A debut of note from Phoeno. Phoeno (pronounced fee-no) are Adam Matthews and Liam Corbett who are based in Dublin. Their collaboration has been a process of shedding skin to arrive at a place of emotional rawness and truth.  When the songs they composed began to form in 2019, Adam and Liam found themselves casting […]

5 years ago

“Heeeeeeere’s Quizzy!” Welcome to The Big Reviewski JOE Movie Quiz. “Getting an audience is hard. Sustaining an audience is hard. It demands a consistency of thought, of purpose and of action over a long period of time.” – Bruce Springsteen Who are we to question The Boss? Round 1 will be the General Knowledge round, as it […]

5 years ago

“Isn’t life a collection of weird quizzes with no answers to half the questions?” The above quote is an affront to our love of quizzes. Firstly, we don’t think our quizzes are weird and secondly, we give you all the answers! Who said it I hear you ask? It’s irrelevant at this stage because you […]

5 years ago

Sh0ut it from the rooftops, here comes the JOE Music Quiz. Another week of decent summer weather and another week of great JOE Music Quiz questions. It’s the 61st edition, we are going stronger than ever and it’s all thanks to you. 61 is a number known to a lot of you who have friends […]

5 years ago

“The quiz is the natural habitat of the curious, the show-off.” We’ll never tire of making up quotes like the one above, designed purely to invigorate your curiosity. The general knowledge quizzes of late have certainly got your juices flowing and the audience figures are through the roof. Everyone challenging themselves and each other in […]

5 years ago

“I’ve been a quiz addict all my life and I’m too old to change now.” Carrying on our theme of making up quiz quotes to give our pieces a certain je ne sais quoi, the above quote is one that will have some of you readers scurrying to find out who said it. I said […]

5 years ago

Everybody needs ‘Somebody’ by Emily 7. Emily 7 is the brainchild of two brothers from Tallaght in Dublin who make vintage rock ‘n’ roll and make no apologies about it. Scott and Kyle Bellew have a sound from the ’90s. It’s pure indie rock from that era and their clothing style and attitude reflects that. […]

5 years ago

“Do you like scary quizzes?” You’re very welcome to The Big Reviewski JOE Movie Quiz. Just like death and taxes, another certainty in life is that Round 1 will be all about Movie General Knowledge. Sometimes, we like to pretend that we’re not doing it like that, but no, this week, straight up, we are doing it. […]

5 years ago

Please be upstanding, it’s the JOE Music Quiz. The sun is shining and the heat is rising. It feels like summer has finally arrived and so too, has another JOE Music Quiz. It’s the 60th edition and 60 seems like a nice round number, a proper milestone of sorts. 60 is a number of considerable […]

5 years ago

“A world without quizzes is not a world I want to be a part of.” The above quote, highlighted in a bigger font and also in inverted commas (obviously), may lead you to believe that this is something someone important once said. I’m afraid it isn’t, but for a second there your mind might have […]

5 years ago

Moxie weaving Arabic with Irish and the result is incredible. Moxie, if you haven’t heard of them, are an alternative folk band from the west of Ireland and have been on the go for the best part of the last decade. The newest member of the group, Julia Spanu, brings her heritage into their brand […]

5 years ago

“I’m funny how? I mean, funny like I’m a quiz? I amuse you?” You’re very welcome to The Big Reviewski JOE Movie Quiz. Each week, for Round 1, we usually go with a General Knowledge round and, each week, we question whether that’s a good idea. We’re not one for resting on our laurels and basking in the […]

5 years ago

Pack up your belongings, here comes the JOE Music Quiz. Week 59 of the magical, mystical, musical JOE Music Quiz has arrived and should now be commanding all of your attention. 59 is a prime number of little significance and when I say little, I mean little. At this juncture, we like to dazzle you […]

5 years ago

Malaki is back with another hard-hitter. Malaki is a Dublin rapper making a name for himself for his hard-hitting tracks that also expose his vulnerable side and his grapples with his mental health. His real name is Hugh Mulligan and he was on the Late Late Show only last week, discussing his own mental health […]

5 years ago

“We can stay up late, swapping quiz stories, and in the morning, I’m making waffles!” Welcome to The Big Reviewski JOE Movie Quiz. For this week’s Round 1, we thought we’d jazz things up a little and do a round about roundabouts. That’s right, famous roundabouts from our favourite movies over the years. Ha! Gotcha! The first round […]

5 years ago

Sound the JOE Music Quiz klaxon, it’s here! We’re strutting into week 58 of the JOE Music Quiz with a swagger and a confidence that all is well. There’s an air of optimism out there, a sense of normality coming back. Also, there is a bounce in our step and it’s because The Happy Mondays […]

