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Irish Big Brain Tests
Enjoy these Irish Big Brain quizzes we've created for you, helping to test the Irish knowledge you have.
Question 1
What is ´dulse´?
| someone who doesn´t know the answer | |
| a kind of animal | |
| dried seaweed | |
| a musical instrument | |
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Dulse is a dried seaweed that you eat.
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Question 2
What is a ´pratie´ ?
| a silly person | |
| a potato | |
| a person who talks all the time | |
| an illness | |
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Pratie - one of the many names for the humble potato.
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Question 3
What is a ´bodhran´?
| a drum | |
| a type of village | |
| a disease | |
| a form of dance | |
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A bodhran is a drum.
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Question 4
What is ´fadge´?
| a hoax | |
| to borrow from | |
| a sneak | |
| potato bread | |
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Fadge is the name for potato bread - especially in the North of Ireland.
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Question 5
What is a ´99´?
| a gun | |
| refers to purity of something | |
| a sexual position | |
| an ice-cream | |
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A 99 is an ice-cream cone with a stick of chocolate (known as a ´flake´) in it.
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Question 6
What is a ´shuck´?
| to shrug the shoulders | |
| a kind of stream/ditch | |
| a type of tea | |
| a nickname | |
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A shuck is a kind of ditch which has a nearly dried-out stream running through it.
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Question 7
What is a ´gobstopper´?
| lips | |
| a sweet/candy | |
| a smack in the mouth | |
| an exclamation | |
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A gobstopper is a candy or sweet loved by children - it costs little and lasts a long time because it literally fills the mouth!
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Question 8
What is a ´wally´?
| a rubber boot | |
| a guy who´s not ´cool´/nerdy | |
| a type of animal | |
| a type of food | |
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Question 9
What is a ´fiddle´
| a violin | |
| a conman | |
| a dance | |
| a party | |
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A fiddle is a violin - typically used in pubs and clubs to produce traditional folk music.
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Question 10
What is a ´hen-night´?
| when chickens fight | |
| when the girls celebrate their friend´s upcoming wedding | |
| a cold night | |
| when there´s no moon | |
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Hen-night - a typically raucous affair when women get together to celebrate a friend´s upcoming wedding - no men allowed...
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