| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What is the capital of Ireland? | Dublin | 99%
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| What is the largest county in Ireland? | County Cork | 87%
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| What sea separates Ireland from Great Britain? | Irish Sea | 77%
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| In what fifteenth century castle would you find a stone that purportedly bestows the gift of gab when kissed? | Blarney Castle | 74%
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| What is the longest river in Ireland? | Shannon | 71%
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| How many counties are in the Republic of Ireland? | 26 | 69%
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| What county lends its name to a type of humorous, sometimes bawdy rhyme? | Limerick | 64%
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| What river flows through Dublin city? | Liffey | 62%
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| What island lends its name to a type of wool sweater? | Aran Island | 47%
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| What warm ocean current keeps the west coast of ireland a few degrees hotter than the east? | Gulf Stream | 41%
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| What is the largest lake in Ireland? | Lough Neagh | 41%
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| 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 | 35%
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| What prehistoric monument in County Meath dates back to the neolithic era making it older than both Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids? | Newgrange | 29%
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| What sea separates Ireland from Greater Europe? | Celtic Sea | 28%
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| What cultural area on the west coast of Ireland, famous for its landscapes, is home to roughly 20,000 native Irish speakers? | Connemara | 28%
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| What is the tallest mountain in Ireland? | Carrauntoohil | 24%
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| On which islands off the west coast of Ireland was part of Star Wars: The Force Awakens filmed? | Skelligs | 22%
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| What famous beach in Kerry is much longer than the name would suggest? | Inch | 17%
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| What awfully nice county is home to Ireland's only extinct volcanoes? | Offaly | 15%
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| 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%
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