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Ireland pop quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Eire is:

a)

The language the Irish people speak

b)

A town in Ireland

c)

The former official name of Ireland

2.

Who came to Ireland to teach the Irish about Christianity?

a)

Nelson Mandela

b)

An Englishman called Patrick

c)

Martin Luther King

3.

What is the Irish flag like?

a)

Green, orange, white.

b)

White and blue.

c)

Blue, white and red.

4.

What unit of money do they use in the Irish Republic?

a)

Pounds

b)

Dollars

c)

Euro

5.

The famous Irish fairies are:

a)

Dwarfs

b)

Leprechauns

c)

Elves

6.

If you kiss the Stone in Blarney Castle, people say that you will get the gift of:

a)

Beauty

b)

Being able to talk a lot

c)

Much money

7.

Everyone celebrates this patron saint’s day by wearing ‘green’ on the:

a)

4th of July

b)

25th of December

c)

17th of March

8.

Who or what is Feiseanna?

a)

An Irish dish

b)

An Irish God

c)

An Irish folk dance and music festival

9.

How many players are in a Gaelic football team?

(a)  

10.

What is hurling?

a)

A method of cooking

b)

The traditional custom of throwing fence posts

c)

The most ancient Irish sport

d)

A winter snow sport

11.

What famous work begins “Soldiers are we, whose lives are pledged to Ireland”?

a)

The Irish Constitution

b)

The Proclamation of Independence

c)

The Irish National Anthem

12.

What is the oldest official symbol of Ireland?

a)

Shamrock

b)

Harp

c)

Celtic Cross

13.

What Irish surname became the term for a type of execution?

a)

Burke

b)

Boycott

c)

Lynch

d)

Guillotine