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The History of Ireland Quiz II - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 18 times
- The average score is 11 of 25
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| These people from Scandinavia came to Ireland in 795. | Vikings | 94%
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| This famous Irish beer began being brewed in 1759. | Guinness | 88%
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| 100,000 Irishmen served in the British army during this war, fought from 1914 to 1918. | World War 1 | 71%
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| This town in County Louth was brutally sacked by Cromwell in 1649. | Drogheda | 65%
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| A legendary comedy sitcom about three priests that aired from 1995 to 1998. | Father Ted | 59%
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| Elected in 1960, this Irish-American became the first Catholic president of the United States. What was his name? | John F Kennedy | 59%
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| Which British aristocrat was assassinated by the IRA in 1979? | Lord Mountbatten | 59%
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| Which Irish singer famously tore up a portrait of Pope John Paul II on live television? | Sinéad O'Connor | 59%
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| What was legalised in the Republican of Ireland by a referendum in 2015? | Gay marriage | 53%
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| Who was Ireland's first female president, elected in 1990? | Mary Robinson | 53%
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| This powerful family ruled a large part of Ulster until the Tudor conquests in the 17th century. | O'Neill | 53%
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| In 1690, William of Orange won the largest battle ever fought on Irish soil. What was the battle called? | Battle of the Boyne | 47%
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| This man persuaded Germany to send 20,000 guns to Ireland for the planned Easter Rising. What was his name? | Roger Casement | 47%
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| This priest class in ancient Ireland functioned as priests, lawyers, doctors and political advisors. They passed down all their knowledge orally. | Druids | 41%
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| This centre-right political party was founded in 1933. | Fine Gael | 41%
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| Ireland gained semi-independence through the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921. What was this new state called? | Irish Free State | 35%
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| Which Northern Irish politician won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 for his work in bringing an end to the Troubles? | John Hume | 35%
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| One of three Irish patron saints, she's said to have founded a monastery in Kildare. What was her name? | Saint Brigid | 35%
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| Which Monty Python film was censored in Ireland for blasphemy? | Life of Brian | 29%
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| A series of laws restricting the rights and freedoms of Catholics in Ireland. | Penal Laws | 24%
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| Which medieval kingdom was sometimes considered a "fifth province" of Ireland? | Meath | 18%
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| This famous British general was born in Dublin but didn't consider himself Irish. He defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. | Arthur Wellesly | 12%
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| What was the second world war referred to as in Ireland? | The Emergency | 12%
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| Which Irish fascist organised a group of men to fight in the Spanish Civil War? | Eoin O'Duffy | 6%
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| A word for the domination of the church in post-independence Ireland. | Theocracy | 0%
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