Having done an Easter Rising Mastermind quiz a while back, I thought I'd offer up a quick quiz on some of the material from "Those of Us Who Must Die". Nothing too difficult in here.
1. Volunteers were deported to England on the cattle ship TSS Slieve Bloom. What does TSS stand for?
2. How many .303 rifle bullets were fired in the executions in Kilmainham and Cork?
3. On leaving Kilmainham Gaol, what song did Commandant Ceannt start to sing?
4. How many of the executed were shot in the head?
5. As Eoin MacNeill was brought into Dartmoor prison, who called the Volunteers to attention ("'shun") and gave the order "eyes left"?
6. What nationality was rebel Tony Makapaltis?
7. In what year before the Easter Rising did Kilmainham Gaol cease to be used as civilian prison?
8. When Gary Holohan gave his name to an officer at Richmond Barracks, what surname did the officer mistakenly record?
9. It was suggested to Richard Mulcahy that he and the 5th Battalion volunteers should surrender to District Inspector Smyth at Ashbourne. Why was this not possible?
10. Cavanagh, Barton, Hoey, and Love belonged to which organisation?
11. FGCM is an abbreviation for what?
12. Members of which British regiment retrieved the last letter of the O'Rahilly?
13. Who whistled on the way to his execution?
14. Which of the executed Volunteer leaders was already a dying man at the time of his execution?
15. Which priest converted Grace Gifford to Catholicism?
16. Which DMP constable went out of his way to help, concerned that relatives of those to be
executed would not get to see the condemned men before they were shot?
17. Which officer found himself in charge of a firing party that would execute his childhood friend?
18. What Royal Navy ship brought prisoners from Galway to Kingstown?
19. What nickname was given to the British Officer in charge of Frongoch by the Volunteers?
20. How many firing squads were commanded by a Royal Navy officer?
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