This Christmas 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!

In 1712 a new tax was introduced. Dubbed “a tax on knowledge” what was it really a tax on. Bristol was first in the country to have one.
Who sits astride a horse in the centre of Queen Square?
In what street was Bristol’s first ever public library, opened in 1740?
What famous movie star lived in Chalk’s Road, Redfield before becoming famous?
A Bristol sea captain Woodes Rogers rescued Alexander Selkirk from a Pacific Island in 1709 – what book did it inspire?
Goldilocks and the Three Bears was written by a Bristol author. What was his name?
A street in Speedwell has a name first suggested as a joke, but adopted in 2020. What is the road name?
In 2009 queues formed outside Bristol Museum for an exhibition by which artist?
The house of which poet still stands near St Mary Redcliffe Church?
The ethereal piece of music “The Lark Ascending” was completed at Kings Weston House, Bristol in 1914 by which composer?

Find the answers here