The City of Liverpool Trivia Quiz

Answer: Hope Street

The Roman Catholic cathedral is the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, locally known as "Paddy's Wigwam" due to its unusual architecture and large Irish Catholic congregation. At the other end of the street is the Cathedral Church of Christ in Liverpool, which is part of the Church of England and the seat of the Bishop of Liverpool.
Hope Street is also home to the Philharmonic Hall and the Everyman Theatre.

Answer: St. George's Hall

St. George's Hall was built by two architects - Harvey Lonsdale Elmes began the building, and was replaced in 1847 by Charles Robert Cockerell after he passed away. The doors were first opened to the public in 1854, over 10 years after it was first commissioned.

Answer: John Lennon

The airport's motto, "Above us Only Sky", was taken from John Lennon's song "Imagine". Ringo Starr once said that he hoped the airport would name a baggage carousel after him.

Answer: Stanley Park

Everton originally played in Stanley Park from 1878 when they were formed as St. Domingo F.C. One year later they changed their name to Everton Football Club, and in 1882 they moved to Priory Road briefly before moving to Anfield. In 1892 Everton left Anfield, following a split within the board.

The chairman (and landlord) John McKenna remained at Anfield to form Liverpool Football Club. Everton's new home at Goodison Park is on the opposite side of Stanley Park from Anfield - thus, players transferring between the clubs are said to "cross the park".

Answer: 1207

At the time Liverpool had only seven streets and a population of about 100 to 200 people. When the city celebrated its 800th anniversary in 2007 it' population was around 450,000. It was given city status in 1880.

Answer: Roger Cliffe-Thompson

Roger Cliffe-Thompson was a big admirer of Adrian Henri, and to commemorate Liverpool's 800th anniversary he collected 800 poems about Liverpool. The project was completed on the 27th August 2008, just one day before the actual date of the celebrations.
For the same event Roger McGough was commissioned specially to write a poem which now surrounds the fountain in Williamson Square, in the Liverpool City Centre.
Adrian Henri, Roger McGough and Brian Patten (another Liverpool born poet) were all given the Freedom of the City of Liverpool in 2002.

Answer: William Roscoe

William Roscoe is commemorated in the name of Roscoe Street in Liverpool City Centre. The abolitionist (and composer of "Amazing Grace") John Newton was Master of the Tides in Liverpool.

Answer: Pier Head

Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City was granted world heritage status by UNESCO in 2004. The site includes not only Pier Head, but also the Albert Dock and Stanley Dock. Also included are the world famous "three graces" of the Cunard Building, the Port of Liverpool Building and the Royal Liver Building. For a while there were plans to commission a fourth grace, but these plans were later abandoned.

Answer: Eric's

Eric's was open from 1976 to 1980 and was situated in Mathew Street, opposite the legendary Cavern Club. Other famous Merseyside acts which got their start at Eric's included "Teardrop Explodes", "Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark", "Frankie Goes to Hollywood" and "The Lightning Seeds".

Answer: Ellesmere Port

Although Merseyside County Council was abolished in 1986, the city of Liverpool and the borough councils of Wirral (containing Birkenhead), Sefton (containing Southport), Knowsley and St. Helens are still widely recognised as belonging to the area of Merseyside.