October 2026 edition

Irish History quiz

Q14 / 50Easy15.0s
What began in Ireland in 1845 and killed over a million?
AThe Great Famine
BThe Black Death
CThe Great Fire
DThe Spanish flu
104 pts+10

How much Irish history do you really know? Put it to the test with Zip Blitz, the quick-fire trivia game - fifty free questions, covering everything from Vikings and High Kings to partition and the peace process.

Irish History · October 2026 edition

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Q4 / 50Opener
Which High King of Ireland died at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014?
ABrian Boru
BRichard the Lionheart
CRobert the Bruce
DMacbeth

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Five rounds, climbing10 questions each
1OpenerCelts, Vikings and the first towns
2EasyNormans, Tudors and the Troubles
3TrickyO'Connell, Parnell and Home Rule
4HardPenal laws, plantations and the Pale
5BrutalSilken Thomas, Kinsale and Confederate wars
Irish History titlesout of 500
High King of Tara50 / 50
Master chronicler350+
Chronicler275+
Local historian200+
Pub storyteller100+
Fireside listener1+
Lost in the fog0

44 of 50 right · six short of High King of Tara

You vs Katie BIrish History · Easy
412 pts
78%
You
389 pts
72%
Katie
Which uprising shook Dublin in 1916?
The Easter Rising✓GBKB
The Boxer Rebellion
The Peasants' Revolt
The Gunpowder Plot

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Quick as a Viking raid.

Twenty seconds a question, and the faster you answer, the more you score. Which High King fell at Clontarf in 1014? No time to dawdle.

The ramp

Fireside tales, then footnotes.

Five rounds of ten. Each one gets trickier.

Titles

Fit for a High King.

When you finish, your score earns a title: Lost in the fog if you score nothing, High King of Tara if you get every question right.

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