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Quiz: How well do you know roses?
The Rose of Tralee festival is on this weekend.
THE ROSE OF Tralee festival is happening this weekend.
The International Selection of this year’s Rose taking place across two televised segments tomorrow and Tuesday.
For the first time ever, the event will be cohosted by a woman as Kathryn Thomas joins long-time host Daithí Ó Sé.
So, keeping on theme, let’s test your knowledge of all things roses…
The Rose of Tralee was held for the first time in which year?
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1966
1959
1971
1984
Who won last year’s Rose of Tralee?
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Rachel Duffy
Sinead Flanagan
Jennifer Byrne
Maggie McEldowney
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet” - This was a line in which Shakespeare play?
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Hamlet
Othello
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
Which of these is not a flavour included in Cadbury Roses boxes in Ireland and the UK?
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Hazel Whirl
Signature Truffle
Salted Caramel
Country Fudge
Kate Winslet won an Oscar for her role as Rose DeWitt Bukater in Titanic. True or False?
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True
False
What English city was Doctor Who’s fictional character Rose Tyler from?
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Leicester
London
Manchester
Birmingham
What year was Seal’s Kiss from a Rose released?
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1992
1993
1994
1995
Terry Wogan has never hosted the Rose of Tralee.
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True
False
What colour rose flower signifies friendship?
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Orange
Red
White
Yellow
The rose is not the national flower of which of these countries?
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Vietnam
Maldives
United States
England
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Turtley Awful!
Shell of a bad effort.
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