Seomra Ranga Quiz #1Name: _______________________Use the internet or look up an encyclopaedia to find the answers to the following questions. Write your answer in the column on the right.

1. The Giant’s Causeway and Glenariff are both in this Irish county

2. What word beginning with A means “sailor among the stars”?

3. Who invented the jet engine?

4. What fraction does 0.001 equal?

5. In our diet what are energy giving foods called?

6. What country was once called Ceylon?

7. What do you call words that have the same sound but different spelling and meanings?

8. According to the Bible, who was the most patient man?

9. Name the lead singer in “The Dubliners” group who died in 2008

10. Cén Gaeilge atá ar “August”

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Seomra Ranga Quiz #2Name: _______________________Use the internet or look up an encyclopaedia to find the answers to the following questions. Write your answer in the column on the right.

1. What Ulster county is known to be a leader in furniture production and poultry products?

2. What word beginning with C means “sailor of the universe”?

3. Who invented the electric self-starter for the car?

4. What fraction does 0.01 equal?

5. What rock has Aspirin, Nylon and Perfume as its by-products?

6. What country was once called Belgian Congo?

7. Give is to gave as sell is to what?

8. Who was the male star of the movie “Going My Way” who died in 1977?

9. Belfast airport is named after which former Manchester United soccer player?

10. Cén Gaeilge atá ar “clown”?

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Seomra Ranga Quiz #3Name: _______________________Use the internet or look up an encyclopaedia to find the answers to the following questions. Write your answer in the column on the right.

1. What is the largest county in Ireland?

2. What word beginning with S means “to lay hold of”?

3. Who invented both the record player and the light bulb?

4. 52 + 42 – 21 = ?

5. What type of rock will float on water?

6. What country gave its name to both Siamese twins and the Siamese cat?

7. Dog is to puppy as swan is to ?

8. Known as “The King of Rock ‘n Roll”, he died in 1977. Who was he?

9. What is the lower house of the Irish parliament called?

10. Cén Gaeilge atá ar “jeans”?

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Seomra Ranga Quiz #4Name: _______________________Use the internet or look up an encyclopaedia to find the answers to the following questions. Write your answer in the column on the right.

1. What is the smallest county in Ireland?

2. What word beginning with A means “a Communion table”?

3. Which American President invented the swivel chair?

4. 40 ÷ ½ = ?

5. Name the science of the study of human behaviour?

6. Which county got its independence from England in 1783?

7. What are two words which have opposite meanings called?

8. According to the Bible, who was the strongest man?

9. What is the name of the National Theatre of Ireland?

10. Cén Gaeilge atá ar “computer”?

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Seomra Ranga Quiz #5Name: _______________________Use the internet or look up an encyclopaedia to find the answers to the following questions. Write your answer in the column on the right.

1. Croagh Patrick and Louisburg are both in what Irish county?

2. What word beginning with A means “to change or vary”?

3. Who invented the first efficient steam engine?

4. What is the missing number in the sequence: 1, 3, 6, 8, ?, 13, 16

5. What is the science of weather study called?

6. What country has the second largest area in the world?

7. What is the study of the origins of words called?

8. Who would use a Theodolite and Chain in their work?

9. Who was the first President of Ireland?

10. Cén Gaeilge atá ar “calendar”?

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Seomra Ranga Quiz #6Name: _______________________Use the internet or look up an encyclopaedia to find the answers to the following questions. Write your answer in the column on the right.

1. Avoca and Lugnaquilla are both in what Irish county?

2. What word beginning with P means “a gem of great value”?

3. Which famous artist invented the wheel barrow?

4. Find the missing number in the sequence: 1, 4, 10, 19, 31, ?, 64

5. Which poisonous gas comes from the exhaust of a car?

6. What European country has Tallinn as its capital?

7. Hat is to head as shoe is to ?

8. What American swimmer won eight gold medals at the Beijing 2008 Olympics?

9. What Irish dance show started life as the intermission act at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest?

10. Cén Gaeilge atá ar “Waterford”?

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Seomra Ranga Quiz #7Name: _______________________Use the internet or look up an encyclopaedia to find the answers to the following questions. Write your answer in the column on the right.

