spent 107 days in Dublin’s Mountjoy Jail last Autumn, following his breaching of a court order not to attend the school from which he had been suspended as a teacher?
Enoch
In office since December 2019, Sanna Marin is the current Prime Minister of which European country?
Finland
In the first such expansion since 1991, the 2022 General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) in Versailles, France, voted to add four new prefixes to the SI system. Name either of the two prefixes chosen to represent 10-to-the-power-of-27 or 10-to-the-power-of-minus-27? These are abbreviated to R and r, respectively.
Ronna (R) / Ronto (r) - accept either
Considered by many historians as his country’s most influential 20th-century politician, which man served as the 14th and 17th president of Brazil, from 1930 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1954? His second term as leader was ended by his suicide in 1954.
Getúlio Vargas
Complete this family of characters, who were first seen on Australian TV in 2018? Chilli, Bandit, Bingo and ….. who?
Bluey
Although the films do not form a trilogy in the traditional sense, as there is no relationship between their plot and characters, what collective name is given to Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet, and Moulin Rouge? A DVD box set of the three films using this title was released in 2002.
Red Curtain Trilogy
Which member of the Burke family from Castlebar, who was involved in representing her brother Enoch at court hearings in late 2022, had made the news earlier in the year when the bad behaviour of her family members led to the dismissal of her appeal to the Workplace Relations Commission over her firing from Dublin law firm Arthur Cox?
Ammi
Serving in the role since October 2022, Giorgia Meloni is the current Prime Minister of which European country?
Italy
Who is missing from this list of characters in the “Squirrel Club”, first seen on the BBC in 2014: Betty the octopus, Norrie the mouse, Roly the hippo, Tag the rhino, Happy the crocodile and…. who?
Duggee (the dog from Hey Duggee)
What collective name is given to the three romance/drama films (1995, 2004, 2013) directed by Richard Linklater and starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy? The trilogy is named from the one word all three film titles have in common.
Before Trilogy (Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight)
While the 60 extant species in the genus Pteropus may be known as ‘Flying Foxes’, they are in fact members of which other order of mammals?
Bats / Chiroptera (accept either)
Which armed unit was founded in May 2014 as a volunteer paramilitary militia under the command of right-wing politician Andriy Biletsky, to fight pro-Russian forces in the Donbas War? It was formally incorporated into the National Guard of Ukraine in November of that year.
Azov Regiment (formerly Azov Battalion)
Also ratified at the 2022 General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) in Versailles, France, were two prefixes chosen to represent 10-to-the-power-of-30 and 10-to-the-power-of-minus-30. Name either of these prefixes, which are abbreviated as Q and q, respectively
Quetta (Q) / Quecto (q) - accept either
Which man, born into slavery in 1767, went on to become a key leader in the Haitian Revolution and, from 1811, the only monarch of the Kingdom of Haiti? His reign was ended when he took his own life in October 1820.
Henri Christophe / King Henri I - accept either
Outside the front gate of Trinity College Dublin stands a statue of which notable alumnus, a novelist and playwright hailing from Longford? This man also entered TCD in 1744 but didn’t graduate until 1749, owing to his having been briefly expelled following a riot. He is best known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield and his pastoral poem The Deserted Village
Oliver Goldsmith
Snorri Sturluson is commonly thought to have authored or compiled portions of the Prose Edda. He is also credited with which other famous work, a history of the Norse kings that begins with the Ynglinga saga and moves through to early medieval Scandinavian history?
Heimskringla / Circles of the World / Chronicle of the Kings of Norway (accept any)
Which song by British group The KLF was released several times by the group, reaching the top 5 of the UK charts in both 1990 and 1992? The 1990 version opened with a sample of Kick out the Jams by The MC5. This was removed from the 1992 version (subtitled America) which hit #4 in the Irish charts.
What Time is Love?
