While nursing a particularly vicious hangover today it came into my head to do a gimmicky 2005 in Review quiz. There's a special Irish Boggersphere section for your enjoyment too. Don't blame me if you consider the questions too difficult; it probably just means that you're thick. There's a prize for the first person to email me at colm@infactah.com with all the correct answers. I promise that this prize will be something that blows the winner's mind away.

1. Red Mum is now a columnist with which publication?


2. Which two bloggers are organising the upcoming Irish Blog Awards?


3. The full name please for the Irish blogger who claimed to have leaked, to a newspaper, a copy of a letter Michael McDowell had sent to Esat’s Denis O’Brien thanking him for a IR£15,000 donation to the Progressive Democrats.


4. Who claimed not to be a "a fat-man-bashing-lesbian" in the recent feminism debate?


5. Name three of the bloggers who appeared on David McWilliams' Big Bite this year.


6. Which blog secured exclusive footage of the Eamon Dunphy's outburst during a discussion about Roy Keane's departure from Man United?


7. Which blog compiled a "Top Ten Bloggeresses" list in December?


8. Which member of Disillusioned Lefty interviews other Irish bloggers every Thursday?


9. Apart from Slugger, who according to Irishblogs.info has the largest number of "Total Hits"? (Crap question, I know)


10. Who wrote a blog entry in favour of cloning and stem stell research and foresaw a Italian clone of his being called "Venti maggiori"?
    

1. Name the Irish journalist who was kidnapped in Baghdad this year while reporting for the Guardian.


2. Who was mayor of New Orleans when hurricane Katrina devastated the city?


3. Name any of the Rossport 5.


4. Which current Clare TD has announced his/her decision not to stand in the next general election?


5. DART drivers threatened to strike in (month). Why? Was it a) because of mechanical faults at railway crossings? b) because some drivers were suffering from lever cramp in their fingers? or c) because they wanted more money for driving with additional carriages.


6. Eddie Hobbs told us that Momma Harney advised consumers to do what?


7. Which European Prime Minister remarked that "The only thing they (the British) have ever done for European agriculture is mad cow disease"?


8. What is the name of the current promotional stout being sold by Guinness?


9. The latest budget has seen the Standard Rate Cut-Off Point for income set at what amount?


10. Which EU country is set to introduce a smoking ban on Jan 1st 2006?

1. Which snooker player threatened to sue the BBC if they didn't refer to him by his new name?


2. How much did a regular stand ticket (excluding the Nally Stand) cost for the All-Ireland finals in 2005?


3. Which Irish rugby player pulled down Alastair Campbell's trousers during a Lions press conference?


4. Where was the senior Ulster football final replay held in 2005?


5. Apart from Juventus, Chelsea and AC Milan, which other team did Liverpool defeat in the knockout stages on their way to Champions League glory?


6. Name the last British tennis player standing in Wimbledon this year.


7. Current Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso has signed to compete for which team in 2007?


8. Name the winner of the 2005 Embassy World Darts Championship. Clue: Arjen Robben came along to watch him win.


9. Which superior and friendly three-time Cheltenham Gold Cup winner died this year.


10. What have the Irish cricket team managed to achieve for the first time ever?

1. Why did Eminem cancel Slane? a) he had gout in his left toe b) gig exhaustion or c) organiser Lord Mount Charles** couldn't secure the services of enough sushi caterers for the event.


2. In Fact, Ah spent an evening with which celestial Canadian band in September?


3. Name the Mercury prize winner for 2005.


4. What was the best-selling album for 2005 in the UK?


5. Which British "rock" band were rocking all over Ardgillan Castle this year?


6. Where is Electric Picnic held every year?


7. Who will be Ireland's unfortunate representative at next year's Eurovision?


8. Which singer of Irish Traveller extraction won this year's X Factor?


9. The Fleadh Cheoil was held in which Ulster town this year?


10. The Gift Grub single "I think I'd better leave right now" is a take on a song originally sung by which artist?