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'Tis Irish, To Be Sure!

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Tis Irish To Be Sure game quiz
"The Irish are a truly remarkable people and the following quiz is dedicated to their race. A 'hodge-podge' of quotes on everything Irish - all multiple choice - so here's a toast to your enemies' enemies! "

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. Who said of the Irish, "This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever"?
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Sigmund Freud
    Josef Breuer
    Samuel Beckett


2. "The problem with Ireland is that it's a country full of genius, but with absolutely no talent" was said by whom?
    Hugh Leonard
    Oscar Wilde
    Jonathan Swift
    George Bernard Shaw


3. Which poet wrote, "O Ireland isn't it grand you look, like a bride in her rich adornin'? And with all the pent-up love of my heart, I bid you the top o' the mornin'!"
    James Joyce
    William Yeats
    John Locke
    George Bernard Shaw


4. The following was in answer to a plea for an increase to the Irish Widow's Pension, "Get married again", but by whom was this said?
    Charles Haughey
    Jack Lynch
    Albert Reynolds
    Neil Blaney


5. The following are actual headlines from which Irish newspaper?
"Dead Man Injured In Crash"; "Man Kept Arms Under Bed After Relatives Death"; "Sharing The Burden of Schizophrenia"; and, "Violence Delays Peace".
    Limerick Post
    Belfast Telegraph
    Irish Times
    Ulster Herald


6. Who stated, "We are not prepared to stand idly by and be murdered in our beds", and, "I would rather be British than be fair!"

    Mary Robinson
    Charles Haughey
    Reverend Ian Paisley
    Gerry Adams


7. "Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability" was said by whom?
    James Joyce
    Oscar Wilde
    Brendan Behan
    George Bernard Shaw


8. Who said, "America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between"?
    James Joyce
    Oscar Wilde
    Jonathan Swift
    Samuel Beckett


9. Who said, "It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody"?
    Oliver Goldsmith
    George Bernard Shaw
    Austin Clarke
    Brendan Behan


10. "The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk they're sober," was said by which famous Irishman?
    James Joyce
    Edna O'Brien
    Brendan Behan
    William Butler Yeats


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Compiled Jun 18 13