Well, here I go dipping my toes into the sheepy waters! Please sign up as it would a bit embarrassing to be left hanging Big Grin hopefully I wont make a balls of it.
For this one google* is allowed, in fact it’s strongly advised as I might be showing my age quite a bit with the topics! I’m sure you all know the drill better than I do - there are no wrong answers, only low scoring ones. * other search engines are allowed too…
Music - 1. An obvious one to start with. Name a Glen Campbell song apart from ‘Wichita Lineman’ -
2. Other than ‘From a Distance’ name a Nanci Griffith song –
Science next – 1. Name an element that starts with a vowel –
2. Name a celebrity inventor –
Sport – 1. Name an Irish professional golfer (past or present) who wasn’t born in Co. Offaly –
2. Name an English soccer team that starts with an S –
Politics – 1. Name any former President of the USA. (Minus points for anyone naming the one with a head that looks like a poorly combed basketball.)
2. Name any female TD in the current Irish Dail –
TV – 1. Might be a chance for a big score as there are only 6 to choose from – name a ‘Friends’ character who appeared in all 235 episodes –
2. Name a TV quiz programme -
Geography – 1. Name anywhere in Co. Wicklow that starts with the letter G –
2. Name a county in Ireland you would love to move to –
Literature – 1. Name a Charles Dickens character that doesn’t appear in a title of any of his novels –
2. Name a novel by Roddy Doyle excluding the Barrytown Trilogy of ‘The Commitments’ / ‘The Snapper’ / ‘The Van’ ) –
Film – 1. Name any movie in which Cary Grant appears –
2. And finally – a sort of hypothetical one – who do you think will replace Daniel Craig as James Bond?
Please PM your answers to me.
I'll likely close sign-ups at some stage Sunday or Monday depending on numbers, with the reveal a day or two later. Right now I'm off to find out how the scoring system thingy works!!!
For this one google* is allowed, in fact it’s strongly advised as I might be showing my age quite a bit with the topics! I’m sure you all know the drill better than I do - there are no wrong answers, only low scoring ones. * other search engines are allowed too…
Music - 1. An obvious one to start with. Name a Glen Campbell song apart from ‘Wichita Lineman’ -
2. Other than ‘From a Distance’ name a Nanci Griffith song –
Science next – 1. Name an element that starts with a vowel –
2. Name a celebrity inventor –
Sport – 1. Name an Irish professional golfer (past or present) who wasn’t born in Co. Offaly –
2. Name an English soccer team that starts with an S –
Politics – 1. Name any former President of the USA. (Minus points for anyone naming the one with a head that looks like a poorly combed basketball.)
2. Name any female TD in the current Irish Dail –
TV – 1. Might be a chance for a big score as there are only 6 to choose from – name a ‘Friends’ character who appeared in all 235 episodes –
2. Name a TV quiz programme -
Geography – 1. Name anywhere in Co. Wicklow that starts with the letter G –
2. Name a county in Ireland you would love to move to –
Literature – 1. Name a Charles Dickens character that doesn’t appear in a title of any of his novels –
2. Name a novel by Roddy Doyle excluding the Barrytown Trilogy of ‘The Commitments’ / ‘The Snapper’ / ‘The Van’ ) –
Film – 1. Name any movie in which Cary Grant appears –
2. And finally – a sort of hypothetical one – who do you think will replace Daniel Craig as James Bond?
Please PM your answers to me.
I'll likely close sign-ups at some stage Sunday or Monday depending on numbers, with the reveal a day or two later. Right now I'm off to find out how the scoring system thingy works!!!
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