Scene and Heard: A fiendishly fun family entertainment quiz

Put you and your loved ones' pop-culture knowledge to the test with Arts Editor Des O'Driscoll's three fiendishly fun quiz rounds.
Scene and Heard: A fiendishly fun family entertainment quiz

Put you and your loved ones' pop-culture knowledge to the test with Arts Editor Des O'Driscoll's three fiendishly fun quiz rounds.

NOTE: Eight questions per round, answers at the bottom of each. No peeking, unless you're the quizmaster.

New to the scene

1. ‘To infinity and beyond’ is which animated character’s catch-phrase?

2. Which clay character has a dog named Gromit?

3. What type of bird are the stars of Happy Feet?

4. Which singer (recently) had a big hit with ‘Galway Girl’?

5. Name the little boy in Jungle Book?

6. Who presents the Late Late Toy Show?

7. What’s the name of the school that Harry Potter attends?

8. Who is pictured in the main image (above)?

Answers at bottom of this piece

Current Affairs

1. Which Cork guitarist currently has an album at No 1 in the Billboard blues charts in the US?

2. Name the Scottish city that has just cancelled its major arts festival in August?

3. Flavor Flav and Chuck D are members of which hip hop group?

4. Who filled in for Ryan Tubridy on the first week of his absence from the Late Late Show?

5. Who replaced Tubridy on his radio show this week?

6. Which musician has been topping the Irish album charts recently with his album, After Hours?

7. Elon Musk is the partner of which electro-pop singer?

8. Who is pictured above?

Answers at bottom of this piece

Mature Recollections

1. Which late comedian was co-creator of Scrap Saturday on RTÉ radio?

2. Which world-famous Cork-born entertainer was born Daniel Patrick Carroll?

3. Name the Cork actor who starred opposite Eileen Walsh in the original production of Disco Pigs?

4. Holly Golightly was played by which actress in Breakfast at Tiffany’s?

5. The Everyman Theatre in Cork was formerly a cinema. What was it called?

6. What was the dog’s name in the TV show Wanderly Wagon?

7. In the TV show Dallas, name the actor who played JR Ewing.

8. Who is this?

Answers at bottom of this piece

ANSWERS - New to the scene:1. Buzz Lightyear; 2. Wallace; 3. Penguins; 4. Ed Sheeran; 5. Mowgli; 6. Ryan Tubridy; 7. Hogwarts; 8. Ariana Grande.

ANSWERS - Current Affairs:1. Rory Gallagher; 2. Edinburgh; 3. Public Enemy; 4. Miriam O’Callaghan;5. Oliver Callan; 6. The Weeknd; 7. Grimes; 8. Jesse Eisenberg

ANSWERS - Mature Recollections:1. Dermot Morgan; 2. Danny LaRue; 3. Cillian Murphy;4. Audrey Hepburn; 5. Palace; 6. Judge; 7. Larry Hagman; 8. Twiggy.

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