Monday is named after the Norse god of – what?

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In the rhyming poem, what is Monday’s Child?

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How many Bank Holiday Mondays are there in Ireland this year?

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What Irish band told us ‘I Don’t Like Mondays’ in 1979?

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The Boomtown Rats

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Hothouse Flowers

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The Pogues

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Thin Lizzy


Which of these cartoon cats also famously isn’t a fan of Mondays?

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Top Cat

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Sylvester

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Garfield

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The Chesire Cat


This is how you say Monday in a number of European languages. Can you spot which one actually says Tuesday?

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How much in total market value is estimated to have been lost globally during the ‘Black Monday’ stock market crash in 1987?

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The Bangles had a hit with ‘Manic Monday’ in 1984, but which other famous musician wrote the song?

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Blue Monday, also known as the most depressing day of the year, falls on the third Monday of every January. But how did it originate?

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A scientific study found it was the day when a person’s brain is officially over the Christmas season
The phrase was said during a UK weather report for the wettest January day in history and it stuck
It’s the day New Order released their hit of the same name in 1983
It was invented by a psychologist for a travel company to sell more holidays


The Happy Mondays (pictured) do NOT have any songs about Mondays – but do you know the name of their biggest hit?

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Step Over Here for a Minute, I Would Like a Quick Word

