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We hope you have some fun with our in-car entertainment

pack!

It's got something for all ages & we hope it helps your

journey fly by!

If you decide to enter our colouring competition, simply

colour in one or both of the pictures here. Fill in your name

& contact details & most importantly, don’t forget to hand it

in at the hotel reception when you're staying with us!

We will be launching something very special for our

youngest guests next month, so make sure you sign up for

our newsletters to learn more!

In the meantime, enjoy your journey & good luck with the

games, quizzes & competitions!!!!


A-B-C-Bingo!! Object: to complete the alphabet first. As you see the letters on billboards & license plates you shout out your letter, point & mark the letter on your ABC Bingo page. Once a letter has been claimed other players cannot use the same letter. The first person to complete the ABC Bingo page wins. Make it harder by limiting to only license plates or billboard signs. HAVE FUN!!

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Alphabet Signs!! This game is like A-B-C-Bingo, only harder! The object of the game is to cite all of the letters of the alphabet in order, from A to Z. As you see the letters on billboards, license plates, road signs etc. you shout out your letter, point & mark the letter on your ABC Bingo page. Once a letter has been claimed other players cannot use the same letter. Each person can only use one letter from each sign or license plate. The first person to Z wins. HAVE FUN!!

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Can you spot six differences between the two pictures below?

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My name is: ____________________

My age is: ____________________

Family Details

Name: ____________________

Email address: ____________________

Contact Phone number: ____________________

Easter colouring competition – Don’t forget to hand your entry in at hotel reception!


My name is: ____________________

My age is: ____________________

Family Details

Name: ____________________

Email address: ____________________

Contact Phone number: ____________________

Easter colouring competition – Don’t forget to hand your entry in at hotel reception!


Word Search

Can you circle the following words? Good Chick Fun Rabbit Bunny Decorate Eggs Candy Delicious Party Easter Card Basket Chocolate Wow Jellybean


How well do you know Ireland?

Questions:

1. Which famous river runs through Dublin?

2. What is the most northerly county in Ireland?

3. Where is the 'lake isle of Innisfree'?

4. Which C is the river on which Galway stands?

5. What is the most southerly county in Ireland?

6. What is the largest county in Ireland?

7. What is the smallest county in Ireland?

8. In which county is Blarney Castle?

9. What is the county town of Leitrim?

10. What is Killybegs, in Donegal, main industry?

11. Lough Kee is in which county?

12. Name the river that flows through Belfast?

13. Name the county town in Mayo that featured in John Ford's The Quiet Man?

14. Name Mayo's county town?

15. Which County K has the Nore and the Barrow?

16. Which town of Co. Antrim beginning with C has a name meaning 'rock of Fergus'?

17. Which K is Ireland's only inland city?

18. Which E is the county town of Fermanagh?

19. The villages of Drumshambo and Dowra are located in which Irish county?

20. Athlone is situated at the southern end of which lake?


How well do you know Ireland?

Answers:

1. River Liffey

2. Donegal

3. On Lough Gill, Sligo

4. The Corrib

5. Cork

6. Cork

7. Louth

8. County Cork

9. Carrick-on-Shannon

10. Commercial fishing

11. Roscommon

12. Lagan

13. Cong

14. Castlebar

15. Kilkenny

16. Carrickfergus

17. Kilkenny

18. Enniskillen

19. County Leitrim

20. Lough Ree


- General Knowledge Quiz - ROUND 1

1. Name the band that released the song “Hey There Delilah‟ in 2007.

Kings of Leon

Plain White T’s

The Killers

Foo Fighters 2. Who managed the Republic of Ireland national soccer team from 1986 to 1995?

Brian Kerr

Jack Charlton

Mick McCarthy

Steve Staunton 3. Name the European country which is the largest producer of cork?

Spain

Italy

Mexico

Portugal 4. Nokia are famous for mobile phones, but in what European country would you find the river Nokia?

Sweden

Japan

Finland

Spain 5. If a person has arachnophobia, what are they afraid of?

