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Quiz about Grass Questions Linked to the Green Stuff

Grass : Questions Linked to the Green Stuff Quiz

Grass. Ireland is famous for the greenness of the stuff we walk on. Unless the signs say you shouldn't! All the questions have something to do with grass. Go n-eiri and tadh leat. (May the luck be with you.)

A multiple-choice quiz by irishtinytim. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
irishtinytim

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
327,208

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. This song hit No. 1 in the U.K. charts in December 1966. Who had a huge hit with the song, "The Green Green Grass of Home"? Hint

Engelbert Humperdinck

Tom Jones

Al Green

John Gormley

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which U.S. State is called The Bluegrass State? Hint

Maine

Kentucky

California

Vermont

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Question 3 of 10

3. Of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments which is the only one played on a grass court? Hint

U.S.Open

Wimbledon

French Open

Australian Open

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Question 4 of 10

4. Cows, as ruminants, eat a lot of grass. The cow regurgitates the grass from its first stomach and chews it again. What is this semi digested mass called? Hint

Splud

Crass

Cud

Yuck

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Question 5 of 10

5. This Irish County shares its name with the surname of a TV Medical Doctor played by Richard Chamberlain from 1961 to 1966. Which county is nicknamed The Short Grass County? Hint

Kerry

Drogheda

Longford

Kildare

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Question 6 of 10

6. You may know the answer to this. Which veteran British actor played Claude Greengrass in "Heartbeat" starting in 1992 and the spin off show "The Royal" from 2001, on TV? Hint

Bill Maynard

Brian May

Nick Berry

William Roach

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Question 7 of 10

7. This Grass is best known for his first novel "The Tin Drum" published in 1959. What is the German Nobel Literature Prize winning author's first name? Hint

Claude

Wilhelm

Gunter

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Question 8 of 10

8. One of the best known songs written about the colours of the grass in Ireland contains the line "where the breeze is sweet as Shalimar." The title is "Twenty Shades of Green."

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

9. "Splendor in the Grass" is a book by William Inge and a film directed in 1961 by Elia Kazan. But what poet wrote the line the title is taken from? Hint

Kipling

Tennyson

Wordsworth

Blake

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Question 10 of 10

10. If you have a fear of grass, you should have conquered it by now.
But what is fear of grass called?
Hint

Cannaphobia

Bovinophobia

Hastenburaphobia.

Chlorophobia

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This song hit No. 1 in the U.K. charts in December 1966. Who had a huge hit with the song, "The Green Green Grass of Home"?

Answer: Tom Jones

Tom took this to No. 1 in Britain where it stayed for seven weeks.. Written by Claude Putman Jr., it tells the story of a convict who is missing his Mary and the green grass of home. The last verse tells us he is about to be executed and he will be buried under the "Green Green Grass of Home" If you are ever in a karaoke bar in Lisbon ask for "Os Verdes Campos da Minha Terra."

2. Which U.S. State is called The Bluegrass State?

Answer: Kentucky

The Commonwealth of Kentucky gets the nickname from its bluegrass pastures. It means that the State is well known for its livestock. In Europe we know the state as the home of the Kentucky Derby and a delicious form of fried chicken.

3. Of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments which is the only one played on a grass court?

Answer: Wimbledon

Wimbledon is also the world's oldest tennis tournament dating back to 1877. As is appropriate to lawn tennis, the tournament is played on grass courts. For two weeks in late June and early July the cream of the world's tennis players compete. Cream is also used with the strawberries that the spectators LOVE.

4. Cows, as ruminants, eat a lot of grass. The cow regurgitates the grass from its first stomach and chews it again. What is this semi digested mass called?

Answer: Cud

Not only cattle but a lot of other animals are ruminants. Yaks, llamas and wildebeest are some of the more exotic ones. Ruminant comes from the Latin word ruminare which means chew over again.

5. This Irish County shares its name with the surname of a TV Medical Doctor played by Richard Chamberlain from 1961 to 1966. Which county is nicknamed The Short Grass County?

Answer: Kildare

Co. Kildare, in the east of the country is the centre for horse breeding and horse racing. The Curragh, a common area of some 5000 acres is largely unfenced and used for exercising horses and grazing sheep.

6. You may know the answer to this. Which veteran British actor played Claude Greengrass in "Heartbeat" starting in 1992 and the spin off show "The Royal" from 2001, on TV?

Answer: Bill Maynard

Born Walter Williams, Bill sprang to fame on TV's "Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt! (1974- 1977)" He ended his career playing the lovable rogue, Claude, blinking his way through Sunday night episodes. Bill stood against Tony Benn in the General Election of 1984 as an Independent Labour candidate. He is also a strict vegetarian.

7. This Grass is best known for his first novel "The Tin Drum" published in 1959. What is the German Nobel Literature Prize winning author's first name?

Answer: Gunter

As well as being the renowned author of the "Danzig Trilogy" (1959 - 1963), Gunter is a political activist working for the SDP in Germany. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1999.

8. One of the best known songs written about the colours of the grass in Ireland contains the line "where the breeze is sweet as Shalimar." The title is "Twenty Shades of Green."

Answer: False

It is "Forty Shades of Green." Originally made popular by Johnny Cash in 1961 it has been covered many times. It cannot, however rank as Johnny's best writing effort "but most of all I miss a girl in Tipperary Town, .... lips as soft as eiderdown."

9. "Splendor in the Grass" is a book by William Inge and a film directed in 1961 by Elia Kazan. But what poet wrote the line the title is taken from?

Answer: Wordsworth

From his poem "Ode: Intimations of Immortality."
"Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower;" In 1961,Inge won an Academy award for the screenplay while Natalie Wood was nominated for the Best Actress award, the Oscar eventually going to Sophia Loren.

10. If you have a fear of grass, you should have conquered it by now. But what is fear of grass called?

Answer: Hastenburaphobia.

Medical experts say that the best way to cure your fear of grass is to eat some! Chlorophobia is fear of the colour green, Cannophobia is fear of marijuana, and of course Bovinophobia is the fear of cows.

Source: Author irishtinytim

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