Adolescence
What's the name of the main character in Adolescence?
Jamie
Name at least 3 conservative-leaning UK News Papers.
The Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph,The Daily Express,The Sun,The Times
The campaign begun in the suburbs of Birmingham to hang St George's flag and the Union Jack is called...
...Operation Raise the Colours.
What's the police called in Irish?
Gardai.
PM Keir Starmer has two very young children. True or False?
False. His children are teenagers.
Name at least 3 left-leaning UK newspapers.
The Mirror (Daily Mirror), The Independent, The Guardian.
What's the name of the river in New Ross?
River Barrow
In response to Adolescence, social media use has been banned for under 16 year-olds in the UK.
False.
The New York Times and the The Washington Post are...
...liberal / centre-left, strongly progressive US papers.
Which country is not represented in the Union Jack?
Wales.
Who was the Taoiseach in 1986 - Charles Haughey or Garrett Fitzgerald?
Garrett Fitzgerald
the arts
The New York Post is a conservative, populist, strongly pro-republican US paper. True or False?
True.
St George's country of origin was...
Cappadocia (Turkey)
What do crows represent in Irish folklore?
in Irish folklore, crows are ambivalent symbols — at once omens of death and doom, messengers of the Otherworld, and manifestations of divine power, especially through the goddess Morrígan.
The Online Safety Actpassed into law in the UK in...
The Online Safety Actpassed into law in the UK in on 26 October 2023.
The Financial Times (FT) is ____________, BUT _________________. It often endorses ____________________.
The Financial Times (FT) is ____________Centrist to centre-right economically (pro-business, pro-free market, pro-globalisation), but socially liberal and pro-European. Often endorses whichever party is seen as most competent on the economy (sometimes Conservative, sometimes Labour, sometimes Liberal Democrats).
“In England all the boasting and flag-wagging, the Rule Britannia stuff, is done by small minorities. The patriotism of the common people is not vocal or even conscious.” Who said this?
George Orwell.
What are Eileen and her daughters busy doing on Christmas Eve?
Baking the Christmas Cake!