Food and Drink
Which traditional musical instrument was adopted as a logo by Guinness?
Harp
What is the word for a seal that can become human as featured in Irish folklore?
Selkie
Name the Irish writer whose works include "The Dubliners" and "Ulysses."
James Joyce
What is the main body of water separating from Britain from Ireland?
The Irish Sea
Which fierce warriors invaded Ireland during the 9th and 10th centuries?
Vikings
What is the main ingredient in an Irish Crisp Sandwich?
Potato chips
True or false: Irish Catholics are relieved of their Lenten Vows on St. Patrick's Day?
True, supposedly!
Which Irish writer wrote "The Importance of Being Earnest" and "The Picture of Dorian Grey"?
Oscar Wilde
Which city's name translates from Irish Gaelic into English as "dark pool"?
Dublin
When did the Irish Potato Famine occur? I will give it to you if you get within 20 years.
1845-1849
On what two days a year are pubs closed in Ireland?
Christmas and Good Friday
What did St. Patrick supposedly chase out of Ireland?
All the snakes
Which Irish dramatist wrote "Waiting for Godot"?
Samuel Beckett
What gives the Purple Mountains in Kerry their color?
Heather
The Titanic was built in which Irish city?
Belfast
What are the two drinks that make up a Black Velvet?
Guinness and champagne
If you kiss the Blarney Stone, what gift will that purportedly bestow on you?
The gift of the gab (eloquence/flattery)
Name the Irish poet and dramatist who was a driving force behind the Irish literary revival, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923.
William Butler Yeats
What is Ireland's top export?
Pharmaceuticals
Irish doctor Frank Pantridge developed the portable defibrillator, but his true fame came from introducing what practice to the world, saving lives for 64 years and counting?
CPR
If you were eating a boxty, what would that be?
An Irish potato cake
The crypt of Christ Church Cathedral, in Dublin, contains a mummified cat doing what?
Chasing a mummified rat!
In what language was the Book of Kells written?
Latin
Which African nation's flag is composed of the same three color blocks as the Irish flag, just in the opposite order?
The Ivory Coast
In what year did divorce become legal in the Republic of Ireland? I will give it to you if you get within 5 years.
1995