Northern Ireland Paper 2 December 2017
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Candidate No……………… NOTHERN IRELAND BLUE BADGE TOURIST GUIDE REGISTRATION EXAMINATIONS PAPER TWO Thursday, 14th December 2017 at 10.00 AM Time allowed: TWO HOURS (120 MINUTES) This paper comprises 200 questions, ALL of which should be answered. NOTES Please write your Candidate Number at the top of all pages. The answers should be written on the question paper in the spaces provided. Please write legibly in ink. Please deposit your completed paper as instructed by the Invigilator. 1 CANDIDATE NUMBER________________ 1 What did the Romans call Ireland? With which sport do you associate 2 G.A.W.A.? (Green and White Army) What nickname was given to 3 Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke? When Edward Bruce invaded 4 Ireland in 1315, where did he land? Name the leader who was defeated 5 at the Battle of Kinsale in 1601? What position did the following men all hold: Duke of Abercorn, Earl 6 Granville, Baron Wakehurst, Lord Erskine, Baron Grey? In Irish mythology who was the 7 "Hound of Ulster"? Name the Spanish Armada ship 8 wrecked off the Giant's Causeway. Where are some of the treasures recovered from the Spanish 9 Armada ship (as referred to in Q8) displayed in Belfast? Give the year of the Flight of the 10 Earls. 2 Northern Ireland Blue Badge - Paper 2 (Re-sit) – 14th December 2017 CANDIDATE NUMBER________________ In which county is the Ulster Folk 11 and Transport Museum? In the Siege of Derry what key task 12 did the Apprentice Boys carry out? In which century was the Irish 13 potato famine? In which century did Belfast gain its 14 first bank, first theatre and first newspaper? Which group of people taught in 15 "Hedge Schools"? In which TWO years did Belfast 16 receive its charters? Name TWO of the counties that were not included in Northern 17 Ireland because they had Catholic majorities. In which year did the Germans 18 bomb Belfast? The Penal Laws (1695 - 1728) were 19 enacted against which group of people? Name the monarch who granted 20 Belfast and its environs to Sir Arthur Chichester in 1603? 3 Northern Ireland Blue Badge - Paper 2 (Re-sit) – 14th December 2017 CANDIDATE NUMBER________________ 21 Who were "Millies"? In which town is the Saint Patrick 22 visitor centre? Name the group of French religious 23 exiles who developed the linen industry in Northern Ireland. What was the purpose of the White 24 Linen Hall, built in 1785? HMS Caroline is now moored in 25 Belfast. It is the last surviving ship from which World War One battle? Approximately how many people 26 (passengers & crew) died on the RMS Titanic? Who created the original Ulster 27 Volunteer force in 1912? Name the leader of the United Irishmen Rebellion who was 28 hanged at Cornmarket in Belfast in 1798. In which year was Clifton House 29 founded? Clifton House is built in which 30 architectural style? 4 Northern Ireland Blue Badge - Paper 2 (Re-sit) – 14th December 2017 CANDIDATE NUMBER________________ Profits from the gas industry 31 enabled Belfast Corporation to construct which building? What are Coolkeeragh and 32 Ballylumford? What is the geological process that 33 has led to Ireland’s shift in position across the Earth’s surface? Where on the earth’s surface was 34 Ireland located 350 million years ago? In which county is the Glenelly 35 Valley located? What type of oil, derived from a 36 yellow flowered agricultural crop, is marketed as “Broighter Gold”? The Albert Bridge and The Queen's 37 Bridge cross which river? What is the largest freshwater lake 38 in the British Isles? Which topographical glacial feature, 39 found in Co. Down, is often called "Basket of Eggs" landscape? Name the TWO towns in Co. Down 40 that are linked by a ferry. 5 Northern Ireland Blue Badge - Paper 2 (Re-sit) – 14th December 2017 CANDIDATE NUMBER________________ Name ONE of the main peaks in 41 the Mourne Mountains. 5 of the 6 counties of Northern 42 Ireland have shores on Lough Neagh. Which county does not? Which distinctive building is 43 situated at St John's point in Co. Down? Name the hill outside Armagh which 44 was a royal site in pre-Christian Ireland. Name the border town in Co. 45 Fermanagh which has a famous pottery. Which is the smallest by area of the 46 6 counties of Northern Ireland? Apart from the Lagan, name ONE 47 other river that flows through or under Belfast. What is the name of the city known 48 as Béal Feirste in Irish? What is the major mountain range 49 in Co. Tyrone? Who landed in a field in 50 Londonderry after crossing the Atlantic by airplane? 6 Northern Ireland Blue Badge - Paper 2 (Re-sit) – 14th December 2017 CANDIDATE NUMBER________________ In which city is the football stadium 51 "The Brandywell" located? Which river flows through 52 Limavady? Name the highest peak in the 53 Sperrin mountains. Name the longest river in Northern 54 Ireland? How many Glens of Antrim are 55 there? Name ONE town in Co. Down 56 where you would find marinas? 