Táin Bó Cúailnge - Quiz
A) the cattle raid of Connacht B) the war of Queen Medb C) the theft of the divine bull D) the driving-off of the cows of Cooley
A) The Myth of Donn Cuailnge B) The Cattle Raid of Cooley C) The Ulster Cycle D) The Irish Iliad
A) Prosimetrum B) Epic poetry C) Pure prose D) Dramatic verse
A) Fergus mac Róich and Dáire B) Cú Chulainn and Láeg C) Conchobar mac Nessa and Macha D) Queen Medb and King Ailill
A) To conquer the city of Cruachan B) To capture Queen Medb's daughter C) To defeat the youth corps of Ulster D) To steal the stud bull Donn Cuailnge
A) Ferdiad B) Conchobar mac Nessa C) Cú Chulainn D) Fergus mac Róich
A) 9th century B) 1st century C) 5th century D) 12th century
A) Táin Bó Cúailnge B) The Gáe Bolga Saga C) The Remscéla D) The Irish Iliad
A) Five B) Four C) Two D) Three
A) Modern English B) Middle Irish C) Early Modern Irish D) Old Irish
A) Ríastrad B) Prosimetrum C) Recensions D) Remscéla
A) Three B) Eight C) Twelve D) Five
A) Cruachan B) Tara C) Ulster D) Cooley
A) Donn Cuailnge B) Láeg C) Finnbhennach D) Macha
A) He was cursed by the goddess Macha B) He scorned being owned by a woman C) He lost a fight to Donn Cuailnge D) He was stolen by Ailill in the night
A) Ailill B) Conchobar mac Nessa C) Fergus mac Róich D) Dáire mac Fiachna
A) 500 B) 10000 C) 1000 D) 3000
A) Ríastrad B) Remscéla C) Ces noínden D) Prosimetrum
A) Queen Medb B) The Morrígan C) Lug D) The goddess Macha
A) She was spurned in love by Cú Chulainn B) She was defeated in single combat at a ford C) She was forced to race against a chariot while heavily pregnant D) Her favorite bull was stolen by Conchobar
A) Twelve B) Fifteen C) Twenty-one D) Seventeen
A) He is afflicted by the ces noínden illness B) He is fighting Ferdiad at the ford C) He is put to sleep by his father Lug D) He is off on a tryst when he should be watching the border
A) Ailill B) Fergus C) Dáire D) Láeg
A) By unleashing the bull Donn Cuailnge B) By launching a full-scale surprise attack with the youth corps C) By surrendering to Fergus mac Róich D) By invoking the right of single combat at fords
A) Macha B) The Morrígan C) Finnabair D) Lug
A) Immunity from the ces noínden B) Her love C) The Gáe Bolga spear D) Three drinks of milk
A) An eel, a wolf, and a heifer B) A hawk, a hound, and a bull C) A salmon, a stag, and a mare D) A raven, a bear, and a crow
A) A young maiden offering three drinks of wine B) An old woman milking a cow C) A goddess of war shining in armor D) A wounded wolf in the ford
A) By the application of the Gáe Bolga B) Through his blessings as he drinks milk C) By bathing in the sacred ford D) Through the healing arts of Lug
A) Ailill B) Fergus C) Conchobar D) Lug
A) Nine days B) Three days C) One month D) Seven days
A) The 3000 exiles under Fergus B) The men of Connacht C) The women of Cooley D) The youth corps of Ulster
A) Remscéla B) Ces noínden C) Prosimetrum D) Ríastrad
A) He falls into a deep sleep lasting nine days B) His body twists in its skin and he becomes an unrecognisable monster C) He loses the ability to speak any language except Old Irish D) He shrinks in size until he resembles an eel
A) Sixfold B) Threefold C) Twopet D) Tenfold
A) Ailill B) Dáire mac Fiachna C) Conchobar mac Nessa D) Fergus mac Róich
A) That Fergus surrenders the bull Donn Cuailnge B) That Fergus joins the youth corps of Ulster C) That Fergus kills Queen Medb D) That Fergus yields the next time they meet
A) Fergus mac Róich B) Ailill C) Ferdiad D) Conchobar mac Nessa
A) The Morrígan B) Macha C) Ces noínden D) Finnabair
A) They are father and son B) They are foster-brothers C) They are brothers-in-law D) They are rival kings
A) Finnbhennach B) Donn Cuailnge C) The sword of Fergus D) The Gáe Bolga
A) He immediately engages King Ailill in single combat B) He undergoes another ríastrad and attacks Connacht C) He is carried away by the healers of his clan because he is too wounded to continue D) He sits down to drink milk with the Morrígan
