A Pictorial Magical Mystery Tour of Liverpool Quiz

Answer: Prince Albert

At the time of its opening, the Albert Dock was unique, as it employed a system of loading and unloading directly from the ships to the warehouses which surrounded it. It was constructed without the use of any wood, another first for the UK. Prince Albert performed the official opening on 30 July 1846.

The dock area suffered severe bomb damage during the Second World War, and the area fell into disuse. Redevelopment work in the 1980s restored the dock, with Prince Charles officially opening the complex in 1988.

It is a major tourist attraction, with the Beatles' Story museum, the Tate Modern art gallery and the Maritime Museum situated around the dock.

Answer: Billy Fury

Born as Ronald Wycherley, Billy Fury had a successful career in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He worked with The Tornados as his backing group - they went on to have worldwide success with the 1962 instrumental hit 'Telstar'. As well as the songs mentioned in the question, Fury had success with 'Jealousy' (1961) and 'Like I've Never Been Gone' (1963) among many others. He died in 1983 at the far too young age of forty-two.

The statue in the photo was originally part of the Museum of Liverpool Life, which was closed in 2006 so the site could be redeveloped for the new, modernistic, Museum of Liverpool, which opened in 2011. One of its rooms is named 'Wondrous Place' in honour of Billy Fury.

Answer: The Three Graces

The buildings all date from the early part of the twentieth century and were built on the site of St. George's Dock. The area is known as the Pier Head, and the ferries which travel across the Mersey dock here, as well as the ferry to the Isle of Man. The cruise liners began returning to Liverpool in 2012, with the Queen Mary II having made a visit on a scheduled cruise in May 2013 (I saw her from the Wirral side of the Mersey while driving to work).

The Liver Building is topped by the famous Liver birds, and the locals will tell you that the one looking out over the river is the female, waiting for her mate to return from the sea. The one overlooking the city is the male, looking to see if the pubs are open...

Answer: Lime Street

Lime Street station opened in 1836, and has links to Euston station in London. It also has local services, including those to Wirral via a tunnel under the river Mersey. Places of interest near to the station are St. George's Hall, which is opposite, another of Liverpool's listed buildings. Also nearby are the Walker Art Gallery, called 'the National Gallery of the North', and the Liverpool Empire Theatre, which hosted many early appearances by The Beatles. Lime Street was mentioned in their version of the traditional song 'Maggie May', which appeared on their final album 'Let it Be', released in 1970.

The other names are all names of stations in Liverpool.

Answer: Men's urinals

Hope Street is one of the most interesting areas of Liverpool, with the huge Anglican Cathedral (designed by a Catholic architect) at one end and the Catholic Cathedral (designed by an Anglican architect) at the other. Among the buildings to be found there are the Everyman Theatre, the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (co-founded by Paul McCartney) and the Philharmonic Hall, home of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

The Philharmonic Dining Rooms are a Grade II listed building, with many notable features, but the urinals are particularly famous, being built of rose coloured marble. Visitors, including female, are allowed to see them, but I have not yet viewed them personally.

Answer: Spion Kop

Liverpool is one of several clubs to adopt the name, although it is probably the most famous. Other grounds with 'kops' are Elland Road, home of Leeds United, and Sheffield United's Bramall Lane. It was first used in 1904 when a journalist described the fans viewing a match from an earthen terrace as resembling soldiers on the hilltop at the Battle of Spion Kop.

This reference was to the Manor Ground occupied by Woolwich Arsenal, but the name quickly spread and was used by Liverpool in 1906. The original battle was fought in 1900 as part of the Second Boer War in South Africa.

Answer: European Capital of Culture

The sculpture was designed, as a four inch model, by Taro Chiezo, and was intended as a comment on the problems of genetic engineering. The lamb's head and banana tail both relate to Liverpool's history as a port. The statue in the photo is around seventeen feet tall, and was then situated in Tithebarn Street, although it has been in other locations around the city.

The smaller versions, about four feet tall, were created as part of the celebrations of Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture in 2008, jointly with Stavanger in Norway.

The replicas were placed in various locations around the city, and in other parts of Merseyside, including Wirral, Formby and Runcorn. One was placed in Euston station, in London, and another at the top of Moel Famau, a hill in north Wales. Each one was different, and painted in designs ranging from likenesses of people, such as Rafa Benitez and John Lennon, to abstract designs.

They were auctioned for charity at the end of the celebration, and most have disappeared, but a few can still be found in unexpected places in the city.

Answer: Children's home

Strawberry Field was originally built as a family home, but was bought by the Salvation Army in 1934 to be used as a children's home. John Lennon used to play in the grounds, and attend the garden fetes held there. The home was closed in 2005 and the property was taken over by a religious group. John wrote the song 'Strawberry Fields Forever', which was released as a double A side single in 1967 with 'Penny Lane' on the other side.

The name has transferred across the Atlantic, as the memorial to Lennon in New York's Central Park is called Strawberry Fields.

Answer: Meccano

Hornby was born in Liverpool in 1863 and died there, in Maghull, in 1936. He founded Meccano Limited in 1901, and the construction toy he created was still being made in the early twenty-first century. The strips of metal, with nuts and bolts, gears and other components, allowed the imaginative child to create many engineering wonders. Hornby's model railways were marketed under his own name, and Hornby plc was also still active in the early 2000s. Dinky Toys were miniatures of road vehicles, including cars, vans, tractors and tanks.

Answer: Mathew Street

The original Cavern Club opened in 1957, and The Beatles first performed there in February 1961. The club closed in 1973, with the site being filled in during work on the underground railway. A new, smaller, version was opened in 1984 occupying much of the same site.

The statue of John Lennon is opposite the new Cavern, next to the wall made from bricks engraved with the names of all the artists who have appeared at the Cavern. Mathew Street is near the city centre, easily accessed from James Street station, and is another of Liverpool's popular tourist attractions.