Provisional IRA, terrorist offshoot of IRA, formed - Quiz
  • 1. What does IRA stand for in Provisional IRA?
A) Independent Rebels Alliance
B) International Rescue Association
C) Islamic Revolutionary Army
D) Irish Republican Army
  • 2. Which political ideology did the Provisional IRA support?
A) Communism
B) Capitalism
C) Irish republicanism
D) Fascism
  • 3. What international support did the Provisional IRA receive during its early years?
A) Libya
B) Russia
C) United States
D) China
  • 4. Which country supplied arms to the British government to counter the Provisional IRA?
A) China
B) France
C) Germany
D) United States
  • 5. Who was the most prominent leader of the Sinn Féin political party associated with the Provisional IRA?
A) Mary Lou McDonald
B) Ian Paisley
C) Micheál Martin
D) Gerry Adams
  • 6. What agreement largely ended the Troubles and led to peace in Northern Ireland?
A) Good Friday Agreement
B) Potsdam Agreement
C) Versailles Treaty
D) Treaty of Lisbon
  • 7. What was the main tactic of the Provisional IRA during the Troubles?
A) Conventional warfare
B) Guerrilla warfare
C) Economic warfare
D) Biological warfare
  • 8. Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Troubles with the Provisional IRA?
A) David Cameron
B) Winston Churchill
C) Tony Blair
D) Margaret Thatcher
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