You Think You Know Derry/Londonderry City? Quiz

Answer: 105 Days

The siege proper lasted for 105 days but the city was surrounded by the Earl of Antrim's forces from 7 December 1688, and then by King James' forces, to 31 July 1689 totaling of 236 days.

Answer: Oak grove

The original Irish name for the present site of the city was Daire Calgaich, Old Irish for "oak grove of Calgach", Calgach being a pagan deity. After Christianity arrived it changed to "Daire Coluimb Chille", "oak grove of Columba". As the site grew in importance the name was reduced to just Daire and eventually anglicised to Derry.

Answer: 1604

In 1604, "Derrie" was granted its first royal charter as a city by James I of England, James VI of Scotland. A further charter of 1613 changed the name of the city from Derry to Londonderry.

Answer: Radio Foyle

The BBC names most of its local radio stations after the area they are in. Fortunately they had a precedent in Radio Solent in Southampton which is named after the strait that separates the Isle of Wight from the mainland, and we now have Radio Foyle after the river that runs through the city.

Answer: Stroke City

Renowned for his unique style and somewhat unusual sense of humour he usually referred to the city as "Stroke City" to ridicule the difficulty regarding broadcasting the name of Derry(Stroke)Londonderry.

Answer: Anglican cathedral in Europe

St Columb's, built in 1613, was the first cathedral to be built by the Anglican church after the Reformation in the British Isles and the first non-Roman Catholic Cathedral to be built in Europe.

Answer: St. Eugene

St Eugene's is the Roman Catholic cathedral in Derry/Londonderry. It is the "Mother Church" for the Diocese of Derry, as well as the parish church of the parish of Templemore.

Answer: Independent department store

Austins opened in 1830 and was the world's oldest independent department store when, without warning, it closed its doors in March 2016. The building itself is 25,000 square feet (2,300 m2) and is five stories high, with an Edwardian style frontage.

Answer: Three

The Craigavon Bridge is one of the three bridges, it is the furthest south and the nearest road bridge to the city centre. It a rare double-decker bridge; the lower deck of the bridge originally carried a railway line which was replaced by a road in 1968.

The Peace Bridge is a cycle and footbridge bridge, it is the newest of the three bridges in the city opened in 2011. Funded by the European Union's Shared Space Initiative and costing £14.5m it has become an iconic structure for the city, connecting the "Nationalist Cityside" and "Unionist Waterside" of the city.

The Foyle Bridge is the furthest north of Derry/Londonderrys bridges. Its central cantilever span is the longest in the island of Ireland at 767 ft (234m). The three main spans are of box construction and were built by Harland and Wolff, the builders of the Titanic, in Belfast and then transported on barges towed around the coast by oceangoing tug.

Answer: 2013

The UK City of Culture is a designation given to a city in the United Kingdom for a year during which cultural events such as music, art, theatre, festivals and pageants are heavily promoted. The inspiration for the initiative was the success of Liverpool's year as the European Capital of Culture, in 2008, which had significant social and economic benefits for the area. The Fleadh Cheoil, "festival of music", is run by Comhaltas Ceoltóir Éireann, "Society of the Musicians of Ireland", first held in Mullingar in 1951.

The 2013 Fleadh Cheoil was the first held in Northern Ireland and, at the time, the largest attracting around 430,000 people to a city with a population of around 85,000.