Q1. Which Robin Williams Film Is Also Based on a Board Game?

NAME: ______QUIZ 1

Q1. Which Robin Williams film is also based on a board game? ______

Q2. If a car had the letter D on its windscreen, which European country would it be from? ______

Q3. Dwight Yorke, the former Manchester United footballer, plays soccer for what country ? ______

Q4. What is the place where a river begins known as?______

Q5. Who is the present Minister for Finance? ______

Q6. King Juan Carlos is the king of which European country? ______

Q7. Name the manager of Westlife. ______

Q8. In an orchestra, what section would you find a trumpet in? ______

Q9. On what street in Sligo is Gillespie’s shop? ______

Q10. What is the family name of the present queen of England? ______

Q11. What is Eddie Irvine’s sport? ______

Q12. What is the nickname for a Crane Fly? ______

Q13. How many books are in the Old Testament? ______

Q14. In what year did this school open? ______

Q15. Who wrote the play “The Playboy of the Western World”? ______

Q16. Name the street where Sherlock Holmes lived. ______

Q17. Name the two teams who played in this year’s All-Ireland Football final. ______

Q18. Cén Gaeilge atá ar “Book Week” ? ______

Q19. How many Sacraments are there ? ______

Q20. In what year was John F. Kennedy assassinated ? ______

This is a Seomra Ranga resource. It is free of copyright for classroom use. All other uses are strictly © copyright. All rights reserved. www.seomraranga.com QUIZ 1 Q1. Jumanji. Q2. Germany. Q3. Trinidad and Tobago Q4. Source. Q5. Charlie Mc Creevy Q6. Spain. Q7. Louis Walsh. Q8. Brass. Q9. Old Market Street Q10. Windsor. Q11. Formula 1 racing. Q12. Daddy Long Legs. Q13. 45 Q14. 1981 Q15. John Millington Synge. Q16. Baker Street. Q17. Armagh and Kerry Q18. Seachtain na Leabhar Q19. Seven. Q20. 1963.

QUIZ 2 Q1. Aras an Uachtarain. Q2. Lima. Q3. Q4. Ann Carroll Q5. Wexford Q6. Flute. Q7. WBA Q8. Beckhams Q9. Roddy Doyle. Q10. Jupiter. Q11. Lough Neagh. Q12. Jerome. Q13. 3. Q14. Even. Q15. Green Q16. Rick Moranis. Q17. Seamus Heaney. Q18. 4. Q19. Deireadh Fómhair. Q20. H2O

This is a Seomra Ranga resource. It is free of copyright for classroom use. All other uses are strictly © copyright. All rights reserved. www.seomraranga.com QUIZ 3 Q1. Bat. Q2. Birds. Q3. February 1st. Q4. Toto. Q5. Tony Blair Q6. Lisbon. Q7. 1914. Q8. Oak. Q9. Martin Q10. Brenda Fricker. Q11. Clúdach Litreach Q12. 672. Q13. Spain. Q14. Noel Dempsey Q15. 366. Q16. Snooker. Q17. Baton Rouge Q18. 9:12 / 3:4 Q19. Leitrim. Q20. Compact Disc - Read Only Memory.

QUIZ 4 Q1. Thistle. Q2. Progressive Democrats. Q3. Respondez S’il Vous Plait. Q4. 180. Q5. Eye. Q6. Riyadh. Q7. The Pope - John Paul II. Q8. Paris. Q9. 2. Q10. Influenza. Q11. Camera. Q12. Antrim. Q13. Lead. Q14. Oval. Q15. 9. Q16. luachmhar Q17. Origami Q18. Elizabeth. Q19. Watchmaker Q20. Pig.

This is a Seomra Ranga resource. It is free of copyright for classroom use. All other uses are strictly © copyright. All rights reserved. www.seomraranga.com QUIZ 5 1. New Zealand. 2. Dublin Area Rapid Transit. 3. Braille print - lettering for blind people. 4. Etna. 5. Warsaw. 6. Eamon de Valera. 7. Leg. 8. Leveret. 9. James Bond (007) 10. Hamlet 11. Limerick 12. Fruit 13. San Francisco 14. Green 15. Lot’s 16. Jim Carrey 17. Anchor 18. Cárta na Nollag 19. 13 20. Sushi

QUIZ 6 1. Athens 2004 2. Ear, Nose, Throat 3. Swimming 4. Snowball 5. Hand 6. Baby One More Time 7. Matt le Blanc 8. Hawaii 9. Eve 10. Books 11. Will Smith 12. Candlestick 13. Dynamite 14. Springbok 15. 25 16. Oliver 17. Pastry 18. Charlie Mc Creevy 19. Elton John 20. Tongue

