Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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According to tradition, what saint introduced Christianity to Ireland in the year 432? | St. Patrick | 94%
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What crop failed in the 1840s, causing the Great Irish Famine? | Potatoes | 93%
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What country received nearly 4 million Irish immigrants in the 1800s? | United States | 93%
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What famous ocean liner was christened in Belfast in 1911? | RMS Titanic | 89%
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What Dublin brewery opened in 1759? | Guinness | 86%
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What group of people first raided the island in 795 - and later settled in Dublin? | The Vikings | 82%
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What group of people migrated to Ireland starting around 500 BC? | The Celts | 80%
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The IRA were terrorists to some and freedom fighters to others. What do the letters IRA stand for? | Irish Republican Army | 78%
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What English king added "King of Ireland" to his titles in 1542? | Henry VIII | 77%
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What was the nickname for the violence in Northern Ireland that started in the 1960s? | The {Troubles} | 76%
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What Irish novelist published "Ulysses" in 1922? (it was censored in Ireland until the 1960s) | James Joyce | 67%
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What did Ireland legalize in 2019 that was already legal in most European countries? | Abortion | 65%
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What English leader brutally reconquered Ireland from 1649–1651, earning the eternal hatred of many Irish people? | Oliver Cromwell | 59%
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What stick-based Irish sport has roots that go back at least 2000 years? | Hurling | 46%
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What group, founded in 1795, is a Masonic-style organization devoted to the Protestant cause? | {Orange} Order | 40%
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What was the name of the small area around Dublin that was under direct English control during the Middle Ages? | The {Pale} | 27%
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What 19th century leader, nicknamed "The Liberator", campaigned for Catholic rights and Irish independence? | Daniel O'Connell | 19%
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