congratulations to our winners

First place: Madeline Crowley, Portlaoise, Co Laois.

Second place: Mary Walsh, Claremorris, Co Mayo.

Third place: John Tarrant, Millstreet, Co Cork.

Sports quiz winner: Lena McGrath, Newbawn, Co Wexford.

Week one answers:

1. Tech Talk

2. Paris

3. 29 hurling titles

4. Peru

5. 7

6. ‘So why were you holding her hand?’

7. Japan

8. Laois

9. Poinsettia

10. Uruguay

11. Listeria/Listeriosis

12. Katy Perry

13. Crocodile

14. Quality Street

15. Sting

16. 300,000-400,000

17. USA

18. 118

19. Bundoran

20. Minnesota Vikings

21. Paschal Donohoe

22. A map

23. Republic of Gilead

24. Netherlands

25. 42

26. Colm Tóibín

27. False. Clover fixes nitrogen freely available in the atmosphere, not the soil

28. Ho Chi Minh City

29. Blackgrass

30. Colin Farrell

31. Ben Healy

32. Gulf of America

33. Agatha Christie

34. A teapot

35. Christopher Nolan

36. €33,500

37. Angel Falls

38. The Corleone Family

39. 26,000

40. 10

41. To Kill a Mockingbird

42. Ebeneezer

43. Wicklow

44. Henry VIII

45. Jack Frost

46. Italy

47. Capricorn

48. Red

49. The Mediterranean

50. Cate Blanchett

Runner-up prizes: one night B&B with dinner for two people sharing at Barberstown Castle, Co Kildare.

Week two answers

51. Bedford Falls

52. Curragh

53. Oasis

54. Pride and Prejudice

55. Hansel and Gretel

56. Danube

57. Hungary

58. Liver

59. Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

60. China

61. New York

62. Irish acre

63. A joke

64. Brian Boru

65. The Blizzards

66. The euro was launched in 1999 but it was an invisible currency until it officially entered circulation in 2002

67. Dylan Browne McMonagle

68. Banshees of Inisherin

69. Opel/Vauxhall

70. AZ Alkmaar

71. Vixen

72. Henry Cavill

73. Manchán Magan

74. Spring Barley

75. 1989

76. Donegal

77. M&Ms

78. 99,000 tonnes

79. Canada

80. Apple

81. Harry Potter

82. 11th

83. Cover crops/Catch crops

84. Robin

85. The Soldier’s Song

86. Gold

87. The General Post Office (GPO)

88. 5

89. Jim Gavin

90. Lambourn

91. True

92. Animal Farm

93. Noble Fir and Nordmann Fir

94. Red

95. Jeans

96. Pretoria

97. CMAT

98. France

99. Netherlands

100. The Irish Field

Sport quiz answers

Hurling happenings

1. Ronan Maher

2. 2018

3. Carrie Dolan

4. Waterford

5. Peter Queally

Runner-up prizes: one night B&B with dinner for two people sharing at

Rathmullan House, Co Donegal.

Mixed bag 1

6. Alexander Zverev

7. Kate O’Connor

8. Liam Lawson or Yuki Tsunoda

9. Philadelphia Eagles

10. Scottie Scheffler

25 years ago

11. It was the first time an All-Ireland final was decided on a Saturday

12. Sydney, Australia

13. Italy

14. Eoin Kelly (Tipperary)

15. Vijay Singh

Sport of Kings

16. Oisín Murphy

17. Rachael Blackmore

18. Wayne Lordan

19. Paul Townend

20. Willie and Patrick Mullins

Mixed bag 2

21. Rowing

22. Michael van Gerwen

23. China (Zhao Xintong)

24. Killester

25. Placekicker

Football crazy

26. 7

27. Joey O’Brien

28. Brentford

29. Isle of Wight

30. Kerry FC

Oval occurrences

31. Clontarf

32. Exeter Chiefs

33. Stuart Lancaster

34. Castore

35. Edel McMahon or Sam Monaghan

Mixed bag 3

36. Ben Healy

37. Bethpage Black

38. Aryna Sabalenka

39. David Gillick

40. Melissa Jefferson-Wooden

Gaelic goings-on

41. 2004

42. Cuala

43. Louth

44. Trevor Giles or Brian Fenton

45. Dublin

2025 ahoy

46. New Jersey

47. Kildare

48. Sweden

49. Bilbao

50. Andy Moran