Maps Without Borders
Les Mis-demeanors
Dish-Honest
Oops → Uh-Oh → History
Gael-Force Mash-Ups
100
This Southern Hemisphere federation built a compromise capital inland between its two rival port cities; its highest summit is Mount Kosciuszko and its red heart is marked by Uluru.
What is Australia?
100
Anonymous extortionist demands compliance from theater management via signed notes; suspected of unlawful confinement beneath the premises.
Who is The Phantom (Erik)? (The Phantom of the Opera)
100
Neither sugary nor starchy — it’s thymus or pancreas on a fancy menu.
What are sweetbreads?
100
German arms ship intercepted → countermanding order issued → not everyone gets the memo → a smaller force still walks into the GPO on a Monday.
What is the Easter Rising (1916)?
100
Scenic Kerry drive meets the star of Scandal.
What is “Ring of Kerry Washington”?
200
This country boasts the world’s longest coastline and spans three oceans.
What is Canada?
200
Homicide suspect claims victim “ran into my knife ten times”; incident followed a brass-heavy nightclub number. Requesting backup!
Who is Velma Kelly? (Chicago)
200
“Mountain mollusks” that never met the sea.
What are Rocky Mountain oysters?
200
Informers roll up leaders → planned signal via mail coach falters → scattered county uprisings ignite anyway → French help lands weeks late in Connacht.
What is the 1798 United Irishmen Rebellion?
200
Dublin’s historic university merges with a savings plan for kids.
What is “Trinity College Fund”?
300
This county has Ireland’s longest coastline?
What is County Mayo.
300
Clue: Juvenile gang member wanted for playground homicide during a “rumble”; later heard pleading to the victim’s sister for forgiveness. Suspected involvement with the Sharks.
Who is Tony? (West Side Story)
300
Zero dairy here: a jellied terrine of head parts despite the fromage title.
What is head cheese?
300
Irregulars entrench in the legal quarter → kidnapping of J. J. “Ginger” O’Connell spikes tensions → Whitehall loans 18-pounders.
What is the Four Courts bombardment / outbreak of the Irish Civil War (1922)?
300
Remote monastic outcrop off Kerry fuses with the ‘How Am I Supposed to Live Without You’ singer.
What is “Skellig Michael Bolton”?
400
Name this iconic American city:
What is Los Angeles.
400
Source suspected near a let room above a food vendor; night cart movements noted, and an officer goes off-duty mid-visit.
What is Sweeney Todd.
400
Amphibians nowhere in sight—just sausages baked into Yorkshire batter until puffed and golden.
What is toad in the hole?
400
Parade authorisation refused under Public Order rules → cityside bridges sealed; crowd funneled toward a cul-de-sac of barricades → one battalion’s Support Company pushes through Barrier 14 on William Street, abandoning “arrest-only” ROE → fourteen civilians do not return.
What is Bloody Sunday in Derry (30 January 1972)?
400
Iconic bridge over the Liffey meets a banker’s short-term financing tool.
What is a “Samuel Beckett Bridge Loan”?
500
A large desert kingdom with zero permanent rivers; water flows only in seasonal wadis.
What is Saudi Arabia?
500
Treasury official linked to an unlawful sunrise discharge of a firearm across the river; believed to be dead.
Who is Alexander Hamilton? (Hamilton)
500
Despite the lagomorph label, this “rabbit” is just toasted bread under a molten ale-spiked cheddar sauce.
What is Welsh rabbit/rarebit?
500
“Talent” remuneration re-coded via tripartite side letters → sponsor activations booked through barter ledgers → off-balance top-ups discovered by auditors → board blindsided, PAC hearings packed → DG walks; flagship presenter’s return deal collapses.
What is the 2023 RTÉ secret payments/barter-accounts scandal?
500
Pub-crawling past the Ha’penny Bridge, you still need to pass this legal hurdle before you can practice.
What is Temple Bar Exam?