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'Green Eyes II' by Irish
contemporary artist John Nolan*

As Highly Questionable emanates from lovely County Down in Ireland, we couldn't really let the fact that today is Saint Patricks Day go by without a mention. We elected to eschew the temptation to go down the shamrock and shillelagh route and instead pondered the whole question of national patron saints. A little research enlightened us that the USA has no patron saint as this would be unconstitutional. We were equally surprised at the promiscuity of some other saints such as St George who manages to be the national patron of England, Portugal, Malta and of course Georgia, amongst other countries, as well as having the time to be the guiding spiritual force for the Lebanese capital Beirut and the Brazilian football club Corinthiams of Sao Paulo. Yet none has pulled off the trick of becoming a near global party animal whilst retaining their identification with a single national identity better than St Patrick. Ignoring the fact that St Patrick was himself Welsh, we have taken Ireland as the theme of today's quiz.    
 Ireland Quiz 

 1  According to legend, what type of creature did St Patrick banish from Ireland?

 2  By what name are the unusual hexagonal volcanic structures with World Heritage status on Ireland's north coast known?

 3   What is the name of the set of manuscripts held in the library of Trinity College Dublin which relate the Christian gospels through a blend of masterful calligraphy and exquisite Celtic illuminated design?

 4  Who wrote the short story collection 'Dubliners'?

 5  What are the names of the four provinces into which Ireland's counties are grouped?
* See more of John Nolan's work at:- http://www.nolanart.com
Answers will be published along with the next Highly Questionable quiz and associated blog post.

 Submarines Quiz Answers 

The answers to the previous Highly Questionable quiz, which took submarines as its theme, are:-

 1  The Kursk was the name of the Russian nuclear powered submarine that sank in the year 2000.

 2  'Das Boot' was the name of the acclaimed 1981 German language film set on a WWII submarine.

 3  Leonardo da Vince is often credited as the inventor of submarines because of the drawings of underwater craft he made in his notebooks.

 4  The first submerged circumnavigation of the globe was the history making feat achieved in 1960 by the US submarine The Tritin.

 5  The Blue Meanies were the music-hating creatures that featured in the Beatles' animated film 'Yellow Submarine'.

The author of the Highly Questionable? quiz and trivia blog, Harry Reid, is a freelance question setter, writer and blogger. He can be contacted at harryreid@btinternet.com.