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1 The 1982 All-Ireland Football Final had one of the most famous and dramatic endings in GAA history, but what was the final score?
Answer: Offaly 1-15 v Kerry 0-17

With Kerry leading by 2 points with 2 minutes to go, the first ever 5-in-a-row of All-Ireland Football titles seemed to have been achieved. Then Seamus Darby scored the only goal of the game to put Offaly 1 point ahead and dash Kerry's dreams.
  From Quiz: Gaelic Football
2 Where was the first All-Ireland Senior Football Final played?
Answer: Beech Hill

The first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was held in Beech Hill, Clonskeagh on April 29, 1888, on the ground of St. Benburb's Football Club. Clonskeagh is now a southern suburb of Dublin.
  From Quiz: All-Ireland Finals: First 25 years
3 Which powerful predominantly hurling county called Nowlan Park its home in 2006?
Answer: Kilkenny

Nowlan Park was named after James Nowlan, a former President of the Gaelic Athletic Association(GAA).
    Your options: [ Kilkenny ] [ Waterford ] [ Galway ] [ Tipperary ]
  From Quiz: Gaelic Games: County Grounds
4 Which month generally sees both the All-Ireland Football and Hurling finals being played at Croke Park?
Answer: September

The hurling final is generally played on the first Sunday in September with football final following a fortnight later.
    Your options: [ July ] [ September ] [ August ] [ October ]
  From Quiz: Gaelic Games
5 When certain Connacht and Leinster counties meet, one of them must use an alternate jersey as their colours are the same. Which two counties?
Answer: Galway and Westmeath

Both Galway and Westmeath wear a maroon and white strip.
    Your options: [ Galway and Westmeath ] [ Leitrim and Wicklow ] [ Mayo and Carlow ] [ Roscommon and Dublin ]
  From Quiz: Gaelic Athletic Association: County Colours
6 They have won the most All-Irelands, they are known as the Kingdom and they play in green, white and gold. Who are they?
Answer: Kerry

You haven't really won the All-Ireland unless you've beaten Kerry along the way. Kerry has won more than 30 All-Ireland titles.
  From Quiz: All About Gaelic Football
7 In what year was the first All-Ireland Senior Football Final played?
Answer: 1888

Twelve counties had entered for football in time and were paired as follows:
Louth v Waterford
Limerick v Meath
Kilkenny v Cork
Tipperary v Dublin
Wexford v Galway
Clare v Wicklow
Limerick went on to beat Louth in the Final.
Even though it was the final of 1887 it wasn't played until April 29, 1888.
  From Quiz: All-Ireland Finals: First 25 years
8 If my home ground was Dr. Hyde Park, I would have represented which county?
Answer: Roscommon

Roscommon was named after a former GAA President, Douglas Hyde. Hyde was opened in the 1960s and could accomodate up to 30,000 people.
    Your options: [ Roscommon ] [ Donegal ] [ Longford ] [ Kildare ]
  From Quiz: Gaelic Games: County Grounds
9 Which was the first Ulster county to win the Sam Maguire trophy, that is given to the All-Ireland winners?
Answer: Cavan

Cavan lifted the All-Ireland trophy five times before any other Ulster county managed to win it, the second county being Down in 1960, making that the first time it had crossed the border into the North.
    Your options: [ Antrim ] [ Cavan ] [ Down ] [ Tyrone ]
  From Quiz: Gaelic Games
10 Which if these four counties does not have black as one of its jersey colours?
Answer: Longford

Longford teams wear blue and yellow strips.
    Your options: [ Longford ] [ Kilkenny ] [ Sligo ] [ Down ]
  From Quiz: Gaelic Athletic Association: County Colours
11 Armagh finally won their first All-Ireland in 2002. How many times had they lost in the final before that?
Answer: 2

Armagh lost to Kerry in 1953, and to Dublin in 1977.
  From Quiz: All About Gaelic Football
12 From which counties were the two teams in the first All-Ireland Senior Final?
Answer: Limerick and Louth

Unlike modern day All-Irelands, there were no provincial championships and it was an open draw.
    Your options: [ Cork and Dublin ] [ Limerick and Louth ] [ Limerick and Dublin ] [ Cork and Louth ]
  From Quiz: All-Ireland Finals: First 25 years
13 Which footballing county are also known as The Royals?
Answer: Meath

The High Kings of Ireland sat in Tara which was in Meath, and the county is known in Irish as 'An Mhi' meaning the middle. The name of course referring to its geographical situation in Ireland.
    Your options: [ Dublin ] [ Meath ] [ Kerry ] [ Cork ]
  From Quiz: Gaelic Games
14 In what is possibly the ugliest sporting kit of all time, which county play in the colours red, green, and yellow?
Answer: Carlow

