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St. Patrick's Day quiz

Published: Thursday, March 16, 2006 2:04 p.m. MST
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On St. Patrick's Day, everyone's Irish — or wants to be. Test your I.Q. — Irish Quotient — with our Irish trivia quiz and see how much you know about the Emerald Isle:

1. With a total geographical area of 27,136 square miles, Ireland is a little bit larger than which U.S. state:

a. Utah

b. Louisiana

c. West Virginia

d. Vermont

2. The island consists of the Republic of Ireland, which is an independent country, and Northern Ireland, which is part of Great Britain. Name the capitals of each of these sections.

3. TRUE or FALSE: There are about as many Americans of Irish descent in the United States as there are Irish in Ireland.

4. Ireland has a rich literary tradition that includes poets, playwrights and authors, several of whom have won the Nobel Prize. Match the following authors with their works:

a. Jonathan Swift

b. George Bernard Shaw

c. Oscar Wilde

d. William Butler Yeats

e. Samuel Beckett

f. James Joyce

g. Seamus Heaney

h. Oliver Goldsmith

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i. Richard B. Sheridan

j. John M. Synge

1. "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"

2. "The School for Scandal"

3. "The Wanderings of Oisin"

4. "Playboy of the Western World"

5. "A Modest Proposal"

6. "Death of a Naturalist"

7. "Major Barbara"

8. "Lady Wintermere's Fan"

9. "Murphy"

10. "She Stoops to Conquer"

5. Music, too, plays an important part in Irish culture, with everything from traditional Celtic to modern rock. Match the following groups and musicians with their albums:

a. The Dubliners

b. The Chieftains

c. The Clancy Brothers

d. Enya

e. U2

f. The Cranberries

1. "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb"

2. "Paint the Sky With Stars"

3. "Bury the Hatchet"

4. "A Parcel of Rogues"

5. "Further Down the Old Plank Road"

6. "Irish Songs of Rebellion"

6. As you might expect, Ireland's flag has green in it. Which other colors are used?

a. Yellow and white

b. Blue and red

c. Yellow and blue

d. Orange and white

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