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Quiz about Roddy Doyle The Voice of Barrytown

Roddy Doyle: The Voice of Barrytown Quiz

Nobody's ever portrayed working class life in North Dublin as hilariously (or as accurately) as Roddy Doyle.

A multiple-choice quiz by astorian. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
astorian

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
150,102

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
250

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Question 1 of 10

1. What kind of music do the Commitments play? Hint

Soul

Jazz

Heavy metal

Traditional Irish folk music

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Question 2 of 10

2. What's Jimmy Rabbitte Jr.'s role in the Commitments? Hint

Manager

Saxophonist

Drummer

Lead singer

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which member of the Commitments claims to have played with Wilson Pickett, and to have performed on the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper" album? Hint

Dean Fay

Deco Cuffe

Imelda Quirke

Joey "the Lips" Fagan

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which novel earned Roddy Doyle the prestigious Booker Prize? Hint

The Snapper

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

The Van

The Commitments

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Question 5 of 10

5. In the film version of "The Snapper," what new name is given to the Rabbitte family? Hint

Hanrehan

Nelligan

Curley

Fitzmorris

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Question 6 of 10

6. What does Sharon Rabbitte name her baby, at the end of "The Snapper"? Hint

Georgina

Caitlin

Sinead

Maureen

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Question 7 of 10

7. Jimmy Rabbitte Sr.'s best friend is called Bimbo. What's his real name? Hint

Declan

Desmond

Maurice

Brendan

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Question 8 of 10

8. What ultimately happens to "The Van"? Hint

Bimbo and Jimmy Sr. drive it into the sea

It's stolen by a gang of teenagers

It's impounded by the Ministry of Health

Jimmy Sr. destroys it, in a fit of jealousy

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Question 9 of 10

9. What do Paddy Clarke and his friends do with a rat they've killed? Hint

Hide it in their teacher's desk drawer

Make Paddy's little brother eat it

Give it a Viking funeral

Frighten little girls at their school

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Question 10 of 10

10. "The Woman Who Walked into Doors" is told from whose viewpoint? Hint

a battered wife

a little girl

an elderly spinster

a former nun

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What kind of music do the Commitments play?

Answer: Soul

The band gets off to a roaring start, but falls apart due to personality conflicts.

2. What's Jimmy Rabbitte Jr.'s role in the Commitments?

Answer: Manager

Jimmy has no musical talent, but his friends turn to him for advice because he seems to know so much about trends in pop music.

3. Which member of the Commitments claims to have played with Wilson Pickett, and to have performed on the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper" album?

Answer: Joey "the Lips" Fagan

Joey is a very good trumpet player, but he's also a bit of a con artist. To the very end, nobody in the band is sure how much of what he tells them is true.

4. Which novel earned Roddy Doyle the prestigious Booker Prize?

Answer: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

It's a hilarious look at life in Dublin in the 1970s, from a child's viewpoint.

5. In the film version of "The Snapper," what new name is given to the Rabbitte family?

Answer: Curley

When Roddy Doyle sold the film rights to "The Commitments," he also gave away the rights to all characters who appeared in the book. So, when he sold the film rights to "The Snapper" and "The Van," the characters had to be renamed.

6. What does Sharon Rabbitte name her baby, at the end of "The Snapper"?

Answer: Georgina

The baby is named in "honor" of her father: George Burgess, who's also the father of one of Sharon's best friends.

7. Jimmy Rabbitte Sr.'s best friend is called Bimbo. What's his real name?

Answer: Brendan

Bimbo buys "The Van," which he uses to sell fish and chips around Dublin.

8. What ultimately happens to "The Van"?

Answer: Bimbo and Jimmy Sr. drive it into the sea

The fish and chips business was driving a wedge between Bimbo and his best friend, and the Ministry of Health had just cited them for a host of sanitary violations. Bimbo decided it was best just to ditch the van entirely.

9. What do Paddy Clarke and his friends do with a rat they've killed?

Answer: Give it a Viking funeral

They'd just seen "The Vikings," a movie in which Kirk Douglas' body was sent out to sea in a burning ship, and thought it would be "brilliant" to send the dead rat out to sea on a small, flaming craft.

10. "The Woman Who Walked into Doors" is told from whose viewpoint?

Answer: a battered wife

The narrator must regularly explain away her bumps, bruises and black eyes by saying she'd walked into a door or wall.

Source: Author astorian

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