Easter Rising 1916

What do the letters GPO stand for?

• General Post Office

• Great Post Office

• Green Post Office

• General Practitioners office

Which of these armies was on the side of the Volunteers?

• The RIC

• The IRB

• The Irish Citizens Army

What was the name of the document read by one of the volunteers from the steps of the GPO?

• The Proposition

• The Proclamation

• The Procession

• The Partition

Who read the proclamation from the steps of the GPO?

• Éamon de Valera

• Michael Collins

• James Connolly

• Padraig Pearse

Who was the man in charge of organising a shipment of 20,000 rifles from Germany which was to be delivered to the volunteers?

• Roger Moore

• Roger Casement

• Roger Rabbit

• Roger Federer

On what day of the week did the Rising begin?

• Saturday

• Sunday

• Friday

• Monday

What is the word used to describe when a ship is sunk on purpose?

• Scuttled

• Fluttered

• Anchored

• Trenched

Select reasons as to why the Easter 1916 was always going to fail?

• It was poorly organised.

• The Volunteers were taking on a professional army.

• The Volunteers were poorly equipped and trained.

• The Volunteers had great numbers.

Padraig Pearse was also a ........

• Farmer

• Primary school teacher

• Milkman

• Doctor

What was the name of the ship that sailed up the River Liffey and shelled the GPO?

• The Titanic

• The Roma

• The Helga

• The Lusitania