Famous People Connected with Lancashire

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1. This Member of Parliament represented the same Lancashire constituency for 35 years. She was a member of the Labour Party and after her retirement from Parliament, she was the leader of the Labour group in the European Parliament for 10 years. Who was she? Shirley Williams Margaret Beckett Barbara Castle Mo Mowlam

2. Who was the conductor of Manchester's Halle orchestra from 1943 until 1970? John Barbirolli Benjamin Britten Malcom Sargent Arthur Bliss

3. He was one of a motorcar-manufacturing partnership who set up his own firm in Hulme (in Manchester) in 1884 in a workshop that would later produce one of the world's most famous cars. What was his surname? Rolls Morris Austin Royce

4. Who was the main speaker at the 1819 protest meeting at St Peter's Fields, Manchester which was to become infamous for the massacre which took place? William Cobden William Cobbett John Bright Henry Hunt

5. Which Sussex and England cricketer became Bishop of Liverpool in 1975? Denis Compton Len Hutton David Sheppard Ted Dexter

6. Who was the engineer of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway which opened in 1830? Isambard Kingdom Brunel James Brindley Thomas Telford George Stephenson

7. Which Scotsman was appointed manager of Manchester United Football Club in 1945? Bobby Charlton Alf Ramsey Matt Busby Bobby Moore

8. He was born in Derbyshire and in 2000 set the record as the longest-serving cast member of the Lancashire-based soap opera 'Coronation Street'. What is the name of his character? Mike Baldwin Ken Barlow Alf Roberts Jack Duckworth

9. This man was born in Germany and as a young man was sent to Manchester to manage one of his father's cotton factories there. He was shocked by the working class conditions in Manchester and wrote an account called 'Conditions of the Working Classes in England'. What was his surname? Engels Lenin Marx Trotsky

10. Which Yorkshire man became known as 'Mr Blackpool'? Reginald Dixon Charlie Cairoli Stanley Matthews Ken Dodd