QUIZ RESULTS
World
1 Edward Snowden
2 Step down
3 South America
4 Mali
5 Gordon Brown
6 Mozambique, South Africa
7 Hugo Chavez
8 Obamacare
9 Bangladesh
10 Lenin
Ireland
11 Lough Erne
12 Blaa
13 Fianna Fail
14 Horse
15 Donal Walsh
16 Peru
17 Lapgate
18 B. Grapefruit
19 Emily O'Reilly
20 Egypt
The year in quotes
21 The Daily Mail
22 Hassan Rouhani
23 Senate
24 Fidelma Healy Eames
25 Alex Ferguson's retirement
26 Anne Frank House
27 Iran
28 Woolwich
29 Joe Brolly
30 Gravity
'My web hell'
31 Crack cocaine
32 Nigella Lawson
33 Parallel park
34 Aengus Mac Grianna
35 A. Ballots not cast
36 J.D. Salinger
37 Harlem Shake
38 Boston marathon
39 Angela Merkel
40 Eminem
Relative values
41 Fine Gael
42 The Healy-Raes
43 B. The offspring of Communist officials
44 Morrissey
45 Kim Kardashian and Kanye West
46 Gerry Adams
47 Robin Thicke
48 A. Father
49 Simon Cowell
50 Uncle
Sport
51 Shane O'Donnell
52 Racing Metro
53 Scoring with a header plus strikes with either foot
54 None
55 Towcester
56 England
57 Niamh Briggs
58 Oscar Pistorius
59 A power outage
60 Jack McCaffrey
Film & television
61 Love/Hate
62 Oprah Winfrey
63 Katherine Bigelow
64 Jennifer Lawrence
65 Ben Elton
66 The Late Late Toy Show
67 Muppets Most Wanted
68 Tom Cruise
69 Jon Ronson
70 Reese Witherspoon
Science & Technology
71 Steve Ballmer
72 Los Angeles
73 Tumblr
74 Amazon
75 Lean In
76 Space Oddity
77 Aaron Swartz
78 Peter Higgs
79 Elon Musk
80 Stripe
Arts & literature
81 Francis Bacon
82 The Goldfinch
83 Eoin Colfer, Derek Landy and Michael Scott all contributed
84 Alice Monroe
85 Tramp Press
86 Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
87 Claude Monet
88 Derry
89 An exclamation mark
90 Alex Ferguson
Music
91 Nile Rogers
92 Arthur's Day
93 Miley Cyrus
94 Lou Reed
95 Lana Del Rey
96 Paul McGuinness
97 Inside Llewyn Davis
98 Kodaline
99 Macklemore
100 Kanye West
The winner of the Big Irish Times Christmas Quiz 2013 is Sinéad Haugh from
Kilcolgan, Co Galway.
Congratulations to Sinéad, who wins a holiday to Barcelona, including flights, accommodation, a tour of the Torres winery with wine tasting, plus two VIP tickets to see FC Barcelona at Camp Nou.
All thanks to BudgetAir.ie.
JUMBO CROSSWORD WINNERS AND SOLUTIONS
First prize: A luxury one-night stay with dinner for two people in Ballyfin Demesne, Laois: Marion Hyland, Ryevale Lawns, Leixlip, Co Kildare.
Second prize: A one-night stay for two people in the 5-star The Park Hotel, Kenmare: Kathleen Gallagher, Moneen Road, Castlebar, Co Mayo.
Third prize: Dinner for two in Michelin- starred L'Ecrivain Restaurant, Dublin: Graham Farrell, Avondale Road, Killiney, Co Dublin.
Solutions
ACROSS: 2/6 Christmas year, 8 Brandy butter, 13 Ulna, 14 Burglar, 16 Gold, 19 Era, 20 Eight, 22 Stressed, 24 Tap dancing, 25 Etch, 27 Awl, 28 Unravel, 29 Ropes, 31 Doves, 32 Thee, 33 Imam, 36 Sonic, 37 Inhale, 38 Lucifer, 39 Inn, 40 Myrrh, 42 Curd, 44 Panto, 46 Icing, 48 Captains, 49 Gale, 50 Egg, 51 Nominate, 52 Afraid, 53 Mistreats, 59 Golden Fleece, 63 Restlessness, 69 Fir, 70 Bed, 71 Misinterpret, 77 Seamstresses, 83 Syllables, 85 Abrupt, 86 Al Capone, 89 Ire, 90 Magi, 91 Sundance, 93 Shows, 94 Rants, 96 Cods, 97 Kayak, 98 Sue, 99 Leeward, 100 Gaucho, 101 Tokyo, 104 Sari, 105 Pork, 107 Myths, 108 Tweet, 109 Majorca, 110 Tee, 112 Ugli, 113 Poinsettia, 115 Ex gratia, 117 Lyric, 119 Ore, 121 Elan, 123 Rainbow, 124 Gobi, 125 Frankincense, 126 Cowl, 127 Wenceslas.
DOWN: 1 Plum puddings, 2 Charades, 3 Rabid, 4 Scrunch, 5 Maldives, 7 All, 9 Rich, 10 Nut, 11 Yeats, 12 Toys, 15 Regaining, 16 Gaelic coffee, 17 Dehumidifier, 18 Terra cotta, 21 Gershwin, 23 Distrusts, 26 Seven, 30 Puffins, 34 Flea, 35 Pyramid, 41 Rein in, 43 Lento, 44 Petal, 45 Age, 47 Grill, 48 Cites, 54 E'en, 55 Tis, 56 Reward, 57 Astral, 58 Afar, 59 Grim, 60 Logs, 61 Eden, 62 Five, 64 East, 65 Shoe, 66 Eros, 67 Sobs, 68 Dodo, 72 Ivy, 73 Ill, 74 Table, 75 Reeds, 76 Tabasco sauce, 77 Superstition, 78 Sales, 79 Rwanda, 80 Snowman, 81 Enemy, 82 Mistletoe, 83 Sincere, 84 Lead astray, 86 Art, 87 Pipers piping, 88 Sorcerer, 89 Innkeeper, 92 Code, 95 Ogham, 102 Optician, 103 Syringes, 106 Risible, 111 Vixen, 114 Towel, 116 Gaza, 118 Yaks, 120 Doe, 122 Leo.
CROSAIRE WINNERS AND SOLUTIONS
First prize: A luxury one-night stay with dinner for two people in Ballyfin Demesne, Laois: Brid McGrath, Ballinaboola, Newbawn, Co Wexford.
Second prize: A one-night stay for two people in the 5-star The Park Hotel, Kenmare: Theresa Kindregan, Downside Heights, Skerries, Co Dublin.
Third prize: Dinner for two in Michelin- starred L'Ecrivain Restaurant, Dublin: Bryan Rodgers, Adare, Co Limerick.
Solutions
ACROSS: 1 The present day, 10 Hard lot, 11 Rudolph, 12 Wool, 13 Santa, 15 Weep, 17 Sis, 19 Anyhow, 21 Fasten, 22 Rosehip, 23 Hecate, 25 Tobago, 27 Bus, 29 Rite, 30 Pay-TV, 31 Bali, 34 Abraham, 35 Brigade, 36 The Longest Day.
DOWN: 2 Harmony, 4 Extras, 5 Egrets, 6 Tide, 7 Ailment, 8 The Weather Man, 9 The Pantomimes, 14 Nice Guy, 16/3 North Pole, 18 Kapok, 20 Wow, 21 Fit, 24 Catarrh, 26 Alabama, 27 Barmen, 28 Stable, 32 Dhal, 33 Gift.
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