Due to great public demand and frenzied lobbying to have them put up on the website on the part of Padraig, here follows the questions and answers to the first Irish SF News quiz, held on the 26th of February, 2003.

1: Q: Who is the fastest mouse in all of Mexico?
A: Speedy Gonzales

2: Q: What is the name of the computer on the spaceship in 2001: A Space Odyssey?
A: HAL 9000 (we’ll accept just HAL, though)

3: Who was born at 15 The Crescent, Marino, on the 8th November 1847?
A: Bram Stoker

4: Q: What musical instrument does TV astronomer Patrick Moore play?
A: Xylophone

5: Q: What is Sacha Baron Cohen better known as?
A: Ali G

6: Q: What does no one expect?
A: No one expects the Spanish Inquisition.

Q 1: In what year did Dr Who first air?
A: November 23, 1963

Q 2: In what year did Batman first air?
A: January 12, 1966

Q 3: In what year did Star Trek first air?
A: August 9, 1966

Q 4: In what year did Blake’s 7 first air?
A: January 2, 1978

Q 5: In what year did Red Dwarf first air?
A: February 15, 1988

Q 6: In what year did Babylon 5 first air?
A: February 22, 1993

1: Q: Who is Dangermouse’s sidekick?
A: Penfold

2: Q: What is Austin Powers’ middle name?
A: Danger

3: Q: Which actor provided the narration for the video of Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’?
A: Vincent Price

4: Q: How many hearts does Dr. Who have?
A: 2

5: Q: What was Roger Moore’s first Bond film?
A: Live And Let Die

6: Q: What were the names of the three tunnels in ‘The Great Escape’?
A: Tom, Dick & Harry

1: What is the name of the new album in the film ‘This is Spinal Tap’?
A: ‘Smell the Glove’

2: Q: Under what name did actor William Pratt achieve fame?
A: Boris Karloff

3: Q: Which family had a servant called Lurch?
A: The Addams Family

4: Q: Which science fiction writer is credited with inventing the waterbed?
A: Robert Heinlein (in Stranger in a Strange Land)

5: Q: How many words does Arnold Schwartzenegger speak in ‘Terminator’?
A: Seventy-four

6: Q: Name the town in which the Flintstones live?
A: Bedrock

1: Q: What film was based on the short story ‘The Sentinel’?
A: 2001 A Space Odyssey

2: What film was based on the short story ‘We Can Remember It For You Wholesale’?
A: Total Recall

3: What film was based on the short story ‘Supertoys Last All Summer Long’?
A: A.I.

4: What film was based on the short story ‘Farewell to the Master,’ by Harry Bates?
A: The Day the Earth Stood Still

5: What film was based on the short story ‘The Racer’ by Ib Melchoir?
A: Death Race 2000

6: What SF film was based on Shakespeare’s play ‘The Tempest’?
A: Forbidden Planet

NOTE: This was the round that was held during the interval. Those of you at home who want to partake of the atmosphere and ambience of a real table quiz may wish either to make a rush for the toilet or pretend to go to the bar to order drinks, remembering that one of your party wants either something that is going to take the barman two hours to make or will want an embarassingly named drink like a "Fuzzy Navel" and is watching to see the reaction of the serious drinkers at the bar when you have to say the name out loud.....Anyway on with the round:

1: Q: Name Santa’s six reindeer (not including Rudolph)?
A: Dasher, Dancer, Donner, Blitzen, Comet, Cupid, Prancer and Vixen.

2: Q: Name the six counties of Northern Ireland?
A: Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone.

3 Q: Name the six weapons used in Cluedo?
A: Candlestick, Dagger, Gun, Pipe, Rope & Wrench

4 Q: Name the six pieces used in Monopoly?
A: Boot, Car, Dog, Iron, Ship and Top Hat

5: What are the seven colours of the Rainbow?
A: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo & Violet

6: Name the Seven Dwarves?
A: Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy & Sneezy

1: Q: In the BBC’s TV adaptation of ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,’ who played the part of Zaphod Beeblebrox?
A: Mark Wing-Davey

2: Q: What was April Dancer better known as?
A: The girl from U.N.C.L.E.

3: Q: Where was Sergeant Bilko stationed?
A: Fort Baxter

4: Q: Who was the father of King Arthur?
A: Uther Pendragon

5: Q: What is Indiana Jones’ father’s name?
A: Henry

6: Q: Which comic book character’s name is now used to describe an elderly person using the Internet?
A: Silver Surfer

1: Q: Who wrote the sixties spoof spy series “Get Smart”?
A: Mel Brooks

2: Q: What was the first film that Vincent Price, Peter Cushing & Christopher Lee all starred in together?
A: Scream and Scream Again (1969)

3: Q: In the first of the collection of his diaries, what age was Adrian Mole?
A: 13 3/4

4: Q: What is written on the card in the Mad Hatter’s hat?
A: In This Style 10/6

5: Q: What was the name of the school in the film ‘Grease’?
A: Rydell High

6: Q: Under what name are four girls called Radleigh, Field, Cotter and Simpson better known?
A: The Four Marys, from the Bunty

1: Benny, Choo-Choo, Spook & Brain were characters in which cartoon series?
A: Top Cat

2: What is the name of the drive on the ship ‘Heart of Gold’ in Douglas Adams’ Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy series?
A: The Infinite Improbability Drive

3: Superman is the Man of Steel, but who is ‘The Man Of Bronze’?
A: Doc Savage

4: This is the first line of which book? “The villagers of little Hangleton still called it 'the Riddle House' even though it had been many years since the Riddle family had lived there.”
A: "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," by J.K. Rowling

5: This is the first line of which book? "A small lizard perched on a brown stone. Feeling threatened by the approach of human beings along the path, it metamorphosed into a sting ray beetle, then into a stench puffer, then into a fiery salamander."
A: A spell for Chameleon, by Piers Anthony

6: This is the first line of which book? "In fairy-tales, witches always wear silly black hats and black cloaks, and they ride on broomsticks. But this is not a fairy-tale. This is about REAL WITCHES."
A: "The Witches," by Roald Dahl

1: What was Uluru once known as?
A: Ayer’s Rock

2: Who is the patron saint of television?
A: Saint Claire of Assisi

3: Under what names are Declan Donnely and Anthony McPartlin better know?
A: Ant & Dec

4: Q: Who is said to have been the first choice for the part of Rick in ‘Casablanca’?
A: Ronald Reagan

5: Q: In what film would you find Sean Connery singing a song called ‘My Darling Irish Girl’?
A: ‘Darby O’Gill & the Little People’

6: Q: What was the name of Christopher Lloyd’s character in the TV series TAXI?
A: The Rev. Jim Ignatowski

1 Q: What was won by Irishmen in 1923, 1925, 1969 and 1995?
A: The Nobel Prize for Literature.

2: Q: Which well-known 80s band took their name from a character in the film Barbarella?
A: Duran Duran

3: Q: Which Man from U.N.C.L.E. wore the badge number 2?
A: Illya Kurayakan

4: Q: How long did it take for the tapes in Mission Impossible to self-destruct?
A: 5 seconds

5: Q: Which best selling horror writer directed the film Maximum Overdrive?
A: Stephen King

6: Q: What role did Burgess Meredith play in Batman the TV series?
A: The Penguin