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The Big Fun Quiz Of The Year 2014

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Dec 25th 2014, 1:00 PM 27,196 Views 12 Comments

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1. What did Maria Walsh say about winning the Rose of Tralee as a gay woman?
Rose of Tralee
"To me, being gay is normal"
"The question of sexuality never came up"

"I'm confident in who I am as a person"
All of the above
2. Whose bone was a crucial plot point in Love/Hate?
Fran
John Boy

Git
Dano
3. What bad word did Ryan Tubridy very distinctly utter on the Late Late Toy Show?
Crapola
Bollocks

Shit
Boobs

Arsed
Shitehawk
4. Who represented Ireland in the Eurovision this year?
Wikimedia
Ryan Dolan
YouTube
Jedward

YouTube
Kasey Smith and Can-Linn
YouTube
Conchita Wurst
5. Who was NOT in Ellen's record-breaking Oscar selfie?
Bradley Cooper
Brad Pitt

Channing Tatum
George Clooney
6. Garth Brooks broke the country's hearts by cancelling all his Croke Park dates, but what did he compare the saga to?
Mark Humphrey
Being bullied in school.
A knife in the gut.

The death of a family member.
Losing a limb.
7. Which Limerick hotel did Kim and Kanye West stay in during their Irish honeymoon?
Aisling Dunne
Castle Oliver
Adare Manor

The Savoy
Castle Oaks
8. Who's the odd one out?
Instagram
Justin Bieber
thecampaignbook
Shia LaBeouf

Doug Peters EMPICS
Chris Pine
Instagram
James Franco
9. What song do Eamon Dunphy and Johnny Giles dance to in THAT Cadbury ad?
Happy - Pharrell Williams
Hooked on a Feeling - Blue Swede

Yes Sir, I Can Boogie - Baccara
Stayin' Alive - The Beegees
10. What's Baz's mam called in 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy?
Sky
Joan
Nancy

Bridie
Ann
11. Who refused to do the Ice Bucket Challenge?
Benedict Cumberbatch
Gwyneth Paltrow

Leonardo DiCaprio
Pamela Anderson
12. Whose show was plagued by computer problems at Marlay Park this summer?
Twitter
Kings of Leon
Macklemore

Kanye West
Arctic Monkeys
13. Which of these is not the name of one of Twink's dogs?
Bertie Ahern
Dicey Reilly

Rita Kelly
Peanuts Sheridan
14. Which of the following celebrity couples did not break up in 2014?
Ian West
Calvin Harris and Rita Ora
LuMar Jr
Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith

Colin Young-Wolff
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin
Ian West
Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux
15. What 90s TV star was Charlize Theron rumoured to have beef with this year?
Chase Rollins EMPICS
Tia Mowry
Chase Rollins EMPICS
Alyssa Milano

Vince Flores
Melissa Joan Hart
Vince Flores
Neve Campbell
16. Jude Law is having a baby with an Irish woman, but what county is she from?
Andrew Medichini
Wexford
Cavan

Tipperary
Sligo
17. Name the Irish actor who will star in the film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey
Doug Peters
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
Ian West
Jamie Dornan

Michael Sohn
Robert Sheehan
Ian West
Jack Reynor
18. Which phrase memorably took over an episode of Prime Time back in March?
Irish Ukrainians, not Russians
Your job is ok, this time

Bono is a pox
Warren has nits
19. Which of these slang terms was not added to the Oxford Dictionary this year?
greeblie

greeblie
10. Which celebrity baby was NOT born this year?
Billy O'Driscoll
North West

Wyatt Kutcher
Esmeralda Gosling
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*In question number 8, James Franco is the odd one out because he wasn’t arrested this year

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