Quiz: Test your knowledge of the city in the Big Derry Quiz

BUILDINGS

1. Where was the Tower Ballroom situated?

2. Who owned the chip shop which used to be at the top of Duke Street?

3. Which building in Derry could be associated with a town in Virginia, USA?

4. When was the Waterside Library opened?

5. In what year was Altnagelvin Hospital opened?

6. Where was Lyttle’s Shirt factory situated?

7. Outside what building did the old horse market take place before it was moved due to pressure from local residents?

8. Where are the cottages erected in 1900 in memory of the celebrated hymn writer, Mrs C F Alexander?

9. When were the male and female gaols opened?

10. When was Boom Hall built and for whom?

11. Put the following buildings in date order of their construction: St Eugene’s Cathedral, St Columb’s College, Ebrington Barracks, Rosemount Factory, the Guildhall and Great James Street Presbyterian Church.

12. What building was substantially renovated and extended in 1824 at a cost of £33,718?

13. On March 2, 1892, ‘Sunnyside’, the home of the late Patrick Bradley was purchased with money left by Madame Waters. What did it become known as?

14. Where was the Mendicity Asylum and when was it founded?

15. Where was the Labour Exchange formerly situated?

16. Where was the National Assistance Office until the Crown Buildings came into use?

17. What did the following places have in common: The Corinthian, The Criterion, The Memorial, The Britannia, The Ashfield and The Westend?

18. When was the Star factory built and who designed it?

19. Which Derry building’s name when translated from the Gaelic means ‘the height of the sparrows’?

20. The Lion Bar was a landmark in Lower William Street for years but what was it called when it was finally destroyed in the early ‘80s?

ANSWERS . . . BUILDINGS

1. At the top of Bond’s Hill.

2. Dan Caffola.

3. The Richmond Centre.

4. June 21, 1965.

5. 1960.

6. Distillery Brae.

7. The Court House.

8. In New Street.

9. Male – 1791; Female – 1862 (between Hawkin Street and Grove Place).

10. 1770. For the first Earl of Caledon.

11. Gt James Street Church – 1837. Ebrington Barracks – 1839. St Eugene’s Cathedral – 1873. St Columb’s College (now Lumen Christi) – 1877. The Guildhall – 1890. Rosemount Factory – 1904.

12. Bishop Street gaol.

13. Nazareth House.

14. In Wapping Lane (Fountain Street) in 1825.

15. In Bishop Street Without and Foyle Street.

16. Ivy House, Strand Road.

17. They were all dance halls.

18. 1899 – Daniel Conroy.

19. Altnagelvin.

20. The Well.