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Now that all the electioneering and Christmas hype is over, The Department of Community creaks into gear once more. May I take this opportunity to wish you all every good wish for the Season.

The eIrish Lottery is open for business and the draw takes place this Wednesday - here's how to play:

Donate 5iep to this Org and PM your chosen number between 1 and 45.
If you don’t PM with a number it will be assumed the money is a no strings donation to the Org, so please PM!

A maximum of five numbers per person, including tickets from a person’s Org. If purchasing tickets via an Org, please identify your citizen account in your PM.

As with the last draw, we will use the RL Irish National Lottery game, Lotto, to select the winner(s). The first ball drawn is the winning number. If there is no match, we move on to the second ball, and so on. In the event there is no winner after all six balls & bonus ball have been drawn, the prize fund rolls over to the following draw.

Entries close at 0000hrs on Day 1135, (0800hrs on Wednesday, December 29th RL Irish time). The draw takes place later that evening, 1957hrs RL Irish time. Donations received after the closing date will be entered into the following draw.

The prize fund will depend on the level of entries, but there will be a minimum 200iep jackpot. Our last lottery winner, Noveras, trousered a handy 315 iep - not bad for a 5iep stake.



eRepublik Browser Quiz solutions & prize winners:

Thanks to all of you who entered. The answers to this quiz were to be found by searching through various in-game features.

1. In the July 2010 Congress elections, which candidate gained the highest votes in Mexico?
Darth Vicious

2. Who is the County President of eNew Zealand?
Don KronoX

3. How long is the maximum durability of a house?
100 Days

4. What is the unit of currency in eSouth Korea?
KRW (South Korean Won)

5. Which eUK Party has the largest share of seats in its Congress?
The Unity Party

6. What is the high resource in Prekmurje?
Aluminum

7. What is the citizen fee in Estonia?
5 EEK

8. What is the Economy skill level, higher than Specialist but lower than Master?
Expert

9. Name the newspaper with the highest number of subscribers in Switzerland?
P5ych0's playground (Buendnerfleisch also accepted)

10. What percentage Strength bonus do you get for training with the “Caesar’s Battles” booster?
100%

11. What is the maximum moving distance allowed by Moving Tickets?
5 Zones

12. How many consecutive days do you need to work to win a Hard Worker medal?
30

Congratulations to our nine industrious winners who each walk away with a Q1 House!

Dan Murchadh
Jacques Cousteau
Johnmcf
JohnSmith 2K9
Jster
Mr ConwayTwitty
Rocket 103
Sean Lynch
Smundger

Don’t miss out on the next quiz coming right up!


32 County Quiz

For this game, you’ll need to have good general knowledge of RL Ireland, or failing that, access to an internet search engine. Once again, every eIrish citizen who can get ‘em all right is guaranteed a prize.


Antrim
Name the character from Irish mythology who is said to have built the Giant’s Causeway?

Armagh
St. Patrick's Church of Ireland cathedral is said to be the resting place of which High King of Ireland?

Carlow
Carlow town is built on what river?

Cavan
Which English monarch granted a Charter to Cavan town in 1610?

Clare
Name the town in County Clare that hosts a matchmaking festival every September.

Cork
The great sportsman Christy Ring played for which Cork Hurling club?

Derry
Name the Irish saint traditionally seen as the founder of Derry.

Donegal
Born in Burtonport, Co. Donegal, in May 1960, name this former Republic of Ireland goalkeeper.

Down
Name Ulster’s highest mountain, found in County Down.

Dublin
The events depicted in James Joyce’s novel Ulysses take place on which date?

Fermanagh
Name the largest town in County Fermanagh.

Galway
Name the award winning Theatre Company founded in Galway in 1975.

Kerry
The song, Banna Strand, recounts the ill-fated gun running exploits of which historical figure?

Kildare
In what year did Co. Kildare host the international motor racing event, the Gordon Bennett Cup?

Kilkenny
What are the colours worn by the Kilkenny Hurling team?

Laois
Laois was referred to as “Queen’s County” in honour of which English monarch?

Leitrim
In what year was the Shannon-Erne Waterway opened?

Limerick
In what year was the Treaty of Limerick signed?

Longford
Kitty Kiernan, the fiancée of Irish statesman, Michael Collins, was a native of which Longford town?

Louth
St Peter’s Church, Drogheda, displays the shrunken head of which Irish saint?

Mayo
What do pilgrims do on Reek Sunday?

Meath
Meath poet, Francis Ledwidge died in which Battle in World War One?

Monaghan
Who led the Irish forces at the Battle of Clontibret?

Offaly
Name the village which is the birthplace of RL Irish Taoiseach, Brian Cowen.

Roscommon
What was the occupation of Roscommon woman, Lady Betty?

Sligo
How many members of boyband, Westlife, come from Co.Sligo?

Tipperary
Name the counties that border Co.Tipperary.

Tyrone
Name the Co. Tyrone born playwright who wrote Dancing at Lughnasa

Waterford
Name the Co.Waterford born atomic scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1951.

Westmeath
Tenor, Count John McCormack was born in which Co.Westmeath town?

Wexford
Name the King of Leinster who besieged Wexford in 1169.

Wicklow
Name Ireland’s highest waterfall, which is found in Co.Wicklow.


Have fun.
Yours,
James Keiller