Mastermind specialist subject is the 1916 Easter Rising

Have you done your Rising revision?
It's a huge year for Ireland as the Republic celebrates the centenary anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising.
You may have heard something about it?
There's no shortage of articles, events and talks to mark the occasion, but one of the more unique ways the anniversary has come into the public light was when John Savage chose it as his specialist subject on the challenging BBC quiz show, Mastermind.
John didn't fare too badly in his knowledge of the Rising, but see if you can beat his score in the video below.
Incidentally, JOE's specialist subject for Mastermind is The Emancipation of the Dissonance in the music of Arnold Schoenberg and others in the Twentieth Century, but we haven't been invited on to the show yet to show that off.
Some day...

[@marcasotiarnaigh8672]

Would be funny if he passed them all and someone shouted out from the crowd “GOOD MAN JOHN TELL THE FUCKERS NOTHING”

[@mikeygormley]

Best reply ever! Touts out!🤣🤣🤣

[@trina415]

🤣🤣🤣

[@rootsquare]

This reply need far more likes... effing hilarious mate :-)

[@michealquigley6737]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@johnnotrealname8168]

@@josephphelan646Why on God's green earth would it not be?

[@sojnab1]

Mighty!Massive respect to John Savage

[@michaelgovers8036]

Some questions were excessively long!

[@toothfairy788494]

Knows his stuff

[@jredmondscaff]

Respect my Celtic cousin...🇮🇪🍀🇮🇪🍀🇮🇪🍀🇮🇪

[@TheWrensHouse]

John Redmond Celtic is a word to distort history!! Scotland was not helping Ireland it was apart of colonialism of Ireland Ulster plantations and look north and Orange order politics creating Northern Ireland!! Celtic brother =. Ironic

[@jredmondscaff]

@@TheWrensHouse What the fuck are you talking about...If your going to comment then might I suggest your contribution makes sense...instead of speaking in riddles

[@cjon6898]

@@TheWrensHouse Unionists, yes. Scots -Gaels such as John Savage here, no. Get your facts right missy!

[@oneillcfc7921]

.... I think youll find their is also scottish people in favour of ireland being united and protestants too. Wolfe tonne etc etc were also protestants. It doesnt matter what colour or creed you are.

[@joed1888]

Fair play John🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@marcphelan9883]

First action of the rising was in Portlaoise , a train was derailed to stop reinforcements reaching Dublin

[@Theoneandonlyadammurphyryan]

Lead by Patrick Ramsbottom if I'm not mistaken

[@cjon6898]

Legend.

[@sean864]

He knows his stuff

[@seanmacuaiteir437]

got them all right except I got Maxwell and Lowe confused. but this is Mastermind level?

[@kevintablet743]

Well remember... This is a British show That's not something that would be taught in English schools as much. I do history, and the amount you cover for the Easter rising covered a good bit of detail, but some of those questions meant you had to be an expert in that topic so it was a bit harder then I expected.

[@dubinboston]

i had an english roommate years ago in boston and she told me during her years of school they learnt about the english civil war , the american revolution , general european history and history of the empire , but ,, the word Ireland was not mentioned once in history , geography or anywhere else , she obviously knew the Irish were bombing england when she lived there but never knew why and it was assumed the bombings were a result of us hating the english for no reason , thats how proud they are of their history !

[@mikeygormley]

@@kevintablet743 I know I'm five years late but he sounded Scottish. Scottish Republicans are quite supportive of Irish Republicanism. His knowledge could be self taught.

[@mikeygormley]

@@dubinboston except the contestant isn't English!

[@Caoimhin1909]

Yeah, it was surprisingly generic for a specific event. Knew all except the Lowe one, too.

[@stiofanofirghil1916]

All apart from Ned Daly.. 👍 #ÉiríAmachNaCásca 🇮🇪

[@mikeygormley]

Jesus, I knew most of them but the name of the gun boat was news to me!

[@paddykennedy3820]

The Asuard dude

[@tomforsyth109]

I think he might have bern referring to the British navy gunboat, the Helga.

[@Ryan23H]

john savage lol

[@aoibheannnibhroin9951]

Má tá cónaí ort in Éirinn, ní gá duit labhairt ach i nGaeilge.

[@aoibheannnibhroin9951]

@@williamMcsweeney2024 Go raibh míle maith agat.

[@sxcJOELisNotsexy]

is Rob Wotten taking notes?

[@C.t1888]

Questions are sooo long

[@chrispeyton3356]

A few questions about Irish surrendering and being executed.. 🤔

[@tonybarde2572]

As an American of Irish descent, this gets to me. I stand by George Washington, Michael Collins, and all who fight for liberty.

[@user-qi5jw2hg1c]

Slight difference between Washington and Collins I think.

[@tonybarde2572]

@@user-qi5jw2hg1c Dude plz stop trolling

[@Sean_k_]

@@user-qi5jw2hg1c both were staunch republicans

[@user-qi5jw2hg1c]

@@Sean_k_ You do realise their respective ideas of republicanism are completely different? They'd have agreed on nothing

[@Sean_k_]

@@user-qi5jw2hg1c true obviously, but their belief in Republicanism as an alternative to monarchism (the British monarchy specifically) unites them.

[@seankeogh2991]

I'm from Ashbourne fuck yeah

[@DJTW1]

Can't understand one thing he is saying and I'm from Belfast?

[@Imyourhuckleberry01]

lol, the first "question" was wrong anyway, typical BBC.

[@LarryFogarty]

and our next contender is john bull bruton and your chosen subject is the royal family

[@freespirit3508]

Lol bollox