Irish Open Quiz 2022

The 2022 Irish Open was held on 18th September in Boyle, Co. Roscommon as part of the inaugural Irish Quizzing Championships weekend. Here are the results, plus copies of the questions and answers.

Questions & answers:

Top 10 results (Irish venue)

RankPlayer NameMediaWorldSportHistoryScienceEntertainmentLifestyleCultureTotal
1Patrick Carthy2221222419122120161
2Mark Henry2121241813152024156
3Dave McBryan1818201916111621139
4Eva Barrett1621171317101423131
5Kevin Jones1611161611101318111
6John Hayes151613121781317111
7Gary Stephens14121312813131398
8Daniel Watts141411189591595
9Joseph O’Donoghue15111410116111593
10John Nolan1171612118121289

Top 10 results (satellite venues)

1. Clive Dunning (England) 159
2. Neven Trgovec (Croatia) 141
3. Kevin Finn (USA) 140
4. Lucian Sosic (Croatia) 126
5. Aaran Mohann (Australia) 121
6. Lovro Jurišić (Croatia) 120
7. Kelvin Lange (New Zealand) 120
8. Doug Wilson (Australia) 118
9. Aniket Khasgiwale (New Zealand) 116
10. Dražen Nemet (Croatia) 107

Top 5 Irish scores by genre:

Media

1. Patrick Carthy 22
2. Mark Henry 21
3. Dave McBryan 18
4= Eva Barrett 16
4= Kevin Jones 16

World

1= Patrick Carthy 21
1= Mark Henry 21
1= Eva Barrett 21
4. Dave McBryan 18
5. John Hayes 16

Sport

1. Mark Henry 24
2. Patrick Carthy 22
3. Dave McBryan 20
4. Eva Barrett 17
5= Kevin Jones 16
5= John Nolan 16

History

1. Patrick Carthy 24
2. Dave McBryan 19
3= Mark Henry 18
3= Daniel Watts 18
5. Kevin Jones 16

Science

1. Patrick Carthy 19
2= Eva Barrett 17
2= John Hayes 17
4. Dave McBryan 16
5. Carol Cronin 14

Entertainment

1. Mark Henry 15
2. Gary Stephens 13
3. Patrick Carthy 12
4. Dave McBryan 11
5= Eva Barrett 10
5= Kevin Jones 10
5= Gerry Barrett 10

Lifestyle

1. Patrick Carthy 21
2. Mark Henry 20
3= Dave McBryan 16
3= Carol Cronin 16
5. Eva Barrett 14

Culture

1. Mark Henry 24
2. Eva Barrett 23
3. Dave McBryan 21
4. Patrick Carthy 20
5. Kevin Jones 18