Saturday, 14 December 2024

IQuiz LXIII: A taste of Bogotá's top trivia night, the comeback special!

@wwaycorrigan

The end-of-year bumper quiz, a tradition for many publications — English-language ones in any case (is it a thing in other languages?).

And some of you may be aware that I had been running a quiz (or trivia, if you prefer) night, IQuiz "The Bogotá Pub Quiz", in Bogotá since 2015. This year, though, largely due to my more nomadic nature of late, looked set to be the first one without an IQuiz since its inception. But, thanks to the fine folks at the Irish Embassy, I was coaxed out of my trivia retirement to compile and present an IQuiz — the 63rd one all told — for the embassy's Christmas get-together. That took place on Friday 13 December — one can't afford to be superstitious in these straitened times!

Take the IQuiz test

Now, not to let a good (if I do say so myself) quiz be confined to a select view, and following in that end-of-year-quiz tradition, below I'm sharing the bulk of the questions asked on the night, minus the Christmas songs that made up the last round — I can't really share the audio here! Thus, you'll also have to skip over the other questions that have an audio element to them. Nonetheless, there's enough in it to have some fun over the festive period.

I won't publish the answers just yet. If there's a question that's truly bugging you and you want the answer, get in touch via the comments!

Enjoy!
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IQuiz LXIII: A taste of Bogotá's top trivia night, the comeback special!
Round 1, questions 1-5.

IQuiz LXIII: A taste of Bogotá's top trivia night, the comeback special!
Round 1, questions 6-10.

IQuiz LXIII: A taste of Bogotá's top trivia night, the comeback special!
Round 2, questions 1-6.

IQuiz LXIII: A taste of Bogotá's top trivia night, the comeback special!
Round 2, questions 7-10.

IQuiz LXIII: A taste of Bogotá's top trivia night, the comeback special!
Round 3, questions 1-4.

IQuiz LXIII: A taste of Bogotá's top trivia night, the comeback special!
Round 3, questions 5-10.

IQuiz LXIII: A taste of Bogotá's top trivia night, the comeback special!
Round 4, questions 1-5.

IQuiz LXIII: A taste of Bogotá's top trivia night, the comeback special!
Round 4, questions 6-10.

Saturday, 7 December 2024

X marks the Bluesky spot: Letter to the editor

@wwaycorrigan

I will concede, I believe Elon Musk's X is far from perfect. For one, dislike its verified-account approach. It's somewhat elitist.

Yet, the point of my letter, screenshot below and available via https://www.independent.ie/opinion/letters/letters-lets-honour-the-women-who-made-ireland-a-far-better-place/a203710178.html, still holds.
X marks the Bluesky: Letter to the editor
X marks the diversity spot.


Sunday, 1 December 2024

Ireland's leftist landscape: Letter to the editor

@wwaycorrigan

An observation on the state of play in Irish politics in the aftermath of the 2024 General Election.

Below is a screenshot of an online version of the letter in the Irish Examiner. It's also available at https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/yourview/arid-41528087.html and, on the Irish Independent website, at https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/elections-2024/letters-those-who-do-not-cast-a-vote-when-its-their-duty-to-do-so-have-no-excuses/a1669876712.html.

Ireland's leftist landscape: Letter to the editor of the Irish Examiner.


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