The Luck of the Irish Trivia Quiz

Answer:

Pierce Brosnan was born in Drogheda, County Louth, in 1953. He studied in London and started acting in 1977 on stage, before moving on to television and movies. His breakthrough on TV was the series "Remington Steele" (1982-1987). On the silver screen he is best known for his role as James Bond in four movies, starting with "Goldeneye" (1995). He also appeared in several video games based upon the James Bond character.

Alison Doody was born in Dublin in 1966. She started modelling in 1984 and debuted as an actress in "A View to a Kill" (1985). Her best known role was the Nazi archaeologist Elsa Schreiber in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989).

Colin Farrell was born in 1976 in Castleknock, County Dublin. He started acting in 1994, both on TV and in the movies. His first major television role was Danny Byrne in "Ballykissangel" (on which he appeared in 1998-1999), but he is better known for his movie work including "In Bruges" (2008) and "The Lobster" (2015).

Michael Gambon was born in Cabra, County Dublin, in 1940. He started his acting career on stage with the Royal National Theatre and performed several Shakespeare productions both on stage as on television (starting 1967 with "Much Ado About Nothing") and on the silver screen (starting with "Othello" in 1965). Some of his best known movies are "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover" (1989), where he played the thief, and "Gosford Park" (2001). But most of you will recognize Michale Gambon as Albus Dumbledore in six of the "Harry Potter" movies, where he replaced Richard Harris.

Evanna Lynch was born in Termonfeckin, County Louth, in 1991. She debuted as an actress in the movie "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (2007) and the subsequent movies and video games in this series. Since then she has performed in several stage productions, television series and movies, including the Irish movie "My Name is Emily" (2016).

Siobhan Cleary was born in Dublin in 1970. She is a composer, and has created instrumental works such as "Alchemy" (2001), choral work such as "Theophilus Thistle and the Myth of Miss Muffet" (2010) and an opera "Vampirella" (2017). She also became member of the quasi NGO Aosdana, an Irish association of people active in music, literature or visual arts.

Bono was born Paul David Hewson in Dublin in 1960. He is one of the founding members of the rock band U2, known for albums as "The Joshua Tree" (1987) and "Achtung, Baby" (1991), including singles such as "Sunday Bloody Sunday" (1983) and "With or Without You" (1987). Bono also performed solo or with other musicians, and is also known for his activism, especially for Africa.

Bob Geldof was born in Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin, in 1951. In 1975 he became the lead singer of The Boomtown Rats, known for songs as "I Don't Like Mondays" (1979). Between 1986 and 2013 the Boomtown Rats were disbanded and Geldof pursued a solo career. But in 2013 Geldof and his former band mates Garry Roberts, Pete Briquette and Simon Crowe reunited as The Boomtown Rats. Geldof is also known as one of the initiators of the large-scale benefit concert "Band Aid" (1985).

Roisin Murphy was born in Arklow, County Wicklow, in 1973 but moved to Manchester in 1985. Murphy started a singing career in 1994, then as vocalist of the duo Moloko. Murphy pursued a solo career from 2000 onwards.

Dolores O'Riordan was born in Ballybricken, County Limerick in 1971. In 1990 she replaced Niall Quinn as singer-songwriter for The Cranberries, and from that moment on the group experienced success. Studio albums of The Cranberries include "Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We" (1993) and "No Need to Argue" (1994). In 2003 The Cranberries put their collaboration on a hold, and each member pursued a solo career. But in 2009 they reunited and released new albums. Alas, O'Riordan died in 2018.

And now the red herrings.

The actor Kenneth Branagh and the flautist James Galway were born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The actress Saoirse-Monica Jackson also hails from Northern Ireland: she was born in Derry.

The actor Daniel Day-Lewis and the model and TV personality Peaches Geldof were born in London. The actor Peter O'Toole was born in Leeds, and U2's guitarist The Edge was born in Barking, Essex - all in England.

Singer-songwriter Chris de Burgh was born in Argentina.

And the dancers Michael Flatley and Jean Butler were born in the USA: Michael in Detroit, Michigan and Jean in Mineola, New York.