Q 01/05

What is the capital city of Northern Ireland?

A) Belfast

B) Armagh

C) Derry

D) Lisburn

Answer · why

A) Belfast

It stands on the River Lagan and is the second-largest city on the island of Ireland after Dublin.

Q 02/05

How many historic counties make up Northern Ireland?

A) Four

B) Twelve

C) Nine

D) Six

Answer · why

D) Six

Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone; the other three Ulster counties are in the Republic.

Q 03/05

In which year was Northern Ireland created by the partition of Ireland?

A) 1916

B) 1921

C) 1937

D) 1949

Answer · why

B) 1921

The Government of Ireland Act 1920 came into force on 3 May that year.

Q 04/05

What was Northern Ireland's population at the 2021 census?

A) 1.2 million

B) 1.9 million

C) 2.6 million

D) 3.4 million

Answer · why

B) 1.9 million

That is about 3% of the UK's population and 27% of the island of Ireland's.

Q 05/05

The Giant's Causeway consists of roughly how many interlocking basalt columns?

A) 4,000

B) 14,000

C) 40,000

D) 140,000

Answer · why

C) 40,000

They formed from an ancient volcanic fissure eruption during the Paleogene period.