| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Póg mo hón is an Irish phrase meaning what? | Kiss my arse | 79%
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| According to the most recent census, in 2016, what is the largest nationality in Ireland apart from Irish? | Polish (122,000+) | 74%
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| An Gorta Mór refers to which dark period of Irish history | The Great Famine | 74%
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| What type of instrument is the bodhrán? | Drum | 68%
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| Bunreacht na hÉireann refers to which document pertaining to the Irish state? | The constitution | 58%
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| If I were to give you a 'dig', what would I be doing? | Punching you | 53%
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| The opening scene of which 1998 award winning World War II classic was filmed on Curracloe Beach, County Wexford? | Saving Private Ryan | 53%
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| If I were giving you a 'dig out', what would I be doing? | Helping you | 47%
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| South-eastern town Enniscorthy hosts a festival dedicated to which fruit every June? | Strawberry | 47%
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| If you were to order a one and one, what food would you be ordering? | Fish and chips | 37%
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| Many of the scenes in the newest Star Wars films involving Luke Skywalker were filmed on which island off Ireland's south-west coast? | Sceilig Mhichíl / Skellig Michael | 37%
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| Glendalough, now Ireland's most visited tourist attraction, was home to the monastery of which saint? | St. Kevin | 37%
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| Hayes' Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary is famous for hosting the first meeting of which prominent organisation in Ireland? | The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) / Cumann Lúthchleas Gael (CLG) | 32%
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| Peadar Kearney is famous for writing which famous Irish song? | The national anthem, Amhrán na bhFiann | 32%
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| 'Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed' is the opening line from which famous Irish novel? | Ulysses by James Joyce | 26%
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| Lambay Island, off the coast of Dublin, is home to which creature not indigenous to Ireland? | Wallaby | 21%
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| The word 'kill' is found in many Irish place names, to the humour of many tourists and non-Irish. What does it actually mean, though? | Church or forest | 16%
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| Who was Ireland's first head of government (effectively a prime minister), which he became in 1922? | W.T. Cosgrave | 16%
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| Economist, Paul Krugman used which expression to describe Ireland's economy? | Leprechaun economics | 11%
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| Irishman, Robert Mallet is famous for founding which scientific study in 1857? | Seismology | 11%
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| U2 are Ireland's most famous musical export. What were they called before changing their name to U2? | The Hype | 5%
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