Statistics for Ireland general Knowledge

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What is the most common surname in Ireland?	Murphy	85%
What potato disease kicked off the Irish potato famine?	Blight	75%
What is the national anthem?	Amhrán na bhFiann	72%
How many counties start with the letter K?	3	55%
What is the national symbol?	Brian Boru's harp	55%
Who out of the following is not any bit ethnically Irish?	St. Patrick	53%
What is the official colour of Ireland?	Blue	47%
When was the last time Ireland competed in the FIFA world cup?	2002	42%
Who designed the current Irish flag?	Thomas Meagher	42%
Where are most potatoes sold in Ireland sourced?	None of the above	40%
Which native American tribe donated $170 to the Irish during the famine in 1847?	Choctaw	27%
Which of the following is claimed to have originated in Ireland?	Smallest breed of cow	23%
The Irish language, along with other celtic languages, share most grammatical similarities with which of the following groups?	Semitic languages (Hebrew, Arabic, etc.)	12%
What is the size ratio of the Irish flag?	1:2	10%
Which one of the following categories does Ireland fall into?	A third-world country	10%