1. MMII 2. Australian 3. King Midas 4. Iron 5. Horse 6. Bear 7. Belfast 8. D-Day 9. The Beatles 10. Bridge 11. Paris 12. Walt Disney 13. Basketball 14. Serpent/snake 15. Vermont 16. Max 17. Penguin 18. Teeth 19. Sound 20. Boomer or buck

Quiz 8 1. Peru 2. Dhaka 3. Feet 4. Korean War 5. The Daily Planet 6. Manhattan 7. Kitten 8. St. Andrew 9. Open or public spaces 10. A snowy owl 11. Knight or horse 12. Rome 13. Inspector Morse 14. Liam Neeson 15. Australian Dollar 16. Scorpio 17. Every four years 18. Old Testament 19. Elephant 20. Garlic

This is a Seomra Ranga resource. It is free of copyright for classroom use. All other uses are strictly © copyright. All rights reserved. www.seomraranga.com Quiz 9 1. Wellington 2. March 3. Gravity 4. St. Denis 5. Exodus 6. The Ear 7. DNA 8. The Cow 9. Spiderman 10. Acting 11. The Tiger 12. Larynx/Throat 13. Sesame Street 14. Seashells 15. Maggie 16. November 17. Michael Flatley 18. Cheese 19. Bees 20. Sloe

Quiz 10 1. Hilary Clinton 2. Mounted Police 3. A Clown 4. Tennis 5. His Watch 6. December 7. River Jordan 8. Billionaire 9. Polar Bear 10. Orange 11. Paris 12. Digital Versatile/Video Disk 13. Cricket 14. Polish 15. Alcatraz 16. Horse Chestnut 17. Greece 18. Horses 19. Coins 20. Four

This is a Seomra Ranga resource. It is free of copyright for classroom use. All other uses are strictly © copyright. All rights reserved. www.seomraranga.com Quiz11 1. Armagh 2. Portugal 3. Dumbo 4. Ethiopia 5. Cana 6. Titanic 7. Paul Simon 8. Swedish 9. Teletubbies 10. Marian Harkin 11. Nova Scotia 12. Mange Tout 13. Oliver 14. Pride 15. Al Gore 16. Canoeing 17. Six 18. Spoon 19. Doe 20. Kansas

Quiz 12 1. Children 2. Swastika 3. Dance 4. Strength of the wind 5. Warsaw 6. Saint David 7. Abacus 8. Fidel Castro 9. United Nations International Children’s Education Fund 10. Leonardo da Vinci 11. Yeast 12. Columbia 13. Seven 14. Courgette 15. Stamps 16. Every two years 17. Carrots 18. Eagle 19. Neck 20. Race Horse

This is a Seomra Ranga resource. It is free of copyright for classroom use. All other uses are strictly © copyright. All rights reserved. www.seomraranga.com NAME: ______QUIZ 2 Q1. Name the official residence of the President of Ireland. ______

Q2. What is the capital of Peru ? ______

Q3. Who is the Lord Mayor of Sligo ? ______

Q4. Who wrote the “Rosie” series of books ?______

Q5. In which county is Rosslare?______

Q6. What musical instrument does James Galway play ? ______

Q7. What Premiership soccer team is known as the Baggies? ______

Q8. My name is the same name as one of the five boroughs in New York. I recently got a new baby brother called Romeo. Who are my parents?______

Q9. Who wrote the book “Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha” ? ______

Q10. Which is the largest planet in the solar system ? ______

Q11. Name the largest lake in Ireland.______

Q12. What is the name of the grandfather in the book “Safe Harbour” ? ______

Q13. What is the Highest Common Factor (HCF) of 27, 39 and 45 ? ______

Q14. If you subtract an odd number from an odd number, is the answer an odd number or an even number ? ______

Q15. The colours of the rainbow are red, orange, yellow, blue, indigo, violet and what other colour ? ______

Q16. What actor shrunk the kids and later blew up the baby ? ______

Q17. What Irish poet won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995 ? ______

Q18. How many medals did Michelle Smith win in the Olympic Games in Atlanta? ______

Q19. Cén mí atá ann anois ? ______

Q20. What is the scientific symbol for water ? ______

This is a Seomra Ranga resource. It is free of copyright for classroom use. All other uses are strictly © copyright. All rights reserved. www.seomraranga.com NAME: ______QUIZ 3 Q1. What type of creature is a pippestrelle ? ______

