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Quiz: How much do you know about Coldplay?

The band is performing four gigs in Croke Park next year, all of which have sold out.

COLDPLAY ARE SET to play four gigs in Dublin’s Croke Park next year. 

The band originally announced two concerts for Croke Park, but an extra two shows have been scheduled, all of which quickly sold out on Friday.

However, Ticketmaster issues impacted many fans hoping for pre-sale tickets and concert goers face huge prices if they wish to stay in the capital next year.

With the band back in the Irish headlines, test your knowledge on Coldplay:

In what year was the band formed?
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1996
1997

1998
1999
When did Coldplay last perform in Ireland?
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2015
2016

2017
2018
Originally called Pectoralz, what other name did the band have before settling on Coldplay?
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Starfish
Lioness

Cheetah
Jellyfish
Why is the hit song 'Yellow' called Yellow?
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It’s Chris Martin’s favourite colour
It’s Gwyneth Paltrow’s favourite colour

Chris Martin glanced at a Yellow Pages when searching for a title
It was written in an NYC yellow cab
What was the name of Coldplay’s first album?
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A Rush of Blood to the Head
Parachutes

X&Y
Mylo Xyloto
Gwyneth Paltrow said she “played a small part in a cultural shift” around divorce by using what phrase after her split from Coldplay front man Chris Martin?
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Uncontested divorce
New-Age Non-Togetherness

Mindful disbanding
Conscious uncoupling
What did Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman rank as one of the best things about being in the band?
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He’s rich but not famous enough to be mobbed
Selling out arenas

Playing with talented band members
He doesn’t have to wear a suit and tie
“People like Coldplay and voted for … – you can’t trust people Jeremy.” Fill in the blank from this barb thrown Coldplay’s way on Channel 4’s Peep Show by character Super Hans?
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The Nazis
Donald Trump

Brexit
Silvio Berlusconi
Which album featured the hit “Clocks”?
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X&Y
A Rush of Blood to the Head

Everyday Life
A Head Full of Dream
What song did Chris Martin say he wished he had written?
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'Bittersweet Symphony' by The Verve
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'Wonderwall' by Oasis

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'Hey Jude' by The Beatles
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'Tiny Dancer' by Elton John
Answer all the questions to see your result!
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You scored out of !
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You like Coldplay as much as Chris Martin likes The Verve
Share your result:
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You scored out of !
Starfish
You've been a fan since the beginning
Share your result:
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You scored out of !
Suit and Tie
You're as big a fan of Coldplay as Guy Berryman is of wearing a suit
Share your result:
Channel 4
You scored out of !
Peep Show's Super Hans
A hate/hate relationship with Coldplay
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    Mute Gerard Martin
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    Jun 16th 2020, 8:34 AM

    I’m pretty sure James Joyce is the literary equivalent of revolut, those you have read it look down on those who haven’t and those who haven’t don’t see what the fuss is about.

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    Mute Frank Higgins
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    Jun 16th 2020, 8:50 AM

    @Gerard Martin: well said. It made me smile

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    Mute JusticeForJoe
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    Jun 16th 2020, 8:53 AM

    @Gerard Martin: Revolut’s pretty handy though and I’m not exactly loaded

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    Mute michael
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    Jun 16th 2020, 9:04 AM

    @Gerard Martin: it’s actually the opposite. Those who have had read Joyce are looked down upon by those who haven’t. And those who have read him understand what the fuss is about.

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    Jun 16th 2020, 9:09 AM

    @michael: and those who said they have read and finished it are liars.

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    Jun 16th 2020, 9:11 AM

    @Breda Kelly: Ulysses.

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    Jun 16th 2020, 9:18 AM

    @Breda Kelly: Nice passive-aggressive sweeping statement. I’ve read it and finished it. Not all in one go mind. Am I a liar?

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    Jun 16th 2020, 9:25 AM

    @Breda Kelly: absolute nonsense. I have read three times over a long period and ad a Dub enjoyed it hugely.

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    Jun 16th 2020, 9:56 AM

    @Breda Kelly: There was no category for “tried but didn’t finish”. Had that been available, it might have been the top answer. For many of us “yes” is the technically correct answer to the question posed but “no” is the more honest answer.

