Quiz Club Week 6

Halloween

100

What is 'Halloween' known as in Irish?

Oíche Shamhna

200

Name the well-known celebration in Mexico that happens each year on the day after Halloween.

Día de los Muertos

300

Before using pumpkins, which vegetable was commonly used to make Jack o Lanterns?

Turnips

400

What is the name of the Celtic festival that Halloween in based on?

Samhainn

500

What is the name of the pagan warrior Goddess, who was told to emerge each Halloween on a chariot full of otherworldly beasts? 

Morrigan

County nicknames

100

Which county is known as 'The Wee County'?

Louth

200

Which county is known as 'The Rebel County'?

Cork

300

Which county is known as 'The Kingdom'?

Kerry

400

Which county is known as 'The Garden County'?

Wicklow

500

Which county is known as 'The Lake County'?

Westmeath

Proverbs

100

Better late than....

Never

200

A picture is worth a thousand....

Words

300

When in Rome....

Do as the Romans do

400

Necessity is the mother of....

Invention

500

Above and beyond....

The call of duty

Capital Cities

100

Capital of Egypt

Cairo

200

Capital of Argentina

Buenos Aires

300

Capital of India

New Dehli

400

Capital of Croatia

Zagreb

500

What is the capital of Canada?

Ottowa

Science and Animals

100

What is the fastest animal in the world?

Cheetah

200

Only bird that can fly backwards?

Hummingbird

300

What is the longest type of snake in the world?

Python

400

Largest reptile in the world?

Crocodile

500

What is the largest invertebrate (no spine) in the world?

Giant Squid