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Top o the mornin' to you

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Ireland : Top o the mornin' to you

Introduction:
"May the luck of the Irish be with you on this Irish based quiz."


1. What is the capital of the Republic of Ireland?
    Belfast
    Limerick
    Shannon
    Dublin


2. The Uprising in 1916 was on the day after which Christian holiday?
    Christmas
    Good Friday
    St Patrick's Day
    Easter Sunday


3. Who is or was Mary Robinson?
    Irish author
    singer in Cranberries
    first female president
    anchorwoman on RTE


4. Who was the Irish writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923?
    James Joyce
    William Butler Yeats
    George Bernard Shaw
    Seamus Heany


5. Who wrote the Book of Kells?
    the Vikings
    pagan priests
    St. Patrick
    the monks


6. Which English king established the penal code of 1695 forbidding Irish Catholics to practice their religion or law, own land, vote, or hold office?
    Henry VIII
    Charles II
    James II
    William III


7. What year did divorce become legal in the Republic of Ireland?
    1915
    it still isn't
    1995
    1975


8. What will kissing the Blarney Stone give you?
    luck
    a cold sore
    money
    eloquence


9. When you see the word quay in an address, you know it will be located where?
    in the country
    as a post office box
    by a castle
    by a body of water


10. What are the colors on the flag of the Republic of Ireland?
    green, white, orange
    green
    green, white, green
    green, orange, green


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