5 years ago

Three minutes to answer 12 questions. “Isn’t life a collection of weird quizzes with no answers to half the questions?” That’s a quote from Pawan Mishra, an award-winning author, producer, director and a leader in finance and technology industries. Not to contradict Pawan, but we’ve tried to stay away from the weird with this quiz […]

5 years ago

It’ll be nigh on impossible to get full marks here. As we move further and further into a cashless society, this quiz feels like a bit of a history quiz. However, these notes are all currently in circulation in their respective countries. Your mission here is to identify the 15 different banknotes and choose the […]

5 years ago

12 general knowledge questions, three minutes to answer them. It’s like my Auntie Maureen used to say, “The questions are always easy when you know them.” To which I’d often scoff in response: “Yes, the questions are always easy, it’s the answers I struggle with!”. General knowledge is a must-have for all quizzes. There is […]

5 years ago

This collaboration from Steve Wall and Simon O’Reilly is a steel guitar earworm. Steve Wall, from The Stunning and The Walls has teamed up with Clare-based musician Simon O’Reilly on a brand new single. This being the Covid era, the pair collaborated on the song over WhatsApp and shared files online. Simon recorded the music […]

5 years ago

“Say hello to my little quiz…” Welcome to The Big Reviewski weekly movie quiz. Round 1 is a bit of a curveball this week, as we’re going to break with tradition and test your knowledge on famous socks in movies. That’s right, socks. We jest, of course, it’s obviously on Movie General Knowledge, just like every […]

5 years ago

A dozen questions to test your knowledge on all things general. Who doesn’t love a quiz? That’s not a quiz question per se, more a rhetorical question. The fact is, most of us love testing our knowledge. Other than reading an encyclopedia every day, we’re not sure anyone can be an absolute expert on General […]

5 years ago

Make way folks, here comes the JOE Music Quiz. In week 57 of our beloved JOE Music Quiz, we’ve decided to freshen it up a little. As a result, gone are questions on lead singers, to be replaced by questions on debut albums. We’ve also added another section where you’ve to fill in the missing […]

5 years ago

All the way from Cork, this is Cian Ducrot. Raised in Cork and based in London but just as likely to be found recording in LA, Cian Ducrot takes a nomadic approach to pop music. The 23-year-old is a classically trained multi-instrumentalist and a producer. From bouncing around places like LA and London, Cian followed […]

5 years ago

If it’s a harp on the coin, it’s Irish. Here in Ireland, we’d be very familiar with the harp on our €1 coin. Of course, if you’ve ever travelled outside of Ireland, you’ll know there are a plethora of designs out there in circulation, each representing different countries. We’ve given you 10 images of said […]

5 years ago

“The hills are alive, with the sound of quizzing…” We start the second century of The Big Reviewski weekly Movie Quiz with an absolute whopper. Today we’ll test your knowledge like never before (well, actually, pretty much the same way we do every week) and push you to the very limit of your brainpower (again, […]

5 years ago

Hello? Is it the JOE Music Quiz you’re looking for? It’s week 56 of the JOE Music Quiz and after some murmurings that last week was a tad difficult, we’ve softened it a bit this week. That’s not to say it’s a walk in the park. Far from it. It’s a, keeping socially distant, avoiding […]

5 years ago

The perfect flag quiz to stop you feeling blue. The juggernaut that is the flag colour quiz series shows no sign of slowing down. You have consumed these quizzes with great gusto and determination so far and this week sees the turn of the colour blue. As with our previous instalments in the series, you […]

5 years ago

“Mother of ______.” Line of Duty has dominated the lexicon of the human race in the past few weeks. Indeed, since its inception as a BBC2 show back in 2012, Ted Hastings and the gang have captured the hearts and minds of millions as they battle to put as many bent coppers to the sword […]

5 years ago

And they were all yellow… actually, just over half of them are and it’s up to you to guess them correctly. We’re onto our third quiz on the various nations around the world and the colour of their flags, so yes, it’s now a series. Your appetite for these quizzes is insatiable, so this week […]

5 years ago

Teen sensation J.F.O is back with a bang. J.F.O (Jason O’Toole) is an 18-year-old rapper, singer & songwriter from Dublin. His sophomore mixtape, ‘love the way u hurt me’ is set for release very soon. It will be the first of a series of “mood tapes” crafted to portray key moments in Jason’s life, detailing […]

5 years ago

Back once again with the renegade master, here comes the JOE Music Quiz. As has been our recent infatuation, we’ve wanted to bring you facts on the number of the quiz featured each week. This week as you can see, the number is 55. There isn’t a whole lot going on with that number other […]

5 years ago

Local Boy does good with latest release. Local Boy is the alter-ego of Dublin musician, producer, singer and Burner Records co-founder, Jake Hurley. This is the second single from his forthcoming EP and follows last month’s release, titled ‘Al Bundy’. This is fast-paced indie pop and immediately, I am drawn to the energy and freshness […]

