The Cow Quiz

  1. In what year did Ireland join the European Economic Community (now the EU)?
    (a) 1970 (b) 1973 (c) 1979
  2. The Connemara pony originated in which county?
    (a) Clare (b) Galway (c) Mayo
  3. Which Irish island is famous for its puffin colonies?
    (a) Skellig Michael (b) Rathlin Island (c) Tory Island
  4. What is the name of the ancient stone fort on the Aran Islands?
    (a) Dun Aonghasa (b) Dun Beg (c) Newgrange
  5. What is the capital city of Ireland?
    (a) Cork (b) Dublin (c) Galway
  6. Which Irish author wrote Dracula?
    (a) James Joyce (b) Bram Stoker (c) Oscar Wilde
  7. What is the name of Ireland’s national airline?
    (a) Ryanair (b) Aer Lingus (c) Emerald Air
  8. Which Irish actor starred in Brooklyn and Little Women?
    (a) Jessie Buckley (b) Saoirse Ronan (c) Ruth Negga
  9. Which river is the longest in Ireland?
    (a) Shannon (b) Liffey (c) Boyne
  10. Bonus Cheese Question: What country invented cheesecake?
    (a) Ancient Greece (b) Modern Greece (c) post 1800 America

Answers

  1. (b) 1973
  2. (b) Galway
  3. (a) Skellig Michael
  4. (a) Dun Aonghasa
  5. (b) Dublin
  6. (b) Bram Stoker
  7. (b) Aer Lingus
  8. (b) Saoirse Ronan
  9. (a) Shannon
  10. (c) post 1800 America - dairyman William Lawrence of Chester, New York, who accidentally stumbled on it in 1872

 

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