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    The Whiz Quiz Book: For Children and Grown-up Children
    The Whiz Quiz Book: For Children and Grown-up Children
    The Whiz Quiz Book: For Children and Grown-up Children
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    The Whiz Quiz Book: For Children and Grown-up Children

    By Cork West Branch of the NPC

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    Specially compiled by children, parents and teachers, this book contains a wide variety of questions on film, sport, TV, music, etc. Laid out in game form, each game consists of ten rounds of eight questions each. There are few quiz books for Irish children and this book will help to fill that gap.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Collins Press
    Release dateAug 14, 2005
    ISBN9781848899230
    The Whiz Quiz Book: For Children and Grown-up Children
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    Cork West Branch of the NPC

    National Parents Council Primary (NPC) is the nation-wide organisation representing parents of children attending early and primary education.

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      The Whiz Quiz Book - Cork West Branch of the NPC

      NPC-P

      QUIZ NUMBER 1

      ROUND 1

      1. Where was Christopher Columbus born: Lisbon, Genoa or Madrid?

      2. What time shows a quarter to seven pm on the 24-hour clock?

      3. What sort of ship would fly a Jolly Roger?

      4. What was Cuchulainn’s name before he was called Cuchulainn?

      5. In the Jungle Book what kind of animal is Baloo?

      6. Name the highest point in Donegal?

      7. Silken Thomas was a famous character in Irish history. What was his surname?

      8. Cén sórt rud é‘Ceirnín’?

      ROUND 2

      1. Which islands in the Atlantic Ocean have the same name as a bird?

      2. What was Batman’s secret identity?

      3. What three letters are usually used to describe deoxyribonucleic acid?

      4. In Greek legend, who killed the Minotaur?

      5. In what year was University College Cork founded?

      6. What Irish battle took place in the year 1601?

      7. If you were born on 1 April, what would your star sign be?

      8. Give the proper term for the direction a bishop moves in the game of chess?

      ROUND 3

      1. In what year was Bob Geldof awarded a knighthood?

      2. In Irish folklore who was Oisín’s father?

      3. What was the name of the film made by David Putnam in west Cork in 1993?

      4. Name the largest county in the province of Ulster?

      5. What does nocturnal mean?

      6. During which war did Anne Frank write her diary while living in the attic of a house in Amsterdam?

      7. Finish the well-known phrase ‘A stitch in time …’

      8. What were Ancient Egyptian tombs called?

      ROUND 4

      1. What profession does the INTO represent?

      2. In what city in Ireland is Eyre Square?

      3. What are animals who mainly feed on grasses, shrubs and heathers called?

      4. Who wrote the play The Countess Cathleen?

      5. What is the capital city of Norway?

      6. In the nursery rhyme ‘Hey Diddle Diddle’, what did the dish do?

      7. In which part of the body would you find the anvil, the hammer and the stirrup?

      8. What letter represents 1,000 in Roman numerals?

      ROUND 5

      1. In mathematics, what does LCM stand for?

      2. What type of creature was Pegasus?

      3. In which county is the Giant’s Causeway?

      4. What hormone controls the supply of sugar from the blood to the muscles?

      5. The house situated at no. 1,600 Pennsylvania Avenue is better known as what?

      6. How many months have 31 days?

      7. How many Powerpuff Girls are there?

      8. What is the only bird that can fly backwards?

      ROUND 6

      1. Who was the first man in space in 1961?

      2. In which novel does the ghost of Jacob Morley make an appearance?

      3. How many O.W.L.s did Harry Potter receive?

      4. In the term e-mail, what does the e stand for?

      5. Who uses the code name 007?

      6. Leonardo da Vinci’s portrait of ‘Lisa del Giocondra’ is better known as what?

      7. In what county are the Maamturk Mountains?

      8. Where was Eamon de Valera born?

      ROUND 7

      1. Who wrote the poem that includes the line ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’?

      2. How much money do you get for passing ‘Go’ in the game of Monopoly?

      3. If you were born on 1 January what would your star sign be?

      4. What is the name of the girl who went with Oisín to Tir-Na-nÓg?

      5. Who invented the miner’s safety lamp?

      6. Is Andrea Bocelli a soprano, tenor or bass?

      7. For which sport is the Ryder Cup awarded?

      8. Who is the school principal in the children’s novel Matilda?

      ROUND 8

      1. In what

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