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Ireland general Knowledge
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Last updated: July 17, 2021
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1.
How many counties start with the letter K?
2
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1
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4
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3
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2.
Who out of the following is not any bit ethnically Irish?
Muhammad Ali
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St. Patrick
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Michael D. Higgins, Current president of Ireland
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Ronald Reagan
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St. Patrick was born in Britain. He was captured and taken to Ireland as a teenager.
3.
What is the official colour of Ireland?
Maroon
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Lilac
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Burgundy brown
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Blue
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4.
The Irish language, along with other celtic languages, share most grammatical similarities with which of the following groups?
Slavic Languages (Russian, Polish, etc.)
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Uralic languages (Finnish, Hungarian)
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Semitic languages (Hebrew, Arabic, etc.)
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North Germanic languages (Icelandic, Norwegian, etc.)
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They share certain rules and pronunciations in words that no other language has.
5.
Which native American tribe donated $170 to the Irish during the famine in 1847?
Choctaw
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Cherokee
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Mohawk
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Navajo
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$170 would be the equivalent of around $10,000 today.
6.
Who designed the current Irish flag?
Thomas Meagher
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Colette Abreo
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Countess Markievicz
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Liam O'Doherty
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7.
What is the most common surname in Ireland?
Smith
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Murphy
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Kennedy
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McLoughlin
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8.
What is the size ratio of the Irish flag?
1:2
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5:8
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2:3
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None of the above
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9.
Where are most potatoes sold in Ireland sourced?
Galway
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Dublin
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Northern Ireland
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None of the above
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Most are sourced from the Britain, due to the general better conditions for growing potatoes there.
10.
Which of the following is claimed to have originated in Ireland?
Strongest breed of horse
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Smallest breed of cow
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Largest breed of Duck (In Europe)
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'Most useless' breed of dog
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It's called the Dexter cow.
11.
What potato disease kicked off the Irish potato famine?
Black dot
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Gangrene
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Dry rot
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Blight
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12.
When was the last time Ireland competed in the FIFA world cup?
1994
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2002
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1990
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1998
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13.
What is the national anthem?
Óró! sé do bheatha 'bhaile
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Let Erin remember
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Amhrán na bhFiann
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Mór Chluana
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14.
What is the national symbol?
Patrick's shamrock
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Fionn's salmon
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Brigid's cloak
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Brian Boru's harp
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15.
Which one of the following categories does Ireland fall into?
A third-world country
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One of the four 'European tigers'
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Country in the British Isles
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A 'Half-Scandinavian' Country
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'Third-world' is used to describe countries that were not aligned in the cold war, making countries like Ireland and Switzerland Third-world countries. The Irish government has officially stated that Ireland is not counted within the British Isles.
CardinalSin
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Level 77
Jul 18, 2021
Kenya + Kazakhstan + Kyrgyzstan + Kiribati = 4
ig0r
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Level 49
Jul 18, 2021
This is an ireland quiz. I asked how many COUNTIES start which k, as in, counties of Ireland. I can see how that would be misread, yes
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