This Christmas, to celebrate the publication of the new Bristol Miscellany Volume 2, we’re once again delighted to provide you with a new festive quiz for you and your friends or work colleagues to share.
All the answers can be downloaded here, but are also found in Manson’s Bristol Miscellany Volume 2 - the perfect gift for a Bristolian this Christmas!
1. The Fire-Ball was the first train to leave Temple Meads station in August 1840. What destination did it reach 32 minutes later?
2. What was St Augustine’s Parade called after transport links were developed across Bristol?
3. What is the name of the sole survivor of the Campbell fleet of ships that once operated around the Bristol Channel?
4. Which Bristolian gave his name to the mark drawn on all cargo ships indicating the maximum depth to which they can be safely loaded?
5. The Bristol Boxkite was the first plane to be made in Bristol. Where was its inaugural flight?
6. What does BAC stand for?
7. In what area was Bristol’s first airport?
8. A “temporary” flyover was erected at Temple Gate in 1968. What year was it in use until?
9. Which Bristol bridge is named after an enslaved servant?
10. In 1816 the general surveyor of Bristol Turnpike Trust published a booklet on how to surface roads. What was his name?
11.. What was the name of Bristol’s milkmaid poet?
12. Bristolian Alexander Archibald Leach became famous under what name?
13. What was the name of the building described as “like a galleon in a modern port” that once stood on the corner of High Street and Wine Street?
14. What was Clifton Observatory originally built as?
15. Who was the author of the book Existencilism?
16. What did Felix Farley and other members of the Farley family produce in Bristol?
17. Approximately how many people made up the population of Bristol in 1600?
18. Architect Charles Holden designed Southgate Underground Station in London – and which Bristol building?
19. What Anglo Saxon Saint, celebrated to have brought a dead goose back to life, gave his name to a Bristol Church and district?
20. What did George Muller found in 1834 in Wilson Street, St Paul’s?
21. Which poet’s home is preserved close to St Mary Redcliffe Church?
