| 1. How many kingdoms was early Celtic
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| | C. Follow the sound of his shoemaker's
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| Ireland divided into?
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| | hammer
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| A. 150
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| | TRIVIA: A leprechaun looks like a very
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| B. 15
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| | small, old man (about 2 feet tall).
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| C. 5
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| | According to legend, leprechauns are
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| D. 1
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| | aloof and unfriendly, live alone, and
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| A. 150
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| | pass the time making shoes...they also
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| TRIVIA: Early Celtic Ireland was divided
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| | possess a hidden pot of gold. If caught,
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| into 150 local kingdoms ruled by 5
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| | he can be forced (with the threat of
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| provincial kings and one High King. So
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| | bodily violence) to reveal the
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| in a way all the answers were correct
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| | whereabouts of his treasure, but the
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| except "15" of course!
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| | captor must keep their eyes on him. If
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| 2. What lies on top of an Irish Coffee?
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| | the captor's eyes leave the leprechaun
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| A. Coffee
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| | (and he often tricks them into looking
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| B. Whiskey
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| | away), he vanishes and all hopes of
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| C. Cream
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| | finding the treasure are lost.
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| D. Liqueur
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| | 7. Which Irish Saint is said to have
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| C. Cream
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| | discovered America a thousand years
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| TRIVIA: That was a tricky one, wasn't it!
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| | before Columbus?
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| Except for the fanatics of course...
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| | A. Saint Brendan
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| 3. Where did the "white" potato,
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| | B. Saint Patrick
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| otherwise known as the Irish potato,
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| | C. Saint Angela
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| first originate?
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| | D. Saint Christopher
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| A. Ireland
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| | A. Saint Brendan
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| B. Spain
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| | TRIVIA: An Irish monk(486?-578?), he was
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| C. South America
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| | educated under monastic influences and
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| D. North America
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| | became a priest, but was filled with a
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| C. South America
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| | great desire to travel. His traditional
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| TRIVIA: It originated in the Andean
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| | feast day is May 16.
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| Mountains. In 1532 the Spanish arrived in
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| | 8. What is the official emblem of
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| north Peru and it is speculated that they
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| | Ireland?
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| brought the potato to Europe in the
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| | A. Shamrock
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| second half of the 16th century.
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| | B. Leprechaun
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| 4. What is the Capital of Ireland?
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| | C. Harp
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| A. Cork
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| | D. Emerald
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| B. Dublin
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| | C. Harp
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| C. Galway
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| | TRIVIA: The harp is the official Emblem
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| D. Limerick
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| | of Ireland, not the Shamrock. The
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| B. Dublin
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| | handheld harp was played by ancient
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| TRIVIA: It is not only the capital but
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| | Celts.
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| also the largest city with a population
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| | 9. What does the circle in the centre of
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| (1996) of 953,000. Cork is the second
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| | the celtic cross represent?
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| largest city and a major port, with a
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| | A. The Sun
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| population of 180,000. Other cities and
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| | B. The circle of life
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| towns include Limerick (79,000) and
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| | C. The Island of Ireland
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| Galway (57,000).
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| | D. A snake swallowing its tail
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| 5. What is hurling?
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| | A. The Sun
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| A. A traditional Irish dance
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| | TRIVIA: How many Lion King fans said the
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| B. Hurling is a major Irish port
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| | circle of life?
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| C. A traditional Irish sport
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| | 10. Legend has it that Saint Patrick
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| D. What happens after a traditional Irish
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| | drove what out of Ireland?
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| pastime.
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| | A. Frogs
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| C. A traditional Irish sport
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| | B. Turtles
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| TRIVIA: In hurling a ball, called a
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| | C. Snakes
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| sliotar, is caught on a hurley, or stick,
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| | D. Fish
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| and carried, or hurled into the
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| | C. Snakes
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| opponent's goal. Irish mythology has
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| | TRIVIA: Legend has it that he gave a
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| tales of the warrior Cú Chulainn and
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| | sermon from a hilltop that drove all the
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| other legendary heroes who were expert
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| | snakes from Ireland -- supposedly they
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| hurlers.
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| | all went into the sea and drowned. Of
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| 6. Everyone knows that leprechauns are
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| | course, no snakes were ever native to
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| Irish fairies, but do you know how to
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| | Ireland, and some people think this is a
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| track one down?
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| | metaphor for the conversion of the
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| A. Follow the rainbow
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| | pagans. The snake was a revered pagan
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| B. Follow the yellow brick road
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| | symbol, and perhaps this was a figurative
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| C. Follow the sound of his shoemaker's
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| | tale alluding to the fact that he drove
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| hammer
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| | paganism out of Ireland.
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| D. Follow the trail of Lucky Charms
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