5 years ago

We don’t want to alarm you, but the JOE Music Quiz is here. Studio 54 was a very infamous nightclub in New York, the epicentre for disco and the social elite back in the 1970s. Alas, there is not much disco in today’s music quiz, but by taking and excelling in the quiz, you are […]

5 years ago

How’s your grasp of Irish? Following hot on the heels of its two predecessors – which you can take here and here – we’re back with the latest instalment of our quizzes on Irish town names. These tests are, to some, a flashback to school days, but to others, a flashback to days not so […]

5 years ago

A quiz that actively searches for red flags. As lockdown drags on and on, our geography quizzes have almost become trips down memory lane, a nod to the past. The very notion of another country seems very exotic indeed, a fanciful idea, if you will. If even to remind you that there is a world […]

5 years ago

The man behind one of the most famous songs in recent GAA history is back with a tune dripping in nostalgia. Remember The Revs? If not, how about ‘Jimmy’s winning matches’, the song that goes hand in hand with Donegal’s All-Ireland win in 2012, masterminded by Jim McGuinness. What both have in common is Rory […]

5 years ago

Sinead O’Connor and Daniel O’Donnell were an unlikely team but quite an effective one. It’s almost 20 years now since the Irish version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire adorned our screens. It only ran for two seasons, but they still had time for a Christmas Celebrity Special. One particular episode featured three behemoths […]

5 years ago

Cool the jets, the JOE Music Quiz is here and all is well. Apart from being a prime number and also the number of the Disney car that terrifyingly drove by itself, Herbie, there isn’t a whole lot to say about the number 53. Honestly, a car that drives itself around the place and is […]

5 years ago

It’s a tough task to get full marks here. Just like our first edition of this quiz, this is not a walk in the park. We’ve all seen Irish road signs and the Irish translation of the towns or counties you are travelling to or from. Some seem to make sense, others less so. An […]

5 years ago

“I don’t tip because society says I have to. Instead, I quiz.” Welcome to The Big Reviewski JOE Movie Quiz. We are nothing if not suckers for convention. As a result, we thought Round 1 should still be about your basic Movie General Knowledge. We don’t make the rules! Okay, we do, but that’s neither here nor […]

5 years ago

A new single accompanied by an incredibly touching music video from Tiz McNamara. Cork-born Toronto-based singer-songwriter Tiz McNamara has shared his new music video, directed by Ignas Laugalis, to accompany his new single ‘April Fool’. The song was written in dedication to his brother and father, who tragically passed away on April 1, 1991. An […]

5 years ago

It’s all good, Week 52 of the JOE Music Quiz has arrived. Recently, in the JOE Music Quiz, you might have noticed a new infatuation we’ve had with numbers. It’s only a couple of weeks since we had our milestone 50th edition of course. We continued it into our 51st edition and now we feel […]

5 years ago

California is the most populous state in all of the US. Maybe it’s the cold and grey weather that has us yearning to go to California. Or the small fact that we’ve been stuck at home for about 26 years now. Or maybe more? There’s no doubt that we’ve been doing a bit of California […]

5 years ago

Some huge cities on this list, but is the population bigger than ours? Just like the first instalment of our ‘cities with a bigger population than Ireland quiz‘, this one follows the same parameters. If you haven’t already done that quiz, you should know that, as of the last Census in 2016, the population of […]

5 years ago

A debut single full of summer vibes. Lemonade Shoelace is the brainchild of 23-year-old Ruairí Richman, a graduate of the BIMM institute in Dublin and a native of Newcastle, County Down.  Written, recorded, and produced entirely by himself in his own little home studio, ‘Autopilot Paradise’ is the first single to come from a man […]

5 years ago

Airports seem like figments of our imagination right now. Unless you’ve had necessary dental work done recently (raises eyebrow), airports will seem a figment of most people’s imagination right now. Like places they once knew, or at least think they did, so long has it been since most of us set foot in one. The […]

5 years ago

The 51st edition of the JOE Music Quiz is here in all its glory. After the seismic milestone of reaching 50 editions of the JOE Music Quiz last week (you can take the historic edition of the quiz right here), this seems somewhat of an anti-climax. 51 is not a number you can play around […]

5 years ago

Signed to a record label owned by former Oasis manager Alan McGee, who knows a good thing when he sees it. ‘Feels So Real’ is the first single for The Clockworks on the Creation23 record label, owned McGee, who has also managed Primal Scream, The Libertines and The Jesus & Mary Chain. He has a […]

5 years ago

The magical half-century for the JOE Music Quiz. It feels like a milestone to have reached such a nice round number. Just like Cent and Shades of Grey, the JOE Music Quiz is nothing without the 50. We’ve had some tough days and some days when we wondered if we’d even ever see 20, never […]

5 years ago