Ireland Quiz

Which of these is the Republic of Ireland?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which of these is the Irish flag?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Ireland was controlled by __________ for more than 800 years before achieving independence in 1921.

• England

• France

• Wales

• Scotland

Ireland is one of only a few countries in the world where there are NO...

• Spiders

• Cats

• Snakes

• Ants

True/False: Ireland has two official languages

• True

• False

The majority of people in Ireland belong to which branch of the Christian church?

• Roman Catholic

• Protestant

The differences between Roman Catholic and Protestant Christians date back to...

• The end of the Roman Empire in 476

• The Protestant Reformation starting in the 1500s

• The Industrial Revolution in the 1700s

• World War I

Irish men and women started immigrating to the United States in large numbers in the 1840s as a result of...

• Religious wars between Catholics and Protestants

• the desire to escape English rule

• the Potato Famine

• the Industrial Revolution

Ireland belongs to which economic and political alliance of nations who share a single currency?

• NATO

• International Monetary Fund

• European Union

• United Nations

True/False: More Irish people live outside of Ireland than in Ireland.

• True

• False