The Cow Quiz

1. Which county is known as the “Rebel County”?
   (a) Louth (b) Cork (c) Tipperary
2. Which Irish cheese takes its name from a West Cork island?
   (a) Gubbeen (b) Durrus (c) Coolea
3. Which Irish lake is said to be home to the mythical creature “The Oilliphéist”?
   (a) Lough Ree (b) Lough Neagh (c) Lough Derg
4. Which Irish city is nicknamed the “City of Tribes”?
   (a) Galway (b) Limerick (c) Waterford
5. Which Irish comedian created and starred in The Young Offenders TV series?
   (a) Chris O’Dowd (b) Peter Foott (c) PJ Gallagher
6. What is the highest mountain in Ireland?
   (a) Croagh Patrick (b) Carrauntoohil (c) Slieve Donard
7. Who was the Irish pirate queen who ruled the seas off Mayo in the 16th century?
   (a) Grace O’Malley (b) Anne Devlin (c) Ellen Hanley
8. 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
9. What Irish farmhouse cheese is washed in stout during ageing?
   (a) Milleens (b) Dubliner (c) Gubbeen
10. Bonus Cheese Question: Which country eats the least cheese per head?
    (a) Japan (b) Ukraine (c) China

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