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Christmas Quiz

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MWS

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EDIT - I will highlight the questions answered correctly in green. Which doesn't stop anyone having a go, just that the answers have already been given.

A multi-part quiz covering a range of subjects and styles. Clicking on the title of each quiz will take you directly to it. With regards the area quizzes, some areas may appear more than once. I've tried to be as careful as possible but if you do spot any mistakes, let me know.

Please allow others to have a try before posting answers. Thanks.

Local Geography Quizzes (post 2)
Three separate quizzes.
Areas of Birmingham (ish) Quiz - similar to previously but this time most of the answers are from the surrounding area, with only a few from Birmingham itself.
Opposites - each clue represents the opposite of an area of Birmingham or the surrounding region.
Gibberish - each clue is an anagram of an area or areas of or bordering Birmingham. The first eight are all areas with two words, whilst the final six are two single word areas with a connection.

Famous People Crossword (posts 3 and 4)
Similar to previous, each answer is the surname of a person from or connected with Birmingham or the surrounding area and once solved the red letters will spell out an answer associated with Birmingham. Please note there may be more than one answer that fits a couple of questions, these people will be related - siblings, father & son etc - surname will be the same so either/any will do.

Music and History (post 5)
Two separate quizzes.
Top of the Brummie Pops - each of the listed songs from bands/singers with a Birmingham (or nearby) connection peaked at a different position in the UK top 10. Match each song with it's position to give a virtual top 10.
Birmingham History Timeline - each of these is an event in the history of Birmingham. Match each event to one of the years given.

Street Map (post 6)
The map (click to enlarge) is of the centre of Birmingham, from which I have removed a number of street names. Solve the following clues and locate the street. Please note the map originally contained some streets that were not labelled.

Picture Quiz (post 7)
Each of the pictures (click to enlarge) is of a Birmingham building and each corresponds to a number on the map. However, to make it a little more tricky, four of the numbers are red herrings.
 
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Local Geography Quizzes

Areas of Birmingham (ish) Quiz

1. No skip and no jump needed here.
2. Shouts out to Farrell or Hargreaves.
3. When and where the daffodils bloom.
4. Comes after Tuesbury maybe.
5. Keeps Lassie in.
6. Used by a cob to snare a mate.
7. Understand the French.
8. Idiots but they're ok.
9. Where Jack would keep his mother-of-pearl.
10. A site to see in Carcassonne.
11. Adventurous nothing more.
12. Jim finish it.
13. Where the old king would have a good view.
14. Used by Bertie to catch roach.
15. Everybody together.

Opposites

1. Southwood
2. Basement's Ripe
3. Loosefreeze
4. Stag Spend
5. Smoothly
6. Hill Start
7. Pups Brown
8. Peacestick
9. Big Marsh
10. Bullmetal

Gibberish

1. Goes by rend reel
2. Mop or cry men
3. Head hid rust
4. All the hams
5. No strong ink
6. Cave all set
7. Ever gets urn
8. Show me cold lye
9. Stand be no goats
10. I go he has goth
11. Wily rent today
12. Silly chat try eels
13. Broil from shy red
14. My beer has no lore
 
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Famous People Crossword

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questions in following post

 
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Famous People Crossword Questions

1. Rung at Butlin's maybe but sings at concerts.
2. As a doctor she survived a concentration camp only to become a doctor's aunt!
3. Kept attackers out, no port needed.
4. Did he stick to the rules, statistically I hope so.
5. He had the right type of mettle to succeed.
6. A Greek island that has A View To A Kill.
7. Falling asleep for two decades whilst reading his tales would probably be ironic.
8. The reason to enter a lumberjack's raffle, especially in Autumn '66.
9. A bread making robot.
10. Zadie, Harvey, Louis, Dean, Delia, Maggie.
11. Would you find him in Marge and Homer's kitchen?
12. A centurion, a roundhead or a Commando is. Is that news?
13. Both a father and a god among glassmakers.
14. A Scottish sea monster, a knock-out.
15. You would have seen many children in his homes.
16. If there are steps to stardom, it may have been 39 for her.
17. He managed to get about but you'd think he'd be most at home at St Andrew's.
18. Sounds certain, acting professionally his judgements were.

 
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Music and History

Top of the Brummie Pops

1. Paranoid (Black Sabbath)
2. Nights In White Satin (The Moody Blues)
3. The Wild Boys (Duran Duran)
4. Mr Bluesky (ELO)
5. I Want To Be Free (Toyah)
6. Red Red Wine (UB40)
7. She Drives Me Crazy (Fine Young Cannibals)
8. We'll Bring The House Down (Slade)
9. Fire Brigade (The Move)
10. Storm In A Teacup (The Fortunes)

Birmingham History Timeline

1. Joseph Hudson invents the Acme Thunderer.
2. John Cadbury opens his first shop on Bull Street.
3. Statue of Horatio Nelson unveiled in the Bull Ring.
4. Richard Ketley founds the world's first Building Society.
5. Oscar Deutsch opens his first cinema in Brierley Hill.
6. Birmingham Town Hall Opens.
7. The first train arrives at Curzon Street Station.
8. St Chad's becomes a Cathedral.
9. First edition of Aris's Birmingham Gazette published.
10. Birmingham city play Middlesbrough in the first game at St Andrew's.
11. John Baskerville designs his Baskerville serif typeface.
12. Warwickshire CCC win their first County Championship.
13. Joseph Chamberlain becomes Chancellor of the University of Birmingham.
14. Birmingham Assay Office moves to Newhall Street.
15. West Bromwich Albion win the (old) First Division for the only time.

1741 - 1757 - 1775 - 1809 - 1824 - 1834 - 1838 - 1852 - 1877 - 1884 - 1900 - 1906 - 1911 - 1920 - 1928

 
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Street Map

1839 edit.jpg

1. Even if you see one here it still doesn't make a summer.
2. Not somewhere Napoleon would like to be seen.
3. Thirsty? Maybe this should be your destination.
4. Sounds like you could find a small Scottish gent here.
5. Tread carefully it might break.
6. Can't spend a penny here, it'll cost you a dollar.
7. A favourite location of Arthur and Bob.
8. Avoid if you fear bird attacks.
9. Somewhere for a religious ceremony maybe.
10. A fun place for a Clydesdale or a Shire.
11. Is a drawbridge crossed to get here?
12. No, whites are not compulsory here.
13. No doubt about it, this is not the centre of Birmingham.
14. Where sweethearts may go, just once a year.
15. Looks like a disagreement between two Rabbis.

 
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I assume that if we post an answer you want us to include the quiz title as well?

Have deciphered some of the "gibberish" clues but not posting yet.
 
Famous People:
10. The answer is Smith, but perhaps another forename is required to fit in the grid?
 
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Close but not Smith or AllSmith.

Hopwas wrong also.

With the Street Map, the location of the streets as well. Between suchandsuch and suchandsuch St perhaps or by a named building.
 
3. When and where the daffodils bloom.

Saw the palm trees down Summer Lane, so the daffodils may be Spring Hill ?
 
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