The Christmas quiz in Irish Country Living becomes more popular every year. This January, we went through over 600 entries and we’re pleased to say that Robert Meagher, Kiltrassy, Windgap, Co Kilkenny, was the overall winner. Well done to Robert and all who entered.
1 February
2 James Earl Jones stars in all of the films
3 Maine
4 Bono
5 Francoise Hollande
6 Joe Rea or Padraig Walshe
7 Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
8 20 times
9 Gepetto
10 Claude Monet
11 Silvercrest
12 Sir George Downing
13 Shandon Bells
14 Ray D’Arcy
15 Rosa Parks
16 Peter Andre
17 Cluedo
18 Cavan
19 James’s Hospital
20 Cotton
21 The Furey Brothers and Davy Arthur
22 2016
23 Dawn Meats
24 Graham Norton
25 Luxemburg, Monaco, Vatican City, Andorra
26 It has never happened
27 Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the moon
28 Horse Sport Ireland
29 The heart
30 South
31 Grain prices
32 Of Mice and Men
33 Con Hurley
34 Dinny
35 Braveheart
36 Water (H20)
37 Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport
38 True
39 Aaron Cruden
40 The UK
41 Tir na Nóg
42 Toy Story (1995)
43 The Great Plague
44 Gretel
45 The Whale Shark
46 Jacob Marley
47 John Bowe
48 China
49 Cousin Matthew
50 Bluebell, Dublin
51 37 years (1951-1988) (He remained as CEO until 1993 but Matt Dempsey was then the editor)
52 Glastonbury Music Festival
53 Patrick Kavanagh
54 Robben Island
55 South Park
56 Chicken
57 22 times
58 Four
59 David Hunes, Bobby Fitzgerald, Gráinne Kilmurry, Gerry McLoughlin, Tom Fortune, Barry Nevin, Shaun Culliffe, Jenny McHugh, Cian O’Callaghan, Damian Molyneaux, Thomas Redmond, Frank Fahy, Frank McBreaty Jr, Seán O’Grady, Paddy Bourke, Jimmy O’Shaughnessy
60 Una Healy of the Saturdays
61 They were chosen because at least one of the colours appeared on the flag of every country in the world
62 Barley
63 Dougal
64 M9
65 Fonterra
66 The Jazz Singer – The Al Johnson story
67 Joe Duffy
68 James Galway
69 He’s half of Jedward
70 October 1
71 Fonzy
72 Waterford
73 It was the hottest day of the year
74 Eight
75 Sadie
76 European Ombudsman
77 Keith Duffy
78 Kingscourt Mart
79 Four
80 King Lear
81 Ciaran Kilkenny
82 The Godfather of The Godfather Part II
83 Canada
84 The GPO, O’Connell Street
85 The Lungs
86 Roger Milla and Pele
87 Nathan Carter
88 Paddy Bishop
89 Oscar Wilde
90 Toplink
91 The Willoughby Brothers
92 Jesuit
93 The end of the bailout
94 Jenny Packman
95 Ann Doyle
96 Ken Ring
97 Europe
98 The Hype or Feedback
99 JT McNamara and Jonjo Bright
100 Aoibheann Ni Shúilleabháin CL