All about Manchester Trivia Quiz

Answer: Coronation Street

Coronation Street is one of the longest-running soaps on British TV, and also the most popular, alongside Eastenders. Some episodes have attracted almost 20 million viewers, which equates to about one third of the population of the UK.

Answer: The Beatles

The Beatles hail from Liverpool, Manchester's neighbour 30 miles to the west. Both cities have a strong music culture, with many new and innovative bands emerging over the last few decades.

Answer: Castlefield

This is where the rivers Irwell and Medlock meet and as such was a good defensive position which the Romans took advantage of. By the 5th century, when the Romans left Britain, the settlement was home to an estimated 2000 people.
The site at Castlefield has been decimated by industrial development in the 18th and 19th centuries, however some ruins still survive.

Answer: Salford

It formed part of the Hundred (or Manor) of Salford, which then stretched from present-day areas Preston in the north to Stockport in the south, and from Warrington in the west to Rochdale in the east.

Answer: False

Manchester was actually on the side of the Roundheads, who were republicans led by Oliver Cromwell. There was no fighting in Manchester during the civil war, possibly because there was a fairly solid fort at the city, unlike many neighbouring towns which were much easier targets.

Answer: The Bridgewater Canal

Built in 1765, the canal transported coal to the city. It was very profitable and soon other canals were built. This transport network did almost as much to increase the region's prosperity as the railways of the next century.

Answer: Cotton

Lancashire was home to the cotton industry of Great Britain with hundreds of mills, some up to eight storeys high, in operation at the industry's peak. At this time Manchester and the other towns in the region produced 65% of the world's textiles.

Answer: Liverpool

It ran for 31 miles between the two cities and linked the industries of Manchester to the huge port of Liverpool. The opening ceremony was attended by the Prime Minister and several other important guests, one of whom (William Huskisson, MP for Liverpool) was run over and killed by one of the locomotives. It was by no means the first railway in the world, and in fact two freight lines were built in Britain in the five years beforehand; one from Stockton to Darlington and one from Bolton to Leigh.

It was, however, the most successful and within five years of operation was carrying 500,000 people a year between the two cities.

Answer: Viaducts

The railway company was unsure whether they wanted locomotives or stationary engines, so they held trials, the winner of which would be used on the new railway. The Rocket made it through the trials and was used in the opening ceremony on 15th September 1830, where it also tragically knocked over and killed William Huskisson.

Answer: All of these

Conditions in the early 19th century were especially bad, although improvements were made as time went by. A massive park building programme started in the 1840's to create open, healthy places for the people of Manchester to enjoy. Around the same time, efforts to improve public health were made with the opening of new hospitals and the creation of reservoirs to ensure a supply of clean water.

However, it was not until the early 20th century that conditions, especially in regard to housing, had been brought to acceptable levels.

Answer: The Guardian

Known as the Manchester Guardian until 1959, it relocated to London in 1976 to reflect its status as a national newspaper. It is still quite left-wing and radical, more so than most major newspapers in Britain today.

Answer: 1928

Women were first given the vote after the first world war, in the Representation of the People Act 1918. However, the voting age was set at thirty, well above the voting age for men which was twenty-one. This was changed in 1928 when both sexes were put on an even footing.

Answer: They were moved to a new site

The Wellington Inn was built in the 1550's and Sinclairs Oyster bar dates back to 1720. They had already been moved slightly (15ft upwards) in the 1970's to accommodate the Arndale shopping centre development and survived the bomb blast because they were surrounded by those new buildings. They were eventually moved 100m to their present site opposite the cathedral.

Answer: The Pennines

Known as the backbone of England, the Pennines (or rather the fact that Manchester lies directly to the west them) are the reason the city is rainier than most places in the UK. This is because the prevailing wind carries water vapour inland, and drops this in the form of rain when it is forced to rise over the uplands.

Answer: The Commonwealth Games

A number of new sporting venues were built for the Games and undoubtedly helped revive the city centre and outlying areas. The Games themselves were a great success and helped to promote Manchester as an international city.

Answer: Beach

Which is pretty much true. Without wanting to sound like a holiday brochure, Manchester has gained a reputation as a thoroughly modern city, rich in culture and bursting with things to do and see.

Answer: Gunchester

Greater Manchester was recently named the worst area for overall crime in the whole country, and there is a problem with gangs and guns in some parts of the city.

Answer: 2,585,800

Greater Manchester is a large area comprising ten districts, with Manchester at the centre. Other districts include Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan.

Answer: True

Up until 2004 they have also won the FA cup eleven times, the league cup once and the European Champions League twice.

Answer: The Imperial War Museum

The museum and art gallery are part of a wider redevelopment of the old dock areas of Salford and area linked by a stunning new bridge, designed by Daniel Libeskind, who also designed the new museum building - which is just as architechturally brilliant.