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 to the first Irish SF News quiz, held on the 26th of February, 2003.

The answers to the questions can be found by clicking here

Here follows the questions only:

1: Q: Who is the fastest mouse in all of Mexico?
2: Q: What is the name of the computer on the spaceship in 2001: A Space Odyssey?
3: Who was born at 15 The Crescent, Marino, on the 8th November 1847?
4: Q: What musical instrument does TV astronomer Patrick Moore play?
5: Q: What is Sacha Baron Cohen better known as?
6: Q: What does no one expect?

Q 1: In what year did Dr Who first air?
Q 2: In what year did Batman first air?
Q 3: In what year did Star Trek first air?
Q 4: In what year did Blake’s 7 first air?
Q 5: In what year did Red Dwarf first air?
Q 6: In what year did Babylon 5 first air?

1: Q: Who is Dangermouse’s sidekick?
2: Q: What is Austin Powers’ middle name?
3: Q: Which actor provided the narration for the video of Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’?
4: Q: How many hearts does Dr. Who have?
5: Q: What was Roger Moore’s first Bond film?
6: Q: What were the names of the three tunnels in ‘The Great Escape’?

1: What is the name of the new album in the film ‘This is Spinal Tap’?
2: Q: Under what name did actor William Pratt achieve fame?
3: Q: Which family had a servant called Lurch?
4: Q: Which science fiction writer is credited with inventing the waterbed?
5: Q: How many words does Arnold Schwartzenegger speak in ‘Terminator’?
6: Q: Name the town in which the Flintstones live?

1: Q: What film was based on the short story ‘The Sentinel’?
2: What film was based on the short story ‘We Can Remember It For You Wholesale’?
3: What film was based on the short story ‘Supertoys Last All Summer Long’?
4: What film was based on the short story ‘Farewell to the Master,’ by Harry Bates?
5: What film was based on the short story ‘The Racer’ by Ib Melchoir?
6: What SF film was based on Shakespeare’s play ‘The Tempest’?

1: Q: Name Santa’s six reindeer (not including Rudolph)?
2: Q: Name the six counties of Northern Ireland?
3 Q: Name the six weapons used in Cluedo?
4 Q: Name the six pieces used in Monopoly?
5: What are the seven colours of the Rainbow?
6: Name the Seven Dwarves?

1: Q: In the BBC’s TV adaptation of ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,’ who played the part of Zaphod Beeblebrox?
2: Q: What was April Dancer better known as?
3: Q: Where was Sergeant Bilko stationed?
4: Q: Who was the father of King Arthur?
5: Q: What is Indiana Jones’ father’s name?
6: Q: Which comic book character’s name is now used to describe an elderly person using the Internet?

1: Q: Who wrote the sixties spoof spy series “Get Smart”?
2: Q: What was the first film that Vincent Price, Peter Cushing & Christopher Lee all starred in together?
3: Q: In the first of the collection of his diaries, what age was Adrian Mole?
4: Q: What is written on the card in the Mad Hatter’s hat?
5: Q: What was the name of the school in the film ‘Grease’?
6: Q: Under what name are four girls called Radleigh, Field, Cotter and Simpson better known?

1: Benny, Choo-Choo, Spook & Brain were characters in which cartoon series?
2: What is the name of the drive on the ship ‘Heart of Gold’ in Douglas Adams’ Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy series?
3: Superman is the Man of Steel, but who is ‘The Man Of Bronze’?
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.”
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."
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."

1: What was Uluru once known as?
2: Who is the patron saint of television?
3: Under what names are Declan Donnely and Anthony McPartlin better know?
4: Q: Who is said to have been the first choice for the part of Rick in ‘Casablanca’?
5: Q: In what film would you find Sean Connery singing a song called ‘My Darling Irish Girl’?
6: Q: What was the name of Christopher Lloyd’s character in the TV series TAXI?

1 Q: What was won by Irishmen in 1923, 1925, 1969 and 1995?
2: Q: Which well-known 80s band took their name from a character in the film Barbarella?
3: Q: Which Man from U.N.C.L.E. wore the badge number 2?
4: Q: How long did it take for the tapes in Mission Impossible to self-destruct?
5: Q: Which best selling horror writer directed the film Maximum Overdrive?
6: Q: What role did Burgess Meredith play in Batman the TV series?