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Quiz about You Think You Know Northern Ireland Round 3

You Think You Know Northern Ireland? Round 3 Quiz

To me the point of a quiz is not to test what you already know but to learn what you don't know. So I hope you learn something of interest from my quiz and enjoy doing so.

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

Author
CuddlyNutter

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
381,623

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
187

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Question 1 of 10

1. HMS Belfast is a World War II era light cruiser permanently moored in the Pool of London as a museum ship. Appropriately she was built by Harland & Wolf of Belfast and launched in 1938; on which saint's day was she launched? Hint

St. Patrick's

St. Andrew's

St. George's

St. David's

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Question 2 of 10

2. Another preserved light cruiser, the sole survivor from the Battle of Jutland in 1916, has been a fixture in Belfast since 1924. What ship is she? Hint

HMS Caroline

HMS Conquest

HMS Cleopatra

HMS Cordelia

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Question 3 of 10

3. Northern Ireland produces up to 80% of the UK's supply of this commodity; what is it? Hint

Linen

Paper

Butter

Rock salt

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Question 4 of 10

4. Northern Ireland has a history of manufacturing products but only one car. Which of the following cars was manufactured in Northern Ireland? Hint

MGB

DeLorean DMC-12

Jensen Interceptor

Austin-Healey Sprite

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Question 5 of 10

5. Northern Ireland doesn't have many motorways (freeways to those across the pond). Which of the following is NOT a motorway in Northern Ireland? Hint

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Question 6 of 10

6. A quick look at a geographical map of Northern Ireland and you will soon discover numerous landmarks with the prefix "Slieve" meaning mountain. Which is the highest "Slieve" in Northern Ireland? Hint

Slieve Binnian

Slieve Donard

Slieve Muck

Slieve Meelbeg

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Question 7 of 10

7. This vessel is the only surviving steamship of the White Star Line, built as a tender to RMS Olympic, RMS Titanic and RMS Britannic. She was launched on 25 April 1911 in Belfast; what is her name? Hint

SS Nomadic

SS Magnetic

SS Wanderer

SS Peripatetic

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Question 8 of 10

8. Northern Ireland is St. Patrick country; he was brought here as a slave from his home in Great Britain. He spent six years tending sheep on the slopes of Slemish County Antrim before escaping, converted Ireland to Christianity, chased the snakes out of Ireland and was the first Bishop of Armagh, Primate of Ireland. Where in Northern Ireland is he said to be buried? Hint

Downpatrick

Derry/Londonderry

Armagh

Holywood

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Question 9 of 10

9. Twelve Presidents of the United States can trace their roots back to Northern Ireland. Another Northern Ireland native paid a less positive visit to the White House. He burned it; what was his name? Hint

Major-General Robert Ross

General Sir Gordon Drummond

Vice Admiral Alexander Cochrane

General Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe

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Question 10 of 10

10. How did the Americans extract their revenge on the Northern Ireland native who burned the White House? Hint

They captured and tried him.

They shot him.

They burned his home town of Rostrevor.

They put a bounty on his head dead or alive.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: St. Patrick's

St. George is patron saint of England.
St. Andrew is patron saint of Scotland.
St. David is patron saint of Wales.

HMS Belfast was launched on St. Patrick's Day 1938. She served throughout WWII and Korea before being preserved and opened to the public in October 1971. HMS Belfast became a branch of the Imperial War Museum in 1978.

2. Another preserved light cruiser, the sole survivor from the Battle of Jutland in 1916, has been a fixture in Belfast since 1924. What ship is she?

Answer: HMS Caroline

HMS Caroline was launched in September 1914 by Cammell Laird and Company, Birkenhead. She served through out the war and in 1924 became the HQ for the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in Northern Ireland, a role which she served until 2011.

3. Northern Ireland produces up to 80% of the UK's supply of this commodity; what is it?

Answer: Rock salt

Northern Ireland has been the a major source of rock salt since the mid 1960s. Used in the UK for gritting roads in winter, Kilroot Salt Mine now produces half a million tonnes each year.

4. Northern Ireland has a history of manufacturing products but only one car. Which of the following cars was manufactured in Northern Ireland?

Answer: DeLorean DMC-12

It is of course the DeLorean DMC-12 made at a factory in Dunmurry near Belfast between 1981-1983. The car was made famous by the "Back to the Future" films.

5. Northern Ireland doesn't have many motorways (freeways to those across the pond). Which of the following is NOT a motorway in Northern Ireland?

Answer: M4

The M1 Belfast-Dungannon.
The M2 Belfast-Antrim and another section bypassing Ballymena.
The M3 Linking the M2 in Belfast to the A2 Sydenham Bypass.
The M5 Belfast-Newtownabbey, via M2.

The M4 Belfast-Carryduff was part of the transport plan announced for the province in 1964 but was not built.

Answer: Slieve Donard

Slieve Donard at 850m (2970 ft) in the Mountains of Mourne is the highest mountain in NI but only the 19th highest on the island of Ireland.

Answer: SS Nomadic

The SS Nomadic was based in Cherbourg where on 10th April 1912 she transported 274 passengers to RMS Titanic for her maiden voyage. The Nomadic served during both World Wars and had a varied peacetime career. She ended her time in France as a floating restaurant on the River Seine, not far from the Eiffel Tower. SS Nomadic returned to Belfast on 12 July 2006 and underwent major restoration and is now on permanent display in Belfast's Titanic Quarter, not far from HMS Caroline.

Answer: Downpatrick

St. Patrick died at Saul in 461 and is reputedly buried in the grounds of Down Cathedral in Downpatrick County Down.

Answer: Major-General Robert Ross

Major-General Robert Ross was born in Rostrevor County Down, and yes, the village was named after his family. After the defeat of the American forces at the Battle of Bladensburg during the War of 1812 British troops, under the command of Major-General Robert Ross, captured and burned Washington DC.

10. How did the Americans extract their revenge on the Northern Ireland native who burned the White House?

Answer: They shot him.

An American sharpshooter shot him at the Battle of North Point a month later. A 99-foot granite obelisk was erected in his home village of Rostrevor, County Down as a memorial. There is also a portrait of Ross in the U. S. Capitol's rotunda, presumably as a reminder.

Source: Author CuddlyNutter

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