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    Jun 16th 2020, 10:17 AM

    @michael: Well said. People should maybe approach Ulysses through an audiobook. It’s a lot of fun :)

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    Jun 16th 2020, 11:49 AM

    @michael: You just endorsed the comment Gerard posted.

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    Mute James Walsh
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    Jun 16th 2020, 8:37 AM

    People should try ‘Dubliners’ first, Ulysses is a far bigger challenge.

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    Jun 16th 2020, 3:48 PM

    @James Walsh: Yeah, this is definitely a good approach.

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    Jun 16th 2020, 8:37 AM

    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a good read and Dubliners is a nice collection of short stories. Neither have the infamous ‘Joyce an prose’, that stream of consciousness style that is so difficult.

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    Jun 16th 2020, 11:48 AM

    @sean o’dhubhghaill: Dubliners and Portrait of the Artist do have stream of consciousness but not to the extent of Ulysses (or the impossible Finnegan’s Wake). They’re both really accessible and enjoyable to read.

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    Jun 16th 2020, 9:31 AM

    Where’s the option for “I tried but couldn’t manage it and gave up”

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    Jun 16th 2020, 8:36 AM

    Worth reading Dubliners and specifically The Dead even if you’re not inclined to try out the other novels.

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    Mute KilkennyProud
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    Jun 16th 2020, 8:26 AM

    YES

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    Mute michael
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    Jun 16th 2020, 9:05 AM

    @KilkennyProud: I said I will yes.

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    Mute James Fox
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    Jun 16th 2020, 8:15 AM

    NO

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    Jun 16th 2020, 9:02 AM

    have read the Dubliners, the dead and half of ulysees; gave up on ulysees as whilst could admire the descriptive detail, book is just not enjoyable; the dead is similar but shorter; Dubliners much better read.
    would compare joyce to uncle colm from derry girls, a lot of rambling stories with no real narrative an little interst to majority listening

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    Jun 16th 2020, 10:15 AM

    @Steve Clancy: the Dead is one of the short stores in Dubliners, is it not?

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    Mute Ronan Quinlan
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    Jun 16th 2020, 11:05 AM

    A better poll would be:
    1. “Have you ever started to read Ulysses?”
    2. “Did you finish it?”

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    Jun 16th 2020, 1:22 PM

    @Ronan Quinlan: I use my copy as a doorstop, always a silver lining.

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    Jun 16th 2020, 9:35 AM

    I have read and loved Ulysses. The language is beautiful and evocative. I find all of the hype and hot air about Joyce around this time of year intensely irritating. Joyce himself probably would have had great fun making fun of the whole Bloomsday lark.

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    Jun 16th 2020, 8:58 AM

    Parts of Ulysses are easily read and enjoyable. I particularly like the scene in the pub at Glasnevin where the Citizen (said to be based on Michael Cusack, a founder of the GAA) swears at Leopold Bloom for saying that Jesus had been a Jew.

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    Jun 16th 2020, 9:16 AM

    @Patrick Brompton: The pub in the Cyclops episode of Ulysses that includes that encomtrr between Bloom and the Citizen is Barney Kiernan’s in Little Britain Street, sadly no longer a pub.. An empty shell of a building.

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    Jun 16th 2020, 8:59 AM

    No but I’d like to (but will never bother).

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    Jun 16th 2020, 9:15 AM

    Read The Dead and you will understand the fuss. Only 60 pages long.

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    Jun 16th 2020, 10:14 AM

    Yes I’ve read Dubliners, it’s quite accessible and not difficult to read, plus it’s short stories so you can read it in bite sized pieces, as it were.

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    Jun 16th 2020, 9:41 AM

    I got as far as halfway through the first chapter of Ulysses. I was proud of that.

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    Jun 16th 2020, 11:07 AM

    half way through Ulysses audio book , quite an experience . really enjoyable.

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    Jun 16th 2020, 10:50 AM

    Dubliners is very enjoyable. I read it first as a teenager and he highlighted all the traits I hated in adults.

