Living North's Big Christmas Quiz: For The North West
How well do you know where you're from?
1. What was a famous 19th-century nickname for Manchester?
a. Leatheropolis
b. Woolopolis
c. Cottonopolis
2. Which battle took place in August 1648?
a. Battle of Carlisle
b. Battle of Preston
c. Battle of Morecambe
3. In which city are the Calderstones – a collection of Neolithic remnants of a tomb?
4. In the Middle Ages, the Merseyside area was largely controlled by two rich, influential families – the Molyneux family was one, what was the other, which shares its name with a famous Liverpool park?
1 c. Cottonopolis
2 b. Battle of Preston
3 Livepool
4 Stanley
1. What was Manchester author Anthony Burgess’s most famous book?
a. Views from Dystopia
b. A Clockwork Orange
c. Naked Lunch
2. Chester-born Daniel Craig portrayed which poet in the 2003 film Sylvia?
a. Ted Hughes
b. John Betjeman
c. Cecil Day-Lewis
3. What was Lancashire musician Wallace Hartley’s claim to fame?
a. He played solely for King George VI – even at short notice
b. He played on the ill-fated Titanic voyage
c. He played on the pitch before the final of the 1966 football World Cup
4. Near Preston, what did James I reputedly remark after sampling a particularly tasty cut of beef?
5. Which famous northern woman had the maiden name Goulden?
1 b. A Clockwork Orange
2 a. Ted Hughes
3 b. He played on the ill-fated Titanic voyage
4 Arise, Sir Loin!’ (the emphasis must be put on the word reputedly)
5 Emmeline Pankhurst
1. What is ‘Manchester caviar’?
a. Rich, gloopy gravy
b. Mushy peas
c. Extra tart ketchup
2. Which town is often regarded as the official Pie Capital of the UK?
a. Rochdale
b. Bolton
c. Wigan
3. Sometimes seen in cookbooks, which of the following best describes a Chester Pudding?
a. Victoria sponge – with ice cream
b. Lemon meringue pie
c. Treacle tart
4. 19th-century Cumbrian pioneer Sarah Nelson is famous for which foodstuff?
1 b. Mushy peas
2 c. Wigan
3 b. Lemon meringue pie
4 Grasmere Gingerbread
1. What is the name of Kevin Sinfield’s rugby-playing son?
a. Tom
b. Jack
c. Ben
2. In which year did Steven Gerrard make his senior debut for Liverpool FC?
a. 1998
b. 1999
c. 2000
3. Where do Kendal Rugby Club play their home matches?
a. Liquorice Lane
b. Mint Bridge
c. Allsorts Avenue
4. Born in 1991, which Merseyside golfer shares his surname with a town approximately four miles north of Blackpool?
5. Founded in 1962, the Lancashire Spinners play which sport?
1 b. Jack
2 a. 1998
3 b. Mint Bridge
4 Tommy Fleetwood
5 Basketball
1. Set in Salford, whose ‘choice’ was it in the title of a 1931 film?
a. Gregson’s
b. Hobson’s
c. Peterson’s
2. Screen legend Victoria Wood was born in which county?
a. Lancashire
b. Merseyside
c. Cumbria
3. In the dark comedy series The League of Gentlemen, who plays Pauline?
a. Jeremy Dyson
b. Steve Pemberton
c. Reece Shearsmith
1 b. Hobson’s
2 a. Lancashire
3 b. Steve Pemberton
1. Who was The Beatles’s original bass player?
2. Which Bangles song did Atomic Kitten cover?
3. What was Oasis’s debut single?
1 Stuart Sutcliffe
2 Eternal Flame
3 Supersonic
1. Martindale in the Lake District is well known for its population of which mammal?
a. Weasel
b. Red deer
c. Badger
2. In 2020, a pair of which large rodents were released into a nature reserve near Delamere Forest, Cheshire?
3. In 2015, an incredibly rare grasshopper was photographed in Greater Manchester – what colour was it?
1 b. Red deer
2 Beavers
3 Pink
1. In Keswick, tourists can visit which object, which is detailed in Guinness World Records at almost eight metres in length?
2. What is the name of the famous panopticon musical sculpture that overlooks Burnley?
3. To the nearest mile, how long are the Blackpool Illuminations?
1 Coloured pencil
2 The Singing Ringing Tree
3 Six
