QuizEire010819 Flashcards
1 Which American actor born in Hawaii on August 1 1979 played Jason Ioane in ‘Baywatch Hawaii’ Ronon Dex in ‘Stargate Atlantis’ Khal Drogo in ‘Game of Thrones’ and Arthur Curry in the film ‘Aquaman’?
1 Jason Momoa
2 Which Irishman from Rush Co Dublin captained England to victory in the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup?
2 Eoin Morgan
3 By what stage name – forename and surname – is the American actor born Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez (on August 3 1940) better known?
3 Martin Sheen
4 Who won the 2019 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open golf championships at Lahinch golf club?
4 Jon Rahm
5 And which golfer won the 2019 British Open at Royal Portrush?
5 Shane Lowry
6 Which country won the 2019 Netball World Cup at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool?
6 New Zealand (The Silver Ferns)
7 Which Soviet actress and film director (7 August 1901 – 28 October 1989) was in 1961 the first female winner of the Best Director Award at Cannes film festival in the 20th century and the first woman to win a directing prize at any of the major European film festivals for the film ‘Chronicle of Flaming Years’ a war drama about Russian resistance to Nazi occupation in 1941?
7 Yuliya Solntseva
8 Alan Napier (7 January 1903 – 8 August 1988) who played the butler Alfred in the 1960s ‘Batman’ TV series was a cousin of which British prime minister?
8 Neville Chamberlain
9 The artist Jheronimus Van Aken born in the Netherlands around 1450 is better known by what name? He died on 9 August 1516.
9 Hieronymous Bosch
10 Rated the greatest Lightweight boxer of all-time by boxing historian and Ring Magazine founder Nat Fleischer and known as the Old Master which boxer (November 25 1874 – August 10 1910) became the first African-American World Boxing Champion of the 20th century reigning continuously as World Lightweight Champion from 1902-1908?
10 Joe Gans (born Joseph Gant)
11 Which Trinidad-born writer (17 August 1932 – 11 August 2018) won the 2001 Nobel Prize for Literature for having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories?
11 V. S. Naipaul
12 Better known as an actor (August 23 1912 – February 2 1996) who directed or co-directed the movies ‘On The Town’ ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ and ‘Hello Dolly!’?
12 Gene Kelly
13 Johann Christoph Denner (August 13 1655 – April 26 1707) is generally credited with the invention of which single-reed woodwind instrument around 1700?
13 Clarinet
14 ‘August 1914’ is the first in a series of novels collectively known as ‘The Red Wheel’ by which Russian writer who died on 3 August 2008?
14 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
15 Which English film director and cinematographer (15 August 1928 – 23 November 2018) was best known for directing the films Performance (1970) Walkabout (1971) Don’t Look Now (1973) The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) Bad Timing (1980) and The Witches (1990)?
15 Nicolas Roeg
16 Which James Bond movie featured Madonna (born August 16 1958) in a cameo role as Verity a fencing instructor? She also sang the title song.
16 Die Another Day
17 Which US novelist (born August 17 1959) wrote ‘The Corrections’ (2001) and ‘Freedom’ (2010)?
17 Jonathan Franzen
18 Which Colombian cyclist won the 2019 Tour de France becoming the first Latin American winner of the race?
18 Egan Bernal
19 Born 19 August 1883 what was the real first name of fashion designer Coco Chanel?
19 Gabrielle
20 ‘Post Office’ (1971) ‘Factotum’ (1975) and ‘Pulp’ (1994) are among the notable works by which German-born American poet novelist and short story writer (August 16 1920 – March 9 1994)?
20 Charles Bukowski
21 Which Sicilian novelist and poet (August 20 1901 – June 14 1968) was awarded the 1959 Nobel Prize in Literature for his lyrical poetry which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times?
21 Salvatore Quasimodo
22 Which English professional snooker player from Bristol (born 20 August 1989) won the 2019 World Snooker Championship for the first time by beating John Higgins 18-9 in the final?
22 Judd Trump
23 Which battle (23 August 1942 – 2 February 1943) was the largest confrontation of World War II? Marked by fierce close quarters combat and direct assaults on civilians in air raids it was the largest (nearly 2.2 million personnel) and bloodiest (1.8–2 million killed wounded or captured) battle in the history of warfare.
23 Battle of Stalingrad
24 Which Treaty signed on 24 August 1821 established Mexican independence from Spain at the conclusion of the Mexican War of Independence?
24 Treaty of Córdoba
25 ‘Money’ (1984) ‘London Fields’ (1989) and ‘Time’s Arrow’ (1991) are some of the best-known novels by which British novelist essayist and memoirist (born August 25 1949)?
25 Martin Amis
26 Which anti-war film of 1921 features Rudolph Valentino (May 6 1895 – August 23 1926) as an Argentinian libertine who’s moved to join the French army in World War I? Its title refers to figures described in the New Testament.
26 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
27 ‘Bacchus and Ariadne’ (1522–1523) is one of the most famous works by which Italian painter the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school who died on 27 August 1576?
27 Titian (Tiziano Vecelli)
28 ‘The Sorrows of Young Werther’ an epistolary novel of 1774 in which a sensitive artist is driven to destruction by his unrequited love for the young Charlotte is by which German writer (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832)?
28 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
29 Which Alfred Hitchcock spy thriller starred Ingrid Bergman (29 August 1915 – 29 August 1982) as Alicia Huberman opposite Cary Grant and Claude Rains?
29 Notorious
30 The Cairo Trilogy comprising ‘Palace Walk’ ‘Palace of Desire’ and ‘Sugar Street’ are among the notable works of which Egyptian writer (December 11 1911 – August 30 2006) who was awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature who through works rich in nuance - now clear-sightedly realistic now evocatively ambiguous - has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind?
30 Naguib Mahfouz
31 Tiffany is the middle name of which American actor and Hollywood star born in Philadelphia on August 31 1949?
31 Richard Gere
32 Which poet wrote that the English winter ended in July ‘to recommence in August’?
32 Lord Byron (in ‘Don Juan’)
33 What is the title of the 2016 Second World War film drama starring Irish actors Jamie Dornan and Cillian Murphy about the mission to assassinate SS general Reinhard Heydrich the architect behind the Final Solution?
33 Anthropoid
34 Which Italian city has been chosen along with Cortina d’Ampezzo to host the 2026 Winter Olympics?
34 Milan
35 What is the name of the horse race run every summer around the Piazza del Campo in Siena?
35 Palio di Siena (known locally simply as Il Palio)
36 Who released the 1986 best-selling album ‘August’? It is the artiste’s biggest-selling album to date.
36 Eric Clapton
