What questions would you have on a Irish Citizenship test?

irishgeo

Following on from the American thread.

What questions would you put on an Irish test?

vector

Originally posted by irishgeo
Following on from the American thread.

What questions would you put on an Irish test?

when was constitution
free state
republic
what is national anthem
how many counties on entire island
how many counties in republic
meaning of tricolour colours
name of current taoiseach
tanaiste
president


and to make it hard harvest and localise questions from the canadian citizenship test eg http://www.yourlibrary.ca/citizenship

Big Ears

In what year did The Republic of Ireland gain independance ?

What are the gaelic(Irish language) names for the Pri Minister and Deputy Pri Minister ?

In what year did Ireland join the E.U. ?

When did Ireland break away from the British commenwealth ?

are some for now , maybe il think of more later .

kittex

Which of the following should you feed a Coolock boy for breakfast?
a) Fruit and yoghurt
b) 2 Johnny Blue and a cuppa cha
c) a bowl of low fat cereal.

And is of course, b) 2 Johnny Blue and a cup of tea.

Bonus points for pointing out the tea bags should be Barrys.


Ps: just a joke, don't take offence no one.

GuanYin

Originally posted by kittex

Ps: just a joke, don't take offence no one.

I didn't laugh.

And I'll be coming to hunt you down.

delly

But its not even funny! You could at least have made a joke with a punch line

kittex

Originally posted by syke
I didn't laugh.

And I'll be coming to hunt you down.

Deadly, forum fight

GuanYin

Originally posted by kittex
Deadly, forum fight

Nono...I mean in person, I will actually try find out who you are and come to slash your tyres.

And I'm not even from Coolock, imagine what those types will do to you!

kittex

Originally posted by delly
But its not even funny! You could at least have made a joke with a punch line

Oh well excuse me for not being a professional comedian.

Are you going to just be a critic or can you come up with something hilarious yourself?

GuanYin

Originally posted by kittex
Oh well excuse me for not being a professional comedian.

Are you going to just be a critic or can you come up with something hilarious yourself?

In fairness, I thought it was slightly mirth-some, I just didn'ty laugh.

I'm now heading to harry's blunt instrument emporium enroute to kittex....

Big Ears

as soon as any critiscism is made people get all defensive

CuLT

I thought it was funny .


Let's not have this degenerate into a flamethrowing contest.

The Real B-man

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Badly Drunk Boy

Getting back to the citizenship questions....


Who won the the first Sam Maguire Cup?

Who played Biddy in Glenroe?

On what islands did Peig Sayers live?

zapata

Cad is ainm duit?
Litrigh é sin dom le do thoil.
Cén seoladh atá agat?
Cén aois tú?
Cén fáth a bhfuil tú anseo?
An bhfuil cárta aitheantais (I.D.) agat?

Quatre Mains

Do you know how to turn off the rear foglight on a 14 year old Nissan Sunny/Toyota Corolla?

BigEejit

Originally posted by brocklanders
Do you know how to turn off the rear foglight on a 14 year old Nissan Sunny/Toyota Corolla?

LOL ... unfortunately most of those culprits are Irish women with the barest notion of how to drive...

Slutmonkey57b

Q1: Is Ireland the world's
a) filthiest country
b) most corrupt country
c) most hypocritical country
d) most inebriated country

Q2: Are Irish men all
a) racist
b) alcoholic
c) violent
d) stupid
e) mammy's boys

Q3: Are Irish women all
a) dangerously permatanned
b) alcoholic
c) stupid
d) fashion slaves

Q4: Is Ireland really
a) better than where you're leaving
b) better than everywhere else in Europe
c) as bad as it looks

Q5: Which of the following will cause you the most hassle?
a) Knackers
b) Scobes
c) Muckwarriors
d) Langers
e) Limerick
f) Dort-ers

Q6: How long should you spend in the country experiencing the racism, litter, violent alcoholism, greed, corruption, and chaos before deciding to leave?
a) 10 weeks
b) 10 days
c) 10 hours
d) 10 minutes

Pigman II

Originally posted by Badly Drunk Boy
Who won the the first Sam Maguire Cup?

