Question A
Hamlet
Loreto Bray
General Knowledge
Halloween
100

What answering technique do you use for Question As?

PQE

100

Who is Hamlet's "best friend"?

Horatio

100

What year anniversary did Loreto Bray celebrate last year?

175

100

What is the capital city of Australia?

Canberra

100

Instead of pumpkins, the Irish used to carve which other vegetable?

Turnips

200

How many paragraphs do you write for a 15 mark answer?

3 Paragraphs


200

How did Claudius kill Old King Hamlet?

By pouring poison into his ear

200

How many science labs are in Loreto Bray?

5

200

What planet is 3rd from the sun?

Earth

200

What is Halloween in Irish?

OĆ­che Shamhna

300

How many marks in total is the Question A?

50 Marks

300

Complete the line "something is ______________ in the state of Denmark

Rotten

300

What does APA stand for?

All Purpose Area

300

What is the chemical symbol for gold?

Au

300

In Mexican culture, what do they call the day after Halloween?

Dia de los muertos

400

Technically, how many parts are in a question A?

3 - (i), (ii), (iii)

400

What play does Hamlet ask the actors to perform?

The Murder of Gonzago

400

To the nearest 10, how many accounts does the Loreto instagram page follow?

119 (110-120)

400

Who directed the movie "Jaws"?

Stephen Spielberg

400

What is the name of the bread that Irish people sometimes eat at Halloween?

Barmbrack

500

What are the 2 language genres beginning with "A"?

Aesthetic and Argument

500

To the nearest 500 how many lines are in Hamlet?

4,042 (4,000-4,500)

500

Loreto's motto in Latin "Cruci dum spiro fido" which translates to "While I live I trust in the __________"

Cross

500

In what year did Ireland join the EU?

1973

500

To the nearest 5 what is the record for most pumpkins smashed in one minute?

52 (50-55)

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