| 25 Years - 25 Questions - 25 Prizes Contest (OPEN) |
| To celebrate Mary's 25 years solo career, we had this huge contest. Both huge in what you had to do as in the amount of prizes that could be won.
This contest consisted of 25 questions spanning Mary's whole life. With each question a prize could be won, so there were in total also 25 prizes to win. But here was a catch: we did tell what the 25 prizes are that could be won, but we did not tell what prize could be won with what question.
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| The 25 Questions - ThE 25 Answers - The 25 WINNERS - THe 25 PRIZES |
- What is the name of the first band of which Mary was part?
- In which year was the first Mary Black Fan Gathering held?
- In which street in Dublin grew Mary up as a child?
- Which musician that was once part of Mary’s band has recently been playing with Katie Melua?
- Answer: Frank Gallagher
- Winner: Berndard and Tracey
- Prize: CD single Poison Tree
- Which drummer of Mary died tragically in a car accident in 1996?
- Answer: Dave Early
- Winner: Mike McKenna
- Prize: CD single No Frontiers
- With who did Mary co-wrote two songs on Full Tide?
- Answer: Danny O'Reilly
- Winner: Steve Enright
- Prize: Full Tide poster
- With who has Mary recorded a few duets in Gaelic?
- Which song, recorded by Mary, has been written by Sandy Denny just before she died?
- Answer: Moments (one person correctly pointed out that the song was recorded by Sandy Danny before she died, but not written by her).
- Winner: Nathan Munsterman
- Prize: signed photograph
- What was the first single from the “Speaking with the Angel” album?
- What song was supposed to be released on the Circus album but didn’t make it and was later released as a single for the Best of Mary Black 1991-2001?
- Answer: Into the Blue
- Winner: Neil Fanning
- Prize: signed photograph
- For which American president did Mary sing Song for Ireland?
- Answer: Bill Clinton
- Winner: Sarah Doherty
- Prize: CD single No Frontiers
- In which year gave Mary a sold-out concert in the Royal Albert Hall?
- Answer: 1992
- Winner: Diane Baker
- Prize: Full Tide poster
- What is Mary’s birth sign?
- Who replaced Declan Sinnott as Mary’s guitar player and is still her main guitar player to this day?
- Answer: Bill Shanley
- Winner: Florence McClenaghan
- Prize: Full Tide poster
- Besides singing, Mary also has an artistic hobby, what is this?
- Answer: Painting
- Winner: Marjie Little
- Prize: signed photograph
- In which year was the first version of the (then unofficial) Mary Black Homepage released?
- Answer: 1996
- Winner: Sandra Pauli
- Prize: Full Tide poster
- What is Mary’s relationship with Eoghan and Aoife Scott?
- Answer: Mary is their aunt as they are both the children of Mary's sister Frances
- Winner: Candi González
- Prize: Black Family album Our Time Together signed by all members of The Black Family
- What is the name of the documentary about Mary that was released with her Live CD/DVD in 2003?
- What school did Mary attend in her youth?
- From which Island did Mary’s father come?
- Answer: Rathlin Island
- Winner: Sue
- Prize: signed photograph
- Which album was heard by Bill Straw from Gifthorse/Curb Records who then wanted to sign a deal with Mary for releasing her albums in the US?
- Answer: No Frontiers
- Winner: J. Gregg
- Prize: unsigned photograph
- What is name of the mountain near which Mary has a house in the west of Ireland?
- Which band member has been the longest with Mary?
- Answer: Pat Crowely
- Winner: Paul Facey-Hunter
- Prize: CD single I Misunderstood
- Which Australian musician who has lived in Ireland for several years now has worked with Mary on the Speaking with the Angel album?
- Answer: Steve Cooney
- Winner: Linda Stock
- Prize: Full Tide poster
- Which album of Mary has not been recorded in Ireland?
- Answer: Shine
- Winner: Mike McKenna
- Prize: Promo Wonder Child
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