The third annual Irish Open Quiz was held on Saturday 21st March 2015. Once again, the event was held in the back room of the Addison Lodge pub in Glasnevin, on Dublin’s northside.
Over two dozen top Irish quizzers turned out for the occasion, and it turned out to be a very good day for Dave McBryan, who became Irish Open champion for the first time, several months after winning the inaugural series of the revived Fifteen to One on Channel 4. Dave beat off stiff competition from previous Open champion Lorcan Duff to take the title with an impressive 168 out of 240.
Once again, Irish Quiz Organisation committee member John Groarke wrote the questions for the Irish Open and acted as questionmaster for the day – thanks John! Our gratitude also goes to Mark Henry for writing the team quiz questions, Peter Lowney for generously donating the prizes for the team quiz and John Nolan for donating the prize for the Irish Open.
Scroll down for some photos from the day, full scores and copy of the questions and answers.
Questions & answers
- Irish Open Part 1 questions (Art & Culture, Civilisation, Entertainment)
- Irish Open Part 1 answers
- Irish Open Part 2 questions (Lifestyle, Physical World, Sport & Games)
- Irish Open Part 2 answers
- Fun team quiz – questions & answers
Results
| Name | Art / Culture | Civilisation | Entertainment | Lifestyle | Physical World | Sport & Games | Grand Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave McBryan | 31 | 32 | 24 | 24 | 32 | 25 | 168 |
| Lorcan Duff | 29 | 25 | 28 | 27 | 22 | 29 | 160 |
| Kevin Jones | 30 | 28 | 20 | 22 | 28 | 19 | 147 |
| Mark Henry | 28 | 24 | 20 | 23 | 19 | 28 | 142 |
| Dan O’Malley | 19 | 24 | 30 | 25 | 26 | 13 | 137 |
| Padraic Fanning | 30 | 22 | 15 | 26 | 20 | 16 | 129 |
| John Nolan | 21 | 24 | 23 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 127 |
| John Hayes | 27 | 26 | 20 | 16 | 23 | 11 | 123 |
| Patrick Carthy | 21 | 21 | 13 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 121 |
| Peter Lowney | 19 | 26 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 111 |
| Gary Stephens | 20 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 110 |
| Colm O’Sullivan | 19 | 21 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 109 |
| Mark Cockerill | 16 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 24 | 107 |
| Kevin Conlon | 16 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 105 |
| Anthony Strogen | 11 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 23 | 91 |
| Brian O’Hanlon | 19 | 19 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 81 |
| Stuart Redmond | 13 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 78 |
| Derek Cray | 7 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 73 |
| John O’Sullivan | 20 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 72 |
| Carol Cronin | 9 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 71 |
| Michael Gunn | 12 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 67 |
| Claire O’Mahony | 10 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 58 |
| Brian Murphy | 10 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 57 |
| Karen Crofton | 6 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 57 |
| Eamonn Gallagher | 3 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 38 |
| Audrey Maguire | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 35 |
| Linda Conway | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
Top Irish scores by genre:
Art / Culture:
- 1. Dave Mc Bryan 31
- 2= Kevin Jones 30
- 2= Padraic Fanning 30
- 4. Lorcan Duff 29
- 5. Mark Henry 28
Civilisation:
- 1. Dave McBryan 32
- 2. Kevin Jones 28
- 3= John Hayes 26
- 3= Peter Lowney 26
- 5. Lorcan Duff 25
Entertainment:
- 1. Dan O’Malley 30
- 2. Lorcan Duff 28
- 3. Dave McBryan 24
- 4. John Nolan 23
- 5. Mark Cockerill 21
Lifestyle:
- 1. Lorcan Duff 27
- 2. Padraic Fanning 26
- 3. Dan O’Malley 25
- 4. Dave McBryan 24
- 5. Mark Henry 23
Physical World:
- 1. Dave McBryan 32
- 2. Kevin Jones 28
- 3. Dan O’Malley 26
- 4= John Hayes 23
- 4= Patrick Carthy 23
Sport & Games:
- 1. Lorcan Duff 29
- 2. Mark Henry 28
- 3. Dave McBryan 25
- 4= Mark Cockerill 24
- 5= Derek Cray 24
International results
A number of international quizzers also sat the Irish Open the same weekend: in France, Germany, Romania and India. Here are those international scores:
| Name | Location | Art & Culture | Civilisation | Entertainment | Lifestyle | Physical World | Sport & Games | Grand Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Klussmann | Germany | 27 | 28 | 15 | 20 | 26 | 22 | 138 |
| Sebastian Jacoby | Germany | 28 | 29 | 9 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 129 |
| Eduard Marian Stan | Romania | 31 | 27 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 118 |
| Benjamin Gruget | France | 26 | 19 | 9 | 17 | 18 | 22 | 111 |
| Cristian Pop | Romania | 29 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 17 | 110 |
| Traian Rotarescu | Romania | 29 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 18 | 110 |
| Vincent Roussey | France | 25 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 14 | 108 |
| Eric Ziegler | France | 28 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 16 | 106 |
| Iulian Nastasa | Romania | 25 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 105 |
| Jeffrey Mo | France | 17 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 104 |
| Priyambad | India | 23 | 23 | 12 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 103 |
| Aditya Sriram Sankaran | France | 24 | 19 | 10 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 101 |
| J Krishnamurthi | India | 21 | 25 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 101 |
| Mustafa | India | 19 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 95 |
| Andy Östreich | Germany | 15 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 89 |
| Marie-Louise Finck | Germany | 14 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 81 |
| Sarada | India | 16 | 20 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 78 |
| JK Lakshmi | India | 18 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 77 |
| Murtuza | India | 13 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 77 |
| Costin Geambasu | Romania | 20 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 75 |
| Prasanna K | Hyderabad | 15 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 70 |
| Sarah Toporoff | France | 10 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 64 |