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Article #141: Irish Eyes

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






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