Newcastle (County Down) Trivia - Statistics

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Answer Stats

Hint	Answer	% Correct
NAFL football team whose home ground is Shimna Integrated College	Newcastle FC	100%
Located in this county	County Down	50%
Hard, shiny stone which forms mountains; used to create Edward Carson's grave and the base of the 9/11 Memorial in New York	Granite	50%
Mountains which town lies at foot of	Mourne Mountains	50%
Population	7672	0%
Family who helped transform village into coastal resort	Annesleys	0%
Railways which formerly served the town until closure in 1955	Belfast and County Down RailwayGreat Northern Railway of Ireland	0%
Postcode area	BT33	0%
Forest located nearby	Donard Forest	0%
Professional golfer born in town	Eddie Polland	0%
Disaster that occurred in 1843 in Dundrum Bay; 73 people died	Fishing boats sank in gale force winds	0%
Wife of author Bram Stoker; believed to be inspiration for Lucy Westenra in Dracula	Florence Balcombe	0%
Named after a castle built by this ruling clan	Magennis	0%
Children's author who has lived most of his life in town	Martin Waddell	0%
Nearby nature reserve which is largest dune heath in Ireland; used as a training ground by American soldiers during World War II	Murlough Nature Reserve	0%
Located in this council area	Newry, Mourne and Down	0%
Famous golf club that has hosted major tournaments such as the Irish Open; voted the second best club in the world by Golfscape	Royal County Down Golf Club	0%
Located on this river	Shimna	0%
Highest mountain in Northern Ireland it sits at the foot of	Slieve Donard	0%
Massive luxury hotel located next to famous golf club and former railway station;	Slieve Donard Hotel	0%
Parliamentary constituency	South Down	0%
Ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel that ran aground in Dundrum Bay nearby	SS Great Britain	0%
Stream set to mark boundary of ancient Kingdom of Mourne; a rock next to it is said to have the handprint of this famous Christian saint	St Patrick's Stream	0%
Local newspaper based in town	The Mourne Observer	0%
Forest located nearby; popular visitor attraction and used as a location in Game of Thrones	Tollymore Forest	0%
Row of cottages built for the widows and dependents of the men lost in disaster above	Widow's Row	0%