Hey, if you are from Carlow, I'm sorry, but it's true. Of all the county strips, Carlow's is easily the most jarring to the eyes.
    Your options: [ Mayo ] [ Carlow ] [ Longford ] [ Donegal ]
  From Quiz: All About Gaelic Football
15 What have the All-Ireland Football finals of 1969, 1992, 2001 and 2010 got in common?
Answer: There were no goals, only points scored

The results were:

1969 Kerry 0-10 v Offaly 0-7
1992 Donegal 0-18 v Dublin 0-14
2001 Galway 0-17 v Meath 0-8
2010 Cork 0-16 v Down 0-15
  From Quiz: Gaelic Football
16 From which county were the winners of the first All-Ireland Senior Final?
Answer: Limerick

The final score was Limerick 1-04 to Louth 0-3. Limerick's captain was Denis Corbett and Louth's captain was Michael John Carroll.
    Your options: [ Cork ] [ Limerick ] [ Dublin ] [ Louth ]
  From Quiz: All-Ireland Finals: First 25 years
17 In different summers in the 1990s, one could attend a weekend music festival in Semple Stadium. It was much better known for seeing 30 passionate men swinging hurls about. Whose home was this?
Answer: Tipperary

This was called the 'trip to tipp'. The music along with the hurling was an unforgettable experience.
  From Quiz: Gaelic Games: County Grounds
18 Which county has been responsible for winning more football titles than any other county in Ireland?
Answer: Kerry

The 'Kingdom' as they are known have a footballing history that is unrivaled in Ireland, and had won three of four All-Ireland finals, the third being in 2007 being against Munster rivals Cork.
    Your options: [ Dublin ] [ Kerry ] [ Galway ] [ Limerick ]
  From Quiz: Gaelic Games
19 Only one county wears two shades of the same colour, light and dark. Which county is this?
Answer: Dublin

Dublin wear light and dark blue strips.
    Your options: [ Dublin ] [ Donegal ] [ Leitrim ] [ Wexford ]
  From Quiz: Gaelic Athletic Association: County Colours
20 Down made history when they became the first county to take the trophy over the border. In what year was that?
Answer: 1960

Many grown men cried that night in 1960 as the Mournemen crossed the border. Rumours abounded that they would not be allowed to carry the cup north, but they did, and then returned with it the next year.
  From Quiz: All About Gaelic Football
21 The 1947 final was played in New York, not Ireland, to commemorate the famine. Who beat who in that final?
Answer: Cavan beat Kerry

The final was played in the now defunct Polo Grounds in New York.
  From Quiz: Gaelic Football
22 Why was the 1888 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship never finished?
Answer: Tour by Gaelic Athletic Association athletes in the United States

The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) athletes went to the United States to promote Gaelic games in North America. The tour became known as the "Gaelic Invasion", and many of the athletes ended up settling in the United States.
  From Quiz: All-Ireland Finals: First 25 years
23 St. Tiernachs Park is very well known but maybe not so well by this name. Which county used this updated ground in 2007?
Answer: Monaghan

St. Tiernachs annually hosted the final of the Ulster Provincial Championship. In 2007, Tyrone beat Monaghan (who were effectively playing at home ) by a slender two-point margin.
    Your options: [ Monaghan ] [ Armagh ] [ Cavan ] [ Louth ]
  From Quiz: Gaelic Games: County Grounds
24 Which predominantly hurling county play their home games at Nowlan Park?
Answer: Kilkenny

The 'Cats', the 'Black and Amber men', Kilkenny are basically the Kerry of hurling. Every town, village, and townland contains youngsters passionately growing up with the dream of representing their county and emulating heroes like D.J Carey and Henry Sheflin.
    Your options: [ Laois ] [ Kilkenny ] [ Waterford ] [ Tipperary ]
  From Quiz: Gaelic Games
25 Red, blue, green, and yellow are very popular, but which county includes the colour purple in their jersey?
Answer: Wexford

Wexford teams wear a purple and yellow strip.
    Your options: [ Wexford ] [ Monaghan ] [ Fermanagh ] [ Sligo ]
  From Quiz: Gaelic Athletic Association: County Colours
26 What nickname is given to the footballers from Derry?
Answer: The Oak Leaf County

Doire is the Oak Leaf County, having one All-Ireland to their name.
  From Quiz: All About Gaelic Football
27 What was the first non-Irish team to play in the All-Ireland Senior Championship?
Answer: London

On the 26 October 1902, London played Tipperary at Jones' Road, Dublin. Tipperary won the match with the score Tipperary 3-7 London 0-2.
  From Quiz: All-Ireland Finals: First 25 years
28 Prior to St. Tiernachs Park, Casement Park generally hosted the Ulster final. Which historic county used this for its home games?
Answer: Antrim

