BS: St Patrick's Day Quiz

Subject: RE: BS: St Patrick's Day Quiz
From: Hrothgar
Date: 20 Mar 04 - 10:56 PM

I thought the last Irish Gold Medal winner was the lady swimmer who became in a doping controversy. Um, Michelle Smith? Um, er, 1996?

Subject: RE: BS: St Patrick's Day Quiz
From: vectis
Date: 20 Mar 04 - 02:39 PM

Only 18/20 to my eternal shame, me being 1/2 Irish.

Subject: RE: BS: St Patrick's Day Quiz
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 19 Mar 04 - 09:50 PM

18 out of 20. Wrong on population, but maybe was counting the sheep and the cows, and Roger Casement, though should have known that as I did Irish history at O level in England over 40 years ago!
All good craic nonetheless, looking forward to weekend in Dublin for the Scotland/Ireland rugby next weekend, if not the result. Where's the best place for the music these days??

Subject: RE: BS: St Patrick's Day Quiz
From: Tam the Bam (Nutter)
Date: 19 Mar 04 - 08:00 AM

You are right about number 12 Alan, he is a leader of A Ulster unionst party, and not THE ulster unionst party.

Tom

Subject: RE: BS: St Patrick's Day Quiz
From: Amergin
Date: 18 Mar 04 - 04:55 PM

I got one wrong....

Subject: RE: BS: St Patrick's Day Quiz
From: kendall
Date: 18 Mar 04 - 12:34 PM

One year ago last night I sat in a pub in Hillsborough N.C. with Dani drinking Guinness and having a ball with the trivia game. I got all the questions right, and I have the Guinness glasses to prove it!

Subject: RE: BS: St Patrick's Day Quiz
From: katlaughing
Date: 18 Mar 04 - 11:46 AM

Well, I got 14 right! One or two were guesses, but they were right guesses.**bg**

Thanks for the fun!

Subject: RE: BS: St Patrick's Day Quiz
From: alanabit
Date: 18 Mar 04 - 11:33 AM

Quite right Fibula. I have already started work on my St.Patricia's Day quiz for next year.
Regards,
       Alan.

Subject: RE: BS: St Patrick's Day Quiz
From: Wolfgang
Date: 18 Mar 04 - 11:33 AM

As I stated above 19/20 (proud smile).
But I got my guess right and made one of the 'definitely sure' wrong (grinning sheepishly)

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: BS: St Patrick's Day Quiz
From: Fibula Mattock
Date: 18 Mar 04 - 11:11 AM

no Irishwoman either... ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: St Patrick's Day Quiz
From: alanabit
Date: 18 Mar 04 - 11:08 AM

I should also add that Fibula Mattock's comment, that the date for the Battle of the Boyne (5B), was a little early was quite right. It should have read 1690 of course. The error came in the transfer of a Word file to Mudcat. No Irishman could possibly get any of the answers wrong, but I guess that an American who scored over ten did pretty well.

Subject: RE: BS: St Patrick's Day Quiz
From: alanabit
Date: 18 Mar 04 - 11:02 AM

1.        C
2.        A
3.        B
4.        D
5.        B
6.        B
7.        A
8.        B
9.        A
10.        B
11.        D
12.        D
13.        C
14.        C
15.        B
16.        D
17.        B
18.        B
19.        A
20.        C
I should add that if you look at the careful wording of number 12, you will find that answer D is appropriate. Hope you all had a good day! Alan.

Subject: RE: BS: St Patrick's Day Quiz
From: GUEST,Pooka
Date: 18 Mar 04 - 10:55 AM

The answers;

1c
2a
3b
4d
5b
6b
7a
8b
9a
10b
11d
12 none of these, Ian Paisley is leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, David Trimble is leader of UUP.
13c
124c
15b
16d
17b
18b
19a
20c

Dublin born Michael Carruth won Olympic Gold in Boxing. Barcelona, Spain in 1992.

