Cumann na mBunscol
Co. Shligigh
Cumann na mBunscol Table Quiz 2002

Questions/Ceisteanna

Round 1

           1. Name the two teams Sligo beat in the 2000 Championship.
2. Name Lourdes' and Rocca's famous Mum.
3. In what year was the Titanic built?
4. Cén dá thír ina bhfuil an Corn Domhanda 2002 ar siúl?
5. What Australian Athlete lit the Olympic flame in 2000?
6. Who is Mayor of Sligo?
7. Harry Potter has been a huge success. Who wrote the books?
8. What county does Hurler of the Year Tommie Dunne play for?


Round 2

           1. How many girls are in Bellfire?
2. Who is the Sligo Senior Team Manager?
3. By what name is the rowan tree better known?
4. Cén t-ainm atá ar Thánaiste na tíre seo.
5. Who scored Ireland's winning goal against Holland in 2001?
6. Which member of the British Royal family died recently?
7. Name the former Sligo G.A.A. manager who currently manages Donegal.
8. Name the recently deceased motorcyclist in Coronation Street.


Round 3
1. Which Irish singer recently got engaged and also recieved an award from the queen?
2. What do the letters HB on an ice-cream wrapper stand for?
3. What does the crest of the Sligo jersey say?
4. Cén t-ainm a bhí ar an mbanríon atá curtha ar bharr Chnoc na Ré?
5. Which former Beetle died recently in the US?
6. Who was recently awarded the title of the European Footballer of the Year?
7. By what name is the pirate queen Grace O'Malley better known?
8. What type of disaster threatened Sydney, Australia recently?

Round 4

1. Name Westlife's current album.
2. What is the pub called in Eastenders?
3. What former senior hurling manager recently published the book, Raising the Banner?
4. Who are the Sligo Team Sponsors? 
5. Who is the manager of Sligo Rovers?
6. How many fingerholes on a tinwhistle?
7. What Irishman was appointed President of the European Parliment recently?
8. Céard é an chontae is mó in Éirinn?


Round 5
(Picture Quiz)



Round 6

1.  To which family of instruments does the oboe belong?
2. Cad a chuirtear i tae chun é a dhéanamh milis?
3. Who is the Sligo Senior Football captain?
4. Who is the present Minister for Finance?
5. Which League of Ireland team does Danny O’Leary play for?
6. Who invented the telephone in 1876? (Clue – it rings).
7. In what year did the French Revolution occur?
8.  What does the Richter scale measure?


Round 7

1. Whom did Kerry Katona marry recently?
2. Who is the current US President?
3. Who is the current holder of the Wimbledon Women's Singles Title?
4. Fiat cars are a product of which country?
5. Who presents Who Wants To Be A Millionare on UTV?
6. Which club play at Kilcoyne Park?
7. Cé ghlac an páirt Harry sa scannán Harry Potter?
8. Who are the current National Football League champions?


Round 8

1. Which two parties make up the present government?
2. The Corrs come from which County Louth town?
3. Name the only Irishman to win the Tour de France.
4. What is the shorest day of the year?
5. Cén áit a n-inríonn foireann Rugbaí Wales?
6. Name the programme in Britain based on the fictional soccer team, Harchester Utd?
7. Who were the Sligo Senior Football champions?
8. Who is the Present of the GAA?



Tiebreak 

8A
1. What is the only Irish county that doesn't border a coastal county?
2. Name the Rugby player who was named World Player of the Year 2001.
3. How many events in the Decathlon?
4. Ainmnigh an file atá curtha I nDroim Cliabh.
5. London's Central Criminal Court is commonly known by what name?

8B
1. In which city are the Winter Olympics now being held?
2. A piranha is one of the world's most dangerous creatures. What is it?
3. The rapper Marshall Bruce Mathers III is better known as - ?
4. Name the two Irish golfers to make this year's Ryder Cup team.
5. The first Irish winner of the Eurovision was a)Ronan Keating b)Dana c)Sinéad O'Connor?


Answers

 Round 1
1. Carlow, Kildare
2. Madonna
3. 1912
4. Korea agus Japan
5. Cathy Freeman
6. Jude Devins
7. J K Rowling
8. Tipp

Round 2
1. Four
2. Peter Forde
3. Mountain Ash
4. Mary Harney
5. Jason McAteer
6. Princess Margaret
7. Mickey Moran
8. Dennis Stringer

Round 3
1. Wee Daniel
2. Hughes Brother
3. The Land of heart's desire
4. Maedhbh
5. George Harison
6. Micheal Owen
7. Granuaile
8. Forest fires

Round 4
1. World of our own
2. The Queen Vic
3. Ger Loughnane
4. Clifford Electrical
5. Dan O'Riordan
6. Six
7. Pat Cox
8. Corcaigh

Round 5

Round 6
1. Tommie Gorman
2. Mexico City
3. Ochtar
4. Bohemians
5. Padraig Doohan
6. Peppers
7. Damien McCall
8. Kilkenny

Round 7
1. Bryan McFadden
2. George W Bush
3. Venus Williams
4. Italy
5. Chris Tarrant
6. Tubbercurry
7. Daniel Radcliffe
8. Mayo

Round 8
1. FF  PD
2. Dundalk
3. Stephen Roche
4. 21ST OF December
5. Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
6. The Dream Team
7. St Mary's
8. Sean McCague

Tiebreak

A
1. Loais
2. Keith Woods
3. Ten
4. W B Yeats
5. The Old Bailey

B
1. Salt Lake City
2. A fish
3. Eminem
4. Padraig Harrington, Darren Clarke
5. Dana
 
 

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