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CMMG 3rd year History week Quiz
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1
What year was Galway founded as a walled town?
1568
1601
1232
1439
2
When was the first Galway races held?
1945
1869
2000
1980
3
What is the name of Galway’s famous hurling stadium named after a very prominent historical figure?
Lynch Stadium
Pearse Stadium
De Valera Stadium
Collins Stadium
4
What is the collective name of the famous 14 merchant families that lived in Galway?
The traders
The Tribes
The Lynches
O'Flahertys
5
Identify 1 result of the Korean War.
South Korea became a ridged, conservative dictatorship
North Korea became an ally of the USA
100 deaths
The UN proved that it could gather an army
6
Vernacular is...
The Language of the Church
Latin
a religion
The local langauge
7
Identify 1 reason why Southern Ireland favoured neutrality.
This showed just how independent Ireland was from Britain
Ireland supported the Axis powers
Michael Collins favoured neutrality
Ireland wanted to be local to Britain
8
In what town was the very first Supermacs takeaway opened?
Ballinasloe
Galway
Clifden
Oranmore
9
What was a domus?
A ruler who has absolute power
A gift of money or property paid at the time of marriage
Roman take-away
Patrician city house
10
What river flows through Galway city?
Liffey
Curragh
Corrib
Boyne
11
Find 1 aim of Nazi foreign policy.
Obtain lebensraum
Unite Italy and Germany
Unite all German-speaking people
Abolish the Treaty of Versailles
12
What famous world figure supposedly visited Galway in 1477?
Christopher Columbus
The Dalai Llama
Oliver Cromwell
Henry VIII
13
What role did Joseph Goebbels play in Nazi Germany?
Leader of the SA
Minsiter for Propaganda
Head of the Gestapo
Der Führer
14
What was the Renaissance?
Rebirth of the dark age
Revival of the ideas of ancient rome/greece
global pandemic
sporting event
15
NICRA represented which group in Northern Ireland?
Nationalists
Unionists
16
What is significant about the 1920 Government of Ireland Act?
United Ireland
It partitioned Ireland
Started the War of Independence
Established the Irish Free State
17
Who was Taoiseach during WWII?
Seán Lemass
Jack Lynch
Arthur Griffith
Éamon de Valera
18
Who discovered penicillin?
Marie Curie
Louis Pasteur
Alexander Fleming
Joseph Lister
19
Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
Michael Collins
Buzz Aldrin
Yuri Gagarin
Neil Armstrong
20
What is a primary source?
Selective use of information to promote a particular point
A belief or view about something
An explanation of the meaning of something
A source that was made or comes from the time being studied
21
What happened at Dunkirk?
100,00 Allied troops were trapped here by the advancing Nazis
300,000-400,000 Allied troops were trapped here by the advancing Nazis
The Nazis were trapped here by the advancing Allies
22
What famous book, written in the 9th century, is kept at Trinity College Dublin?
Book of Kells
Book of Lone
Luther's Bible
Book of Cells
23
What year was St Mary's College founded in our current building?
2021
1912
1867
1995
24
Which American president issued the Emancipation Proclamation? (End to slavery)
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
25
What does 'blitzkrieg' mean?
Scorched earth
Lightening war
Thunder war
Rain war
26
Who was Palladius?
A monastery founded by St. Cíarán
Monk who spread Christianity in Ireland, arrived in 432AD
A missionary sent to Ireland in 431AD
Missionary who founded a monastery in the Aran Islands
27
Which Irish boyband was formed in 1998 and had hits like
Flying Without Wings
?
Blue
Boyzone
Westlife
One Direction
28
Which Irish footballer won the Ballon d’Or in 1968?
Roy Keane
Shay Given
George Best
Liam Brady
29
What does Colaiste Muire Mathair mean in English?
College of Mother Mary
Our Ladys
Mary's college
St Marys College
30
What was the Blitz?
German attack on the USSR
British bombing of Belfast during WW2
Sustained bombing of Britain by Nazi Germany between 1940 and 1941
British bombing of German cities
31
What was the Phoney War?
The first year of the war
A six-month period where was had been declared but there was no fighting
Lightening war
The six-months leading up to the outbreak of WW2
32
Select 3 causes of the Cold War.
The Marshall Plan. The Turman Doctrine. WW1.
Capitalism VS Communism. The Marshall Plan. The Treaty of Versailles
The Turman Doctrine. Treaty of Versailles. WWII.
Capitalism VS Communism. The Marshall Plan. The Turman Doctrine
33
What were the Troubles?
A conflict between England and Ireland from the late 1960s to the 90s
A conflict between unionists and nationalists in NI from 1969 to 1998
34
What is the name of the famous ringfort in County Meath?
St Enda's
Clonmacnoise
Newgrange
Clonakilty
35
What was the name of the treaty that ended World War I?
Treaty of London
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Rome
36
What is the name of Galway's famous medieval market street?
Market square
Shopping lane
Market road
Shop Street
37
What was Vichy France?
A Nazi-controlled puppet state in Southern France established by Hitler
A French controlled puppet state in Germany
38
What is meant by the word theses?
A decree from the pope
Acceptance into heaven
A list of arguments
Holding a belief that goes against Catholic teaching
39
Identity 3 consequences of the famine.
Irish Diaspora, growth in Irish population & mass migration
1 million died, 1 million emigrated & a rise in nationalism
2 million died, subdivision of land ended & mass emigration
3million emigrated, 1 million died & decline in use of Irish
40
What is the name of Galway's Famous 16th century stone archway>
Spanish Arch
Galway Arch
Irish Arch
Flood Street
41
Who invented the printing press?
