JC History
What was a major event in Ireland in the 1840s?
The Famine
When were the Middle Ages?
500 - 1500 CE (roughly)
What is the study of fungi called?
Mycology
What was the name of the Irish parliament set up in 1919?
Dáil Éireann
When did WWII start and end
1939-45
What was the organisation of a group of craftsman called in a medieval town?
Guild
What was the parliamentarian tradition in Irish politics?
Using the legal system and politics to effect change
What language has the most native speakers in the world?
Mandarin
Who was the first President of Ireland?
Douglas Hyde
What was the German plan for the invasion of Britain?
Sea Lion
What is prehistory?
The time before written records
Who was the leader of the Irish Volunteers during the Easter Rising?
Patrick Pearse
What colour is the “black box” on an aeroplane?
Orange
Which prison were the 1916 leaders executed in?
Kilmainham
What event brought the USA into the war?
Pearl Harbour
When did the Celts arrive in Ireland?
Around 500 BC
What was the main aim of the Land League?
Land reform
Name one country bordering Yemen
Saudi Arabia
Oman
What organisation was founded by James Connolly in 1896?
Irish Socialist Republican Party
What was the name of the German invasion of the Soviet Union?
Barbarossa
Name the two different types of plague
Bubonic
Pneumonic
What organisation planned the Easter Rising in secret?
IRB
What animal can sleep for up to three years without eating?
Snail
What was the name of the police force set up in 1836?
Royal Irish Constabulary
What was the name of the secret US project to develop atomic weapons?
Manhattan Project
What was the Diet of Worms?
An assembly of the Catholic Church, where Martin Luther was asked to recant his 95 theses, and refused.
Why did the Irish Civil War start?
The spark was the Anglo-Irish Treaty, which created the Irish free state, and accepted partition in Ireland, which a lot of people disagreed with
What is the smallest bone in the human body?
Stapes
What was the name of the 1914 law granting Home Rule to Ireland?
Government of Ireland Act
What was operation mincemeat during WWII?
A covert decoy operation by allies to direct German defenses to Sardinia while they planned to land at Sicily. They did this by planting a corpse on the shoreline near Spain with fake documents.