Are you a true belle of Belfast city or is your knowledge of the big smoke a little rusty?
If you are keen on testing yourself on how well you know Belfast, we have put together 11 questions about the city, its people and its history. If you know your way around a Belfast Bap and know your Eamonn Holmes from your George Bests, then we expect you to score at least 9.
Anything less than that and you may be forced to give up your Belfast credentials and be sent off to Ballymena - or worse, Larne!
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Take the quiz below and let us know how you got on in the comments. If the quiz isn't loading you can also find it at this link.
How did you get on - did you prove your Belfast stripes or do you need to get revising at the Linen Hall Library? We'll be testing your knowledge again very soon so here's a few other interesting facts about Belfast that may or may not feature in future quizzes.
The 'Balls on the Falls' sculpture is actually called RISE
RISE stands at 123 ft and is made up of a 98ft sphere, containing another smaller geodesic sphere - which is the shortest line between two points that lies within a given surface. Its two globes, which can be seen for miles around the city, are cast in white steel and symbolise the the rising of the sun and new hope for Belfast’s future
The carpets of Belfast City Hall require a crane to lift
Hundreds of feet avail of the free walking tours every day inside the grounds of City Hall. The carpet on the floor of the dining room is changed every 25 years and reportedly is so heavy that it requires a crane to remove.
The motto of Belfast is 'Pro tanto quid retribuamus'
This is taken from Psalm 116 Verse 12 in the Latin Vulgate Bible. The verse has been translated in bibles differently – for example as "What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?" and "In return for so much, what shall we give back?"
A building regarded as "the most beautiful" in Belfast by Oscar Wilde is now a supermarket
The Water Office is a former warehouse at 1 Donegall Square opposite City Hall. It was built between 1860 and 1879 in an Italian Gothic style for Richardson Sons and Owden, linen merchants. It became the offices of the Belfast City and District Water Commissioners before the Second World War during which it was badly damaged by German bombing. It is now a Marks & Spencer.
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