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

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

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

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

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

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? 1995 1975 it still isn't 1915

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

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

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