IRELAND GENERAL INFO
IRISH CULTURE & FOLKLORE
IRISH MUSIC
IRISH FOOD
MOVIES AND TV IN IRELAND
St. Patrick
100
THERE WAS A SHORTAGE OF THIS CROP DURING THE IRISH GREAT FAMINE
WHAT IS THE POTATO?
100
THIS IS THE PATRON SAINT OF IRELAND
WHO IS ST. PATRICK?
100
AN INSTRUMENT USED IN TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC.
NAME ONE. MANY ANSWERS CAN BE CORRECT.
WHAT IS A...
FIDDLE
PENNY (TIN) WHISTLE OR FLUTE
ACCORDIAN
UILLEANN PIPES (IRISH BAGPIPES)
Bodhrán (DRUM)
HARP
100
This tuber came to Ireland from South America and became a staple crop by the 1700s
WHAT IS THE POTATO?
100
THIS FAMOUS HBO SHOW WITH DRAGONS WAS MAINLY FILMED IN NORTHERN IRELAND
WHAT IS GAME OF THRONES?
100
THIS IS THE DATE ST. PATRICK'S DAY IS CELEBRATED.
WHAT IS MARCH 17?
200
THIS IS THE CURRENCY OF IRELAND
A. POUND
B. EURO
C. SIXPENCE
WHAT IS THE EURO?
200
THIS IS WHERE LEPRECHAUNS HIDE THEIR POT OF GOLD
WHAT IS THE END OF A RAINBOW?
200
FILL IN THE BLANK FOR THIS FAMOUS IRISH SONG (WRITTEN IN 1912):
"WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING ALL THE ________
IS BRIGHT AND GAY"
WHAT IS "WORLD"?
200
GUINESS IS THIS TYPE OF BEVERAGE:
A. ROOT BEER
B. BEER
C. IRISH COCA COLA
WHAT IS BEER?
200
THIS IRISH ACTOR WAS THE FIFTH ACTOR TO PLAY JAMES BOND
WHO IS PIERCE BROSNAN?
200
ST. PATRICK USED THE SHAMROCK TO TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT THIS CHRISTIAN BELIEF
WHAT IS THE TRINITY?
300
THE ISLAND OF IRELAND IS DIVIDED INTO THESE TWO COUNTRIES
WHAT IS THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND?
300
THIS POPULAR AUTUMN CELEBRATION ORIGINATED IN IRELAND
WHAT IS HALLOWEEN?
300
THIS RYTHMN OF IRISH TUNE HAS THE SAME NAME AS A WELL KNOWN IRISH DANCE
WHAT IS AN JIG?
300
THIS POPULAR BAKED GOOD IS MADE WITHOUT LEAVEN.
WHAT IS IRISH SODA BREAD?
300
THE NETFLIX TV SHOW "DERRY GIRLS" FOLLOWS THE EXPLOITS OF FIVE TEENS IN LONDONDERRY IN THE 1990S DURING THIS POLITICAL CONFLICT
WHAT IS "THE TROUBLES"?
300
ST. PATRICK ENDED UP IN IRELAND BECAUSE OF THIS:
A. HE WENT TO STUDY
B. HE WAS SENT AS A MISSIONARY
C. HE WAS KIDNAPPED BY IRISH RAIDERS
WHAT IS HE WAS KIDNAPPED BY IRISH RAIDERS?
400
THIS SYMBOL IS THE OFFICAL NATIONAL EMBLEM OF IRELAND
A. THE HARP
B. THE HEART
C. THE CROSS
WHAT IS THE HARP?
400
THIS IS WHAT "Mc" IN IRISH LAST NAMES MEANS
A. GRANDSON OF
B. FRIEND OF
C. SON OF
WHAT IS "SON OF"?
400
THIS IS ANOTHER NAME FOR A VIOLIN, REFERING TO THE STYLE USED IN TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC
WHAT IS A FIDDLE?
400
THIS TRADITIONAL IRISH MASHED POTATO DISH COMBINES CABBAGE OR OTHER GREENS, POTATOES, AND BUTTER.
WHAT IS COLCANNON?
400
THIS IRISH LANDMARK WAS FEATURED IN "HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE":
A. LOCH NESS
B. STONEHENGE
C. THE CLIFFS OF MOHER
THE CLIFFS OF MOHER
400
ACCORDING TO LEGEND, ST. PATRICK PERFORMED THESE MIRACLES:
A. RAISED PEOPLE FROM THE DEAD
B. DROVE SNAKES OUT OF IRELAND
C. BOTH A AND B
WHAT IS C. BOTH A AND B?
Patrick himself wrote that he raised people from the dead, and a 12th-century hagiography places this number at 33 men.
500
THIS COUNTRY ISSUES PASSPORTS FOR PEOPLE IN NORTHERN IRELAND
WHAT IS THE UNITED KINGDOM (UK)
500
THIS IS THE NATIONAL 1ST LANGUAGE OF IRELAND
A. IRISH
B. GAELIC
C. ENGLISH
WHAT IS IRISH?
500
THE SONG "TAKE ME TO CHURCH" WAS RELEASED BY WHICH IRISH ARTIST IN 2013:
A. THE CRANBERRIES
B. U2
C. HOZIER
WHO IS HOZIER?
500
THE MEAT OF THIS DISH, CONSUMED BY MANY IRISH AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS, ACTUALLY HAS ITS ROOTS IN WHAT CULTURE? 
WHAT IS JEWISH?
IRISH IMMIGRANTS ALMOST SOLEY BOUGHT THEIR BEEF FROM KOSHER BUTCHERS WHEN THE DISH BECAME POPULAR IN THE U.S. THE DISH IS NEVER BEEN POPULAR IN IRELAND.
500
THIS AMERICAN-BORN IRISH ACTOR IS MOST KNOWN FOR HER ROLE IN THE FOLLOWING MOVIES:
ATTONEMENT
THE LOVELY BONES
BROOKLYN
LADY BIRD
WHO IS SAOIRSE RONAN?
500
THE NUMBER OF WRITINGS BY ST. PATRICK CONSIDERED TO BE "AUTHORITATIVE" OR LIKELY AUTHENTIC:
A. THREE
B. NONE
C. ONE
WHAT IS A. THREE?
BONUS 300 PTS FOR EACH ONE YOU CAN NAME.
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Writings_of_Saint_Patrick,_the_Apostle_of_Ireland/Introduction