St Brigid's Day Quiz Competition

The best-selling novelist of all time is a woman who has sold an estimated 3 Billion copies of her books. Who is she?

Name Singapore's first female president

Joselin Yeo Wei Ling won 40 gold medals for Singapore at the South East Asian Games over a 17-year period. What was her sport?

Who is the Prime Minister of New Zealand?

In a 2020 radio listeners poll in Ireland, the song 'Nothing compares 2 U' was voted the best cover version ever by an Irish performer, beating U2, Boyzone and Westlife. Who was the Irish singer who brought it to the top of the charts worldwide?

Anna Burns won the Man Booker prize (2018) for her debut novel. What was its title?

Irish woman Emer Cooke started work in a new role in November 2020, which has thrust her into one of the most high-profile positions on the continent of Europe. Which European Agency has she become the head of?

Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the first woman to be elected Head of Government in 1960 – in which country?

Who is currently the Second Minister for National Development and Finance in the Singapore Government?

Which country ranks first in the world in terms of female representation in cabinet, with over 60% of the seats being occupied by women?

Name the daughter of Lord Byron who is widely regarded as the world’s first ever computer scientist and programmer?

Which Irish poet wrote the following “Poetry begins where language starts: in the shadows and accidents of one person's life.”

Who is the woman who created Grey's Anatomy and Bridgerton?

With which county in Ireland is St Brigid most particularly associated?

True or false – St Brigid is the patron saint of children who were born out of wedlock.

A book entitled ‘Summer’, released in 2020 was described by The Guardian as the first serious coronavirus novel. Who wrote it?