Spiders

People

Snakes

Dentist 6. Name the salt marsh region of Southern France which is famous for its white horses.

Aquitaine

Rhone-Alpes

The Camargue

Aquitaine 7. In the 19th century, Irishman Francis Beaufort developed a measurement scale. What does the

Beaufort scale measure?

Temperature

Rain

Wind Speed

Height 8. The Tagus River flows through two countries. Spain is one of them. Name the second?

Portugal

Germany

Italy

Spain 9. What breed of cattle is named after a Scottish city and shire?

Edinburgh Bull

Glasgow Goat

Dundee Cow

Aberdeen Angus 10. Name the former Irish singer who was elected as a member of the European Parliament in 1999

Linda Martin

Dana

Enya

Sinead O Connor


ROUND 2 1. In which season of the year does the sign of the zodiac Libra fall?

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter 2. What is the square root of 25?

5

10

15

20 3. If you had 3 litres of water and you drank a quarter of it, how many millilitres would you have left?

750 millilitres

1000 millilitres

1,750 millilitres

2,250 millilitres 4. A square has 4 sides. How many sides does an octagon have?

4

6

8

10 5. Calculate the amount of ninths in 7 1/3?

55

66

77

88 6. On what date in May does David Beckham celebrate his birthday?

2

8

15

23 7. On what island, formerly called Bedloe’s Island (until 1950’s), would you find The Statue of Liberty?

Little Island

Liberty Island

Aran Island

Fota Island 8. The Nobel Prizes are named after Alfred Nobel. He was originally noted for inventing what explosive

material used in mining?

Dynamite

Grenade

A-Bomb

Petrol Bomb 9. Mount Blanc is the highest mountain in France but what is the largest river?

Élorn

Dore

River Loire

Blavet 10. Name the American star that launched an album in 2007 entitled ‘Magic.’?

Bruce Springsteen

Chris Brown

Michael Jackson

Kanye West


ROUND 3 1. Avram Grant replaced who as the manager of Chelsea F.C.?

Arsene Wenger

Jose Mourhino

Alex Ferguson

David Moyes 2. With what music artist would you associate the songs: ‘Umbrella’, and ‘Don’t Stop the Music‟?

Britney Spears

Beyonce

Mariah Carey

Rihanna 3. What is Otto’s occupation in the Simpson’s?

Bus Driver

Taxi Driver

Barman

Doctor 4. A cockerel is sometimes released before a rugby match for which country?

England

Wales

France

Italy 5. How many millilitres are there in a litre?

10 ml

100ml

1000ml

10000 ml 6. What was the title given to slaves who fought each other in Roman Arenas to entertain crowds and is

also the title of a film by Ridley Scott starring Russell Crowe?

Warrior

Gladiator

Brave Heart

Street Fighter 7. Fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier was born in 1952 in which French city?

Paris

Rome

Milan

Berlin 8. Who presents the programme ‘Are you smarter than a 10 year old?’

Dara O'Briain

Jonathan Ross

Fearne Cotton

Noel Edmunds 9. What country is located on the Jutland peninsula?

Norway

Denmark

Sweden

Spain 10. Who is famous for his role in Rocky and Rambo?

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Steven Segal

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Silvester Stalone


ROUND 4 1. In the hit cartoon series The Simpsons, where does Homer work?

The Quickie Mart

Moe's

Mr. Burns’ Nuclear Power Plant

Centra 2. What does CD mean?

Center Disc

Compact Disc

Corner Defender

Central Denominator 3. What is the traditional wedding anniversary symbol for a 5th anniversary?

Wood

Paper

Leather

Sliver 4. Which International Rugby Team is known as the Springboks?

New Zealand

South Africa

England

France 5. Reykjavik is the capital of what country?

Sweden

Norway

Finland

Iceland 6. ‘Sam’s Town’, ‘Sawdust’ and ‘Hot Fuss’ were records for which band?

Kings of Leon

The Killers

Kaiser Chiefs

The Blizzards 7. Name the film in which an American family adopt a mouse, much to the annoyance of their cat,

Snowbell?

