Quiz: How much do you know about Bono?

Question

What is Bono's real name?

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Answer 1

Paul David Hewson

Answer 2

Paul Reginald Hewson

Answer 3

Bono Bon Jovi

Answer 4

Mount Temple Comprehensive School

Answer 5

Finglas National School

Answer 6

Glasnevin National School

Answer 7

Ballymun National School

Answer 8

The Santry Orange Order Protestant School For Proud and Honourable Children

Answer 9

"It's way too loud! It sounds like you're playing so many songs at once. In my day, you'd play one song - and yes, you'd play it loud - but you wouldn't play more than one at the same time. Kids don't care about that these days."

Answer 10

"Back in the '80s, we didn't have much, but neither did anyone else. You might see one of those really long cars, and it was such a big deal that you'd write a song about it. Next you'd hear that someone bought a TV - you'd write a song about that too. Now what are they going to write songs about? A new app? Dancing? It's pathetic."

Answer 11

"The classic artists - Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen - they wrote about what was important, and what was real. I have not heard one new song in the past five years by a band other than U2 who achieved that."

Answer 12

"I think music has gotten very girly."

Answer 13

Because he's just very cool.

Answer 14

He has a scar from being attacked by a member of the Orange Order - he is very self-conscious about it.

Answer 15

It's to stop paparazzi getting good photos of him.

Answer 16

It's because he has glaucoma, Nicky, and it's not really something to joke about.

Answer 17

It comes from "pro bono". Even as a young man, Bono took part in a lot of charity work. His mates slagged him for it, calling him Pro Bono, and it became Bono.

Answer 18

There is a hearing aid shop off O'Connell Street called Bonavox, meaning 'good voice' in Latin. Paul was nicknamed Bono Vox based off this, which eventually became Bono.

Answer 19

As a child, Bono learned to play many Bon Jovi songs on his instrument of choice, the banjo. This became a portmanteau - Bonjo. Eventually it evolved into Bono.

Answer 20

It was a common nickname for grandparents to call their grandchildren in north Dublin when he was growing up. He was also the youngest in his class in school, and so classmates called him Bono.

Answer 21

The Cool Dude

Answer 22

The Orange Man

Answer 23

The Clarence

Answer 24

The Clarendon

Answer 25

The Morrison

Answer 26

The (Adam) Clayton

Answer 27

Phil Hogan being made European Commissioner for Trade.

Answer 28

Ireland winning a seat on the UN Security Council.

Answer 29

Paschal Donohoe being made president of the Eurogroup.

Answer 30

All of the above

Answer 31

He found a supplier of the reagent needed for the PCR tests, something many countries were critically short on.

Answer 32

He helped Ireland secure membership of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, something which due to a clerical error we were not part of before the pandemic.

Answer 33

He got his good mates Moon Jae-in, the South Korean president, and Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, on the blower and sourced personal protective equipment for Irish healthcare workers.

Answer 34

He went on RTÉ Radio 1 said "I'm going to kick the ass off this goddamn coronavirus!" and the entire country cheered because then we knew we would be okay, thank you Bono.

Answer 35

An Orange hall on The Twelfth

Answer 36

A Smart car - the band were doing promotional work for the brand, showing how many people could fit in it at once, but the doors repeatedly malfunctioned.

Answer 37

A giant mechanical lemon.

Answer 38

The Port Tunnel, when gardaí blocked it off during the yearly Save Our City protests in the '90s and early '00s.

Answer 39

Our hearts

Quiz: How much do you know about Bono?

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