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    Jun 16th 2020, 1:22 PM

    Portrait of the Artist is the best place to start ..

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    Jun 16th 2020, 10:47 AM

    So many characters in Ulysses of the type still thriving today. Joyce even anticipated the safe-in-their-bubble know-alls of the commentariat here who end their comments with a “Jesus Wept.”

    This from Chapter 3 of Ulysses: His pace slackened. Here. Am I going to aunt Sara’s or not? My consubstantial father’s voice. Did you see anything of your artist brother
    Stephen lately? No? Sure he’s not down in Strasburg terrace with his aunt
    Sally? Couldn’t he fly a bit higher than that, eh? And and and and tell us,
    Stephen, how is uncle Si? O, weeping God, the things I married into! De
    boys up in de hayloft. The drunken little costdrawer and his brother, the
    cornet player. Highly respectable gondoliers! And skeweyed Walter sirring
    his father, no less! Sir. Yes, sir. No, sir. Jesus wept: and no wonder, by
    Christ!

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    Jun 16th 2020, 12:38 PM

    My mam was delighted I was born on Bloomsday yet neither of us have read it as far as I know – I certainly haven’t anyway

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    Jun 16th 2020, 1:14 PM

    Would it be as hard to read as Tolstoy’s War and Peace? incidentally, Tolstoys original title to War and Peace was ‘War, What Is It Good For? Thats how the song came about!

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    Jun 16th 2020, 1:57 PM

    @Pauline Gallagher: Easier character names than Tolstoy’s, there’s that.

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    Jun 16th 2020, 6:43 PM

    @Fiona Fitzgerald: ah ok. I was joking about the book title btw.

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    Jun 16th 2020, 10:46 AM

    The Most Dangerous Book in the World about how difficult it was to get Ulysses published is very interesting

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    Jun 16th 2020, 12:15 PM

    Trying to read Ulysses at the moment. Cannot get the hang of it at all. I’ve three chapters read and it just appears to me to be the insane ramblings of a semi-senile old idiot. Nothing makes sense in it, no story line. Will probably finish it just to be able to say that I have read it. How it is regarded as the greatest novel of the 20th century is beyond me. Nora Barnacle was right when she said to him “why don’t you write books that people can read”. This book to me is totally unreadable. I dread to think what Finnigans Wake is like.

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    Jun 16th 2020, 12:41 PM

    @John Cassin: if you want a traditional storyline there’s literally millions of other books to choose from, I think it’s safe to say that Joyce was trying something different with Ulysses. He wasn’t senile or old when he wrote it, it’s all very carefully put together. I’d recommend listening to the RTE audiobook first, but if you really hate it just don’t read it. Simples.

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    Jun 16th 2020, 12:52 PM

    @John Cassin: I read it in a group at a library with a coordinator who was familiar with the book (and probably an expert). Pretty sure I would never have read it on my own. If you have to go it alone maybe read online summaries of the chapters first. You could probably skip a few and come back to them another time.

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    Jun 16th 2020, 3:55 PM

    It’s ‘Finnegans Wake’ NOT ‘Finnegan’s Wake’. It was surely that apostrophe that hastened the good man’s end.

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    Mute Fiona Fitzgerald
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    Jun 16th 2020, 1:58 PM

    Yes, but I preferred Beckett.

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    Jun 16th 2020, 3:48 PM

    Yes I said yes I have yes.

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    Jun 16th 2020, 10:42 AM

    Ulysses..complete drivel….give me Irvine Welsh anytime

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    Jun 17th 2020, 9:51 AM

    I actually read 1000 pages of it and gave up. Lets be franks, it is impenetrable b*ll*cks. You can clearly see why Joyce is lauded, but it really is just a trudge. My version of it had a 250 page introduction. There is also a stint without full stops for God knows how many pages.

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    Jun 16th 2020, 11:14 PM

    Posters here seem to be mixing “read Joyce” with read Ulysses”
    I have read Dubliners and really enjoyed it, got through 100 pages of Ulysses, kinda liked it but have a life so wasn’t motivated to read the final 899 pages, might do one day though.

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