Agent Cody Banks

The Chronicles of Narnia

Spy Kids

Stuart Little 8. Name the superhero who hailed from the planet Krypton?

Superman

Spiderman

Ironman

Wolverine 9. In science, what is O2 better known as?

Omega

Oxygen

Orange

H20 10. Which ‘L’ was the title given to a division within the armies of Ancient Rome?

Liaison

Line

League

Legion


ROUND 5 1. What is the national flower of Britain?

Daffodil

Daisy

Tulip

Rose 2. What sport has been played at Roland Garros since 1928?

Basketball

Soccer

Tennis

Hurling 3. Reverend Lovejoy and Ned Flanders are characters in which cartoon series?

South Park

Family Guy

American Dad

The Simpsons 4. The Eiffel Tower can be found in what capital city?

Vienna

Paris

Rome

Prague 5. Sardinia is an island belonging to which country?

Italy

Germany

England

America 6. Name the superhero played by Tobi Maguire who fought the Hobgoblin?

The Silver Surfer

Ironman

Superman

Spiderman 7. How many eighths are there in 5 whole units?

10

20

30

40 8. How many US states have the word ‘New’ in their name?

2

4

6

8 9. Name the boy who climbed the beanstalk to reach the Giant’s castle?

Joe

John

Jack

Julian 10. What colour is the surface on which snooker balls roll?

Blue

Green

Red

White


ROUND 6 1. Scooby Doo was created in 1969. What type of animal is he?

Cat

Dog

Mouse

Horse 2. What does “ID” stand for?

In Demand

I Do

Identification

In Defence 3. Budapest is the capital city of what country?

France

Belgium

Croatia

Hungary 4. In what book would you find Tweedledum and Tweedledee and a rabbit hole?

Peter Pan

Alice in Wonderland

Harry Potter

Paddington Bear 5. Name the Irish boy band who released the following albums: ‘The Love Album’, ‘Back Home’ and

'Unbreakable’?

Take That

U2

Westlife

The Blizzards 6. In astronomy, what ‘T’ is used to look at the stars?

Thermometer

Test tube

Telephone

Telescope 7. In science, Cu is the symbol for what metal?

Carbon

Copper

Lithium

Calcium 8. Pick the odd one out: Audi BMW Toyota John Deere?

Audi

BMW

Toyota

John Deere 9. If you are given a present of silver for your wedding anniversary, how many years would you be

married?

5

15

25

50 10. What country is the largest grower of coffee in the world and is famous for its samba soccer?

Brazil

France

Spain

Ireland


The answers…

ANSWERS TO ROUND 1 1. Plain White T’s 2. Jack Charlton 3. Portugal 4. Finland 5. Spiders 6. The Camargue 7. Wind Speed 8. Portugal 9. Aberdeen Angus 10. Dana

ANSWERS TO ROUND 2 1. Autumn 2. 5 3. 2,250 millilitres 4. 8 5. 66 6. 2 7. Liberty Island 8. Dynamite 9. River Loire 10. Bruce Springsteen

ANSWERS TO ROUND 3 1. Jose Mourhino 2. Rihanna 3. Bus Driver 4. France 5. 1000ml 6. Gladiator 7. Paris 8. Noel Edmunds 9. Denmark 10. Silvester Stalone

ANSWERS TO ROUND 4 1. Mr. Burns’ Nuclear Power Plant 2. Compact Disc 3. Wood 4. South Africa 5. Iceland 6. The Killers 7. Stuart Little 8. Superman 9. Oxygen 10. Legion

ANSWERS TO ROUND 5 1. Rose 2. Tennis 3. The Simpsons 4. Paris 5. Italy 6. The Silver Surfer 7. 40 8. 4 9. Jack 10. Green

ANSWERS TO ROUND 6 1. Dog 2. Identification 3. Hungary 4. Alice in Wonderland 5. Westlife 6. Telescope 7. Copper 8. John Deere 9. 25 10. Brazil

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