Irish School Certificate

Time Allowed: Seven Days - (One extra week allowed for the reading of this paper.)

Answer any two questions. Each question is worth 50 marks. Where appropriate, answers should be illustrated with carefully labeled diagrams.

1. Who won World War Two?

2. Who came second?

3. What is a silver dollar made of?

4. Explain Einstein's Theory of Hydrodynamics or write your name in block letters?

5. Spell the following: (a) cat, (b) dog, (c) Carrot, (d) mouse

6. What time is The News at Ten on?

7. Approximately how many commandments was Moses given?

8. There have been six Kings of England named George, the latest being George IV. Name the other five?

9. Write down the numbers from 1 to 10. Marks will be deducted for every number out of sequence.

10. Who built Stevenson's Rocket?

11. What musical instrument does Phil the Fluter play?

12. Of what country is Dublin the capital?

12a. Do you understand Newton's Law of Gravity? (Answer yes or no.)

14. Spot the deliberate mistake: "an apple a day gathers no moss."

15. Name the odd man out: Cardinal Heenan, The Pope, Jack the Ripper, The Archbishop of Canterbury.

16. Once again name the odd man out: Shamus O'Toole, Sean O'Flattery, Mahatma Ghandi, Patrick Murphy.

17. Is a dunker (a) a contraceptive (b) a person who dips biscuits in his tea (c) a lorry for motorway construction.

18. Name the winning jockey in the 1994 Greyhound Derby?

19. Who built the great pyramid: (a) Macalpine (b) Whimpeys (c) Pharoahs (d) Ronald McDonald (e) Constains.

20. In the 1993 Sheepdog Trials, how many were found guilty?