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This is a trivia quiz found at on the internet. It is the May 2010 trivia quiz,
so I hope they don't mind us using it for our own education. If they get back to me and say we can't use it, I'll
delete it.
1. What was the name of Gulliver's boat in Swift's book
Gulliver's Travels?
a)
Antelope
b) Golden Hind
c)
Asgard
2. What is Mick the Miller's claim to fame?
a) He is said to have been the greatest greyhound in the history of the sport
b) He holds the record for most wins in Irish horse-racing
c) He was a bookie
who specialized in bets on political elections
3. What ship was torpedoed off the Cork coast
in May, 1915?
a) Laconia
b) Lusitania
c) Leinster
4. What saint established a community on the island of Iona?
a) St. Kevin
b) St. Brendan
c) St. Columkille
5. Who is Ireland's highest World War One ace, with 47 victories within
40 weeks?
a) George McElroy
b) James McCudden
c) Christopher Draper
6. Who bequeathed one third of his estate to the National Gallery in Dublin, claiming that he received
his education there?
a) Barry FitzGerald
b) Eamon DeValera
c) George Bernard Shaw
7. According to legend, what Irish waterfall once ran with whiskey?
a) O'Sullivan's Cascade
b) Torc
c) Adrigole
8. How many letters are in the Irish alphabet?
a) 18
b) 16
c) 24 9.
According to superstition, what does it portend to hear a cuckoo before breakfast on May Day ( May 1st)
a) misfortune
b) a hungry year
c) a death
in the family
10. Who wrote Somewhere in Ireland A Village is Missing an Idiot?
a) David
Feherty
b) Tom Coyne
c) Rick Reilly
### Answers on links page.
10 Most Popular Irish Surnames:
(From irishcentral.com)
Irish and Irish-Americans alike tend to be
immensely proud of their surnames. Many a Irish family proudly declare their Irish
roots by displaying the crest of their clan in their homes. But which last names
win in the battle of Irishness? IrishCentral took a look at the list of the most common surnames in Ireland in order to come up with a top 10 list. Smith
and Murray are two of the most common, but one is of British origins and the other’s Scottish, so they didn’t
make the cut. Here, then, are the 10 most Irish last names:
1.
Murphy - the sea battlers Murphys – you win the prize for
most common and widespread name in Ireland, especially in County Cork. This surname, which means “sea battler,”
translates to Gaelic as MacMurchadh (son of Murchadh) and O'Murchadh (descendent of Murchadh), a derivation of the first
name of Murchadh or Murragh. O'Murchadh families lived in Wexford, Roscommon and Cork, in which county it is now most common, with the MacMurchadhs of the Sligo and Tyrone area responsible for most of the Murphys in Ulster. The name was first anglicized to MacMurphy and
then to Murphy in the early 19th century.
2. Kelly
– the bright-headed ones Kelly comes second to Murphy as the most
common surname in Ireland. The Kellys are all over Ireland; the name originates
from at around 10 different and unrelated ancient clans or septs. These include O'Kelly septs from Meath, Derry, Antrim, Laois, Sligo, Wicklow, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Galway and Roscommon. O'Kelly comes from the Gaelic O Ceallaigh, meaning "descended from Ceallach," an Irish chieftan. “Ceallach” means
war or contention. It is an ancient first name that is no longer used as a first name in Ireland. However, Kelly is a popular first name for women in the U.S.
3. O'Sullivan – the hawkeyed ones Kellys may have bright heads, but O’Sullivans have hawk-like eyes. The O'Sullivans or Sullivans are one of the most populous of the Munster families. In Irish, O'Sullivan is O'Sileabhin, and there is no doubt that origin of
the name comes from the word sil (eye), though whether it is to be taken as "one-eyed" or "hawkeyed" is
in dispute among scholars.
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