Ireland
Canada
USA
The UK
Australia/New Zealand
100
What percentage of redheads does Ireland have?
10%
100
What is the capital of Canada?
Ottawa
100
What is the biggest city (by population) in the USA?
New York City 8.258 million (2023)
2nd biggest: Los Angeles 3.821 million (2023)
100
What is another word to refer to tea or coffee in the UK?
a cuppa
100
On which day of the year is ANZAC day celebrated?
April 25th
200
On average, how many millions of pints of Guiness are consumed worldwide on Saint Patrick's Day? (more or less 3 million)
BONUS + 200: What is the 'real' colour of Guiness?
On average, more than 13 million pints of Guinness are consumed worldwide on St. Patrick's Day
BONUS: red
200
What is the narrator's brother's name in the short story "Boys & Girls" by Alice Munro?
BONUS points +200: What does his name mean?
Laird
meaning: Laird is a Scottish word for minor lord (or landlord) and is a designation that applies to an owner of a large, long-established Scottish estate.
acceptable answer: lord
200
There are 8 states that start with the letter 'M'. Name 4 of them.
BONUS +200: Name all 8 states.
* 3 minutes
1.Maryland
2.Michigan
3.Montana
4.Missouri
5.Massachusetts
6. Mississippi
7. Minnesota
8. Maine
200
How many countries are in the UK?
BONUS +200: Name all the countries.
4 countries -
England, Scotland, Northern Ireland & Wales
200
True or False: New Zealand became the first self-governing country in the world in which women had the right to vote in parliamentary elections
BONUS +200 : In what year did NZ grant the right to vote to women? (more or less 5 years)
True, in 1893
300
Ireland has the most Nobel Prize winners (per capita) in which category?
1. peace prize
2. literature
3. physiology/medicine
2. literature
300
Which of the following is NOT a Canadian invention?
a) basketball
b) Penicillin
c) cotton candy (barbe à papa)
d) IMAX
cotton candy
300
In what year did the first iPhone come out?
2007
300
Which of the following was NOT written by William Shakespeare?
a) Blithe Spirit
b) Hamlet
c) Richard III
d) The Taming of the Shrew
Blithe Spirit, is a comic play by Noël Coward
300
Which of the following is NOT real Australian slang?
a) arvo
b) fair dinkum
c) chuck a sickie
d) banjaxed
banjaxed
(Irish slang), Banjaxed is used to describe something that's not working or is broken.
400
The Sniper was about the Irish War of Independence/The Irish Civil War, what were the two sides of this war?
the Republicans (also known as the Irregulars) & Free staters
400
What does Canada have the most of in the world?
a) maple trees
b) lakes
c) mountains
d) oats
lakes
Canada is home to the largest number of lakes in the world. (Around 2 million)
400
Who was the first female billionaire in the USA?
a) Martha Stewart
b) Oprah Winfrey
c) Madonna
d) Abigail Johnson
Martha Stewart
400
What is the family name of the current British royal family?
A) Windsor
B) Tudor
C) Lancaster
D) Stuart
Windsor
400
What iconic animal appears on the official coat of arms of Australia alongside the kangaroo?
a) the wombat
b) the Quokka
c) the emu
d) the Tasmanian devil
the emu
500
What traditional Irish sport, sometimes described as a mix between hockey and rugby, is one of the oldest and most popular sports in Ireland?
A) Gaelic Football
B) Hurling
C) Camogie
D) Irish Handball
b) hurling
500
Who is the current Prime Minister of Canada?
Mark Carney
500
Which US state has produced the most presidents?
a) Ohio
b) Washington
c) Masachusetts
d) Virginia
d) Virginia - 8 presidents !
500
In what year did the United Kingdom officially join the European Economic Community (the EEC), which later became the European Union?
A) 1963
B) 1973
C) 1983
D) 1993
B) 1973
500
Name this animal (in English)
a platypus (ornithorynque)