57 Name TWO of the Glens of Antrim. On which mountain (volcanic plug) 58 in Co. Antrim did St Patrick tend sheep? Belfast is nicknamed “The Trident 59 Port”. Name ONE of the 3 channels which form the port. 60 Name Belfast's oldest library. 7 Northern Ireland Blue Badge - Paper 2 (Re-sit) – 14th December 2017 CANDIDATE NUMBER________________ Name the layer of soft mud on 61 which Belfast city centre is built. Name the most northerly point of 62 mainland Ireland. From where does Belfast get its 63 main water supply? In which decade were Newry and 64 Lisburn granted city status? Name the building in which you 65 would find stained glass windows depicting the London Companies. Belfast City Hall is built of which 66 stone? Where in Belfast would you find the 67 Tropical Ravine? Name the TWO cathedrals in 68 Belfast. The Ulster Museum building in 69 Belfast was extended in the 1970s in which architectural style? Where in Belfast is there a triptych 70 by Sir John Lavery - "The Madonna of the Lakes"? 8 Northern Ireland Blue Badge - Paper 2 (Re-sit) – 14th December 2017 CANDIDATE NUMBER________________ Name the TWO cathedrals in 71 Derry/Londonderry. Name the architectural style in 72 which the Guildhall in Derry/Londonderry is built. The Merchant Hotel in Belfast now 73 occupies the former headquarters of which organisation? Which British king gave the 74 parliament buildings at Stormont to the people of Northern Ireland? Name TWO countries which are 75 referenced in Republican murals. In which town was a bomb detonated by the Provincial IRA at 76 the War Memorial on Remembrance Sunday 1987? Why are the arches erected by the 77 Orange Order predominantly red, white and blue? The Peace Bridge crosses which 78 river in Derry/Londonderry? In Belfast, what are "The Morning 79 Star', 'The Crown' and "The Duke of York"? In which decade was the Lagan 80 Weir constructed? 9 Northern Ireland Blue Badge - Paper 2 (Re-sit) – 14th December 2017 CANDIDATE NUMBER________________ Name the food for which 'Morelli' is 81 well known. Eelgrass constitutes the main food 82 for which birds in winter on Strangford Lough? Which organisation runs the 83 Seabird Centre on Rathlin Island? In New Zealand, it is said that there are 20 sheep to every person. What 84 is the equivalent figure for Northern Ireland? Which TWO agricultural sectors contribute the most to the Gross 85 Domestic Product of Northern Ireland? There are two main ingredients of 86 the dish Colcannon. One is potatoes, name the other. Oak, ash, willow, beech, hazel, sycamore: name ONE of these 87 trees which is NOT indigenous to Ireland. Name TWO types of cattle bred in 88 Northern Ireland. Name the body that is responsible 89 for Northern Ireland's three-day agricultural show. Which Lough was designated as 90 Northern Ireland's first Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ)? 10 Northern Ireland Blue Badge - Paper 2 (Re-sit) – 14th December 2017 CANDIDATE NUMBER________________ Lumper, Kerr's Pinks and Rooster 91 are varieties of which vegetable grown in Northern Ireland? Who now owns Bushmills 92 Distillery? What is the name of Finn McCool’s 93 wife? Name ONE daily Northern Ireland 94 newspaper produced in Belfast. Name the outdoor sculpture in 95 Belfast which celebrates the regeneration of the River Lagan. Whose statue sits in the entrance 96 hall of the Lanyon Building at Queen's University, Belfast? Which Old English poem was 97 translated into modern English by Seamus Heaney? Who wrote the plays "Dancing at 98 Lughnasa" and "Translations"? In which of the 5 Quarters of Belfast 99 is Writer's Square? Which series of novels did George 100 R.R. Martin write? 11 Northern Ireland Blue Badge - Paper 2 (Re-sit) – 14th December 2017 CANDIDATE NUMBER________________ Name the lead singer with Snow 101 Patrol. Feargal Sharkey was the lead 102 singer for which Derry/Londonderry band? Markey Robinson and Basil 103 Blackshaw are famous in which branch of the arts? Name ONE actor/actress from Northern Ireland who plays a major 104 role in "Game of Thrones". You may give the role (s)he plays instead of actor's name. Name ONE famous Irish writer who 105 attended Portora Royal School. Whilst more associated with 106 tractors, who was the first UK citizen to build and fly a plane? Name the explorer, TV presenter and Scout Association's Chief 107 Scout who was born in Donaghadee. Which division of the British Army 108 led the assault on the Somme on 1st July 1916? On which famous road would you find landscape features known as 109 "The Black Arch" and "The White Lady"? Name the organisation for which 110 the letters MAC stand.