Statistics for Ireland Geography

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What is the capital of Ireland?	Dublin	99%
What is the largest county in Ireland?	County Cork	87%
What sea separates Ireland from Great Britain?	Irish Sea	80%
In what fifteenth century castle would you find a stone that purportedly bestows the gift of gab when kissed?	Blarney Castle	77%
What is the longest river in Ireland?	Shannon	72%
How many counties are in the Republic of Ireland?	26	68%
What county lends its name to a type of humorous, sometimes bawdy rhyme?	Limerick	68%
What river flows through Dublin city?	Liffey	61%
What island lends its name to a type of wool sweater?	Aran Island	44%
What is the largest lake in Ireland?	Lough Neagh	43%
What warm ocean current keeps the west coast of ireland a few degrees hotter than the east?	Gulf Stream	42%
What is the name of the vast limestone plateau in County Clare that covers over 250 square kilometers and is characterized by its grey, fissured limestone pavements, which are crisscrossed by deep cracks known as "grikes," leaving isolated rocks called "clints."?	Burren	33%
What sea separates Ireland from Greater Europe?	Celtic Sea	30%
What prehistoric monument in County Meath dates back to the neolithic era making it older than both Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids?	Newgrange	28%
What cultural area on the west coast of Ireland, famous for its landscapes, is home to roughly 20,000 native Irish speakers?	Connemara	25%
On which islands off the west coast of Ireland was part of Star Wars: The Force Awakens filmed?	Skelligs	24%
What is the tallest mountain in Ireland?	Carrauntoohil	22%
What awfully nice county is home to Ireland's only extinct volcanoes?	Offaly	18%
What famous beach in Kerry is much longer than the name would suggest?	Inch	14%
What tiny rural town in the south that ostensibly bore witness to a moving statue of the Virgin Mary in the mid 1980s?	Ballinspittle	6%