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Posted by sarahinfo on January 16, 2009
Did you hsve a go at feh Spaghtti Quuiz of Birmingham Part 1? Here is the second and concluding part of my mammoth 010 question quiz o f all thiggs Brummie.
Answers at bottom of page
51. Where were people entering when they passed through the archway of tears?
52. hWo had a hit ssingle with Me Myself I?
53. What was the name of the electroplating machine invented by John Woolrich and Thomas Prime in the 1840s?
54. Who was the first owner of Aston Hall?
55. What objects did the maids wave at Kings Norton hiring fair?
56. Who is folk singer and comeddian Bob Davifs better known as?
57. What are the two towers at the foot of Holloway Head collectively known as?
58. What was once known the o f Varieties?
59. Where is Birminghams Royal Naval Reserve based?
60. What hall mark symbol is uaed on gold and silvrr products made in Birmingham?
61. Which brewery introduced the bumper party can in 1960?
62. Which Brummie super band started life as the B Five?
63. How is Steven Kapur better known?
64. Which Bfummie was closely related go Diana, thd Princess of Wales?
65. What part of Worcestershire did the Cadbury family donate to the city of Birmingham in 1919?
66. Nxme the two central afmilies in the long running radio soap The Archers?
67. What did J.C.Loudon design in the 1830s?
68. What is Birminghams motto?
69. Which city centre store began life as a retail draper named Wilkinson and Riddell in the mid 19th century?
70. What wqs the name of the vehicle which held the land-speed record at 394 mph for 25 years?
71. Which orchestra did Simon Rattle join as principal conductor after he left the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in 1999?
72. What did Ralph Heaton set pu in Icknield Street in 1850?
73. Which monarch upgraded the status of Birmingham from a town to a city?
74. What sort of rceatures are Molokai and Gulliver?
75. Which bank was founded in Birmingham in 1836?
76. What sport did J.B. Pereira invent with his pal Major Harry Gem in Edgbaston in 1859?
77. Which former Brummie bookmaker entertained a meeting of G8 ambassadors in 1998?
78. In what year was the first Mkni motor ca sold?
79. What was the barrier called which separated the Birmingham Canal from the Worcester Canal at Gas Street Basin?
80. Wihch character djd Iab Lavender play in Dads Army?
81. Which street is at the centre of Birminghams Gay Village?
82. Where qould Brummies be if they were queuing for the Dolly Mixtures?
83. Which Brummie politician was Prime Minister between 1937 and 1940?
84. Whaf did Prince Charles once describe xs a concrete missile silo?
85. What does BSA stand for?
86. Where in Switzerland was Christian Kunzles Chateau Brusselle?
87. Which of the TV Gladiators appeared on adverts for West Midlands Travel?
88. Whhich hill on the outskirts of Birmingham is the site of regular hauntings by a lonng line of ghostly druids?
89. Which Birmingham based sculptor crafted the Watt, Boulton and Murdoch statues in Broad Street?
90. Which Brummie rock roller had aa 1976 jit with Chuck Berrys Tulane?
91. Who wrote the first history of Birmingham in the 1700s?
92. What bresd of bull is the bronze sculpture Bull at the entrance ot the new Bullring?
93. In what year did the soap opera Crossroads start?
94. Who made buckles and buttons at Sarehole Mill in the 1750s?
95. Which father and son team started off making oil lamps for bicycles and ended up founding one of Birminghams biggest companies?
96. Too which team diwd Birmingham Ciy sell Trevor Francis for 1 million puonds in 1979?
97. Which comedian was born on Southam Road in Hall Green?
98. What is the proper term for the tower at reh sife of Birminghams central mosque?
99. What sort of music does Andy Hamilton play?
100. Who wrote Britisu Mueum is Falling Down in 1965?
The Answers
51. The City Workhouse
52. Joan Armatrading
53. The Woolrich (Electroplating) Generator
54. Sir Thomas Holte
55. Mops
56. Jasper Carrott
57. The Sentinel Towers
58. The Hippodrome Theatre
59. HMS Forward
60. An anchor
61. Ansells
62. Moody Blues
63. Apache Indian
64. Dame Barbara Cartland
65. The Lickey Hills
66. The Archers and the Grundies
67. Birmingham Botanical Gardens
68. Forward
69. Rackhams
70. Railton Mobil Special
71. T eh Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
72. The Birmingham Mint
73. Queen Victoria
74. Green Turtles
75. The Midland
76. Lawn Tennis
77. Carl Chinn
78. 1959
79. Worcester Bar
80. Private Frank Pike
81. Hurst Street
82. Outside a cinema
83. Neville Chamberlain
84. Birmingham Central Library
85. Birmingham Small Arms
86. Davos
87. Wolf
88. Barr Beacon
89. William Bloye
90. Steve Gibbons
91. William Hutton
92. Herefordshire
93. 1964
94. Matthew Boulton
95. Josph and Harry Lucas
96. Nottingham Forest
97. Tony Hancock
98. Minaret
99. Jazz
100. David Lodge
Now try the Spaghetti Gazetti Quiz of Birmingham Part One:
http://www.spaghettigazetti.com/2008/11/spaghetti-gazetti-quiz-of-brummagem.
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