James Mandela
Johannes Gutenberg
James Eisenhower
Martin Luther
42
What were the Kulaks?
Middle-class peasants
Labour camp in Siberia
Another name for the secret police
43
Which Act gave the Irish government greater powers to control the country during WWII?
Treaty of Versailles
Nuremberg Laws
Emergency Powers Act
Anglo-Irish Agreement
44
An invention of the Renaissance is:
electrical vault
cotton file
Printing Press
Flying shuttle
45
What year did Pope John Paul visit Galway?
1981
2001
1979
2010
46
Which Irish singer won the Eurovision Song Contest a record three times?
Enya
Johnny Logan
Bernadette Devlin
Margo
47
In what year did women in Ireland first get the right to vote?
1918
1895
1922
1981
48
Who was the 1st woman ever to be elected to west minister?
Grace Plunkett
Constance Markievicz
Anne Boelyn
Elizabeth Churchill
49
What is the name of the Irish festival that celebrates the arrival of spring on February 1st?
Imbolc
Lunasa
Hallows Eve
Samhain
50
Where did the Black Death begin?
Middle Ages
China
Europe
51
Who was Britain's Prime Minister when the Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed in 1921?
Winston Churchill
David Lloyd George
Henry Asquith
David Owens
52
What was a knight?
Lands set aside for the lord of a manor
Soldier on horseback
A medieval organization of crafts workers or trades people
Duke of Normandy who invaded England in 1066
53
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Marie Curie
Florence Nightingale
Rosa Parks
Amelia Earhart
54
What name was given to describe Ireland during the War years?
The Emergency
Neutrality
Rationing
Censorship
55
What was the name of the ship that brought Christopher Columbus to America in 1492?
Titanic
Mayflower
Endeavour
Santa María
56
What was the Cold War?
A time of hostility and tension between the USA and USSR
Another name for WWII
A time of hostility and tension between Britain and France
57
What was Operation Sealion?
Hitler's plan to invade France by both air and sea
Allied invasion of Germany
Another name for Operation Barbarossa
Hitler's plan to invade Britain by both air and sea
58
Who was the first President of Ireland?
Douglas Hyde
Padraig Pearse
Eamon de Valera
Michael O'Rourke
59
How many people were killed as a result of the 1798 Rebellion?
20,000 to 50,000
100,000
75,000
10,000 to 30,000
60
Who succeeded Lenin as leader of the Communist Party?
Mussolini
Kirov
Trotsky
Stalin
61
What was the Battle of Stalingrad?
Soviet attack on Germany during WWII
Successful German attack on Stalingrad during WWII
Polish attack on Stalingrad during WWII
Unsuccessful German attack on Stalingrad during WWII
62
Which of these was the stone age cure for a headache?
Eating the blood of a ground squirrel.
Sleeping upside down.
Making a hole in your skull with a sharp rock.
Wrapping leaves soaked in wee round your head.
63
Who was the first High King of Ireland?
b) Niall of the Nine Hostages
a) Brian Boru
c) Diarmaid MacMurrough
d) Cú Chulainn
64
What is the oldest university in Ireland?
University of Galway
UCC
Queens Belfast
Trinity College Dublin
65
Which country was known as the "Land of the Pharaohs"?
Greece
Persia
Egypt
Mesopotamia
66
The 1960s was characterised by
the Cold War, the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War
The Berlin Blockade
the Cold War, the civil rights movement and the war in Afghanistan
The Korean War
67
Where did The Renaissance begin?
Germany
Spain
Italy
France
68
What was the Holocaust?
Persecution of rich farmers in the USSR
The mass murder of Christians by the Nazis
The deliberate killing of millions of Jews, and others, by the Nazis
69
Name the disease of the potatoes in the Famine
Mould
Hollow
Blight
Damp
70
List 1 central feature of communism.
Regular elections
Freedom of press
State control of wealth for the good of the people
Strong opposition to dictatorships
71
What were the Show Trials?
Purge of the Communist Party
Forced labour camps
Another name for collectivisation
Public trial of high ranking communists
72
Who was the last Tsar of Russia?
Catherine the Great
Ivan the Terrible
Peter the Great
Nicholas II
73
When did the Famine occur?
Between 1845 and 1850.
Between 1825 and 1830
Between 1645 and 1650
Between 1945-1950
74
What early medieval structure can be viewed through a glass floor on Flood St?
Old City Council Building
Galway Fort
The King’s Keep
The Hall of the Red Earl
75
Name the Gaelic Irish families involved in the Ulster Plantation
O'Neills & O'Donnells
O'Neills& O'Flahertys
O'Donnells&McDonaghs
The Tudors
76
Who was William Shakespeare?
A popular English playwright and poet in the 16th century
Italian astronomer and mathematician
French barber surgeon
English physician and scientist
77
What year did the Berlin Wall fall?
1979
1991
1989
1985
78
The first book printed in Europe on the Printing Press was...
New testament
Book of kells
Mein Kampf
Bible
79
What was the Vietnam War?
US invasion of North Vietnam
A prolonged war between North and South Vietnam
A prolonged war between North and South Korea
South Vietnam's invasion of North Vietnam
80
What did Henry VIII do when when the church said he wasn't allowed to divorce his first wife?
Chopped off her head.
Said ok and stayed married to her.
He started his own church called the Church of England.
Had a big tantrum and said it wasn't fair.
