Irish Celebrities
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day and test your audience's knowledge of the Emerald Isle with this trivia game featuring Irish celebrities.
15 questions · Published February 28, 2022
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. Who wrote Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O'Connor's 1990 hit "Nothing Compares 2U?"
"Nothing Compares 2 U" was written by Prince for his side project, The Family; the song featured on their eponymous 1985 debut album.
In December 1990, Billboard named "Nothing Compares 2 U" as the "No. 1 World Single" of 1990 at the first Billboard Music Awards.
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2. What 2021 coming-of-age film, written and directed by Kenneth Branagh, shares its name with the capital of Northern Ireland?
The film chronicles the life of a working-class Ulster Protestant family, told from the perspective of their nine-year-old son, Buddy, during "the Troubles," the decades-long, ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland's capital, Belfast.
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3. What is the birth name of political activist and U2 frontman Bono?
Irish singer-songwriter, activist, philanthropist, and businessman Bono was born Paul David Hewson.
David Evans is U2 guitarist The Edge.
Guns N' Roses guitarist, Slash, was born Saul Hudson.
Robert Zimmerman is better known as Bob Dylan.
- Multiple Choice
4. Which of these films does NOT star Northern Irish actor Liam Neeson, who made his screen debut in 1978?
Liam Neeson rose to fame in 1993 playing Oscar Schindler in "Schindler's List" and has gone on to be a reliable action star in several "man-on-a-mission" action movies like 2008's "Taken," "Unknown" in 2011, and 2013's "Non-Stop." He does not appear in director Tony Scott's final film, 2010's "Unstoppable," starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pine.
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5. Comedian and actor Chris O'Dowd is best known for his role as Roy Trenneman in the British cult sitcom "The ______ Crowd."
The British sitcom "The IT Crowd", which ran from 2006 to 2013, was broadcast internationally and garnered a cult following.
There have been three failed attempts to adapt the show for American television.
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