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Exploring Dublin: A Quiz on the Capital of Ireland

Test your knowledge about Dublin, the vibrant capital of Ireland, with this engaging quiz covering its motto, government, cultural contributions, and more.

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1 What is the motto of Dublin?

2 What type of government does Dublin have?

3 The ________, a world-famous manuscript produced by Celtic Monks in A.D.

4 Its productions spawn the works of Gilbert & Sullivan, Rodgers & Hammerstein, ________, Lerner & Loewe, Irving Berlin and Mel Brooks amongst others.

5 The first half of this project is the ________ which opened in late 2006 and mainly caters to heavy vehicles.

6 On Grafton Street, the most famous shops include Brown Thomas and its sister shop ________.

7 The total average annual rainfall (and other forms of precipitation) is 732.7 mm,[50] lower than Sydney, New York City and even ________.

8 It went on to provide a breakthrough for some of the city's most famous writers, such as Synge, Yeats himself and ________.

9 What is the leader of Dublin called?

10 ________ is the broadcaster's capital-based soap, located in the fictional Dublin suburb of Carraigstown.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • early audience members of Dublin's LGBT film festival Gaze risked being arrested as homosexuality was still illegal in Ireland.
  • engineer William Mylne fled to America following the collapse of his North Bridge in Edinburgh in 1772, but later returned to run the Dublin Water Works.
  • composer Michael Arne's obsession for alchemy and the search for the philosopher's stone led him into serious financial problems resulting in his arrest and confinement in a Dublin sponging-house.
  • an inmate of the Dóchas Centre women's prison was arrested for trying to break into the facility at Mountjoy Prison, Dublin.
  • after the Battle of Glenmama in the Wicklow Mountains (pictured) in 999, Brian Boru's Munster forces occupied the city of Dublin for over a week.
  • the Hiberno-Norse King of Dublin, Sigtrygg Silkbeard, established Ireland's first mint (coin of Sigtrygg pictured) in the 990s at Dublin.
  • the Bloom Festival in Dublin's Phoenix Park is twice as large as the UK's Chelsea Flower Show.
  • two decades after its release, the U2 song "Running to Stand Still" remains strongly associated, in different and sometimes unwanted ways, with the Ballymun Flats tower block in Dublin.
  • the statues of the Two Working Men (pictured) in Cork, Ireland were originally set to be unveiled outside the Liberty Hall in Dublin, but were deemed a traffic hazard.
  • the annual Skyfest fireworks display was held at the Rock of Cashel (pictured in 1986) in County Tipperary in 2008, the first time it was held outside Dublin.
  • the Irish Supreme Court sits at the Four Courts building in Dublin.
  • a benefit concert taking place in Dublin tonight will be broadcast live to an audience in Gaza City.
  • Irish architect Frederick Clarendon designed the Dublin museum known as the Dead Zoo.
  • Jonathan Swift called his predecessor "that rascal Dean Jones" because he made such bad property leases whilst Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin.
  • Karl Marx called the Daily Express of Dublin "the Government organ" and accused it of "false rumours of murders committed, armed men marauding, and midnight meetings".
  • Irish poet John Keegan Casey was released from prison on the condition he leave for Australia, but instead he stayed in Dublin in disguise.
  • Dublin's Windmill Lane Studios is regularly visited by tourists wishing to view the U2-inspired graffiti adorning the walls.
  • Dublin's 2009 Liffey Swim was the 90th anniversary of the race and saw electronic timing used for the first time.
  • Stephen Gately's book The Tree of Seasons contains an introduction written by his husband describing his early life in one of "the poorest parts of Dublin City", "a place of civil unrest and terrorist activity".
  • Arthur's Day benefit concerts—celebrating the 250th anniversary of Guinness (pictured)—will be held today in locations as diverse as Dublin, New York, Kuala Lumpur and Yaoundé.
  • West Jewellers of Grafton Street, Dublin, had Queen Victoria's royal warrant to make her watches and she once bought two replicas of the Tara Brooch from the company.
  • St. Assam's Church in Raheny, Dublin, has been the site of Christian worship since 1189.
  • Richard Allen, a Dublin draper, raised £20,000 for Irish famine relief efforts by writing letters to America.
  • George Halpin's Bull Wall and Bull Island, engineering works at the mouth of the River Liffey, enabled deep-draught ships to use the port of Dublin, Ireland for the first time.
  • Academy Award winner Glen Hansard was a regular visitor to Dublin's Road Records store before its closure in January 2009.
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