cultural literacy 43

Question 1

Crumlin Road

Answer 1

West Belfast street, north of Shankill Road, mixed Protestant and Catholic

Question 2

Shankill Road

Answer 2

West Belfast street, south of Crumlin Road, Loyalist stronghold

Question 3

Falls Road

Answer 3

West Belfast street, south of Shankill Road, Catholic

Question 4

Shankill Butchers

Answer 4

Loyalist Ulster gang

Question 5

“Soldier Doll”

Answer 5

term of derision in the Troubles used by Catholics to refer to Catholic girls who consorted with British soldiers; they often experienced public shaming (tied up, tarred and feathered, heads shaved)

Question 6

Give My Head Peace

Answer 6

1990s sitcom on BBC Northern Ireland sending up sectarianism during the Troubles

Question 7

Resurrection Man

Answer 7

1998 horror film set in Northern Ireland and based on the Shankill Butcher killings

Question 8

The Outcasts

Answer 8

Belfast punk band in the 70s and 80s

Question 9

Maze Prison, “the H-blocks”

Answer 9

two alternative names for what was originally called the Long Kesh Detention Center (which housed IRA prisoners in Northern Ireland)

Question 10

“blanket man”

Answer 10

after the revocation of special treatment in prison for IRA prisoners, under which they enjoyed essentially political prisoner status, those who refused to follow directives for regular prisoners (wear uniforms and do prison work) were thrown into a cell and given a blanket

Question 11

“dirty protest”

Answer 11

escalation of the blanket protest, in which IRA prisoners spread feces on cell walls and refused to bathe

Question 12

pram

Answer 12

British term for baby stroller

Question 13

interface (Northern Ireland)

Answer 13

street with Catholic neighborhood on one side and Protestant neighborhood on the other

Question 14

Greenfinch

Answer 14

female soldier in the UDF during the Troubles

Question 15

UDF

Answer 15

Ulster Defense Force

Question 16

RUC

Answer 16

Royal Ulster Constabulary

Question 17

UDR

Answer 17

Ulster Defense Regiment (British Army unit composed of residents of Northern Ireland)

Question 18

DUP

Answer 18

Democratic Unionist Party

Question 19

“ourselves alone”

Answer 19

common English translation of the Irish nationalist slogan “Sinn Fein” (literally “ourselves” or “we ourselves”)

Question 20

“B.A.” (Troubles)

Answer 20

British Army (i.e. soldiers)

Question 21

supergrass

Answer 21

informant (British slang)

Question 22

knickerbocker glory

Answer 22

a British dessert with ice cream, wafer, gelatin, fruit, and syrup, served commonly in roadside diners or family restaurants in the British Isles

Question 23

punt (currency)

Answer 23

Irish pound, used in Ireland until adoption of the Euro in 2002

Question 24

“The Rose”

Answer 24

Bette Midler (“Some say love/it is a river…”)

Question 25

Jaffa (cake)

Answer 25

orange-flavored snack cake in the UK; “Jaffa” is a slur used by Catholics in British Isles against Protestants

Question 26

foundered

Answer 26

to be freezing, overwhelmed by cold (Scots or Irish English slang)

Question 27

shift it; get it shifted

Answer 27

move it (get a move on, let’s go); get it moved/removed (Irish)

Question 28

wheelie bin

Answer 28

trash bin with wheels (put out for trash or recycling)

Question 29

Strabane

Answer 29

town in county Tyrone, Northern Ireland, near Derry

Question 30

Coleraine

Answer 30

town in northern part of Northern Ireland

Question 31

Abrakebabra

Answer 31

Mediterranean fast food chain in Ireland and Northern Ireland, sends out gold cards (free Döner Kebabs for life) to celebrities who mention chain’s name

Question 32

Take That

Answer 32

90’s boy band from Manchester

Question 33

balaclava

Answer 33

ski mask