Housing Acronyms
2024 Oscars Trivia
General Irish/St. Patrick's Day Trivia
Irish Books, Music, Movies, and Television
Final Jeopardy Questions Over the Years
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CHDO
Community Housing Development Organization
100
Best Picture
Oppenheimer
100
This American city has dyed its river green every St. Patrick's Day since 1962.
Chicago
100
The Dark Hedges, located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, was used for filming in this popular TV show and is better known by fans of that show as Kingsroad.
Game of Thrones
100
Built of more than 18,000 metal parts & 2.5 million rivets, it was the world's tallest manmade structure from 1889 to 1930.
The Eiffel Tower
200
CoC
Continuum of Care
200
Best Actor
Cillian Murphy
200
There is an official 6 step process to pouring a perfect pint of this popular beer.
Guinness.
200
Two of Irish band U2's most popular hits, "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" and "With or Without You" are featured on this 1987 album.
The Joshua Tree.
200
This man was killed in a duel in Weehawken, New Jersey 2 1/2 years after his son died in a duel there.
Alexander Hamilton
300
BABA
Build America, Buy America
300
Best Actress
Emma Stone
300
These two foods comprise the traditional main dish served at many St. Patrick's Day celebrations in America.
Corned beef and cabbage.
300
This famous Irish author wrote the classic novels Ulysses, Finnegans Wake, and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
James Joyce
300
Opened in 1909 & less famous than an older neighbor, it connects Brooklyn & Chinatown.
The Manhattan Bridge
400
IDIS
Integrated Disbursement and Information System
400
Best Supporting Actor
Robert Downey Jr.
400
This river runs through Dublin.
Liffey
400
This Irish poet wrote many famous poems, including "The Lake Isle of Innisfree," "Easter, 1916," and "Sailing to Byzantium."
William Butler Yeats
400
It's the world's smallest landlocked country in both area & population.
Vatican City
500
AFFH
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
500
Best Supporting Actress
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
500
Saint Patrick is considered the primary patron saint of Ireland, but Saint Columba and this female saint represented by a cross with rushes are also patron saints of Ireland.
Saint Brigid
500
Erin Quinn, Clare Devlin, Michelle Mallon, Orla McCool, and James Maguire are the main characters in this popular Netflix series about a group of Northern Irish teenagers.
Derry Girls
500
Not a department head but of Cabinet rank, the person in this post has had an official residence in a 42nd floor Park Avenue penthouse.
Ambassador to the United Nations