1. Salthill and Spiddal are in what Irish county?

2. What word beginning with P means “the most important, main or chief”?

3. Who invented the lightning conductor?

4. Find the missing number in the sequence: 1, 6, 12, ?, 27

5. What is the gas breathed out by humans called?

6. Which country has the largest population in the world?

7. What is Bombay Duck? (a) A mammal (b) a kind of dried fish or (c) a bird?

8. What was a “Penny Farthing”?

9. What ocean is to the west of Ireland?

10. Cén Gaeilge atá ar “stone”?

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Seomra Ranga Quiz #8Name: _______________________Use the internet or look up an encyclopaedia to find the answers to the following questions. Write your answer in the column on the right.

1. In what Irish county is Shannon Airport located?

2. What word beginning with P means “danger”?

3. What is the fastest team sport?

4. Find the missing number in the sequence: 4, 2, 1, ?, ¼

5. Which gas, found in the air, is essential for fire?

6. Which country gets its name from the equator which crosses it?

7. Hen is to chicken as goose is to ?

8. What building worker would use a Hawk and Float?

9. Who became Ireland’s first female President in 1990?

10. Cén Gaeilge atá ar “kite”?

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Seomra Ranga Quiz #9Name: _______________________Use the internet or look up an encyclopaedia to find the answers to the following questions. Write your answer in the column on the right.

1. In what Irish county would you find both the Japanese Gardens and Naas?

2. What word beginning wit P means “a fundamental belief”?

3. On what Irish horse race course is the Grand National run?

4. ⅛ = 0.? = ?%

5. What well known liquid is H2O the scientific name for?

6. What is the smallest independent country in the world?

7. King is to Queen as Earl is to ?

8. What man from Irish history is known as the “Great Emancipator”?

9. What word beginning with A means “fishing”?

10. What girl’s name means the same as a “dream” or “vision” as Gaeilge?

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Seomra Ranga Quiz #10Name: _______________________Use the internet or look up an encyclopaedia to find the answers to the following questions. Write your answer in the column on the right.

1. In what Irish county does the River Shannon begin?

2. What word beginning with C means to “stop or leave off”?

3. Who discovered Radium, the radioactive chemical element?

4. ¼ = 0.? = ?%

5. In our diet, what are body building foods called?

6. What is the largest continent in both area and population?

7. What is “Shinty”? (a) A Japanese Religion (b) a skin disease (c) a Scottish game

8. What county Galway town is known for its horse fair?

9. What Pillar was blown up in O’Connell Street, Dublin in 1966?

10. Cén Gaeilge atá ar “dictionary”?

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Quiz Answers1.

1. Co. Antrim2. Astronaut3. Sir Frank Whittle4. One thousandth5. Carbohydrates6. Sri Lanka7. Homonyms8. Job9. Ronnie Drew10. Lunasa

2.1. Monaghan2. Cosmonaut3. Charles F. Kettering4. One hundredth5. Coal6. Zaire7. Sold8. Bing Crosby9. George Best10. Fear Grinn

3.1. Co. Cork2. Seize3. Thomas A. Edison4. 205. Pumice

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6. Thailand7. Cygnet8. Elvis Presley9. An Dáil10. Bríste géine

4.1. Co. Louth2. Altar3. Thomas Jefferson4. 805. Psychology6. USA7. Antonyms8. Samson9. The Abbey Theatre10. Ríomhaire

5.1. Co. Mayo2. Alter3. James Watt4. 115. Meteorology6. Canada7. Etymology8. A surveyor9. Douglas Hyde10. Féilire

6.1. Co. Wicklow

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2. Pearl3. Leonardo da Vinci4. 465. Carbon Monoxide6. Estonia7. Foot8. Michael Phelps9. Riverdance10. Port Láirge

7.1. Co. Galway2. Principal3. Benjamin Franklin4. 195. Carbon Dioxide6. China7. A kind of dried fish8. A type of bicycle9. Atlantic Ocean10. Cloch

8.1. Co. Clare2. Peril3. Ice Hockey4. ½5. Oxygen6. Ecuador7. Gosling8. A Plasterer9. Mary Robinson

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10. Eitleog

9.1. Co. Kildare2. Principle3. Fairyhouse4. 0.125 = 12½%5. Water6. The Vatican7. Countess8. Daniel O’ Connell9. Angling10. Aisling

10.1. Co. Cavan2. Cease3. Marie Curie4. 0.25 = 25%5. Proteins6. Asia7. A Scottish game8. Ballinasloe9. Nelson’s Pillar10. Foclóir

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