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1. Part of the Bru na Boinne (Boyne Palace) complex, which prehistoric (3,200 BC, older than Stonehenge) site in Eastern Ireland is one of the world's oldest monuments? (pictured)
2. Regarded as Europe's greatest philosopher of the early middle ages which Irishman (c. 817 - c. 875) wrote "De divisione naturae"?
3. What's the religious sounding name of Dublin's entertainment district on the south bank of the Liffey?
4. When Cromwell's New Model Army stormed this town in 1649, they massacred almost all of the 3,000 defenders.
Pierce Brosnan was born here in 1953.
5. Enda Kenny is the current so-called Taoiseach, what is this position called in other countries?
6. Which lake in Northern Ireland is the biggest of the entire British Isles?
7. Until 2011 the party founded by Eamon de Valera in the 20's was apart from the Swedish Socialdemocratics and several Swiss groups the one spending the longest time in a European government. After Brian Cowen ruined the economy voters took a second look at its name and voted it out of office, what is the party's telling name?
8. In a 2005 poll this was named the UK's greatest natural wonder.
Which formation of interlocking basalt columns in Northern Ireland was attributed to a legendary warrior who wanted to walk to Scotland?
9. "Anybody who has the courage to raise his eyes and look sanely at the awful human condition ... must realize finally that tiny periods of temporary release from intolerable suffering is the most that any individual has the right to expect." is a quote by Brian O'Nuallain who wrote the strange "At swim two bird" and "The third policeman" under which pen name?
10. Which ManU striker was the greatest ever footballer (soccer) from the island and also known for his quotes "I spent a lot on booze, birds (=women) and fast cars. The rest I squandered." or "In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol, the worst 20 minutes of my life."
11. While the new Aviva stadium is for Football (Soccer) and Rugby Union which huge (82,000 seats) Dublin stadium only hosts Irish amateur sport like Hurling/Comage and Gaelic Football?
12. Which woman from Northern Ireland in terrorism plagued 1972 sensationally beat the West and East Germans and won Pentathlon Olympic Gold in Munich at the age of 33?
13. Before dying of an overdose Phil Lynott had hits like "The Boys are back in town" and "Jailbreak" with which band?
14. What's the name of a scenic circular road in the southwest around Killarney?
15. In the west of Ireland near (Pat Gibson's hometown) Galway you find the O'Brien's Tower on 214 meter high cliffs which are called...?
16. He claimed "All publicity is good, except an obituary notice", "New York is the place where you are least likely to be bitten by a wild goat" and to be a "drinker with writing problems".
Who tried to blow up a British warship for the IRA as a teenager and later wrote the plays "Quare Fellow" and "Hostage"?
17. Gaelic harvest festival Samhain which allegedly was held at the famous Tara hill as early as 700 BC is the predecessor of which Angloamerican festivity?
18. Which Limerick band featuring Dolores O'Riordan released the album "No need to Argue" with the hit "Zombie"?
19. Who won the Eurovision Contest in 1970 with "All kinds of everything" and later joined the European Parliament?
20. Eithne Ni Bhraorain left the band "Clannad" and started a solo career under the name "Enya", the album "Watermark" ft "Orinoco Flow" made her famous. An unauthorized remix of which song became associated with the 9/11 attacks?
21. What's the name of the Irish drum that's held in the hand like a big tambourine?
22. Andrea, Caroline, Sharon and Jim had Celtic Folk Rock hits like "Breathless" under their family name, which group is this?
23. Who became the IRA's most prominent victim when his boat was blown up in 1979?
24. Which Northern Irish city with a population of 20,000, birthplace of Sam Neill (pictured), became media focus in 1998 when the RIRA exploded a car bomb
which killed 29 people and injured hundreds?
25. Who was Mia Farrow's mother and an even bigger Hollywood star playing Jane opposite Johnny Weissmueller's Tarzan?
26. Although just having 14,500 residents this Northern Irish municipality, allegedly founded by St.Patrick about 440 as his "ecclesiastical capital", was granted city status in 1994.
27. It is the oldest brand after Kilbeggan. Which Northern Irish town in 1608 gave a Whiskey its name?
28. Which Dublin Park is with eight square kilometers the biggest of any European capital?
29. What is the name of the "tree alphabet" used for the first inscriptions on menhirs?
30. Which "Father of Chemistry" was born in 1627 in a castle near Waterford? |
