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Multiple Choice City Quiz – Dublin

Can you answer these multiple choice questions about the city of Dublin?
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Last updated: July 2, 2025
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1. Which of these beers is from Dublin?
Coors
Guinness
Heineken
Paulaner
2. What river flows through the city?
Clyde
Boyne
Liffey
Severn
3. Which of these would you NOT find in Dublin?
The Giant's Causeway is in Northern Ireland
Spire of Dublin
Statue of Molly Malone
The Giant's Causeway
The Portal
4. Which of these place names has the same meaning in English that Dublin "Du(i)blind" has in Irish?
Bath
Blackpool
Long Beach
Newcastle
5. Who built a fort in Dublin in 841 AD and held the city until 1169?
The English
The French
The Venetians
The Vikings
6. Which literary figure was NOT from Dublin?
C. S. Lewis was from Belfast
James Joyce
C. S. Lewis
Oscar Wilde
W. B. Yeats
7. Which of these historical texts resides at Trinity College Dublin?
The Art of War
The Book of Kells
The Copper Scroll
The Magna Carta
8. O'Connell Bridge is notable for what reason?
It's been rebuilt 18 times
It has two levels
It's Ireland's oldest bridge
It's wider than it is long
9. Which sport would you be most likely to see at Croke Park?
Cricket
Football
Gaelic football
Rugby
10. Dublin's largest park has the same name as which mythical creature?
Banshee
Griffin
Pegasus
Phoenix
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14 Comments
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Level 95
Apr 8, 2025
Congratulations on the feature!
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Level 62
Apr 8, 2025
Congrats on your first feature!
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Level 69
Apr 8, 2025
I love this type of quizzes so much, and this one is absolutely lovely! Thanks for this quiz!
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Level 84
Apr 8, 2025
Thanks everyone :)
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Level 60
Apr 10, 2025
Nice quiz but Blackpool is not a city.
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Level 81
Apr 10, 2025
Only by some definitions of city. By others, it is. Where I live, 100,000 residents in an urban centre is a city. Blackpool has morethan 100,000 residents.
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Level 84
Apr 10, 2025
I went ahead and changed it regardless, but it does feel pretty weird to me to not call it a city
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Level 68
Jul 2, 2025
In the UK city status is assigned, traditionally associated with the presence of a cathedral or university although less so recently, and not automatic dependant on population. Blackpool is in the UK and has not been awarded city status so isn't one. Interestingly, Blackpool did apply to become a city in 2022 but was rejected.
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Level 84
Jul 2, 2025
I'm aware, but it still feels pretty silly to not just call it a city because of arbitrary bureaucracy, when it's clearly big enough to warrant being called a city
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Level 78
Jul 2, 2025
"Phoenix Park" is not nameed after the mythical bird. Instead the name is a corruption of the Irish word "fhionnuisce," meaning clear or still water.

A note on the word "fhionnuisce," which I wouldn't even try to pronounce. My theory is that the Irish developed their own way of spelling Irish words and names ("Siobhan," "Cathal Brugha," "Taoiseach," etc.) as a way of confounding foreign invaders, primarily the English. Similar to how Stalin had thousands of incorrect maps printed and misleading street signs erected in order to confuse the Nazis during World War II.

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Level 83
Jul 2, 2025
Is there any evidence to support your theory? Occam's Razor offers a different explanation, though I have no actual insight on the matter myself.
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Level 84
Jul 2, 2025
No, it's because Irish has more phonemes than the Latin alphabet has letters, so other strategies were needed than 1:1 letter:sound correspondence
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Level 72
Jul 2, 2025
Question 4 is a bit confusing. The Irish name for Dublin city is Baile Atha Cliath. It literally translates as town of the ford of hurdles. The term an dubh linn (lit. Blackpool) isn't commonly used in Irish to refer to Dublin.
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Level 84
Jul 2, 2025
Fair, I think the question is still pretty clear but I'll maybe have a go at rewording to remove any ambiguity