EASTER QUIZ:Win two nights' accommodation at Carton House in Maynooth, Co Kildare (including dinner for two) by answering these 20 breezy questions
1. Traditionally, Easter Sunday falls on the first Sunday after the full moon after the vernal equinox, making it . . .
(a) A moveable feast
(b) An al fresco dinner
(c) A luau
2. Actor James Nesbitt has been elected chancellor of . . . ?
(a) Queen’s University
(b) University of Ulster
(c) Schleswig-Holstein
3. To the nearest €10K, how large a salary increase will TDs Pat Carey and Tony Killeen enjoy following their promotion from junior to senior ministerial positions?
(a) €40,000
(b) €50,000
(c) €60,000
4. What does author Christopher Hitchens denounce in Vanity Fair as “no more than a long, rasping throat-clearing by an admittedly touchy dictator”?
(a) The first three provisions of Obama’s Healthcare Act
(b) The first three of God’s Ten Commandments
(c) The first three chapters of Bill Cullen’s It’s a Long Way from Penny Apples
5. Martin McDonagh’s A Behanding in Spokane premiered on Broadway earlier this year, with which legendary Hollywood actor in the leading role?
(a) Rob Schneider
(b) Harvey Keitel
(c) Christopher Walken
6.After a recent Spanish league clash, Real Zaragoza coach José Aurelio Gay admitted that his side “can beat Barcelona, but we cannot beat . . . ”
(a) Batman
(b) Heartburn
(c) Lionel Messi
7. Which of the following is not a variety of “bath salt” currently on sale in head shops around the country?
(a) Stardust
(b) Cak,
(c) Hurricane Charlie
8. “I am impressed by their determination and spirit in the face of a lot of criticism,” said Fu Ying, former Chinese ambassador to the UK, about which widely pilloried duo?
(a) Gordon Brown and Alastair Darling
(b) The outgoing head and deputy head of Google China
(c) Jedward
9. During recent industrial action, photographers from the Irish Daily Star accompanied Georgia Salpa and Nadia Forde to the passport office on Molesworth Street. Were these ladies . . . ?
(a) Scantily-clad glamour models
(b) Industrial relations mediators
(c) Members of the U-18s ladies rugby team
10. Electric Picnic headliners Roxy Music have scored only one UK No 1 single to date. Was it . . . ?
(a) Virginia Plain
(b) Love Is the Drug
(c) Jealous Guy
11. In a recent RTÉ2 documentary, which Connacht town was hailed as Ireland’s premier UFO portal?
(a) Gort, Co Galway
(b) Westport, Co Mayo
(c) Boyle, Co Roscommon
12. Irish gangster flick Perrier’s Bounty was written by Mark O’Rowe and stars Brendan Gleeson. According to IMDB.com, who has appeared in more Irish films?
(a) Brendan Gleeson
(b) Colm Meaney
13. When 21-year-old Kris Holmes from Crumlin realised his friends had gone to a nightclub instead of his birthday party, what action did he resort to?
(a) He rang Joe Duffy
(b) He unfriended them on Facebook
(c) He told the Garda there was a bomb in the nightclub
14. Who are Kevin Daveron, Evan Dennings and Gail Folliard?
(a) Disgruntled backbench Fianna Fáil TDs
(b) Ireland’s Eurovision 2010 backing vocalists
(c) Irish “citizens” considered persons of interest by police in Dubai
15. According to Manchester United footballer John O’Shea, what almost scuppered his career?
(a) Ballroom dancing
(b) Asthma
(c) The Black and Tans
16. Taoiseach Brian Cowen regularly urges us to make sacrifices in order to ensure a return to national prosperity in time for the centenary of which event?
(a) The 1916 Easter Rising
(b) The 1932 Eucharistic Congress
(c) Boyzone’s 1993 Late Late Show debut
17. Easter Island in the south Pacific is a special territory of which country?
(a) Argentina
(b) Chile
(c) New Zealand
18. A hidden message or in-joke in a film, computer programme or video game is sometimes called an . . .
(a) Easter Bonnet
(b) Easter Bunny
(c) Easter Egg
19. On which avenue, theoretically, would Judy Garland and Fred Astaire be strolling in the 1948 musical Easter Parade?
(a) Griffith Avenue
(b) Park Avenue
(c) Fifth Avenue
20. Finally, what words appear on the screen at the end of Lady Gaga and Beyoncé’s Telephone video?
(a) To be continued
(b) The preceding video should not have been watched by anyone under 18 years old
(c) Text will go here
Entries by e-mail to easter@irishtimes.com, or by post to Magazine quiz, The Irish Times, 24 Tara Street, Dublin 2. The closing date for entries is Friday, April 9th
1. Open to all readers except employees and their immediate families of Carton House, The Irish Times, their agents or anyone professionally connected with the promotion. 2. Limited to one entry per household. No third party or bulk entries will be accepted. 3. Entrants under 18 require parental/guardian permission to take part and to be awarded prize. 4. Prizewinner will be fully liable for damage or breakages to the property or contents for the duration of their stay. 5. The prize includes 2 nights’ accommodation in the luxury suite at Carton House including dinner on one evening. 6. All elements of prize package are non-transferrable and subject to date availability, change and all prizefund provider standard operator terms and conditions. 7. The prize is as stated and no cash or alternative prize is available, except that in the event of circumstances outside of its control, the promoter reserves the right to provide a similar prize of equal or greater value. 8. One winner will be drawn at random under independent supervision from all entries received on and notified in writing within 28 days of the closing date. The promoter’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. 9. By entering the promotion, entrants will be deemed to have accepted and be bound by the terms and conditions. All entry instructions form part of these terms and conditions. Any breach of these terms and conditions will result in a forfeit of the prize.