A) Queen Medb B) King Conchobar mac Nessa C) Fergus mac Róich D) Cú Chulainn
A) Cormac Cond Longas B) Ferdiad C) Cú Chulainn D) Láeg
A) Steals the bull Finnbhennach B) Kills King Ailill and Queen Medb C) Slaughters the youth corps of Ulster D) Cuts the tops off three hills with his sword
A) By transforming into a monster through ríastrad B) By confronting him and making him fulfill his promise to yield C) By threatening him with mock-poets D) By killing him with the Gáe Bolga
A) Wounds from the Gáe Bolga B) The ces noínden illness C) Her period D) Exhaustion from battle
A) He challenges her to single combat B) He kills her with his legendary spear C) He spares her life and guards her retreat D) He takes her prisoner to Ulster
A) He is captured by King Ailill as a replacement B) He refuses to eat and returns to Cooley voluntarily C) He fights Finnbhennach, kills him, and dies of exhaustion D) He is stolen back by Cú Chulainn on the first night
A) Roman historical records B) Oral storytelling C) Written drama D) Norse mythology
A) During the Roman Republic B) During the Bronze Age C) During the Middle Ages D) In the 19th century
A) Romanas Bulatovas B) Luccreth moccu Chiara C) Calum Maclean D) Angus Beag MacLellan
A) Sen-eolas B) Colophon C) Cuilmen D) Etymologiae
A) Ro-mbáe laithi rordu rind B) Lebor na hUidre C) Conailla Medb michuru D) Verba Scáthaige
A) Ninníne B) Romanas Bulatovas C) Calum Maclean D) Isidore of Seville
A) Luccreth moccu Chiara B) Cormac mac Faeláin C) Fergus mac Róich D) Angus Beag MacLellan
A) 1975 B) 1959 C) 1963 D) 1939
A) 6th-century B) 8th-century C) 14th-century D) Late 11th-/early 12th-century
A) Clonmacnoise B) Clonard C) Bangor Abbey D) St. Gall
A) 8th-century B) 10th-century C) 12th-century D) 14th-century
A) Scottish Gaelic B) English C) Old Irish D) Latin
A) Divine scripture B) A fable C) Absolute truth D) A historical chronicle
A) Twelfth-century B) Eighth-century C) Ninth-century D) Fourteenth-century
A) L. Winifred Faraday B) Bryan O'Looney C) Ernst Windisch D) John O'Daly
A) Bryan O'Looney's translation B) L. Winifred Faraday's translation C) Ernst Windisch's translation D) John O'Daly's translation
A) Thomas Kinsella B) Ernst Windisch C) Cecile O'Rahilly D) Matthieu Boyd
A) 1903 B) 1898 C) 1969 D) 1911
A) S. O'Grady B) Samuel Ferguson C) W. B. Yeats D) Alice Milligan
A) Ciarán Carson B) Darach Ó Scolaí C) Cormac Ó Cadhlaigh D) Peadar Ua Laoghaire
A) Joseph Dunn B) Bryan O'Looney C) L. Winifred Faraday D) John O'Daly
A) Ciarán Carson B) Matthieu Boyd C) Thomas Kinsella D) Cecile O'Rahilly
A) Eleanor Hull B) H.G. Tempest C) Paul Gosling D) Louis le Brocquy
A) Darach Ó Scolaí B) Cormac Ó Cadhlaigh C) Standish Hayes O'Grady D) Peadar Ua Laoghaire
A) Matthieu Boyd B) Ciarán Carson C) Cecile O'Rahilly D) Thomas Kinsella
A) Paul Gosling B) Bryan O'Looney C) Ernst Windisch D) Louis le Brocquy
A) Strachan B) Lady Gregory C) Joseph Dunn D) Tymoczko
A) Kinsella's 1969 translation B) Carson's 2007 translation C) Faraday's 1904 translation D) Dunn's 1914 translation
A) Matthieu Boyd's 2025 translation B) Ernst Windisch's German translation C) Darach Ó Scolaí's Modern Irish version D) John O'Daly's 1857 translation
A) Colmán Ó Raghallaigh B) Doireann Ní Ghríofa C) Ruairí Ó hUiginn D) Biddy Jenkinson
A) Flidais B) Medb C) Caer Ibormeith D) Macha
A) Compert Con Culainn B) Tochmarc Ferbe C) Ces Ulad D) Echtrae Nerai
A) Clannad B) Horslips C) The Chieftains D) The Decemberists
A) U2 B) The Decemberists C) The Cranberries D) Horslips
A) Biddy Jenkinson B) Colmán Ó Raghallaigh C) Ruairí Ó hUiginn D) Doireann Ní Ghríofa
A) Biddy Jenkinson B) Colmán Ó Raghallaigh C) Ruairí Ó hUiginn D) Doireann Ní Ghríofa |
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