Geography
Northern Ireland Quiz
Belfast, the Giant's Causeway, the Troubles, and Game of Thrones country
Belfast, the Giant's Causeway, the Troubles, and Game of Thrones country
Game of Thrones was largely filmed across Northern Ireland — and HBO has converted Castle Ward, Linen Mill Studios, and Tollymore Forest into a tourism juggernaut. Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann) is the smallest country of the United Kingdom by both area and population, with around 1.91 million people in 14,130 square kilometres across six counties. Its capital Belfast — once divided by the Troubles — has reinvented itself as a cultural and tourism hub powered by Titanic heritage, the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, and an unexpected Hollywood studio of fantasy TV.
Each round presents 10 randomized questions from a pool of 50, with four multiple-choice options and instant feedback after every answer. Your final score comes with a performance tier and shareable results.
You'll cover Northern Ireland's six counties, capital Belfast, the partition of Ireland in 1920–22, the Troubles from civil rights protests through paramilitary violence to the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement of 1998, the Bloody Sunday inquiry, key political figures from Ian Paisley to John Hume, the Stormont Assembly, the Giant's Causeway and Antrim coast, the Titanic's Belfast roots, Game of Thrones filming locations, and famous Northern Irish people from CS Lewis and Liam Neeson to Van Morrison.
The Good Friday Agreement (also called the Belfast Agreement) was signed on 10 April 1998. It established power-sharing between unionists and nationalists at Stormont and is credited with ending the worst violence of the Troubles. It was approved by referendum in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in May 1998.
The Giant's Causeway is a UNESCO World Heritage Site on the north Antrim coast made up of around 40,000 interlocking, mostly hexagonal basalt columns formed by an ancient volcanic eruption 50–60 million years ago. According to legend, it was built by the giant Finn McCool to fight a Scottish rival.
Most of HBO's Game of Thrones was filmed across Northern Ireland between 2010 and 2019. Locations included Castle Ward (Winterfell), Tollymore Forest (the haunted woods), Ballintoy Harbour (the Iron Islands), the Dark Hedges (the Kingsroad), and Magheramorne Quarry (Castle Black), with interior shoots at Belfast's Linen Mill and Titanic Studios.
Last updated: May 2026