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Quiz about You Think You Know County Antrim

You Think You Know County Antrim? Quiz

County Antrim is Northern Ireland's northern most county but how much do you know about it?

A multiple-choice quiz by CuddlyNutter. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
CuddlyNutter

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
381,777

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
141

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Question 1 of 10

1. Six miles (ten km) off the north coast of County Antrim is Northern Ireland's only inhabited offshore island; which body of water do you have to cross to visit it? Hint

Sea of Moyle

Celtic Sea

Irish Sea

Beaufort's Dyke

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is Northern Ireland's only inhabited offshore island called? Hint

Copeland

Aran

Islay

Rathlin

3. You'll have heard about County Antrim's famous Giant's Causeway and how, according to legend, it was built by the giant Finn MacCool. You may also know that Finn was saved from the Scottish Giant Benandonner by his clever wife; what was this quick-thinking County Antrim woman called? Hint

Ailbhe

Oonagh

Fionnuala

Tr�ona

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Question 4 of 10

4. Almost as old as "uisce beatha" itself is the argument over whether it's Whisky or Whiskey in English. One things for sure, you don't ask for Scotch in this County Antrim town where they have distilled the "Water of Life" since 1608; to which town am I referring ? Hint

Jamestown

Tullamore

Coleraine

Bushmills

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Question 5 of 10

5. HMS Antrim was a vessel of the British Royal Navy launched on 19 October 1967. What type of vessel was she? Hint

County-class destroyer

Town-class minesweeper

Leander-class frigate

A-class destroyer

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Question 6 of 10

6. In the east of County Antrim is Islandmagee. Its name belies its true geographical nature; why is this? Hint

It's a peninsula not a island.

It's a hill in a flat area that makes it look like an island.

It's a isthmus not a island.

It's a Crannog or artificial island.

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Question 7 of 10

7. The Children of Lir were transformed into these creatures by their evil stepmother for 900 years. They had to spend three hundred on Lake Derravaragh, three hundred on the Sea of Moyle, and three hundred more on the Isle of Inish Glora. Into what creatures were they transformed? Hint

Sea Eagles

Kittiwakes

Puffins

Swans

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Question 8 of 10

8. The Glens of Antrim are famed in story and song the world over - or so my County Antrim friends tell me - but how many of these glens are there? Hint

Nine

Twelve

Six

Fifteen

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Question 9 of 10

9. St. Patrick was taken from his home and sold into slavery. He spent six years tending his master's sheep on the slopes of which County Antrim hill? Hint

Croaghan

Slieveanorra

Slemish

Trostan

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Question 10 of 10

10. If you were treating your Mary-Ann to some 'Dulse and Yellow Man' at which of these County Antrim events would you be? Hint

The North West 200 in Portrush.

The Ould Lammas Fair in Ballycastle.

The Irish Game Fair at Shanes Castle.

Rathlin Sound Maritime Festival.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Six miles (ten km) off the north coast of County Antrim is Northern Ireland's only inhabited offshore island; which body of water do you have to cross to visit it?

Answer: Sea of Moyle

The Sea of Moyle is the narrowest part of the North Channel between County Antrim and the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland. At its closest point the distance between two shores is about 12 miles (20 km),

2. What is Northern Ireland's only inhabited offshore island called?

Answer: Rathlin

Rathlin Island is six miles long, one mile wide, "L" shaped and home to a population of around 140 people. The highest point on the island is Slieveard at 440ft (134m) above sea level.

Answer: Oonagh

Finn was having trouble with the Scottish giant Benandonner, and an enraged Finn built a causeway to go and teach Benandonner a lesson. However Benandonner was massive and Finn beat a hasty retreat. He was followed by Benandonner only to be saved by his quick-thinking wife, Oonagh, who disguised him as a baby.

When Benandonner saw the baby he decided if the child was that big, the daddy must be really huge. He too retreated tearing up the causeway as he went leaving it as we see it today.

Answer: Bushmills

The Old Bushmills Distillery is in Bushmills, County Antrim, where according to some distilling goes back as far back as 1276 - but it wasn't until 1608 that a licence was granted to Sir Thomas Phillipps by King James I to distill whiskey in the area.

5. HMS Antrim was a vessel of the British Royal Navy launched on 19 October 1967. What type of vessel was she?

Answer: County-class destroyer

HMS Antrim was a County-class destroyer. She had a service career that included the Falklands War, before she was sold to the Chilean Navy in 1984 and finally scrapped in 2010.

6. In the east of County Antrim is Islandmagee. Its name belies its true geographical nature; why is this?

Answer: It's a peninsula not a island.

Islandmagee is a peninsula located between the towns of Larne and Carrickfergus.

Answer: Swans

After 900 years the spell on the Children of Lir was broken and they changed from swans to their human form only to age rapidly and die.

8. The Glens of Antrim are famed in story and song the world over - or so my County Antrim friends tell me - but how many of these glens are there?

Answer: Nine

The Glens of Antrim, or simply The Glens, comprises nine glens (valleys), that run from the Antrim Plateau to the coast. They are Glenarm, Glencloye, Glenballyemon, Glenariff, Glanaan, Glencorp, Glendun, Glenshesk and Glentaisie.

9. St. Patrick was taken from his home and sold into slavery. He spent six years tending his master's sheep on the slopes of which County Antrim hill?

Answer: Slemish

According to legend, after his capture and being sold as a slave to a man named Milchu, Patrick worked as a shepherd on the slopes of Slemish Mountain from when he was 16 until his escape at 22.

10. If you were treating your Mary-Ann to some 'Dulse and Yellow Man' at which of these County Antrim events would you be?

Answer: The Ould Lammas Fair in Ballycastle.

As the chorus of a well know song puts it;

"At the ould Lammas Fair boys were you ever there,
Were you ever at the Fair In Ballycastle-O?
Did you treat your Mary Ann to some Dulse and Yellow Man,
At the ould Lammas Fair in Ballycastle-O."

Source: Author CuddlyNutter

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