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You Think You Know Belfast? Trivia Quiz

Belfast is Northern Ireland's capital city, but how much do you know about it?

A multiple-choice quiz by CuddlyNutter. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
CuddlyNutter

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
381,807

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
181

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. The Cavehill is a basaltic hill overlooking the city of Belfast. An outcrop of this hill is said to resemble part of a famous statesman's anatomy; what is it called? Hint

Churchill's chin

Wellington's boot

Napoleon's nose

Kitchener's finger

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Question 2 of 10

2. Most people are aware that the Titanic, and her sister ships, were built in Belfast. In order to build these massive ships the infrastructure had to be built first including a construction gantry and a dry dock, both the biggest in the world at the time; what were they called? Hint

The Belfast Gantry and the Bruce Ismay Graving Dock

The Arrol Gantry and the Thompson Graving Dock

The J. P. Morgan Gantry and the Andrews Graving Dock

The Edward VII Gantry and the Castlereagh Graving Dock

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Question 3 of 10

3. Belfast is built on the River Lagan, right? Well, yes, but the Lagan is not the only river to flow through, or under, the city of Belfast. Which of these four rivers does NOT flow through, or under, Belfast? Hint

Faughan

Blackstaff

Farset

Connswater

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of these hospitals is NOT within Belfast City limits? Hint

Mater Infirmorum Hospital

Musgrave Park Hospital

The Ulster Hospital

Royal Victoria Hospital

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Question 5 of 10

5. The 'Black Santa' tradition was started by Dean Sammy Crooks in 1976. What is this Christmas tradition? Hint

Povision of warm clothing and food to the homeless of Belfast

The collection and giving of toys to disadvantaged children

A collection for poor and charitable causes

A cross-community Christmas party for handicapped children

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Question 6 of 10

6. Born in the Markets area, this Belfast street entertainer was a common sight in Belfast City Centre for over forty years. He earned a place in the hearts of many a Belfast child. Who was he and for what is he remembered? Hint

Andy Mcfadden and his five piece band

Frank Carson Seancha�

Jimmy Young Norn Iron clown

Mickey Marley and his roundabout

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Question 7 of 10

7. Built in 1889 by Charles McKimm, the head gardener of the Botanical Gardens in Belfast, this tropical oasis grows some of the wonders of the time such as as banana, cinnamon, bromeliad and orchid plants. What is this attraction called? Hint

The Tropical Ravine

The Botany Bay

The Palm House

The Jungle

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Question 8 of 10

8. During World War II, after the bombing of Belfast, an order was issued to euthanize some of the more dangerous animals in the zoo due to public safety fears. One creature, named Sheila, escaped the order as she was smuggled out of the zoo and hidden in her keeper's backyard! What species of animal was Sheila? Hint

Tiger

Elephant

Bear

Gorilla

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Question 9 of 10

9. The Shorts Belfast is a heavy lift turboprop freighter that was built by British manufacturer Short Brothers in Belfast for the Royal Air Force. How many were made? Hint

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Question 10 of 10

10. The DeLorean DMC-12 is famous as Marty McFly's time traveling car in the "Back to the Future" series of films. It is common knowledge it was built in Belfast but do you know which area of Belfast the production facility was in? Hint

Finaghy

Dunmurry

Sydenham

Ballymacarrett

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The Cavehill is a basaltic hill overlooking the city of Belfast. An outcrop of this hill is said to resemble part of a famous statesman's anatomy; what is it called?

Answer: Napoleon's nose

Previously known as Collinward Mountain and historically as Ben Madigan, the Cavehill forms part of the Antrim Plateau. When viewed from the city of Belfast it is said to resemble Napoleon's nose.

Answer: The Arrol Gantry and the Thompson Graving Dock

In 1908 an enormous steel gantry was built over two new slipways by Sir William Arrol & Co. of Glasgow. It was equipped with a system of cranes and four electric lifts; the structure weighed an estimated 6000 tons and remained in use until the 1960s.

The Thompson Graving Dock was constructed by the Belfast Harbour Commissioners and opened in 1911. The width of the dock floor measures 100ft (30m), while at the caisson gate the width is 96ft (29m), just 1 foot 9 inches (0.53m) wider than Titanic.

Answer: Faughan

The Faughan rises in the northern Sperrins, near Park, and flows north east to Drumahoe where it turns to enter Lough Foyle about six miles north of Derry/Londonderry.

4. Which of these hospitals is NOT within Belfast City limits?

Answer: The Ulster Hospital

The Ulster Hospital is a teaching hospital in Dundonald, outside of Belfast. It serves the North Down, Ards and Castlereagh council areas.

5. The 'Black Santa' tradition was started by Dean Sammy Crooks in 1976. What is this Christmas tradition?

Answer: A collection for poor and charitable causes

Dean Sammy Crooks was concerned at the emphasis being placed on necessary, but costly, building programmes at St. Anne's Cathedral in Belfast. Dean Crooks decided to stand on Donegall Street in front of the St. Anne's Cathedral in the familiar black Anglican clerics' cloak with a small barrel and beg for the poor and charitable causes. Thus began the tradition of St. Anne's deans sitting out in all weather during the run up to Christmas.

Answer: Mickey Marley and his roundabout

Even during the height of the "troubles" Mickey Marley wandered the streets of Belfast with his horse pulling "Mickey Marley's Roundabout". His roundabout is preserved at Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.

"Micky Marley had a wee horse
He kept it at the back of the house of course
It wouldn't eat grass and it wouldn't eat hay
But it would eat sugarlumps all day
Micky got wood and wheels for a start
Then he sat down and made a wee cart
He hammered and he hammered and he foutered about
Until he had built a roundabout"

Answer: The Tropical Ravine

The Tropical Ravine is about 100 yards (90m) from the Palm House, built 1839 to 1852, in Belfast's Botanical Gardens.

Answer: Elephant

Denise Weston Austin - better known as the "elephant angel" - rescued the elephant calf from Belfast Zoo and kept Sheila in the backyard of her home on the Whitewell Road in Belfast.

9. The Shorts Belfast is a heavy lift turboprop freighter that was built by British manufacturer Short Brothers in Belfast for the Royal Air Force. How many were made?

Answer: 10

Only ten were built for the Royal Air Force with a further two aircraft planned for possible civil orders. It was built because the RAF air transport fleet was short of suitable aircraft. However reductions in the defence budget in 1958 quickly put paid to the original requirement for 30 aircraft.

Answer: Dunmurry

The DeLorean production facility opened in 1981 in Dunmurry in southwest Belfast. Production halted in early 1983 with about 9,000 DMC-12s made and �80m of British Government money was gone.

Source: Author CuddlyNutter

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