Q2. What does an ornithologist study ? ______

Q3. On what date is the feast of St. Brigid ? ______

Q4. In “The Wizard of Oz” what was the name of Dorothy’s dog ? ______

Q5. Who is the current British Prime Minister ? ______

Q6. What is the capital of Portugal ? ______

Q7. In what year did the First World War begin ? ______

Q8. The acorn is the fruit of what tree ? ______

Q9. What is President McAleese’s husband’s name ? ______

Q10. Name the Irish actress who won an Oscar award for her role in the film “My Left Foot” ? ______

Q11. What is the Irish name for envelope ? ______

Q12. If a bottle of juice holds six glasses and there are sixteen bottles in a crate, how many glasses can be filled from seven crates ? ______

Q13. If a car has the letter “E” on it, what European country does it come from ? ______

Q14. Who is the Minister for Education ? ______

Q15. How many days are there in a leap year ? ______

Q16. What sport does Ken Doherty play ? ______

Q17. What is the French sounding name of the state capital of Louisiana in the USA? ______

Q18. What is the ratio of boys to girls in this class ? ______

Q19. In what Irish county is Manorhamilton ? ______

Q20. What do the letters “CD-ROM” stand for ? ______

This is a Seomra Ranga resource. It is free of copyright for classroom use. All other uses are strictly © copyright. All rights reserved. www.seomraranga.com NAME: ______QUIZ 4 Q1. What is the national emblem of Scotland? ______

Q2. Mary Harney is the leader of which political party? ______

Q3. On an invitation, what do the letters R.S.V.P. stand for? ______

Q4. What is the top score you can get with three darts? ______

Q5. Where in the body would you find a part which is also another word for “student”? ______

Q6. What is the capital of Saudi Arabia? ______

Q7. Who is the Bishop of Rome? ______

Q8. What European city would you be in if you were visiting the Eiffel Tower? ______

Q9. How many moons has Mars - 2, 3 or 4? ______

Q10. What does the abbreviation “flu” stand for? ______

Q11. Where would you find a lens, shutter and an aperture? ______

Q12. Where is the Giant’s Causeway? ______

Q13. What is the centre of a pencil made from? ______

Q14. What shape is a rugby ball? ______

Q15. For how many months does a human baby usually stay in its mother’s womb? ______

Q16. Cén Gaeilge atá ar “valuable”?______

Q17. What name is given to the Japanese art of paper folding? ______

Q18. Who was the mother of John the Baptist? ______

Q19. What is a horologist? ______

Q20. What animal does the meat pork come from? ______

QUIZ 5

1. Which country has a rugby team called the “All Blacks” ? ______

2. What do the letters DART stand for ? ______

3. What did Louis Braille invent ? ______

4. Name the volcano on the island of Sicily ______

5. What is the capital of Poland ? ______

6. Who was Taoiseach in Ireland during the “Emergency” ? ______

7. Where in the body is the Femur ? ______

8. What is a young hare called ? ______

9. What film character has been played by, among others, Seán Connery, Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan? ______

10. What Shakespearean character spoke the famous line “To be or not to be”? ______

11. What Irish city is also the name for a poem of five lines? ______

12. Is a cucumber a fruit or a vegetable? ______

13. What US city is named after St. Francis? ______

14. What colour is obtained when yellow is mixed with blue? ______

15. In the bible whose wife was turned into a pillar of salt? ______

16. Which actor played The Grinch in 2001? ______

17. A tattoo of what appears on Popeye’s arms? ______

This is a Seomra Ranga resource. It is free of copyright for classroom use. All other uses are strictly © copyright. All rights reserved. www.seomraranga.com 18. Cén Gaeilge atá ar “Christmas Card”? ______

19. In the bible how many people attended the “Last Supper” ______

20. What name is given to the Japanese dish of raw fish with vinegared rice? ______

QUIZ 6

1. Where and when will the next Olympics be held? ______

2. In a hospital what is treated in the ENT Department? ______

3. With what sport would you associate the Australian Ian Thorpe? ______

4. What is the name of the Simpson’s cat? ______

5. Which part of the body can go before bag and after second? ______

6. What was Britney Spears first No. 1 single? ______

7. Name the actor who plays Joey in Friends ______

8. In which US state is the famous Waikiki Beach? ______

9. In the Bible, who was created from the rib of Adam? ______

10. What are collected by bibliophiles? ______

11. What actor played the part of Muhammed Ali in the 2002 film Ali? ______

12. In the nursery rhyme, what does Jack jump over? ______

13. What explosive did Alfred Nobel invent? ______

14. Which animal is the national symbol of South Africa? ______

15. If you celebrate your silver wedding anniversary, for how many years have you been married? ______

16. “Food Glorious Food” is a song from which musical? ______

17. Choux, shortcrust and puff are all types of what? ______

18. Cé hé an tAire Airgeadais? ______

19. Which pop singer sang a song at the funeral of Princess Diana? ______

20. Which is the only muscle of the human body that is not attached at both ends? ______

QUIZ 7 (Christmas Quiz)

