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Dublin City Trivia Questions

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  • 15-06-2009 10:55am
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    1968
    Registered Users Posts: 720 ✭✭✭


    You either love em or hate em. These are a few I collated for a table quiz last year. Does anyone else have anymore?

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    Q. Where is Dublin's second O'Connell Bridge?
    A.
    Over the pond in St. Stephen's Green

    Q. Name the only village that lies North of the Liffey that has an even number for its postal code.
    A.
    Chapelizod, Dublin 20.

    Q. Besides along the Grand Clanal, where is the only other statue of Patrick Kavanagh in the world?
    A.
    Raglan Road Irish Pub at Downtown Disney Pleasure Island , Walt Disney World Resort, Orlando, Florida

    Q. Name five Dublin streets named after Irish counties.
    A.
    Clare Street (Between Nassau St. and Merrion Sq. North)
    Cork Street (Off Patricks St. Coombe)
    Kildare Street (Off St. Stephens Green)
    Wexford St. (Links Lower Camden St. to Aungier St.)
    Meath St. (Coombe)

    Q. Name the Dubliner who is the only person in history to win both a Oscar and a Nobel Prize in Literature.
    A.
    George Bernard Shaw for his play, Pygmalion (aka My Fair Lady)
    - Nobel Laureates in Literature (1925)
    - Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay/Oscar for Best Screenplay (1938)

    Q. In relation to Irish Rock Music, what does the bandstand in Herbert Park, Ballbridge and the Long Hall pub on South Great George's Street have in common?
    A.
    Both are used as locations in the video to Philip Lynott's 'Old Town'.


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    Carroller16
    Registered Users Posts: 1,606 ✭✭✭Carroller16


    Nmae 5 areas in Dublin that end with an o?
    Pimlico, portobello, rialto, marino and phibsboro (debateable)


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    poisonated
    Registered Users Posts: 2,277 ✭✭✭poisonated


    what does DART stand for?
    dublin area rapid tranist


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    lightening
    Registered Users Posts: 3,125 ✭✭✭lightening


    Do you know where the Five Lamps are?
    Go and hang you're bollix off it


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    punchdrunk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,355 ✭✭✭punchdrunk


    Q: the "Luke Kelly Bridge" crosses which river?
    the Tolka


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    lightening
    Registered Users Posts: 3,125 ✭✭✭lightening


    Do all Nigerians coming in to Dublin automatically get a cheque from the government to go out and buy a family car?
    Eh, no.

    Where were the first pedestrian lights in Dublin?
    I was told Clontarf... along the coast


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    IanCurtis
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    1968 wrote: »
    Q. Name five Dublin streets named after Irish counties.
    A.
    Clare Street (Between Nassau St. and Merrion Sq. North)
    Cork Street (Off Patricks St. Coombe)
    Kildare Street (Off St. Stephens Green)
    Wexford St. (Links Lower Camden St. to Aungier St.)
    Meath St. (Coombe)

    ..and Wicklow St?


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    Gavin "shels"
    Registered Users Posts: 17,965 ✭✭✭✭Gavin "shels"


    ... Great and Little Longford Streets?


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    GerardKeating
    Registered Users Posts: 7,660 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    IanCurtis wrote: »
    1968 wrote: »
    Q. Name five Dublin streets named after Irish counties.
    A.
    Clare Street (Between Nassau St. and Merrion Sq. North)
    Cork Street (Off Patricks St. Coombe)
    Kildare Street (Off St. Stephens Green)
    Wexford St. (Links Lower Camden St. to Aungier St.)
    Meath St. (Coombe)

    ..and Wicklow St?

    Kildare Street is name for the Earl of Kildare, rather than the county.


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    1968
    Registered Users Posts: 720 ✭✭✭1968


    In reply to the above three comments, I stand corrected.


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    Stench Blossoms
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,390 ✭✭✭Stench Blossoms


    It was "Name 5 Streets" not "Name ALL streets"


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    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    Carroller16 wrote: »
    Nmae 5 areas in Dublin that end with an o?
    Pimlico, portobello, rialto, marino and phibsboro (debateable)

    Ah. I was going to ask that one :pac: apparantly they are 5 Boroughs.

    Don't forget Monto (carry me up to) ;)


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    humberklog
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,534 Mod ✭✭✭✭humberklog


    IanCurtis wrote: »
    1968 wrote: »
    Q. Name five Dublin streets named after Irish counties.
    A.
    Clare Street (Between Nassau St. and Merrion Sq. North)
    Cork Street (Off Patricks St. Coombe)
    Kildare Street (Off St. Stephens Green)
    Wexford St. (Links Lower Camden St. to Aungier St.)
    Meath St. (Coombe)

    ..and Wicklow St?

    Clare St. is named after the Clare region/lordship/burrough? in Suffolk. Named iun honour of Denzil Holles...The Earl of Clare (Suffolk).


    How about Offaly Rd in Cabra or Armagh Rd. in Crumlin just to fill in the ones that don't count?


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    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    name the one place in dublin that ends in 2 'o's
    the zoo
    :pac:


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    joeperry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 527 ✭✭✭joeperry


    What does south Dublin have more of than San Francisco?
    Homosexuals


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    poisonated
    Registered Users Posts: 2,277 ✭✭✭poisonated


    Im guessing thats a lie?


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    chughes
    Registered Users Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭chughes


    Where in Dublin is Fusiliers Arch ?
    What is Chesterfield Avenue better known as ?
    What is Archbishop Ryan Park better known as ?


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    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    chughes wrote: »
    Where in Dublin is Fusiliers Arch ? stephens green
    What is Chesterfield Avenue better known as ? the pheonix park:pac:
    What is Archbishop Ryan Park better known as ?
    dont know


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    kayakboy
    Registered Users Posts: 41 ✭kayakboy


    Merrion Square?

    There's definitely a memorial to archbishop Ryan there.


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    chughes
    Registered Users Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭chughes


    Admiral, Chesterfield Avenue is actually the main road in the Phoenix Park. That's probably what you meant.


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    chughes
    Registered Users Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭chughes


    kayakboy wrote: »
    Merrion Square?

    There's definitely a memorial to archbishop Ryan there.

    Yes, the park itself is Archbishop Ryan Park whilst the roads around it are Merrion Square.


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    Davy
    Registered Users Posts: 19,340 CMod ✭✭✭✭Davy


    How many statues on O'Connell street?
    one - in a glass case at the taxi rank. Parnell and Daniel O'Connell are monuments :D


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    humberklog
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,534 Mod ✭✭✭✭humberklog


    Davy wrote: »
    How many statues on O'Connell street?
    one - in a glass case at the taxi rank. Parnell and Daniel O'Connell are monuments :D

    Surely Smith o Brien, Grey, Fr. Matthew and Larkin are statues? Sure look like it to me.


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    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    whats the bearest town to dublin city




    bargaintown!


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