#1:  What word derives from the ancient name for a Celtic poet?  Choose OneSongsterLaureateBardBlatherer

#2:  What town in county Dublin gave its name to the description of a brawl?   Choose OneBrouhahaBallyhoolyDonnybrookToodoo

#3:  The word "hooligan" derives from the name of what famous Irish family in London in the 1890^s?  Choose oneThe HoopersThe HoulihansThe HorgansThe McCarthys

#4:  What Irish surname became the term for a type of execution? Choose oneBurkeBoycottGuillotineLynch

#5:  In the phrase "gift of the gab" what does gab literally mean? Choose oneGaelicMoneyLanguageMouth

#6:  If you were in an Irish pub with someone who was described as flathuil (fla-hool) how would your glass be? Choose oneOverflowingEmptyHalf-fullHalf-empty

#7:  What is "Irish beauty"? Choose oneTwo black eyesOutstanding good looksA famous Irish racehorseAn Irish ballad

#8:  What are Munster plums? Choose oneApplesCabbagesPlums grown in CorkPotatoes

#9:  What is an "Irish welcome"? Choose oneNot being welcomeA standing invitation with no restrictionsTea and sconesA tourist ploy

#10:  The description of Ireland as "England's umbrella" refers to what? Choose oneThe political tensionIreland's former colonial statusIts frequent rainIts relative size  

#11:  The phrase Erin go bragh literally means what?  Choose OneIreland foreverIreland freeIreland's mineIreland itself

#12:  To describe someone's blas is to refer to one's what?   Choose OneAncestryAccent in speaking the Irish languageIncomeSense of dress

#13:  Which of the following is not a term of endearment?  Choose one"Ashtore""Macchree""Avourneen""Whisht"

#14:  What word derives from the name of an English landlord in Ireland in the 1870^s who received hostile treatment from his tenants? Choose oneOstracizeIgnoreBoycottCoventry

#15:  What word meaning "plentiful" derives from the Irish words for enough? Choose oneLoadsGaloreAmpleBountiful

#16:  What word for a decrepit dwelling is said to derive from the Irish words for old house? Choose oneShantyShackCabinHut

#17:  What Irish word translates as woman of the fairies? Choose oneBrighidNunBansheePooka

#18:  If someone is described as "maggalore" then the person is what? Choose oneWittyIllTalkativeDrunk

#19:  What is a currach? Choose oneA small boat made of watrproof materialA piece of clothingA derogatory termAn Irish house

#20:  What beverage, traditionally associated with Ireland, means, in its Irish form, "water of life"? Choose oneTeaWhiskeyPorterPoteen

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