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Exploring Liverpool: A Quiz on History and Culture

Test your knowledge about Liverpool with this informative quiz covering its history, culture, and notable landmarks.

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1 What is the area code of Liverpool?

2 What does the following picture show?  A map of Liverpool's original seven streets (north to the left)   Liverpool was the port of registry of the ill-fated ocean liner, the RMS Titanic. The words Titanic, Liverpool could be seen on the stern of the ship that sunk in April 1912 with the loss of 1,517 lives (including numerous Liverpudlians). A Memorial to the Engine Room Heroes of the Titanic is located on the city's waterfront.   Lime Street, Liverpool in the 1890s, St. George's Hall to the left, Great North Western Hotel to the right, Walker Art Gallery and Sessions House in the background. Statues of Prince Albert, Disraeli, Queen Victoria and Wellington's Column in the middle ground.   Liverpool was the birthplace of the Beatles

3 What does the following picture show?  Albert Dock, home to the Tate Liverpool   A map of Liverpool's original seven streets (north to the left)   The ornamental gate to Chinatown, Liverpool   20 Forthlin Road is one of many tourist attractions related to The Beatles.

4 What is the urban population of Liverpool?

5 Although he is not known to have ever visited Liverpool, ________ famously had a vivid dream of the city which he analysed in one of his works.

6 Professional basketball is played in the city with the addition of Everton Tigers into the elite ________ in 2007.

7 The population density of Liverpool: How many people are there per square kilometre?

8 The latest plan has been to move beyond Liverpool's council boundary to ________, but this has proved controversial with some fans, as well as members of the local community.

9 What does the following picture show?  Goodison Park, the home of Everton F.C   The Echo Arena   A number of Liverpool City Council services are based in the Municipal Buildings   School of Tropical Medicine, the first in the world

10 ________ has a long, if low key, history in the city with Liverpool Football Club were formed in 1857 making them the oldest open rugby teams in the world.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the "most generous man in Liverpool" was John Cropper.
  • although St Benet's Chapel, Netherton, Liverpool, was built in 1793, when Catholics were free to worship openly, it was concealed behind the presbytery.
  • a finished study for The Death of Nelson by Daniel Maclise in Westminster Palace is in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.
  • the Liverpool businessman Sir Arthur Forwood was the first shipowner to become an Admiralty minister, and the first serving town councillor to be appointed as a privy councillor.
  • the Church of St Matthew and St James is described in the Buildings of England series as "one of the best Victorian churches in Liverpool".
  • the Liverpool Scottish, a unit of the British Territorial Army, was raised in 1900 from Scotsmen living in Liverpool, England.
  • the Liverpool Blitz was a sustained bombing campaign on the city of Liverpool, United Kingdom, by the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War.
  • the Liverpool Irish was the popular name for a battalion of the British King's Regiment raised by Liverpool's large Irish community in 1860.
  • St George's Church, Everton (pictured) and St Michael's Church, Aigburth were two of the three churches in Liverpool built by John Cragg which contained many cast iron components.
  • the Beatles' song "Polythene Pam" was partly inspired by a Liverpool fan who ate polyethylene.
  • Liverpool-based singer-songwriter Eugene McGuinness once performed for Sir Paul McCartney.
  • Liverpool businessman Sir William Bower Forwood raised money for the building of the Liverpool Overhead Railway and Liverpool Cathedral.
  • All Saints' Church, Childwall is the only medieval church in the metropolitan borough of Liverpool, England.
  • La Princesse (pictured), a giant mechanical spider, roamed the streets of Liverpool, England as part of the 2008 European City of Culture celebrations.
  • SS President (pictured) became the first transatlantic steamship to founder when she disappeared in 1841 en route from New York to Liverpool with 136 people on board.
  • Oakmere Hall in Cheshire was built for John and Thomas Johnson of Runcorn but they became bankrupt before it was completed and the house was sold to a Liverpool merchant.
  • Liverpool actor and guitarist Ozzie Yue used to flick pieces of paper at Paul McCartney in art class when they attended the Liverpool Institute High School for Boys.
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