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Quiz about A further walk through Manchester

A further walk through Manchester Quiz

Following on my my first "Walk through Manchester" quiz, we take another stroll through this Northern Metropolis, again based on the city in 2006.

A multiple-choice quiz by sancho_pft. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
sancho_pft

Time
4 mins

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Multiple Choice

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268,369

Updated
Jul 23 22

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Question 1 of 10

1. This time, we start our walk in the rapidly redeveloping "Northern Quarter". Here on Great Ancoats Street is a striking Art Deco style building all done in black glass and steel. Now smart offices, what was this building originally built for? Hint

Newspaper offices

Hotel

Courts

Apartments

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Question 2 of 10

2. Leaving Great Ancoats Street behind us, we stroll along Swan Street, until we come to a music venue, dazzlingly painted in bright yellow. What is this establishment called? Hint

Henry's

The Apollo

Band on The Wall

Madchester

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Question 3 of 10

3. We now see - though we can hardly miss it! - the headquarters of the Co-Operative Insurance Society, until recently the tallest building in Manchester. What 'green' works were carried out on this huge building? Hint

It was insulated entirely by recycled newspapers

A waste water recycling plant was added

It was covered in solar energy panels

It is now heated by gases that would otherwise be wasted

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Question 4 of 10

4. Passing the CIS Building, we come to the bottom of Cheetham Hill Road. A tall chimney dominates the skyline here. What establishment did the chimney serve? Hint

The old leatherworks

Strangeways Prison

Boddington's brewery

Kendal Milne department store

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Question 5 of 10

5. Right next to the establishment with the tall chimney is a huge, imposing, Victorian institution. What is it? Hint

Chetham's School of Music

The Opera House

Manchester University

Strangeways Prison

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Question 6 of 10

6. Leaving that area, we stroll into the City Centre, finding ourselves in a new Square, created following the rebuilding after the IRA bomb in 1996. What is the square called? Hint

New City Square

Exchange Square

Renaissance Square

The Triangle

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Question 7 of 10

7. From the new square we walk along a street, which is the first new street to be created in the City Centre for over a century. What is the name of this new street? Hint

New Cathedral Street

St Ann's Plaza

New Street

St George's Street

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Question 8 of 10

8. Crossing St Ann's Square, we see some glass doors, leading off Deansgate. Passing through these doors we find an elegant domed Arcade with chic boutiques, wine bars and shops within. What is this arcade called? Hint

St Ann's Parade

Deansgate Arcade

Barton Arcade

Arcadia

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Question 9 of 10

9. Leaving the Arcade, we find ourselves on Cross Street, where we spot a small, ancient looking pub, long-renowned for the quality of both its food and drink, as well as for its evocative Victorian interior. What is the unusual name of this pub? Hint

The Frog and Nightgown

The Slaughter House

Sam's Chop House

Dirty Nelly's

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Question 10 of 10

10. We finish our stroll in a large square, in front of the massive Gothic Town Hall. The 20th Century Town Hall Annexe has a curious curved side, built to wrap around a circular building behind it. What is this circular building? Hint

Central Library

The Old City Jail

City Treasury

Manchester Cathedral

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Newspaper offices

The Daily Express newspaper was produced here, in an edition markedly different from its London-based Fleet Street version.

2. Leaving Great Ancoats Street behind us, we stroll along Swan Street, until we come to a music venue, dazzlingly painted in bright yellow. What is this establishment called?

Answer: Band on The Wall

Many musical acts, of all genres, have had their early appearances at the Band on The Wall.

Answer: It was covered in solar energy panels

One side of the huge building was covered in solar panels, which means that normally the entire building is self-sufficient in energy.

4. Passing the CIS Building, we come to the bottom of Cheetham Hill Road. A tall chimney dominates the skyline here. What establishment did the chimney serve?

Answer: Boddington's brewery

Boddington's Bitter - for many years cherished as "The Cream of Manchester" -was brewed at the Strangeways brewery. Real Ale purists reckoned that the distinctive taste was due to the water, drawn from a well within the brewery precincts. The brewery was sold to a large conglomerate, who moved production away from the old site.

5. Right next to the establishment with the tall chimney is a huge, imposing, Victorian institution. What is it?

Answer: Strangeways Prison

Strangeways Prison (was there ever a better name for a jail?) was built on the panopticon system, with wings radiating out like a starfish from a central tower. Staff thus can easily observe what is happening on each wing. Following serious riots by inmates in the 1980s, the prison was severely damaged; in the extensive rebuilding, many of the earlier sources of prisoners grievances were removed, with the addition of in-cell lavatories and much-improved visitors' facilities.

6. Leaving that area, we stroll into the City Centre, finding ourselves in a new Square, created following the rebuilding after the IRA bomb in 1996. What is the square called?

Answer: Exchange Square

Exchange Square is a modern, triangular plaza, with some fascinating modern sculptural art, and a distinctive water feature. The Square contains a massive TV screen, and crowds gather in the square to watch important sporting events on the big screen.

7. From the new square we walk along a street, which is the first new street to be created in the City Centre for over a century. What is the name of this new street?

Answer: New Cathedral Street

New Cathedral Street joins St Ann's Square to the Cathedral area, itself a thriving exciting redevelopment after the devastation of the 1996 bomb.

Answer: Barton Arcade

Barton Arcade is a Grade II listed building. Built in 1874, it was extensively remodelled in the 1980s and again following the bomb blast in 1996. Although the original tiled floor has long since vanished, Barton Arcade still retains an air of Victorian elegance.

Answer: Sam's Chop House

Sam's Chop House is squeezed into a a small narrow space. However what it lacks in width it certainly makes up for in depth, as it goes a very long way back from Cross Street.

Answer: Central Library

The Central Library, as well as the expected books, music, and other similar items, houses a small, intimate and successful theatre in the basement, called, unsurprisingly, The Library Theatre.

Source: Author sancho_pft

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