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Quiz: Are these Dublin 'facts' true or false?

Do you know your capital?
8.30pm, 5 Feb 2017
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IN DUBLIN’S FAIR city, where they invented Pritt Stick, lots of things can get fabricated.

Like the idea that Pritt Stick is from Dublin. See what we did there?

But what about these “facts”? Are they true or false?

There is only one full-length statue of a real woman in Dublin city.
True
False
It's impossible to cross the city without passing a pub.
True
False
Rossini's Barber of Seville was first performed in Dublin.
True
False
Dublin is twinned with Barcelona.
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False
Trinity College is the alma mater of GB Shaw.
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False
The Sugarloaf doesn't meet the UK's criteria to be called a mountain.
True
False
The first-ever traffic light in Dublin was and still is in Ranelagh.
True
False
RTÉ's Montrose site was originally an abattoir.
True
False
A statue of Queen Victoria in Sydney once stood outside Leinster House.
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False
Before it was O'Connell Street, it was Sackville Street and before that it was Drogheda Street.
True
False
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