The Irish Examiner's Big New Year's Quiz: 2023 Edition

1. The GAA's Central Competitions Control Committee ordered a replay between which two teams after one team had 16 active players on the pitch during the final play of the game?

2. Lisa Marie Presley had attended which awards show just days before her untimely death?

3. Which jet was known as the 'Queen of the Skies' before its five-decade reign ended in the month of January?

4. Who won the men's singles in the Australian Open tennis tournament 2023?

5. Who took office on January 25 this year as the New Zealand Prime Minister?

6. On what date in January does Australia Day fall: 24, 25, or 26?

7. This was the month that saw the death of guitarist Jeff Beck; he rose to prominence as a member of which rock band?

8. Shane O'Connor and Liam Carew were announced as winners of what on January 12, 2023?

9. The Chinese New Year was celebrated on January 22, but which animal was represented on the Chinese calendar this year?

10. During the January transfer window, Danny Ings was transferred from Aston Villa to West Ham for... £10m, £15m, or £20m?

1. Which team denied Arsenal all three points in English Premier League soccer action on Saturday 4 this month?

2. Which group were chosen on the Late Late Show to represent Ireland in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest?

3. What did the US shoot down over its airspace this month?

4. Who became the winner of most Grammy Awards at this year's music-awards ceremony?

5. In American football, who defeated the Philadelphia Eagles to win this season's NFL Super Bowl LVII?

6. On February 4 each year, Sri Lanka celebrates its Independence Day, but from which country did it gain independence in 1948?

7. Valentine's Day is named after a Catholic priest who lived in which city in the 3rd Century?

8. Who in this month became the youngest player to start a Champions League game for French soccer team Paris Saint-Germain?

9. Pancakes are traditionally eaten on what day in February?

10. The world's most famous festival, 'The Carnival' happens on the streets of which city in Brazil during February?

1. Who became the new leader of the Social Democrats political party in Ireland?

2. In English soccer, who knocked Southampton out of the 2023 FA Cup?

3. This month saw the first Grand Prix of the new Formula One season, which one was it?

4. The 175th anniversary of what was celebrated in Waterford on March 7 this year?

5. At this year's Oscars, which Northern Irish comedy-drama won an Oscar for Best Live-Action Short Film?

6. Which sports presenter had to step back from presenting BBC's Match of the Day on Sat, March 11?

7. In which stadium did the Under-20s Ireland rugby team win their 2023 Grand Slam?

8. Ryan Tubridy (pictured on the right) announced he would be retiring from presenting the Late Late Show, but for how many years was he the chat show's host?

9. Which team defeated the Republic of Ireland in their first game in the Euro 2024 Championship?

10. How many days in the month of March?

1. Which of these three Premiership soccer managers were *not* sacked on Sunday, April 2?

2. Which country became a member of NATO on Tuesday, April 4?

3. In April, it was announced that Christina Koch will be the first woman to do what?

4. On what date in April, 1998 was the Good Friday Agreement signed?

5. Who won this year's US Masters during this month?

6. On April 11, US President, Joe Biden, arrived in Ireland with his sister and son. What is his sister's name?

7. The European Space Agency launched a rocket destined for which planet?

8. Which Irish-born jockey won this year's Aintree Grand National; was it Derek Fox, or Paul Townsend?

9. At what event did a protester jump onto a table and pour orange powder?

10. Which county did New York beat to win their first ever game in the Connacht Senior Football Championship?

1. Who, on May 1, became the newest snooker world champion at the Crucible?

2. Former US President, Donald Trump, paid a visit to his golf links and hotel, in what village is it located?

3. League of Ireland soccer manager Colin Healy resigned from which club on May 3?

4. Which Archbishop of Canterbury crowned King Charles III at Westminister Abbey?

5. Which country finished second in this year's Eurovision Song Contest?

6. Who did Inter Milan defeat to reach this season's Champions League final?

7. Who performed three dates at the RDS Arena, Dublin on May 5, 7 and 9 this year?

8. What did Sparkle Lee do on May 20 in the 3Arena in Dublin?

9. Tens of thousands took part in what event to raise funds for the charity Pieta House?

10. What was declared this month as no longer classified as a worldwide health emergency?

1. Who had a singles' chart hit this month with Wish You The Best?

2. Recep Tayyip Erdogan was sworn in as President of which country?

3. Which of these teams did *not* compete in this year's Munster Senior Hurling Championship final?

4. What was the birthname of Tina Turner who passed away in this month?

5. June marked the 60th anniversary of a visit by which US President to Ireland?

6. Who was the only male dual player to win All-Ireland senior hurling and football medals in a single year, who passed away in June?