Subject: RE: BS: St Patrick's Day Quiz
From: Wolfgang
Date: 18 Mar 04 - 10:01 AM

Yes, that was what I consider the correct response. (But I probably wouldn't know if some GB gold medalist was from Ireland in the geographical sense)

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: BS: St Patrick's Day Quiz
From: Fiolar
Date: 18 Mar 04 - 09:53 AM

Regarding gold medal - Ronnie Delaney got one in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.

Subject: RE: BS: St Patrick's Day Quiz
From: LadyJean
Date: 17 Mar 04 - 10:56 PM

I don't remember the movie, but there's a scene where the winning hurling team is being carried on board a train, most of them being too badly injured to walk, and an English woman, viewing the scene says, " Is that one of their rebellions?" I've always enjoyed that.

Subject: RE: BS: St Patrick's Day Quiz
From: katlaughing
Date: 17 Mar 04 - 06:37 PM

I'm pretty sure of a lot of them, thanks to what I've read on Mudcat the past few years, I hope, I think...:-) We'll see tomorrow. Thanks and Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Subject: RE: BS: St Patrick's Day Quiz
From: alanabit
Date: 17 Mar 04 - 03:49 PM

Thanks. I'll post the answers tomorrow.

Subject: RE: BS: St Patrick's Day Quiz
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 17 Mar 04 - 02:48 PM

Mary Peters?
That's if you don't count the ones given and then taken away again!
John

Subject: RE: BS: St Patrick's Day Quiz
From: Wolfgang
Date: 17 Mar 04 - 01:55 PM

BTW, this quiz nearly qualifies for the upper half as a song quiz, for nearly all of the target words feature in at least one song posted in Mudcat or in the DT.

To give you an idea: Follow this link read the song lyrics right to the last verse and you'll be able to respond question 6.

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: BS: St Patrick's Day Quiz
From: Wolfgang
Date: 17 Mar 04 - 01:45 PM

I'm sure I did get all but one, and even on that one (Liffy Water) I have a good basis for a guess.

Now a difficult one, so that the Irish themselves are challenged:

When was the last time an Irish man (not: woman, for that's too easy) did win a Olympic Gold Medal?

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: BS: St Patrick's Day Quiz
From: Folkiedave
Date: 17 Mar 04 - 12:50 PM

As far as I am aware ALL whisky and whiskey is clear after distillation - it is the aging process in barrels that gives it colour - or colourings.

I managed the one about when is St. Patrick's Day - the clue was in the title of the quiz.

Dave
www.collectorsfolk.co.uk

Subject: RE: BS: St Patrick's Day Quiz
From: Rapparee
Date: 17 Mar 04 - 12:44 PM

I knew a bunch of the answers, but unless the correct ones are posted I'll never know my score.

DougR, clear whiskey is legal. I've got several bottles at home, so if you're around Pocatello, let me know and I'll stand you a drink or two or three or.... (I also bought some white whiskey in Virginia some years ago -- it was labeled "Moonshine" and was made in a legal distillery in Culpepper.)

Subject: RE: BS: St Patrick's Day Quiz
From: DougR
Date: 17 Mar 04 - 12:15 PM

I saw Poteen for sale when I was in Ireland last September. How could it be so if it is not legal?

Good, interesting questions. I knew some, but certainly not all of the answers.

Thanks for posting.

DougR

Subject: RE: BS: St Patrick's Day Quiz
From: alanabit
Date: 17 Mar 04 - 10:25 AM

You are right. A nought got left off in the transfer to e-mail!

Subject: RE: BS: St Patrick's Day Quiz
From: Fibula Mattock
Date: 17 Mar 04 - 09:35 AM

You might want to check the dates for the Battle of the Boyne - one of them looks a wee bit early! ;-)

Subject: BS: St Patrick's Day Quiz
From: alanabit
Date: 17 Mar 04 - 09:24 AM

A very happy St.Patrick's Day to all my Irish friends. Here's a quiz which will make any native Irishman laugh. It is also a chance for you Irish Americans to show off what you know about Ireland. Good luck to all of you. Slainte!

