Bray Emmets GAA Club
Draw Details for July 19 2024
| Prize |
Value |
Winners |
Jackpot
Match 4 numbers to win/share. |
€ 16,300.00 |
0 |
There was no Jackpot winner this week with the Jackpot standing at €16,300. The winner of the Lucky Dip for €25 was Steven Carton. Congratulations Steve.
Answers to quizzes at end of newsletter
GAA County Nicknames:
Tipperary: “The Premier County”
Although Tipperary natives are also occasionally known as Stone Throwers, it’s most widely known as The Premier County.
While the origin of Tipperary’s nickname is undocumented, some have speculated it’s a nod either to the farmland of the Golden Vale or to the Butlers, the Earls of Ormond, whose ancestral seat was good old Tipp.
Groaner of the Week:
Why should you never fall in love with a tennis player? Because to them... love means NOTHING!
Riddle of the Week:
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
Seanfhocail na Seachtain:
“Is treise dúchas ná oiliúint.”
“Nature is stronger than nurture.”
This or That:
Pick between the two items below and see if you’re right.
Which country is larger: Kazakhstan or Mexico?
On This Day: On this day in 1837 Queen Victoria is made queen and begins a 63 year reign
Brain Teaser:
Jessica is telling her friends this story and asks them to guess if it’s the truth or a lie: “There was a man sitting in a house at night that had no lights on at all. There was no lamp, no candle, and no other source of light. Yet, he sat in the house and read his book happily.” Her friends say she’s lying, but Jessica corrects them and says she’s telling the truth. Jessica’s story is true—but how?
Answers to this week’s puzzles:
Riddle of the Week: A piano
‘This or That’: Kazakhstan is the ninth largest country in the world and is almost 40% larger than Mexico.
Brain Teaser: In Jessica’s story, the man is blind and is reading braille.
