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Northern Ireland


Quiz

  1. Which singer-songwriter from Belfast is known for hits such as ‘Moondance’ and ‘Brown Eyed Girl’?
  2. What was "Belfast City Airport" renamed in 2006?
  3. The Parliament Buildings in Belfast are often referred to by what name?
  4. Can you name Northern Ireland's longest river? It's the sixth longest river on the island of Ireland.




  5. How many counties are there in Northern Ireland?
  6. Which mountain range in County Down includes the highest mountain in Northern Ireland? And name this highest mountain?
  7. Which city has been the ecclesiastical capital of all Ireland since the fifth century, when Saint Patrick founded his church there?
  8. What object is at the centre of the Ulster Banner? The Ulster Banner is also known as the Flag of Northern Ireland.
  9. Which city is encircled by 17th-century, 20 feet high stone walls?
  10. Which freshwater lake is the largest lake in Ireland? In fact, it's also the largest in the British Isles.
  11. Which city is located 11 miles south-west of Belfast?
  12. In 2021, the population of Northern Ireland was: (a) 1.1 million, (b) 1.9 million, or (c) 2.9 million?
  13. Which World Champion in both 1972 and 1982 was born in Belfast on 18 March 1949?
  14. Exterior scenes for which TV series were filmed at Sandy Brae in the Mourne Mountains as well as many other Northern Ireland locations?
  15. What's the name of the area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns located in County Antrim?
  16. The Titanic Quarter in Belfast is a large-scale waterfront regeneration previously occupied by which shipyard?
  17. What is the Northern Ireland equivalent of a "full English breakfast"?
  18. Which seaside resort in County Down was granted city status in 2022?
  19. What is the largest county in Northern Ireland?
  20. Which famous landmark is associated with Carrick-a-Rede island? It was first erected by salmon fishermen in 1755.
  21. Enniskillen is the county town of which county?
  22. What is the name of the top public university in Belfast?
  23. Champ is a traditional Irish side dish of scallions and what else?
  24. Which Irish poet and playwright won the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature?
  25. The Big Two derby in Northern Irish football is between which two Belfast clubs?





Answers

  1. Van Morrison
  2. George Best
  3. Stormont
  4. The River Bann
  5. Six
  6. The Mourne Mountains. Highest mountain is Slieve Donard.
  7. Armagh
  8. A red hand
  9. Derry, officially Londonderry
  10. Lough Neagh
  11. Lisburn
  12. (b) 1.9 million
  13. Alex Higgins
  14. Game of Thrones
  15. The Giant's Causeway
  16. Harland and Wolff
  17. Ulster Fry
  18. Bangor
  19. County Tyrone
  20. Rope bridge
  21. County Fermanagh
  22. Queen's University
  23. Mashed potato
  24. Seamus Heaney
  25. Linfield and Glentoran