So, you know about Ireland, do you?

1.        The Taoiseach is:

a). A measure of Irish whisky

b). The body controlling Irish sport

c). The Irish Prime Minister

d). A famous monument overlooking Dublin
        
2.        Michael Collins was:

a). Killed by political rivals.

b). Hanged by the British in 1753

c). The British Ambassador to Ireland

d). A Chairman of the Ulster Unionist Party

3.        Hurling is:

a). Dublin slang for a brawl

b). An Irish sport

c). The custom of throwing out old clothes on Good Friday

d). A renowned Distillery town about a hundred miles West of Cork

4.        The Craic is:

a). The stretch of water between mainland UK and Ireland

b). The code of ethics for all Irish sports

c). The storage procedure for Irish whisky

d). A good time

        5. The Battle of the Boyne:
                  
a). Was a heroic action fought by Irish troops in Belgium in 1944

b). Deposed King James II in 169

c). Was a notoriously violent riot after a soccer game against England in 1962

d). Was a fantasy film starring Peter O'Toole in 1968

        6. Jackie Charlton was:

a). The first chairman of Guinness

b). The manager of Ireland's 1990 World Cup Football team

c). Hanged in Dublin as a highwayman in 1837

d). The first Irish cardinal

         7. An eejit is:

a). An idiot

b). A small filter used in the brewing of Guinness

c). A member of Ireland's elite fighting troops

d). A Dublin street hawker

8.        Liffy water is:

a). A perfume

b). Guinness

c). A dangerous current in Bantry Bay

d). An embarrassing ailment

           9.   Mary Robinson was:

                a). President of Ireland

                b). A famous Irish children's author

                c). Presenter of a TV cookery series

               d). Ireland's first woman in space

         10). Dana was:

               a). The first Irish model in a Playboy centrefold

                b). A Eurovision Song Contest winner

                c). Prime Minister of Ireland

               d). A swimmer who won an Olympic gold medal for Ireland


         11. Molly Malone:

                 a). Was the madame in a notorious Dublin brothel.

                 b). Invented a famous potato dish

                c). Was Ireland's greatest ever 200m runner

                d). Was a mythical character in a song

           
        12. The Reverend Ian Paisley is:

                 a). A gay rights activist

                 b). The Primate of all Ireland

                 c).   A UN High Commissioner for Refugees

                 d).   The leader of an Ulster Unionist Party.

13.        The Ulster Unionists:

a). Want a union of 32 Irish counties

b). Want the Republic to unite with the UK

c).   Want the North to be part of the UK

d).   Are only concerned with trade union rights.

14.        The Dail is:

a).   The Irish constitution

b).   The Republic's main left wing political party

c).    The lower house of the Irish parliament

d).    The Irish President.

         15). Fine Gael is:

            a). A set of protocols which guides the Irish parliament

            b). One of the Republic's main political parties

            c). The period during which elections are held

            d). The Gaelic name for the Ulster Unionists.


        16). The population of Ireland is:

                  a). Over 40 million

                 b). 20 million

                 c). 10 million

                 d). Under 4 million

        17). St. Patrick's Day is on:

                   a). March 1

                   b). March 17

                   c). April 23

                   d). November 28

18.        Poteen is:

          a). A recess of the Irish parliament

           b). An illegal spirit

          c).   A sweet cake baked in the West of Ireland

          d).   The large area of land to the East of Belfast.

19.        Sir Roger Casement was:

a). An Irish patriot hanged by the British in 1916

b). A brutal British governor – recalled in 1930

c). A renowned Irish interior decorator

d). The first manager of the Irish football team

20.        The Gardai is:

a). A helmet worn when playing Gaelic football

b). The unofficial name of the IRA

c). The Irish Police Force

d). A renowned Irish infantry regiment