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Top o the mornin' to you Trivia Quiz

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

A multiple-choice quiz by graceloebbaka. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
graceloebbaka

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
546

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
4230

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is the capital of the Republic of Ireland? Hint

Dublin

Shannon

Belfast

Limerick

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Question 2 of 10

2. The Uprising in 1916 in Ireland was on the day after which Christian holiday? Hint

Christmas

Good Friday

St Patrick's Day

Easter Sunday

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who is or was the Irish woman Mary Robinson? Hint

Irish author

singer in Cranberries

first female president of Ireland

anchorwoman on RTE

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was the Irish writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923? Hint

James Joyce

Seamus Heany

George Bernard Shaw

William Butler Yeats

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who wrote the Book of Kells? Hint

the Vikings

the monks

St. Patrick

pagan priests

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Question 6 of 10

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? Hint

Henry VIII

William III

James II

Charles II

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Question 7 of 10

7. What year did divorce become legal in the Republic of Ireland? Hint

It still isn't

1915

1975

1995

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Question 8 of 10

8. What will kissing the Blarney Stone give you? Hint

luck

a cold sore

money

eloquence

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Question 9 of 10

9. When you see the word quay in an address, you know it will be located where? Hint

in the country

as a post office box

by a castle

by a body of water

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Question 10 of 10

10. What are the colors on the flag of the Republic of Ireland? Hint

green, white, orange

green

green, white, green

green, orange, green

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the capital of the Republic of Ireland?

Answer: Dublin

Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK.

2. The Uprising in 1916 in Ireland was on the day after which Christian holiday?

Answer: Easter Sunday

The Irish enlisted the support of England's enemy, Germany, as the uprising took place in the midst of the First World War.

3. Who is or was the Irish woman Mary Robinson?

Answer: first female president of Ireland

Born Mary Therese Winifred Bourke in 1944 and married to Nicholas Robinson in 1970, Mary Robinson was the first elected Irish president to not have the support of Fianna F�il - The Republican Party.

4. Who was the Irish writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923?

Answer: William Butler Yeats

George Bernard Shaw received the honor in 1925. In 1923, Yeats received the Nobel prize for "his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation" (http://nobelprize.org)

5. Who wrote the Book of Kells?

Answer: the monks

This is a manuscript produced by Irish monks at circa 800AD. It is ornately adorned and illustrated and its calligraphy is impeccable. Traditionally the Book is attributed to St. Columba.

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?

Answer: William III

It was passed in 1695 after the Glorious Revolution was embodied by the Protestant forces of King William III. Its purpose was threefold: to deprive the Catholics of all civil life, to reduce them to a condition of ignorance and to dissociate them from the soil.

7. What year did divorce become legal in the Republic of Ireland?

Answer: 1995

The Divorce referendum of 1995 lifted the 90 year ban on divorce in the predominantly Catholic Ireland.

8. What will kissing the Blarney Stone give you?

Answer: eloquence

Traditionally, this is half of the enchanted Scottish 'Stone of Scone'. It was given to Cormac McCarthy of Ireland by Robert the Bruce of Scotland for helping him in battles fought in 1314.

9. When you see the word quay in an address, you know it will be located where?

Answer: by a body of water

It is pronounced "key" and means wharf.

10. What are the colors on the flag of the Republic of Ireland?

Answer: green, white, orange

The green represents the Catholics in the south, the orange represents the Protestants in the north (supporters of William of Orange). The white in between is the peace between the two factions.

Source: Author graceloebbaka

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