Ireland 3

1. What do you know about IRELAND?

2. Folie 2

How many people live in the Republic
of Ireland?
a) approx. 4 million
b) approx 5 million
c) approx 6 million

3. Folie 3

What are the colours of the Irish flag?
a) green, white, orange
b) red, orange, white
c) orange, red, green

4. Folie 4

Which is the dominant religious group
in Ireland?
a) Jews
b) Catholics
c) Protestants

5. Folie 5

In what year did Ireland become a
member of the European Union?
a) 1973
b) 1963
c) 1983

6. Folie 6

What’s the favourite drink of the Irish
people?
a) coffee
b) Guinness
c) milk

7. Folie 7

What is the capital of Ireland?
a) Dublin
b) Belfast
c) Glasgow

8. Folie 8

When did Ireland become independent?
a) 1945
b) 1922
c) 1926

9. Folie 9

How do the Irish call their country?
a) Eire
b) Faire
c) Graire

10. Folie 10

Where did many Irish people emigrate
to in the 19th century?
a) Germany
b) USA
c) France

11. Folie 11

What is the dominant business in
Ireland since the 1990th?
a) butter
b) computer technology
c) car industry

12. Folie 12

How is the paramilitary Catholic
organisation called which fights
for a united Ireland?
a) RAF
b) IRA
c) AEG

13. Folie 13

This is a famous Irish author who lived
in the 19th and 20th century.
a) James Joyce
b) Edgar Wallace
c) Shelock Holmes

14. Folie 14

On what day is St Patrick’s Day
celebrated?
a) 17th of February
b) 13th of March
c) 17th of March

15. Folie 15

The highest mountain in Ireland is ...
a) about 1000 metres in height.
b) about 2000 metres in height.
c) about 1500 metres in height.

16. Folie 16

The Irish Sea is ...
a) west of Ireland.
b) the home of “Nessie”.
c) between Great Britain and Ireland.

17. Key:

1. a
2. a
3. b
4. a
5. b
6. a
7. b
8.a
9. b
10. b
11. b
12. a
13. c
14. a
15. c