LIVE: The Double Double Camogie Quiz on KCLR

We’re live between 8pm and 11pm or so for The Double Double Camogie Quiz, raising funds for the Kilkenny senior camogie team ahead of their 2017 All-Ireland final against Cork and at the same time offering great prizes including All-Ireland tickets, hotel stays, a trip to New York and much more.

Tune in above and play along at any of the venues listed on KilkennyCamogie.com

Questions: Round One (Geography)

1. The Great Victoria desert is located where?
2. The layer of the earth immediately below the crust is called what?
3. During which process does either wind or water move rock and soil to another location?
4. Which planet is closest to Earth?
5. What occurred first – the stone age or the bronze age?
6. What are convectional, frontal and relief all types of?
7. What is the longest mountain range in the world?
8. The song Coco Jambo was a big 90s hit, but for what group?

Questions: Round Two (Sports)

1. Who was England’s first million pound football player?
2. What trophy is award to the winning team of the NFL Super Bowl?
3. What is the longest Olympic swimming race for men?
4. What is the diameter of a basketball hoop/rim used by the NBA?
5. In which sport can a spider be used?
6. Who scored the winning penalty in the 2006 FIFA World Cup final?
7. In poker, which hand is more valuable – is it flush or a full house.
8. Adele’s Set Fire To the Rain – what album is it taken from (listen below)

Questions: Round Three (History)

1. Who was the first high king of Ireland?
2. Who was known as The Liberator?
3. Which of Henry VIII’s wives is buried next to him?
4. When was Douglas Hyde elected?
5. In which century was the Battle of the Boyne?
6. How many American presidents have been shot and killed?
7. What important event occurred on June 6, 1944?
8. Counting Stars, number one track from 2013 – name the group (listen below)

Questions: Round Four (Music)

1. Who sang ‘Y.M.C.A.’?
2. The Pogues were formed in what year?
3. Who was ‘saving all my love for you’?
4. Who co-wrote ‘Fame’ with David Bowie?
5. Adam Lambert collaborated with which rock band in 2011?
6. Who had a hit song with ‘I Predict a Riot’?
7. Which female artist sold the most albums worldwide in 2009?
8. Listen to the brand new song from The Script below. Can you name their lead singer?

Questions: Round Five (Camogie)

1. Michelle Quilty captained the 2016 All-Ireland winning team – what club does she play for?
2. Who last captained Kilkenny to victory in 1994?
3. True or false – Kilkenny have 15 All-Ireland senior titles?
4. A sideline cut, if put directly over the crossbar is worth how many points?
5. Anne Dalton has four All Star awards – true or false?
6. In what year did a Kilkenny club last win the Senior Club All-Ireland Final?
7. The Kay Mills cup is awards after which All-Ireland final?
8. Audio – All Saints with Never Never featuring Nicole Appleton. She was once married to what famous rock star? (listen below)

Questions: Round Six

1. What are the main meat ingredients for coddle?
2. What was Michael Collins fiancé called (who)?
3. The first general secretary of the GAA was a Clare man. What was his name?
4. Who wrote The Importance of Being Earnest?
5. How long did Oisín spend in Tír na nÓg?
6. Who became President of Ireland in 1991?
7. St. Patrick has never formally been canonised by a pope – true or false?
8. Audio – this singer performed recently at St. Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny, can you name them?

Tie Break Questions

1. Which US actor is the voice of Gru in the 2010 animated film Despicable Me?
2. The 1995 film Toy Story was created by which animation company?
3. What is the word used to describe a sailing or rowing sports meeting?
4. Waterford born Irish sportsman John James Kelly is better know as who?
5. Which Irish newspaper was first published on September 5th 1931?
6. What is the name given to the stick used to beat an Irish bodhrán drum?
7. In which Irish county was Pierce Brosnan born?
8. What is a Galway Hooker?

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Round One Answers

1. Australia
2. The Outer Mantle
3. Erosion
4. Venus
5. Stone Age
6. Rainfall
7. The Andes
8. Audio – Mr President

Round Two Answers

1. Trevor Francis
2. The Vince Lombardi Trophy
3. Marathon (10km)
4. 18 inches
5. Snooker
6. Fabio Grosso
7. Full House
8. 21

Round Three Answers

1. Brian Boru
2. Daniel O’Connell
3. Jane Seymour
4. 1938
5. 17th Century
6. Four (Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Kennedy)
7. D-Day
8. One Republic

Round Four Answers

1. The Village People
2. 1982
3. Whitney Houston
4. John Lennon
5. Queen
6. Kaiser Chiefs
7. Susan Boyle
8. Danny O’Donoghue

Round Five Answers

1. Mullinvat
2. Ann Downey
3. False (13)
4. Two
5. True
6. 2006 (St. Lachtain’s)
7. Premier Junior
8. Liam Gallagher

Round Six Answers

1. Sausages and rashers
2.  Kitty Kiernan
3. Michael Cusack
4. Oscar Wilde
5. 300 years
6. Mary Robinson
7. True
8. David Gray

Tie Breaker Answers

1. Steve Carrell
2. Pixar
3. Regatta
4. Sean Kelly
5. The Irish Post
6. Tipper
7. Meath
8. Boat

Sudden Death Answers

1. 20,037

We’ll have live commentary of Kilkenny v Cork on air and online this Saturday from 4pm with thanks to Intosport and before that, why not join us at the Academy Plaza Hotel, Dublin from 12-2pm and get fed for the day ahead.