Named after Roger Casement, one of the Irish Volunteers from the 1916 Easter Rising, Casement Park was also recently given a major facelift. In 2006, it actually acquired floodlights. In GAA terms, this is like Old Trafford or Fenway Park getting a new stand.
    Your options: [ Antrim ] [ Sligo ] [ Down ] [ Mayo ]
  From Quiz: Gaelic Games: County Grounds
29 Gaelic Games is a generalisation of Irish sport but which 'gaelic game' is actually the native game of Ireland as governed by Cumann Luthcleas Gael?
Answer: Handball

Pretty much a little known fact. The obvious answers are of course football and hurling, but they both have to take second place to handball. The modern version originated in the 16th century in Scotland and Ireland, and European derivatives also exist like the Spanish-base Pelota.
    Your options: [ Gaelic Football ] [ Handball ] [ Camogie ] [ Hurling ]
  From Quiz: Gaelic Games
30 Only two counties wear three different colours. Which counties?
Answer: Offaly and Carlow

Offaly's shirt has green, white, and gold hoops. Carlow teams wear green, red, and yellow.
    Your options: [ Offaly and Carlow ] [ Cavan and Roscommon ] [ Carlow and Cavan ] [ Roscommon and Offaly ]
  From Quiz: Gaelic Athletic Association: County Colours
31 What is the name given to the All-Ireland Cup?
Answer: Sam Maguire

Named after one of the many Irish patriots of old.
  From Quiz: All About Gaelic Football
32 The original Sam Maguire trophy was replaced by a new one in what year?
Answer: 1988

The Sam Maguire trophy was first presented in 1928 and continued to be so until 1987. It is now in the GAA Museum in Croke Park.
  From Quiz: Gaelic Football
33 The 1893 All-Ireland Senior Final was played in Dublin, but where in Dublin was it played?
Answer: Phoenix Park

The final was played in the Phoenix Park on the 24 June 1894 between Wexford and Cork. Wexford won the match with a score of Wexford 1-1, Cork 0-1.
  From Quiz: All-Ireland Finals: First 25 years
34 Where is Pearse Stadium?
Answer: Galway

Not a bad ground with a capacity of 35,000, naturally named after Patrick Pearse.
  From Quiz: Gaelic Games: County Grounds
35 One very famous football final occurred in 1982. Which underdog was the one to stop Kerry from winning an unprecedented five titles in a row?
Answer: Offaly

Seamus Darby scored a very controversial goal with only a minute left to give Offaly a shock victory by 1-15 to 0-17, meaning that Kerry was defeated by the minimum margin and give Offaly only their third title in their history.
    Your options: [ Roscommon ] [ Offaly ] [ Donegal ] [ Kildare ]
  From Quiz: Gaelic Games
36 Only three counties had never won provincial titles in 2003. Who are they?
Answer: Fermanagh, Westmeath and Wicklow

Of these three, Fermanagh and Westmeath have made the most recent progress.
  From Quiz: All About Gaelic Football
37 The 1991 Leinster Football Championship saw an epic saga between Dublin and Meath. How many times did they meet?
Answer: 4

After drawing on three occasions, Meath beat Dublin by one point in the fourth match. They drew their next game against Wicklow, meaning another replay. They won that and then beat Offaly to finally reach the Leinster final. They beat Laois in the Leinster final, to set up an All-Ireland semi-final against Roscommon. They won that to reach the All-Ireland Final. The final was their tenth match of the championship. Although they mounted a major comeback in it, as Meath of that era were famous for, Down won the final by 2 points.
  From Quiz: Gaelic Football
38 Who was the referee for the first All-Ireland Senior Football Final?
Answer: John Cullinane

The referee was John Cullinane from Bansha in County Tipperary. Cullinane later went on to become an M.P. The other names mentioned above were team players.
  From Quiz: All-Ireland Finals: First 25 years
39 The smallest county ground in Ireland in 2007 belonged to the county that played out of Aughrim Park. Who were they?
Answer: Wicklow

Wicklow only held 10,000, yet still had difficulty having a sellout.
  From Quiz: Gaelic Games: County Grounds
40 Which Tyrone legend returned to the field for the last ten minutes of their historic clash with Armagh in the 2003 football final, to help Tyrone win their first title?
Answer: Peter Canavan

Peter 'the great' Canavan will go down as one of the greatest footballers of his or any other generation. A winner of 6 All-Stars, 4 Ulster titles, and 2 All-Ireland titles, Canavan went off with an injury during the 2003 final only to return at the end to guide his players to victory. Aside from being Tyrone's first title, it was also the first time that two Ulter teams had met in the final game of an All-Ireland Championship.
    Your options: [ Brian Dooher ] [ Peter Canavan ] [ Stephen O'Neill ] [ Peter Donnelly ]
  From Quiz: Gaelic Games
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