The Cow Quiz

1. Which Irish folk group was founded by Luke Kelly in 1962?
   (a) The Clancy Brothers (b) The Dubliners (c) Planxty
2. Which county is known as the “Rebel County”?
   (a) Louth (b) Cork (c) Tipperary
3. Cashel Blue cheese originates from which Irish county?
   (a) Tipperary (b) Limerick (c) Kilkenny
4. Which Irish island is famous for its puffin colonies?
   (a) Skellig Michael (b) Rathlin Island (c) Tory Island
5. Which Dublin band had a 1990s hit with Breathless?
   (a) The Corrs (b) The Cranberries (c) B*Witched
6. What county is known as “The Kingdom”?
   (a) Cork (b) Kerry (c) Clare
7. What is the national emblem of Ireland?
   (a) Shamrock (b) Harp (c) Celtic Cross
8. How many counties are there on the island of Ireland?
   (a) 26 (b) 32 (c) 34
9. Which Irish poet’s epitaph reads, “Cast a cold eye / On life, on death. / Horseman, pass by”?
   (a) W. B. Yeats (b) Seamus Heaney (c) Patrick Kavanagh
10. Bonus Cheese Question: Legend has it that a young French shepherd saw a beautiful girl on the horizon. Leaving his lunch box in a nearby cave, he went out to meet her. Returning months later a mould had transformed his plain cheese into this cheese.
    (a) Gorgonzola (b) Jeune mâle (c) Roquefort

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