Which long-serving Catholic politician in Northern Ireland shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998?
  • Gerry Fitt
  • Seamus Mallon
  • John Hume
  • Liam Docherty
The terms of the 1998 treaty were put to the two electorates (the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland) in separate referenda. What was the vote in favour in the North?
  • 55%
  • 95%
  • 71%
  • 94%
Which Conservative Roman Catholic politician was asked to recommend changes to policing in Northern Ireland under the terms of the 1998 agreement?
  • John Patten
  • Chris Patten
  • Iain Duncan-Smith
  • Norman St. John Stevas
Which of the following four departments of government remained with London following the 1998 deal?
  • Health
  • Education
  • Trade
  • Defence
Under the 1998 agreement the government of the Irish Republic agreed to recommend the abolition of Articles 2 and 3 in their constitution - subject to a referendum among the Republic's electorate. What did these articles state?
  • That the Republic was a neutral state
  • That the Republic claimed the whole island of Ireland as its territory
  • That the Roman Catholic religion was the established religion in all 32 Irish counties
  • That no member of the British armed forces could enter the Republic's territory under any circumstances
Which moderate Unionist politician became First Minister in the Northern Ireland government from 1998?
  • Sir Reg Impey
  • David Trimble
  • Ian Paisley, Junior
  • William McCrae
Which Protestant organisation caused inter-communal tension to rise in 1996 by becoming involved in violence at Drumcree? They insisted on marching along the Garvaghy Road and so through a Roman Catholic housing estate. The police tried to keep the two groups apart, but violence ensued.
  • The Orange Order
  • The Vanguard Party
  • The Free Presbyterian Church
  • The Alliance Party
Which voting method was used in the elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly set up under the Good Friday Agreement?
  • The "First Past the Post" system
  • An electoral college
  • Proportional Representation
  • Compulsory voting using the "List System"
Which Catholic US democrat senator for Massachusetts supported the US president during the 1990's in his efforts to bring the political wing of the IRA to the negotiating table?
  • John Kerry
  • Edward Kennedy
  • Wayne Morse
  • Hubert Humphrey
Not all republican paramilitaries accepted the terms of In 1998 dissident republicans detonated a huge bomb which caused considerable loss of life. In which Northern Irish town did this device go off?
  • Enniskillen
  • Omagh
  • Ballymena
  • Coleraine
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