Who played Biddy in Glenroe?

On what islands did Peig Sayers live?

That would be a very useful to test to weed out illegial immigrants! After all just about no REAL Irish person would know the answers.

woosaysdan

Originally posted by Slutmonkey57b
Q1: Is Ireland the world's
a) filthiest country
b) most corrupt country
c) most hypocritical country
d) most inebriated country

Q2: Are Irish men all
a) racist
b) alcoholic
c) violent
d) stupid
e) mammy's boys

Q3: Are Irish women all
a) dangerously permatanned
b) alcoholic
c) stupid
d) fashion slaves

Q4: Is Ireland really
a) better than where you're leaving
b) better than everywhere else in Europe
c) as bad as it looks

Q5: Which of the following will cause you the most hassle?
a) Knackers
b) Scobes
c) Muckwarriors
d) Langers
e) Limerick
f) Dort-ers

Q6: How long should you spend in the country experiencing the racism, litter, violent alcoholism, greed, corruption, and chaos before deciding to leave?
a) 10 weeks
b) 10 days
c) 10 hours
d) 10 minutes

montys goin to have fun with you!!!

pork99

Originally posted by Big Ears

What are the gaelic(Irish language) names for the Pri Minister and Deputy Pri Minister ?

What's a Pri Minister? Anything like a Prime Minister?

Big Ears

Originally posted by pork99
What's a Pri Minister? Anything like a Prime Minister?

yes its a shorter version of the word .

AngelofFire

Who is ireland`s biggest male sex symbol?

a)Colin Farrell
b)Brian dobson
c)keith Duffy
d)Enda Kenny

who is irelands biggest female sex symbol?

a)Grainne Seoige
b)Eileen Dunne
C)Rosanna Davison
d)Mary Harney

In which country do you need €200,000 to afford a one room rat infested shack?

a)Ireland
b)Ireland
c)Ireland
d)Ireland

Which group of people should you avoid at all costs?

a)Rockers
b)Skangers
c)Culchies

Duffman

Originally posted by AngelofFire

who is irelands biggest female sex symbol?

a)Grainne Seoige
b)Eileen Dunne
C)Rosanna Davison
d)Mary Harney

And where, may I ask, is Anne Doyle on your list? :eek:

CuLT

Originally posted by woosaysdan
montys goin to have fun with you!!!

Any reason? Those are entertaining questions, so entertaining that I would probably explode if I even began to remember what I was talking about....

tba

Examiner: ...and finally how many people are in the pop group the Corrs.
Immagrant: Ah dis iz simple question, three beautiful ladiziez wit da black hair.
Examiner: WRONG, FOOL every Irish person knows that Jim is the real power behind the Corrs and you dont even know he exists... DO YOU!
Immagrant: Please sir I have a large family and a degree in medicine, let me stay.
Examiner: Stop begging and leave before you have any more children!

Guy:Incognito

you should have to translate a random parargraph from Irish to english or vice versa.

Blisterman

How many real Irish people coud do that?

Guy:Incognito

Originally posted by Blisterman
How many real Irish people coud do that?

i know that and i'd br the first to abmit i couldnt and have no interest in trying, but who cares, i wont have to do it, im already a citizen. You have to make it hard, cant just give passports away.

mike65

Do you git your teeth when an England team wins something?

Do you get plastered on Friday and SaturdayNight and

Can you find your way to Casualty with blood in your eyes?

If you can dodge paying Insurance and Road tax, will you?

Whats the Flusie in the Jacuzzi? (historical question)

Is a Galway Hooker a lady of the night or a boat?

IS Dana an Irish Euro Song Winner or An Israeli Eurosong Winner?

Mike.