7. Who played Slane Castle this month as part of his Love On Tour concerts?

8. Who, in June, 2023, won his record-setting 23rd major in Paris, defeating Casper Ruud in the French Open final?

9. In which city were the Special Olympics World Games held in June?

10. Singer Christy Dignam passed away in this month, but which part of Dublin was he born in?

1. Who knocked Cork out of this year's All-Ireland senior football championship?

2. In which country did Elton John perform the last concert of his world tour?

3. During this month, who took over the role of Director General of RTÉ?

4. Who captained the Irish women's team in their opening match in the World Cup in Australia?

5. Who won the men's singles title at Wimbledon?

6. New Zealand played which country in the opening game of the Women's World Cup?

7. On Sunday, July 16, which place in the US recorded a temperature of 128F (53.3C)?

8. Which Cork actor played J. Robert Oppenheimer, in the July released film, Oppenheimer?

9. What did Hannah Wilkinson do in New Zealand on Thursday, July 20?

10. Sinead O'Connor, who passed away in this month, recorded her debut album in 1987; what was its title?

1. What is the Bibby Stockholm that made news in Britain this month?

2. Who scored the first goal in the 23/24 English Premier League season, after only four minutes?

3. Who had a Top Ten hit in the first week of August with Dance The Night, from Barbie: the Album?

4. Cork won the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship in this month, but what is the name of the Cup they lifted?

5. Who won the Golden Gloves at the Women's World Cup in Australia?

6. Who did the newly-crowned Rose of Tralee represent at this year's festival?

7. Which country landed a spacecraft near the Moon's south pole, on August 23?

8. What date in August was the 101st anniversary of the death of Michael Collins at Béal na Bláth?

9. Who missed the first penalty in Manchester City's shoot-out with Arsenal in this season's Community Shield?

10. Who passed away on August 16, known as 'the great British talkshow host'?

1. Which group drew a record attendance at this year's Electric Picnic Festival?

2. Which American singer, who had a hit in 1977 with, Margaritaville, in 1977, passed away on September 1?

3. Against which team did Erling Haaland score his first hat-trick of the 23/24 season?

4. Which teams competed in the curtain-raiser of the 2023 Rugby World Cup in Paris?

5. Which country, in early September, suffered an earthquake of a magnitude of 6.8?

6. In September, Tanaiste, Micheál Martin, visited three places in the Middle East; Israel, Palestine and which other country?

7. What was the name of the storm that hit parts of Ireland, on Wed, Sept 27, 2023?

8. By how many points did Ireland beat South Africa at the group stage, at the Rugby World Cup in Paris?

9. What was the name of the cargo drug ship which was escorted into Cork harbour, in the biggest seizure of drugs in the history of the state?

10. Sunday, September 24, 2023, marked the most holy day in the Jewish calendar; what is it called?

1. What was Europe's winning score in winning the 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome?

2. Who in October became the first ouster of a speaker in the US House of Representatives in its 234-year history?

3. In this month, Rhys McClenaghan, won gold at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp; what county is the 24-year-old from?

4. In the Budget for 2024, what was the state pension increased by?

5. Which group were announced to play Cork's Musgrave Park on June 20, 2024?

6. What was the title of Kenya Grace's UK number one single in this month?

7. The Cork Guinness International Jazz Festival takes place every October, but in what year did it first start?

8. Which leader did President Michael Higgins meet, outside Ireland, on Thursday, Oct. 19, this year?

9. What was the name of the storm that hit the country in October and caused major flooding in the south and east?

10. The world's oldest dog ever, died at the age of 31 years, 165 days, in Portugal, but what was his name?

1. Who became the first elected office-holder from the Oireachtas to attend the state opening of parliament at Westminster?

2. Which European country celebrates its Independence Day on November 11, having gained independence in 1918?

3. Where did the world's first transplant of an entire eye, in a procedure widely hailed as a medical breakthrough, take place?

4. A Beatles song was released this month after 45 years, what is the title?

5. Which team lifted the SSE Airtricity Women's Premier Division trophy this season?

6. Who, this month, returned to the UK Parliament as Foreign Secretary?

7. This season's FAI Cup final, between Bohemians and St. Patrick's Athletic, saw a record crowd at the Aviva Stadium?

8. Ryan Tubridy announced this month that he was moving to London to join which radio station?

9. Which singer was approved for a trademark in the UK for a new company called The Shelbourne Collective Ltd?

10. Javier Milei was elected President of which country in this month?

1. Ireland's first satellite was launched in California on Dec.1, but at which Irish university was it designed and built?

2. Who had the first UK number one single of December with Lovin On Me?

3. Who became the oldest winner of the UK Snooker Championship?

4. In which city did the COP28 conference conclude on Dec 12?

5. Shane MacGowan, who passed away recently, was born on which date, in 1957?

6. Which date in December is traditionally a popular day for pre-Christmas shopping?

7. Who was the first celebrity to be eliminated from I'm A Celebrity 2023?

8. On what date was, the first Sunday of Advent, this month?

9. Denny Laine, who died on Dec 5, played with which band from 1964 to 1966?

10. Who took over from Paul Heckingbottom who was sacked from Sheffield United?

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