Northern Ireland

Which of the following is Northern Ireland?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which currency is used in Northern Ireland?

• Euro

• British Pound

• English shillings

• Irish pence

Which ill-fated ship was built in Belfast, Northern Ireland?

• The Maine

• The Lusitania

• The Titanic

• The USS Arizona

The Giant's Causeway, on the northern coast of Northern Ireland, was created by...

• A medieval war between the Irish and the English

• An ancient volcanic eruption

• A fight between two mythical giants

• An earthquake in the 1800s.

True/False: Northern Ireland and Ireland are two separate countries.

• True

• False

Why has there been a concentration of Protestants in Northern Ireland (when most of the Republic of Ireland is Catholic?)

• Catholics emigrated from Northern Ireland in large numbers during the potato famine

• England confiscated land from Irish families and sent Protestant settlers there in the 1600s

When was the island officially partitioned into two separate countries (Ireland and Northern Ireland?)

• 1607

• 1865

• 1921

• 1945

True/False: Northern Ireland, unlike the Republic of Ireland, is still united with Great Britain (and part of the United Kingdom).

• True

• False

Which of the following is commonly used to describe the period of intense conflict in Northern Ireland between Protestant Unionists and Catholic Republicans that began in the late 1960s and continued until the mid 1990s?

• The Irish Civil War

• The Troubles

• The Irish Republican Army Conflict

• The Ulster War

Which of the following places in Northern Ireland has two competing names?

• Londonderry (also called Derry)

• Belfast (also called Ulster)

• Newcastle (also called Mourne)

• Antrim (also called Martinstown)