Quiz #11

SHS The Town I Know So Well
Welcome to round 11 - General Knowledge. Please answer the 10 questions below and click submit when done to see your score:

1.  Where would you have found the Long Row?

2. Who is the Principal of Strabane Academy?

3. Most older people remember the Gasworks, located in the Bog Road. But where was it situated before the Bog Road?

4. In 1996 the Strabane History Society visited the Castle situated on Milford Bay. What is the name of the Castle?

5. What well known clergyman, born in Derry was associated with Strabane,  Castlederg, Fahan, Oxford and Armagh?


6. On 19th May 1955 the Right Hon. Lord McDermott, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, laid the Foundation Stone under which Ernest Watson placed a sealed bottle, containing a copy of The Financial Report of 1954, The Strabane Weekly News of 14th May 1955, current coins of both British & Irish currencies, autographs of the Ministers and Office bearers. What Foundation Stone was this?

7.Where is the Fortress of the Monks?

8. Based at The Church of the Immaculate Conception at Barrack Street, who is the current Parish priest of Camus

9. How much does a copy of the Strabane Chronicle cost?

10. Name the Sinn Fein Mayor of Derry & Strabane Council, and former M.L.A. who was elected to represent one of the town wards.


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