1. A famous drinking song is "A Bucket of Mountain Dew". How many geographical places are mentioned in the first stanza of the song? 3 2 5 4

2. What is the song "A Bunch of Thyme" really about? cooking war religion loss of innocence/virginity

3. Finish the lyric to get the song title: "Farewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty lies / Farewell to your gangers and gang planks and to hell with your overtime / For the good ship Ragamuffin, she's lying at the Quay / For to take oul' Pat with a shovel on his back to the shores of _______________" Answer: (Two Words)

4. What is the title of the song containing these atmospheric lyrics? "The night was dark and the fight was over / The moon shone down O'Connell Street / I stood alone where brave men perished / Those men have gone to their God to meet." The Soldier's Song (Amhran Na Bhfiann) Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye Song For Ireland The Dying Rebel

5. The following is the first stanza from one of the most famous Irish ballads: "By a lonely prison wall I heard a young girl calling / Michael, they are taking you away / For you stole Trevelyan's corn so the young might see the morn / Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay..." What is the title of the song? Galway Bay Danny Boy The Fields of Athenry A Little Bit Of Heaven

6. Written by Peter Jones in 1983, this song is based on a series of family letters to the U.S. from a certain place in Ireland. Which place is it (also song title)? Limerick Carnlough Tralee Kilkelly

7. "Molly Malone" is surely one of the most famous Irish songs ever. Tell me what Molly is selling... cockles and mussels starfish and seashells lobsters and prawns chestnuts and mushrooms

8. This is the epitome of an Irish drinking song - fast, raucous, and very well-known. If you've never been to Ireland, you might still have heard Metallica's version of the song, including the meaningful lyrics "Musha ring dumma do dumma da / Whack fol de diddle-o / Whack fol de diddle-o / There's _________________" Whiskey In The Jar All For Me Grog The Ecstasy of Gold The Irish Rover

9. Which metaphorical ballad describes Ireland as a "fine old woman" and the rebels as her "fine strong sons"? Song For Ireland Four Green Fields A Nation Once Again Soldier's Song

10. The following lyrics belong in which famous ballad? "And I shall hear tho' soft you tread above me / And all my grave will warmer sweeter be / If you will bend and tell me that you love me / Then I shall sleep in peace until you come to me." When Irish Eyes Are Smiling Danny Boy The Rose of Tralee Sally Gardens

11. This is a lovely lullaby: "On wings of a wind o'er the dark rolling deep / Angels are coming to watch o'er thy sleep / Angels are coming to watch over thee / So list to the wind coming over the sea..." What is the song title? "The _______________ Cradle Song" Tipperary Clare Donegal Connemara

12. A funny little story is told in the song "The Spinning Wheel": a girl sits by the window spinning, together with her blind grandmother. The grandmother thinks she hears a sound outside but the girl says it's only the wind or the birds, when in fact her lover is waiting for her outside. The grandmother is dozing off, and the girl gives the wheel a good whirl before climbing out of the window to join the boy. By the time the wheel stops spinning and the grandmother notices anything, the young lovers "by moonlight are roving". What is the girl's name? Tríona Cíara Eileen Niamh

13. Which famous Irish poet wrote the lyrics of "Sally Gardens"? Oliver St John Gogarty W. B. Yeats Thomas Moore Oscar Wilde

14. Which famous Irish pub song features the "Belle of Belfast City"? Seven Drunken Nights I'll Tell Me Ma All For Me Grog The Holy Ground

15. What is the first name of the "Rose of Tralee"? Mary Clare Molly Aisling