1. How is the year 2002 written in Roman Numerals? ______

2. What nationality is tennis star Pat Rafter? ______

3. Which mythical King of Phygian had a golden touch? ______

4. “Fe” is the chemical symbol for what metal? ______

5. Appaloosa and falabella are both breeds of which animal? ______

6. What type of animal is Fozzie in the Muppet Show? ______

7. The Titanic was launched from which Irish city? ______

8. What did June 6th 1944 become known as? ______

9. What world famous pop group was Paul Mc Cartney a member of? ______

10. Arch, girder and suspension are all types of which construction? ______

11. Which capital city is served by Charles de Gaulle Airport? ______

12. Who was the creator of the cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck? ______

13. Magic Johnson played what sport? ______

14. Which creature represented the devil in the Garden of Eden? ______

15. Two US states begin with the letter V. One is Virginia, what is the other? ______

16. What is the name of the canine sidekick of The Grinch? ______

17. What black and white Antarctic bird can swim but not fly? ______

18. Which is the only part of the human body that is unable to heal itself? ______

This is a Seomra Ranga resource. It is free of copyright for classroom use. All other uses are strictly © copyright. All rights reserved. www.seomraranga.com 19. Acoustics is the science of what? ______

20. What name is given to a male kangaroo? ______

QUIZ 6

1. Where and when will the next Olympics be held? ______

2. In a hospital what is treated in the ENT Department? ______

3. With what sport would you associate the Australian Ian Thorpe? ______

4. What is the name of the Simpson’s cat? ______

5. Which part of the body can go before bag and after second? ______

6. What was Britney Spears first No. 1 single? ______

7. Name the actor who plays Joey in Friends ______

8. In which US state is the famous Waikiki Beach? ______

9. In the Bible, who was created from the rib of Adam? ______

10. What are collected by bibliophiles? ______

11. What actor played the part of Muhammed Ali in the 2002 film Ali? ______

12. In the nursery rhyme, what does Jack jump over? ______

13. What explosive did Alfred Nobel invent? ______

14. Which animal is the national symbol of South Africa? ______

15. If you celebrate your silver wedding anniversary, for how many years have you been married? ______

16. “Food Glorious Food” is a song from which musical? ______

17. Choux, shortcrust and puff are all types of what? ______

18. Cé hé an tAire Airgeadais? ______

19. Which pop singer sang a song at the funeral of Princess Diana? ______

20. Which is the only muscle of the human body that is not attached at both ends? ______

QUIZ 8

1. Which country is an anagram of the word “pure”? ______

2. What is the capital city of Bangladesh? ______

3. Where on the body are moccasins worn? ______

4. Which war did the US fight between 1950 and 1953? ______

5. For which newspaper is Lois Lane a reporter? ______

6. On which New York island is Wall Street located? ______

7. What is the name given to a young beaver? ______

8. Who is the patron saint of Scotland? ______

9. What is agoraphobia the fear of? ______

10. What kind of bird is Hedwig in the Harry Potter books? ______

11. At the start of a game of chess, which piece is sandwiched by a rook and a bishop? ______

12. Which European city is nicknamed the “Eternal City” ______

13. What famous TV detective did Colin Dexter write about? ______

14. What Irish actor played the part of Qui-Gon Jinn in the film Star Wars: Episode 1 ______

15. What is the unit of currency in Australia? ______

16. Which star sign is represented by a scorpion? ______

17. How often does a leap year occur? ______

18. In the Bible, is the Book of Proverbs in the Old or the New Testament? ______

19. What animal is traditionally said never to forget? ______

20. Which member of the onion family is, according to legend, a vampire repellent? ______

QUIZ 9

1. What is the capital of New Zealand? ______

2. Which month of the year would you associate with a mad hare? ______

3. What is the name of the force that enables planets to move around the sun? ______

4. Who is the patron saint of France? ______

5. What is the second book in the Bible? ______

6. Tinnitus affects which organ of the body? ______

7. By what three initials is deoxyribonucleic acid better known? ______

8. Which large farm animal has four stomachs? ______

9. Peter Parker is the secret identity of which super hero? ______

10. If a person is said to tread the boards, what is their profession? ______

11. What animal has species called Siberian, Caspian and Bengal? ______

12. Where in the body would you find an Adam’s Apple? ______

13. Bert, Ernie and Big Bird all lived on which TV Street? ______

14. What does a conchologist collect? ______

15. What is the name of the baby in The Simpsons? ______

16. In which month of the year is All Saints’ Day celebrated? ______

17. Who was the first male star of the stage show “Riverdance”? ______

18. Camembert and Brie are both types of which food? ______

This is a Seomra Ranga resource. It is free of copyright for classroom use. All other uses are strictly © copyright. All rights reserved. www.seomraranga.com 19. Is apiphobia the fear of apes or bees? ______

