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Only True Irish History Buffs Will Get Over 80% In This Quiz

Get your thinking caps on.
6.00pm, 10 Sep 2016
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1. What cabinet position did Constance Markievicz hold in the First Dáil?
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Minister for Home Affairs
Minister for Labour

Minister for Industries
Minister for Local Government
2. How many years did the Great Famine last?
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Eight years
Nine years

Six years
Ten years
3. What would a Bronze Age person do with a lunula?
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Stab things with it
Harvest crops with it

Wear it around their necks
Eat out of it
4. When was the marriage bar lifted in Ireland?
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1957
1973

1970
1966
5. Which of these was *not* a Viking settlement?
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Limerick
Wexford

Dublin
Belfast
6. Pick the SECOND President of Ireland.
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Seán T O'Kelly
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Éamon DeValera

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Erskine Childers
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Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh
7. One of these men did NOT sign the Proclamation of the Republic. But which one?
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Thomas Clarke
Seán Mac Diarmada

Thomas McDonagh
Arthur Griffith
8. What underwhelming name did the country give WWII?
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The Crisis
The Emergency

The Panic
The Difficulty
9. True or false: Condoms became legal in Ireland in 1980.
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True.
False
10. Pick the film that WASN'T banned by the Irish government.
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Monty Python's Life of Brian
A Clockwork Orange

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Natural Born Killers
11. Court cairns and dolmens are types of what?
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Graves
Dwellings

Places of worship
12. Who is this woman?
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Lady Augusta Gregory
Lady Hazel Lavery

Kathleen Lynn
Grace O'Malley
13. And finally, in what year was the Republic of Ireland established?
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1916
1949

1922
1936
Answer all the questions to see your result!
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You got 7%!
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You got 15%!
You have a long way to go until you can call yourself a history buff, pal.
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You scored out of !
You got 23%!
You have a long way to go until you can call yourself a history buff, pal.
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You scored out of !
You got 30%!
You have a long way to go until you can call yourself a history buff, pal.
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You scored out of !
You got 38%!
A good start, but you definitely need to go back to the history books (or Wikipedia, at least).
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You scored out of !
You got 46%
A good start, but you definitely need to go back to the history books (or Wikipedia, at least).
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You scored out of !
You got 53%!
A good start, but you definitely need to go back to the history books (or Wikipedia, at least).
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You scored out of !
You got 61%!
Not too bad! Sure, there are some parts you could brush up on, but couldn't we all?
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You scored out of !
You got 69%!
Not too bad! Sure, there are some parts you could brush up on, but couldn't we all?
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You scored out of !
You got 77%!
Not too bad! Sure, there are some parts you could brush up on, but couldn't we all?
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You scored out of !
You got 84%!
Eyyy! Here's our history buff! You were obviously listening in school, then.
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You scored out of !
You got 92%
Eyyy! Here's our history buff! You were obviously listening in school, then.
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You scored out of !
You got 100%!
Eyyy! Here's our history buff! You were obviously listening in school, then.
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