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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Póg mo hón is an Irish phrase meaning what?	Kiss my arse	73%
According to the most recent census, in 2016, what is the largest nationality in Ireland apart from Irish?	Polish (122,000+)	73%
An Gorta Mór refers to which dark period of Irish history	The Great Famine	73%
What type of instrument is the bodhrán?	Drum	67%
If I were to give you a 'dig', what would I be doing?	Punching you	53%
The opening scene of which 1998 award winning World War II classic was filmed on Curracloe Beach, County Wexford?	Saving Private Ryan	53%
Bunreacht na hÉireann refers to which document pertaining to the Irish state?	The constitution	53%
South-eastern town Enniscorthy hosts a festival dedicated to which fruit every June?	Strawberry	47%
If I were giving you a 'dig out', what would I be doing?	Helping you	40%
Many of the scenes in the newest Star Wars films involving Luke Skywalker were filmed on which island off Ireland's south-west coast?	Sceilig Mhichíl / Skellig Michael	40%
If you were to order a one and one, what food would you be ordering?	Fish and chips	33%
Glendalough, now Ireland's most visited tourist attraction, was home to the monastery of which saint?	St. Kevin	33%
Hayes' Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary is famous for hosting the first meeting of which prominent organisation in Ireland?	The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) / Cumann Lúthchleas Gael (CLG)	27%
Peadar Kearney is famous for writing which famous Irish song?	The national anthem, Amhrán na bhFiann	27%
'Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed' is the opening line from which famous Irish novel?	Ulysses by James Joyce	27%
Lambay Island, off the coast of Dublin, is home to which creature not indigenous to Ireland?	Wallaby	20%
The word 'kill' is found in many Irish place names, to the humour of many tourists and non-Irish. What does it actually mean, though?	Church or forest	13%
Who was Ireland's first head of government (effectively a prime minister), which he became in 1922?	W.T. Cosgrave	13%
Economist, Paul Krugman used which expression to describe Ireland's economy?	Leprechaun economics	7%
Irishman, Robert Mallet is famous for founding which scientific study in 1857?	Seismology	7%
U2 are Ireland's most famous musical export. What were they called before changing their name to U2?	The Hype	0%