Country Quiz: Ireland Quiz

Hint	Answer
Official Name
Flag Color
Flag Color
Flag Color
President
Prime Minister (Taoiseach)
Capital City
National Anthem
Currency
Independence from
Independence Day
National Holiday
Largest City
Second Largest City
Third Largest City
Fourth Largest City
Fifth Largest City
First President
First Taoiseach
Continent
Symbol on Coat of Arms
Symbolic Plant of Ireland
Bordering Country
Highest Point (1,041 m)
Lowest Point (0 m)

Hint	Answer
Largest Religious Denomination
Official Language
Official Language
Nationality (Demonym)
Most Popular Sport
Age of Suffrage
Largest Island*
Second Largest Island
Drives on the...
Bordering Sea
Bordering Sea
# of Counties
Largest County
Smallest County
Largest Lake
Longest River
Largest Stadium
Bordering Ocean
Parliament Building
First National Park
Internet Country Code
Famous ''Kissing Stone''
Famous Irish Folklore Fairy
Popular Irish Dry Stout Drink
Oldest Institution of Higher Learning
Luck of the Irish!

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Country Quiz: Ireland

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Created Mar 15, 2011 in Geography
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	Djibouti:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 04:15 GMT		1 point
	Why did I get the Lowest Point when I typed in 'Irish'?

	Svestus:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 04:29 GMT		20 points
	"Ken was killed in Kilkenny and Claire, she died in Clare. Tip from Tipperary died out in the Derry air. Shannon jumped into the River Shannon back in June, Ernie fell into the Erne, and Tom is in the Toome." I thought for sure this song would help me more on this quiz. Well...back to drinking!

	StupidBunny:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 04:42 GMT		5 points
	It was a song by the Pogues that helped me remember the name of the largest river in Ireland. Too bad they don't sing as much about Ireland's first prime minister...

	Chromatos:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 05:00 GMT		9 points
	@Djibouti, because (one of) the lowest point is at the Irish Sea

	Anderson:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 05:14 GMT		39 points
	I was dissappointed to find out Craggy Island isn't the second largest island in Ireland.

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	gwukelic:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 05:34 GMT		20 points
	Happy St. Patrick's Day everybody! :)

	Eyka:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 05:57 GMT		1 point
	TIL how little I know about Ireland

	Tahnan:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 07:40 GMT		4 points
	OK, I suppose "leprechaun" is fairly famous, but that didn't stop me from trying "banshee" (as well as "sidhe" and, in desperation, "Cuchulain"). I wouldn't mind seeing "banshee" accepted, since it's also a pretty famous folklore fairy.

	General:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 08:47 GMT		19 points
	Why I am not surprised that someone with a username like "BritishRebel" takes offence at the use of the term "Catholic". Too funny! :D

	climber_v12:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 09:17 GMT		-4 points
	Yeah, British-Rebel, there's no way that Christian or Protestant should be accepted for official religion. NORTHERN Ireland yes, but not the Republic. Oh, and Happy St. Patrick's Day to you too Gwukelic!

	SquirrelOwl:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 09:59 GMT		0 points
	I kept putting Northern Ireland for bordering country and couldn't understand why it wouldn't accept it - I forget we are globally grouped together under UK

	daithiquinner:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 10:56 GMT		4 points
	I'd argue against the date of independance. The Irish Free State was a self governing dominion within the British Commenwealth until the Republic of Ireland Act came into force on April 18, 1949. So you could say Ireland wasn't fully independant until that date.

	samcash13593:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 12:08 GMT		2 points
	thank you to the quiz of Irish counties, helped me get like 8 of these answers.

	TediousGit:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 12:28 GMT		4 points
	Good stuff; ought, though, to accept "Eire" for official name.

