Explore Glasgow: A Quiz on Its Culture and History Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

in 1865, Dr Edward William Pritchard, who poisoned his wife and mother-in-law, became the last person to be publicly executed in Glasgow.

in 1998, a study proposed to relocate Jordanhill railway station, a station currently located in Glasgow, Scotland near the Jordanhill Campus of the University of Strathclyde and the Jordanhill School that opened in 1887.

the Cheapside Street Whisky Bond Fire in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1960 was (and remains) the worst peace time loss of life for the United Kingdom fire services.

the Willow Tearooms, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, is the most famous of many new Glasgow tearooms opened in the early 20th century due to the emergence of the Temperance movement .

a Glasgow-born railway engineer, John Harley, was responsible for revolutionizing the way Uruguay played football.

Greenbank Gardens near Glasgow, Scotland were built by Robert Allason, a slave trader.

Bud Neill was a Scottish newspaper cartoonist whose best loved strip was set in "Calton Creek", a fictional Arizona outpost of the wild west populated with Glaswegians, including Sherriff "Lobey Dosser" who rode a two-legged horse.

Clyde Fastlink, a planned £42m dedicated bus service, is an interim measure for Glasgow's proposed light rail system.

Clyde Tunnel in Glasgow was built rather than a bridge to not interfere with shipping, a concern which was out of date by the tunnel's completion.

Glasgow's Wellington Church was founded in 1792 as an Anti-Burgher congregation.

Explore Glasgow: A Quiz on Its Culture and History

1 The city centre is based on a grid system of streets, similar to that of ________ or American cities, on the north bank of the River Clyde.

2 [21] The city now resides in the Mercer index of top 50 safest cities in the world[22] and is considered by ________ to be one of the world's top 10 tourist cities.

3 The history of football in the city, as well as the status of the ________, attracts many visitors to football matches in the city throughout the season.

4 The prestigious MOBO Awards were held at the SECC, on 30 September 2009, making Glasgow the first out-of-________ city to host the event since its launch in 1995.

5 As the ________ and the wealth it brought to the city resulted in the expansion of Glasgow's central area westward, the original medieval centre was left behind.

6 What is the metropolitan population of Glasgow?

7 Which of the following languages is spoken in Glasgow?

8 Very little of ________ Glasgow remains, the two main landmarks from this period being the 15th century Provand's Lordship and 13th century St. Mungo's Cathedral.

9 The city is notable for architecture designed by the Glasgow School, the most notable exponent of that style being ________.

10 A huge part of the economic life of Glasgow was once located in Springburn, where the Saracen Foundry, engineering works of firms like ________ and locomotive workshops employed many Glaswegians.

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