The Great IrishCentral 2011 Irish IQ quiz

Test your knowledge of what went on in Irish stories in 2011

Larger Text

Print

E-mail

15 Comments

MONEYGALL, IRELAND - MAY 23: U.S. President Barack Obama enjoys a glass of Guinness in his ancestral home of Moneygall alongside First Lady Michelle Obama (L) on May 23, 2011 in Moneygall, Ireland. U.S. President Obama is visiting Ireland for one day at the start of a week long tour of Europe. He will meet with distant relatives in Moneygall and speak at a rally in central Dublin after a concert. (Photo by Irish Government - Pool/Getty Images)

Photo by Getty Images

Tweet

Test your Irish IQ for 2011, give yourself two points for every correct answer.
16-20 You’re an Irish whiz
12-16-- You’re not bad at all
8-12 Sure you’re Irish?
Under 8 --- Definitely English

Two famous heads of state visited Ireland in 2011 Can you name them?
1. The Queen and Jacques Chirac
2. Obama and David Cameron
3. Obama and the Queen
4. Queen Latifah and Prince

Can you name the town where Barack Obama traces his heritage to?
1. Moneymore
2. Moneybeg
3. Moneygall
4. Montreal

Ireland has a new president in 2011, can you name him?
1. Enda Kenny
2. Micheal D.Higgins
3. Seamus Heaney
4. Elton John

The new Irish government in Ireland is:
1. Labour Fianna Fail coalition
2. Fine Gael Labour Coalition
3. Fianna Fail Fine Gael coalition
4. Tory and Labor coalition

__________

Read More:

Pippa Middleton, Steve Jobs, and Casey Anthony - the most Googled terms in Ireland for 2011

Top ten Irish New Year’s resolutions and why they’re never kept

Ten best Irish pick-up lines for New Year's Eve

__________

Which diocese in Ireland was subject to a damning report on sex abuse?
1. Clones
2. Cloyne
3. Clonmel
4. Clontarf

Irish golfer Rory McIlroy won which US Major?
1. US Open
2. Masters
3. PGA
4. Wimbeldon

Rory McIlroy’s new tennis star girlfriend is:
1. Maria Sharapova
2. Caroline Wozniacki
3. Kim Clijsters
4. Billie Jean King

Irish actor Micheal Fassbender was nominated for a Golden Globe for which film?
1. Shame
2. Shameless
3. Shame on me
4. Sham

Actor Gabriel Byrne announced he was stepping down from which job?
1. Irish cultural ambassador
2. Irish Ambassador to the US
3. Irish Ambassador to UN
4. Irish football manager

Rooney Mara is the grandniece of which famous Irish American?
1. Mickey Rooney
2. Dan Rooney
3. Roone Arledge
4. Rin Tin Tun

****Correct answers: 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2

Print

E-mail

Tweet