Five Places Paired Trivia Quiz

Answer: New Sarum

Salisbury is the only city in the county of Wiltshire, although the local government seat is in the smaller town of Trowbridge. The original settlement in the region was on a nearby hill, with an Iron Age fort marking the area which was known as Old Sarum.

The modern Salisbury was built on the edge of Salisbury Plain, where Stonehenge is located. The city is famous for its cathedral, the building of which began in 1221, which boasts the highest spire in the United Kingdom.

Answer: Cecil Rhodes

You may remember that the country of Zimbabwe was originally known as Rhodesia, having been named in honour of Cecil Rhodes. The country covered a vast area and was split into Northern Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia in the early twentieth century. Fort Salisbury was named for the Prime Minister of the time, the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, rather than directly for the city in England. Salisbury retained its name for a few years following Zimbabwe's independence before being changed to Harare.

Answer: Textiles

Halifax was known for cloth production as long ago as the fifteenth century, when woollen goods were the main focus. By the time of the Industrial Revolution cotton goods and carpets were also produced in the town. The Piece Hall was built in 1779 as a location for the weavers to sell their goods, or 'pieces'.

The town created an early guillotine, known as the Halifax Gibbet, which dealt summary justice to anyone found guilty of stealing cloth.

Answer: Father Le Loutre's War

The area where Halifax is located was occupied by the indigenous population, the Mi'kmaq, and the British had signed a treaty in 1726, following Father Rale's War, which was broken by their arrival in 1749. The British invasion was fiercely resisted, with the local forces being led by Father Le Loutre, supported by the French.

The British prevailed, after six years, and Halifax was established. It became a city in 1842 and is the capital of Nova Scotia.

Answer: Encyclopaedia Britannica

The first version of the encylopaedia was issued in three volumes, between 1768 and 1771 and is the oldest one still being produced in English. The number of volumes increased over the years, reaching twenty in the early nineteenth century. In 1901 publication moved to the USA and the final printed version appeared in 2010 (in 32 volumes) as resources were moved to the online version.

The OED was initially published in London from 1888 onwards and "Who's Who" made its first appearance in 1849 by the then Edinburgh based publisher A & C Black. Roget's Thesaurus first appeared in 1852.

Answer: Gold

The gold was discovered at Gabriel's Gully and led to a huge influx of prospectors hoping to strike it rich. The main rush was soon over, and many of the settlements which had sprung up were deserted by 1864. The event meant that Dunedin had grown to be New Zealand's largest city, measured by population, in 1865.

It remains one of the country's main historic centres in the early twenty-first century. The Gaelic name for Edinburgh is Dun Eideann and the city in New Zealand was named directly from this.

Answer: Robert Curthose

Although the eldest, Robert did not inherit the English throne, which went instead to William II, also known as William Rufus. Robert became Duke of Normandy. He should have succeeded William when the latter died, but his younger brother, Henry, seized the throne instead. Newcastle-upon-Tyne was originally a Roman town, when it was known as Pons Aelius, and it is well known for its coal industry.

Answer: Shelled by submarine

The Australian Newcastle was named directly for its English counterpart, due to the coal mining which took place in the area - initially as a punishment for the most hardened convicts. The 1942 attack was one of a series of attacks made on New South Wales by midget submarines.

The Newcastle attack lasted only around fifteen minutes, and caused minimal damage and no casualties, although it is agreed by historians that the main purpose of the attack, and one earlier the same night on Sydney, was to spread fear among the population,

Answer: Church tower

The tower is particularly tall at 272 feet (83 metres), and its height is accentuated by the flatness of the surrounding area, with Lincolnshire being almost devoid of hills. The origins of the name are lost in the mists of time, and the Boston Stump is often used for the whole church, officially called St. Botolph's Church. Work on the tower began in 1450 and was completed between 1510 and 1520. Boston is not a walled town and I am not aware of any oak trees, or stumps, of great significance. Nelson wasn't born until 1758, although he was a native of East Anglia.

Answer: Cambridge

The Cambridge Agreement established the rights of a group of Puritans from England to settle in the Massachusetts Bay area, and be self-governing while still under the overall control of the English Crown. A big group of Puritans left England in 1630, with John Winthrop becoming the governor of the new settlement, which became the city of Boston.

The new city was named directly for its English counterpart. Boston was a key area in the American Revolution, with events such as the Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party and the Siege of Boston all being major steps leading towards America's independence from English control.