The Irish Mail on Sunday

IQ Ireland’s Quiztime

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1 Stolen in 1990 and recovered in 2007, who painted the 1915 work Bachelor’s Walk, In Memory?

2 Ireland is the only country to win the Eurovision three times in a row. In which years was this accomplish­ed?

3 In Celtic mythology, the Tuatha Dé Danann defeated the Fir Bolg at which famous battle?

4 One of his last acts as President of Ireland was to visit the German ambassador in 1945 to offer his condolence­s on the death of Adolf Hitler. Who was he?

5 Which Manchester United player was named European Footballer of the Year in 1968?

6 Who repaid his soldiers and investors in a war effort with land confiscate­d largely from the Anglo-Irish Catholics of the Irish midlands?

7 Which Irish actor was awarded an honorary OBE in 2003 and became an American citizen in 2005?

8 Taoiseach Albert Reynolds of Fianna Fáil was succeeded in the role by which Fine Gael leader?

9 What Irish missionary founded a number of monasterie­s on the European continent from around 590, most notably Luxeuil Abbey in present-day France?

10 Amiens Street in Dublin — named after Viscount Amiens who lived nearby — was originally called what?

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