The Big Summer Quiz 2024

The Big Summer Quiz 2024

Strain your brain and flex your general knowledge with our 100-question quiz - get the family involved!
GEOGRAPHY:

Do you know your oxbow lakes from your karst landscapes?
1. What is the highest mountain in Britain?
2. What is the capital of Estonia?
3. In which US state would you find Harvard University?
4. What is the northernmost national capital city in the world?
5. What US city is known as 'The City of Angels'?
6. What is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?
7. What is the only country in the world that is also a continent?
8. The Pyrenees mountain range separates which two countries?
9. What is the smallest county in Ireland?
10. What is the capital of Canada?
FILM:

Who's on the scene when it comes to the big screen?
1. Where were The Lord of the Rings movies filmed?
2. What are the colours of Freddy Krueger's sweater in A Nightmare on Elm Street?
3. Who directed the 2023 film, Oppenheimer (starring Cillian Murphy, pictured)?
4. Who played park owner, John Hammon, in Jurassic Park?
5. Who played James Bond in the 1981 film, For Your Eyes Only?
6. Who played Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean series of films?
7. Who won Best Actress this year for her role in the film Poor Things?
8. Who played Finbar Murphy in the film, The Land of Saints and Sinners?
9. What was the name of the boxer portrayed by Sylvester Stallone in a hit 1976 film?
10. In the 2023 film, Wonka, who played Oompa-Loompa?
HISTORY:

Are you doomed to repeat it?
1. The Statue of Liberty was a gift from what country to the US?
2. What Roman General married Cleopatra?
3. What was the name of explorer, Robert Scott's vessel used during his Antarctic voyage?
4. What was the first US state admitted to the Union?
5. The Good Friday Agreement (being wept over by State minister Liz O'Donnell, as former RTÉ news anchor Brian Dobson watches on in the pic above) was signed in April of which year?
6. True or false, Sweden was neutral in the Second World War?
7. Who was the only one of Henry VIII's wives to receive a Queen's funeral?
8. Which war was fought in South Africa between 1899 and 1902?
9. What is the current name of the last port of call for the ill-fated Titanic?
10. In what year did the Chernobyl disaster occur?
LITERATURE:

Can you turn the page on our literary headscratchers?
1. What is the name of the fourth book in the Harry Potter series?
2. Who wrote Wuthering Heights?
3. James Joyce's (pictured above) Ulysses is loosely based on which epic poem?
4. What is the most printed book of all time?
5. Who wrote Timen of Athens?
6. Lipshen is the name of the cat in which Roald Dahl book?
7. Which female novelist wrote the book, Black Beauty?
8. In which Charles Dickens novel does Mr Micawber appear?
9. Who wrote Pygmalion?
10. What was Mary Ann Evans pen name?
IRELAND:
1. The town of Ballyshannon is in which county?
2. Galway city stands on which river?
3. Which 'E' is the county town of Fermanagh?
4. In which county would you find Kate 'Kitty' Kearney's cottage?
5. Cathair na Mairt is the Irish name for which town in Co. Mayo?
6. Jack Butler Yeats and Sir John Lavery are known for what?
7. Which Irish trainer is the most successful in the history of the Cheltenham Festival?
8. Actress, Fiona Shaw, was born in which town?
9. In which Leinster county would you find the village of Kilmuckridge?
10. In what year was the Battle of Clontarf?
MUSIC:

Tune up the band and get ready for the next chorus of quizzers!
1. Guitarist, Jimmy Page, is a founder of which rock band?
2. Who wrote A Rainy Night in Soho?
3. What was the title of the winning song at this year's Eurovision Song Contest?
4. What is Bono's (pictured above as part of U2) birth name?
5. What was the duet recorded by Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow, in 2010?
6. Complete the first line of the Bill Withers hit: Ain't no sunshine...'?
7. Which 1980s group, featuring Phil Collins, reunited in 2020?
8. Which band did Bruce Springsteen bring to Ireland in May this year?
9. Which instrument is associated with jazz musician, Miles Davis?
10. Which of these Joe Dolan hits was recorded first?
SPORT:
1. Which soccer team has won the most English FA Cups?
2. In which year did Roger Federer win his first Wimbledon title?
3. How many balls are there in total on the table at the start of a snooker game?
4. In American football, how many points do you score for a touchdown?
5. On which racecourse is the Irish Derby run?
6. Who is the only Irish cyclist to have won the Tour de France?
7. Which two towns have a Cusack Park GAA ground?
8. How often is the Ryder Cup contested?
9. How many players are on a baseball team per game?
10. Which boxer did Muhammad Ali (pictured above) fight in 'The Rumble in the Jungle'?
CHILDREN:

Rope the youngsters in for this round!
1. Pete, Ludwig Von Drake, and Daisy Duck, are associated with which Disney mouse?
2. How many legs does a spider have?
3. What is the name of the toy cowboy in Toy Story (pictured above alongside Buzz Lightyear)?
4. Whose nose grew longer every time he lied?
5. What is the name of the fairy in the story of Peter Pan?
6. Which Disney movie is Elsa in?
7. In America, what is the traditional colour of a school bus?
8. What kind of animal was Abu in Aladdin?
9. How many sides does a triangle have?
10. What is the largest mammal in the world?
FOOD:

Pull up a chair and feast on our foodie fare!
1. What meat is traditionally used to make a cottage pie?
2. If you are diagnosed with coeliac disease, which protein are you unable to eat?
3. What is the national dish of Hungary?
4. Which bread ingredient causes it to rise?
5. What is the only fruit with seeds on the outside?
6. What is sodium bicarbonate known as in the kitchen?
7. Rigatoni is what type of foodstuff?
8. The rich dish, paella (pictured above), comes from which country?
9. Deer meat is known by what name?
10. What is the popular food used to carve jack-o-lanterns during Halloween?
TELEVISION:

Switch your brain on for the last round of our quiz!
1. What was the coffee shop in the TV series, Friends, called?
2. What was Miley's surname in the RTÉ soap, Glenroe?
3. Who are the two presenters of Britain's Got Talent?
4. What is the name of the fictional cul-de-sac in Neighbours called?
5. Sally Dynevor is associated which character in Coronation Street?
6. What was the name of Rene's wife in the comedy series, Allo Allo?
7. What is the main pub called in Peaky Blinders where the Shelby's meet?
8. Who was the first female to appear on Top of the Pops?
9. In Mrs Brown's Boys, what is Mrs Brown's next-door neighbour (pictured above) called?
10. The Wire was set in which US city?
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The Big Summer Quiz 2024

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