{"id":437470,"date":"2026-05-07T19:52:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/437470\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T19:52:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:52:19","slug":"where-were-the-gorillas-filmed-which-animal-featured-in-the-killarney-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/437470\/","title":{"rendered":"Where were the gorillas filmed? Which animal featured in the Killarney show?\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Click below for the multiple choice version of this quiz, or scroll further for the standard format with answers at the end.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            1. Which year was David Attenborough born?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            2. Before he turned to natural history full time, Attenborough held a number of other roles at the BBC. Which famous music show is he credited with commissioning?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            3. During his management tenure at the BBC, he once rejected the job application of which Irish presenter, on the grounds that there was already an Irishman in a job there. He stated: \u2019To have had two Irishmen presenting on BBC Two would have looked ridiculous.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            4. Attenborough provided the narration on an impressive sequence filmed in Killarney National Park for the  Wild Isles series in 2023. Which animal did it feature?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            \u00a05. David Attenborough had a brother who was a famous actor. What was his name?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            \u00a06. What was the groundbreaking 1979 series that did so much to establish Attenborough\u2019s reputation?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            \u00a07. Fill in the blank about which animal Attenborough was referring to. \u201cI\u2019ve handled deadly spiders, snakes and scorpions without batting an eyelid, but if I see a _ I\u2019ll be the first to run.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5068407_22_articleinline_GORILLAS_TXTD_UHD_SDR_LEGAL-RANGE_ProRes4444XQ_20STEREO_20250723.00008710_1.jpeg\" alt=\"\u00a0David Attenborough with gorillas.\u00a0\" title=\"\u00a0David Attenborough with gorillas.\u00a0\" class=\"card-img\"\/>\u00a0David Attenborough with gorillas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            \u00a08. One of Attenborough\u2019s most famous scenes is a remarkable encounter with a family of mountain gorillas shown on the Life On Earth series. In which country was it filmed?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            \u00a09. In terms of religious belief, Attenborough has described himself as athiest, agnostic or Christian?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            \u00a010. As well as collaborating with Brian May on a song about badgers, in 2011 Attenborough also performed a spoken-word version of which classic tune?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            ANSWERS:\u00a0\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            1. 1926 2. The Old Grey Whistle Test\u00a03. Terry Wogan 4. Red deer 5. Richard\u00a0 6. Life on Earth 7. Rat 8. Rwanda\u00a0 9. Agnostic 10. What a Wonderful World, by Louis Armstrong\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Click below for the multiple choice version of this quiz, or scroll further for the standard format with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437471,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[61,60,6405,82,263],"class_list":["post-437470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music-movies-reviews-munster","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}