	climber_v12:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 12:54 GMT		0 points
	TediousGit: That's just the name for it in Irish, and this has been gone over before in Sporcle. If you do it for one country, you should do it to all the others to be consistent. (Apart from Ivory Coast perhaps. They made an explicit request their country always be referred to with their own name for it)

	irishailish:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 13:02 GMT		3 points
	Got 40/50 and feel very ashamed! Missed out on Leprachaun, Shamrock and Guinness but got Carrauntoohil, Hyde, De Valera and Leinster House.. Seriously messed up :P Also I think gold should be acceptable for part of the tricolour and the quiz should probably be called Rep. of Ireland quiz if 26 counties is only acceptable and if Lough Neagh in Ulster is not acceptable as the biggest lake in Ireland. Great quiz though! Happy Paddy's Day! :)

	rockgolf:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 13:16 GMT		15 points
	As someone who is 100% genetically Irish and only 1 generation removed from the Ol Sod, I feel compelled to suggest a number of questions that you forgot, or perhaps chose not to include: Patron Saint: Bono Official National Cereal: Lucky Charms Official National Flower: The potato Common term for St Patrick's day amongst the Irish abroad: Amateur night Official National Deodorant: Irish Spring Most popular song about necrophilia: Danny Boy Gross National Product: Westlife Film most Irish can identify with: The Hangover Greatest Disaster: Jon & Edward

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	Zossima:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 14:46 GMT		8 points
	Having lived in Ireland my whole life,I didn't know the date of our independence, and I guarantee you that at least 98% of Irish people wouldn't. Also, Lucky Charms have nothing to do with Ireland and it's 'John and Edward', 'Jon' is an Americanized version.

	imclala:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 14:50 GMT		21 points
	The amount of people here who don't understand humor is astounding. Rockgolf, I laughed.

	rockgolf:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 14:59 GMT		21 points
	@catherinerose & Zossima: Please allow me to explain. I was making a joke. I would have thought any country that sent a turkey puppet to represent them at Eurovision might have guessed that.

	Sollair:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 15:15 GMT		8 points
	I agree. Rockgolf, I also laughed at your SELF-mockery. Some people are just always on the defensive. Chill out! Happy Paddy's Day! As for the game, it shouldn't accept 'football' if the answer is 'Gaelic football' (very different sports). Would have been fun to see 'Hurling' as well. Thanks!

	rockgolf:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 15:18 GMT		3 points
	@Sollair: HINT - If you want to see Hurling, go to any Irish-American bar at about one in the morning.

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	asleepattheline:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 15:48 GMT		27 points
	Isn't the official name the Republic of Ireland?

	rockgolf:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 15:59 GMT		9 points
	@catherinerose: Actually, the best way to defeat stereotypes is to laugh at them. One of the biggest comedy hits in Canada was a series of skits called "Great White North" on SCTV, wherein Canadian actors intentionally took on every Canadian stereotype possible. Toques, beer-drinking, maple syrup obsessions, ending sentences with "eh?". Were Canadians offended? Hell, no, Bob & Doug McKenzie became national heroes.

	TediousGit:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 16:05 GMT		6 points
	@asleepattheline: That's what I thought, certainly, but a spot of research (trying to clarify the status of the name 'Eire') revealed that it absolutely isn't, and various people have been known to get quite cross about it! It is, apparently, the official 'description' of the country, but the official names are defined in the constitution as being 'Ireland' and 'Eire'.

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	WackyZacky:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 16:18 GMT		2 points
	@rockgolf, You really seem to have enjoyed psubball1's latest published game. ;)

	psubball1:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 16:20 GMT		5 points
	@asleepattheline: The CIA World Factbook does not list the "Republic of Ireland" as the official name of Ireland...It is simply "Ireland" according to the source, which is the primary source for Country Quizzes. I believe people refer to the country as the "Republic of Ireland" to not confuse the country with the island "Ireland".

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	Sollair:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 16:57 GMT		8 points
	@ Rockgolf: Thanks for the hint, but crossing the Atlantic from France just to watch a hurling game would be a bit too much. I discovered this sport while working in an Irish pub in the UK and I found it quite impressive and just a 'tad' violent. You're right about stereotypes: having a good laugh at stereotypes doesn't mean being blinded by them and not see beyond. Not recognizing simple sarcasm is closer to ignorance. By the way, potatoes do have flowers and quite pretty ones actually. Marie-Antoinette used to wear them in her hair (but then she was Austrian, they also like spuds over there... or is it in Germany?... ;-)

	ablackperson:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 17:17 GMT		11 points
	@cathrinerose: why don't you take the shillelagh out of your arse and just enjoy St. Paddy's day, for feck's sake?

	rockgolf:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 17:28 GMT		3 points
	@Sollair: Ohhhh! You're talking about the game of Hurling. I was thinking of something completely different.