We trawled through old episodes of RTÉ’s premier schools quiz show to present 10 questions from the original shows. How well would you have done? Find out now.
Ray, take it away:
1. In which Leinster county will you find Blackwater Harbour?
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Wicklow
Wexford
Louth
2. What's the predominant colour of boxer dogs?
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Brown
Black
White
3. 'Before' was a 1996 hit single for which flamboyant duo?
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The Pet Shop Boys
Wham!
Eurythmics
4. In which decade did US Secretary of State George Marshall call for a European recovery programme known as The Marshall Plan?
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1930s
1940s
1950s
5. Charles J Haughey's island of Inishvickillane lies off the coast of which Munster county?
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Clare
Cork
Kerry
6. Newtownards is a major town in which Ulster county?
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Down
Armagh
Antrim
7. Beginning with R, which five-letter word defines the measure of the relative sides of two quantities or measurements, expressed as a proportion?
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Range
Ratio
Radius
8. Can you identify this RTÉ personality?
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Derek Davies
Marty Whelan
Ronan Collins
9. EV3 was the title of a 1997 album by which American all-girl group?
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3LW
TLC
En Vogue
10. Which extinct reptiles take their name from the Greek for "terrible lizard"?
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Tyrannosaurus
Dinosaur
Velociraptor
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