Culture quiz: Which Irish author fears arrest in Britain? Where is the Biennale being held?   

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Culture quiz: Which Irish author fears arrest in Britain? Where is the Biennale being held?   

Irish Examiner Culture Quiz. 

1. The Second Woman was a 24-hour play hailed as the highlight of Cork Midsummer Festival. Who was the locally-born actress who starred in it?

2. Plans were released for a major arts centre development of the Phoenix Cinema in which Munster town?

3. The National Gallery in Dublin had an exhibition of the work of Pablo Picasso. In which country was the famed artist born?

4. Which Swaziland-born star of Withnail And I was at West Cork Literary Festival in Bantry to discuss his memoir A Pocketful of Happiness?

5. Which Irish author believes she could be arrested if she travels to Britain, because of her support for banned protest group Palestine Action?

6. Name the Cork sculptor whose centenary was marked with the re-publication of his memoir, Stone Mad?

7. Who was the Green Party politician who ended her tenure as Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media?

8. The Impossible Fortune, the latest book in the Thursday Murder Club series, was published in September. Who is the author?

9. In which city is the famed international art Biennale taking place in May 2026?

10. Who is this?

ANSWERS

1. Eileen Walsh 2. Dingle 3. Spain 4. Richard E Grant 5. Sally Rooney 6. Seamus Murphy 7. Catherine Martin 8. Richard Osman 9. Venice 10. Cork artist Dorothy Cross

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