20. What name is given to the fruit of a blackthorn? ______

QUIZ 10

1. The wife of a former President, she became Senator for New York State in November 2000. Who is she? ______

2. In Canada, what are “Mounties”? ______

3. What is the occupation of Krusty in “The Simpsons”? ______

4. With what sport would you associate André Agassi? ______

5. What was Mr. Bean looking for when he got his head stuck in a giant turkey? ______

6. The name of which month is derived from the Latin for ten? ______

7. In which river did John the Baptist baptise Jesus? ______

8. What is the term for a person who has assets worth over a thousand million euro? ______

9. Which species of bear has white fur and black skin? ______

10. Known as a Black Box, is an aircraft’s flight recorder black, blue or orange? ______

11. In which city is Euro Disney? ______

12. What do the initials DVD stand for? ______

13. Brian Lara is a famous player of which sport? ______

14. What nationality is Pope John Paul II? ______

15. Which famous San Francisco prison was closed in 1963? ______

This is a Seomra Ranga resource. It is free of copyright for classroom use. All other uses are strictly © copyright. All rights reserved. www.seomraranga.com 16. Conkers are the fruit of which tree? ______

17. Olympic Airways is the national airline of which country? ______

18. Which animals are measured in hands? ______

19. What does a numismatist study? ______

20. How many sides does a rhombus have? ______

NAME: ______

QUIZ 11

1. Who are the current All-Ireland Football Champions? ______

2. The island of Madeira belongs to which country? ______

3. In the Disney film, which elephant could fly? ______

4. Addis Ababa is the capital of what African country? ______

5. In which village did Jesus turn water into wine? ______

6. What sank on April 15th, 1912? ______

7. Who was the singing partner of Art Garfunkel? ______

8. What nationality was the scientist and chemist Alfred Nobel? ______

9. Which children’s characters had a Christmas hit in 1997 in which they said “Eh-Oh!”? ______

10. Who is the female TD for the constituency of Sligo-Leitrim? ______

11. Which province in Canada has a name meaning “New Scotland”? ______

This is a Seomra Ranga resource. It is free of copyright for classroom use. All other uses are strictly © copyright. All rights reserved. www.seomraranga.com 12. Which vegetable has a French name meaning “Eat All”? ______

13. “Food, Glorious Food” is a song from which musical? ______

14. What is the collective noun for a group of lions? ______

15. Who did George W. Bush beat to win the last presidential election in the USA? ______

16. K1, K2, C1 and C2 are all categories in which sport? ______

17. How many wives did Henry VIII have? ______

18. Which kitchen utensil is the last item mentioned in the nursery rhyme “Hey Diddle Diddle”? ______

19. What three-letter word can apply to a female deer and a female mouse? ______

20. The name of two US states begin with the letter K. One is Kentucky, which is the other? ______

QUIZ 12

1. What does a paediatric doctor specialise in? ______

2. What was the symbol of the Nazis known as? ______

3. Pavane, Polonaise and Polka are all types of what? ______

4. What does an anemometer measure? ______

5. What is the capital of Poland? ______

6. Who is the patron saint of Wales? ______

7. Which calculating device uses movable beads for doing sums? ______

8. Who has been the leader of Cuba since 1959? ______

9. What do the letters UNICEF stand for? ______

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10. Who painted the “Mona Lisa”? ______

11. What ingredient makes bread rise? ______

12. What was the name of the space shuttle that exploded on February 1st 2003? ______

13. How many sides does a heptagon have? ______

14. What is zucchini another word for? ______

15. What does a philatelist collect? ______

16. Biannual means twice yearly. What does biennial mean? ______

17. What vegetable is said to help you see in the dark? ______

18. Which bird’s nest is called an eyrie? ______

This is a Seomra Ranga resource. It is free of copyright for classroom use. All other uses are strictly © copyright. All rights reserved. www.seomraranga.com 19. Where in the body is your thyroid gland? ______

20. What was Red Rum? ______