Irish Open Quiz 2024

The 2024 Irish Open was held on Sunday 29th September in The Teacher’s Club, on Parnell Square in Dublin city centre, as part of the third annual Irish Quizzing Championships weekend. Here are the results, plus copies of the questions and answers.

Questions & answers:

Top 10 results (Irish venue)

NameMediaWorldSportHistoryScienceEntertainmentLifestyleCultureTotal
1Patrick Carthy2223292828262824208
2Brian Craythorne2525212829272524204
3Dave McBryan2027202426232323186
4Eva Barrett1721172224191921160
5Kevin Jones2015122224191923154
6Brian Shaw1219151921202418148
7Cathal Dunne1718122120182217145
8Joseph O’Donoghue1518192017201320142
9Peter Lowney1714142114172319139
10Gary Stephens1714102118202118139

Top 10 results (satellite venues)

  1. Adam Hancock (Canada) 195
  2. Aaran Mohann (Australia) 174
  3. Trevor Alexander (Canada) 171
  4. Mario Fernando (India) 161
  5. Marius Tudor (Romania) 154
  6. Hendrik Scharpenack (Germany) 153
  7. Filip Znaor (Croatia) 153
  8. Ante Uzelac (Croatia) 153
  9. Mihai Ilioaia (Romania) 150
  10. Hannah McIntyre (Canada) 146

Top 5 Irish scores by genre:

Media

1. Brian Craythorne 25
2. Paul Ryan 23
3. Patrick Carthy 22
4. Tom Lenihan 21
5= Dave McBryan / Kevin Jones / Daniel Watts 20

World

1. Dave McBryan 27
2. Brian Craythorne 25
3. Patrick Carthy 23
4. Eva Barrett 21
5. Brian Shaw 19

Sport

1. Patrick Carthy 29
2. Brian Craythorne 21
3. Dave McBryan 20
4. Joseph O’Donoghue 19
5. Gavin Grace 18

History

1= Patrick Carthy / Brian Craythorne 28
3. Daniel Watts 27
4. Dave McBryan 24
5= Eva Barrett / Kevin Jones / Paddy Duffy 22

Science

1. Brian Craythorne 29
2. Patrick Carthy 28
3. Dave McBryan 26
4= Eva Barrett / Kevin Jones 24

Entertainment

1. Brian Craythorne 27
2. Patrick Carthy 26
3. Dave McBryan 23
4. Paul Ryan 21
5= Brian Shaw / Joseph O’Donoghue / Gary Stephens / Paddy Duffy / Nichola Butler / Elizabeth McGeown 20

Lifestyle

1. Patrick Carthy 28
2. Brian Craythorne 25
3= Brian Shaw / Andrew Tracey 24
5= Dave McBryan / Peter Lowney 23

Culture

1= Patrick Carthy / Brian Craythorne 24
3= Dave McBryan / Kevin Jones 23
5. Eva Barrett 21