1

In terms of passengers carried what is the biggest airline in Europe?

2

In 2011 actor Antonio Banderas hosted a film premier of which one of his films where only cats were able to attend the premier?

3

What is currently the largest land based carnivore in the world? 

4

Name these four alcohol brands

5

How many US presidents have had the first name George?

6

What kind of fruit might a McIntosh, Honeycrisp or Gala?

7

The capital of Liechtenstein, Vaduz, lies on which major river?

8

Name these six celebrity chefs

9

The Potala Palace was once the home of which religious leader?

10

Which area of New York City is most associated with Marvel’s Daredevil,.

11

Listen to this clip from a 1992 movie with an Irish theme and some of the worst accents you will ever hear. Name the film, the two actors you hear and the director of the movie (none of them Irish)

12

Ultravox Singer Midge Ure played in Malmo on Tuesday last. A song he played a part in writing “Do They Know It’s Christmas” is the second best selling single in British history. A 1997 double A side is number one. Name the singer and any one of the two songs that are number one.

13

What kind of animal is the most venomous creature in the world? 

14

Name these four cities on the River Mississippi

15

The only active volcano on mainland Europe is Mount Vesuvius, plus or minus ten years, in what year did it last erupt?

16

What is the Mandarin expression  for wind and water?

17

In literature which character owned the sword Hrunting?

18

Four actors who appeared in the 1996 film Michael Collins, name the four of them

19

According to the wedding poem, a bride should wear something old, something new, something borrowed and something what?

20

a jalapeno is a variety of which type of food?

21

True or False, “Like its fur, a tiger’s skin is also striped.

22

Name these six songs, all hits from Irish singers or groups.

1

Ryanair

2

Puss in Boots

3

The Polar Bear

4

a. Guinness
b. Captain Morgan
c. Hennessy
d. Jagermeister

5

Three
George Bush Snr, Bush Jnr, washington

6

Apple

7

The Rhine

8

a. Gordon Ramsay
b. Jamie Oliver
c. Julia Childs
d. Tina Nordström
e. Titti Qvarström
f. Jiro Ono

9

The Dalai Lama

10

Hells Kitchen

11

a. Far and Away
Drömmarnas horisont
b. Tom Cruise
c. Nicole Kidman
d. Ron Howard

12

Elton John

Candle in the Wind or Something About the Way You Look Tonight. 

13

(Box) Jellyfish

14

a. New Orleans
b. Saint Louis
c. Memphis
e. Saint Paul

15

1944

(March 17th)

16

Feng Shui

17

Beowulf

18

a. Liam Neeson
b. Julia Roberts
c. Alan Rickman
d. Charles Dance

19

Blue

20

Pepper

21

True

22

a. I Don’t Like Mondays
Boomtown Rats

b. Sunday Bloody Sunday
U2

c. Chasing Cars
Snow Patrol

d. Take Me the Church
Hozier

e. Zombie
The Cranberries

f. Teenage Kicks
The Undertones