Manchester Trivia Quiz

Answer: Chip Barm

A Chip Barm is short for a Chip Barmcake, essentially hot chips on a bread roll. A Chiko Roll is an Australian "delicacy" you would buy from a chippy. Pad Thai is a Thai dish and not on any chippy menu! Calamari rings would be available from many chippies in Australia but not in Manchester.

Answer: Victoria

The Manchester Arena was originally built as part of Manchester's bid for the Olympic games of 2000. Although the bid was unsuccessful the Arena has been a huge success. Some events from the arena's history include: Take That, Kylie Minogue, Paul McCartney and Pavarotti concerts, Mike Tyson and Ricky Hatton boxing fights and Manchester United's homecoming after winning the Treble in 1999.

Answer: Rochdale AFC

Rochdale Association Football Club was founded in 1907. It has generally spent most of its time in England lowest division. However, they were League cup runners up in 1961/62 and promoted to division 3 for a few years in 1969.

Answer: University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology

UMIST can trace their routes back to the Mechanics Institute in Manchester, which was established in 1824, and as such this makes it the oldest university in Manchester. It has now merged with the University of Manchester.

Answer: 1990

It began on 1 April 1990 in the unlikely location of the Victorian prison's chapel. It raged for 25 days, claiming the lives of two men and making headlines around the world.

Answer: Yes

It does rain more in Manchester than a lot of the rest of England. It is mainly because we get most of our weather from the Gulf stream. It hits the UK from the west and heads east. As the Pennine mountain range is just to the east of Manchester, the clouds empty over Manchester before they get to the mountains.

This damp weather was one of the reasons why Manchester had such a successful cotton industry. (Of course a few other cities that are to the west of the Pennines receive similar rainfall)

Answer: 10,000

The Trafford Centre was opened in 1998 and has around 280 stores. It is one of the biggest and most successful shopping centres in Britain.

Answer: Heaton Park

Heaton Park was part of the estate of the Earls of Wilton. It contains Heaton Hall, a farm, a boating lake, trams and various other attractions.

Answer: Albert Square

Christmas is a good time to visit Albert Square. The town hall is well decorated and there are European markets selling crafts, cheeses and wines. Later you can go in the Square Albert pub for a drink.

Answer: Stollen Cake

Stollen cake is a German Christmas recipe whereas all the others are Jewish. Caraway bread is made with caraway seeds and is sometimes called black bread. Bagels are slightly sweet bread rolls made with a hole in the middle and pletzels are another slightly sweet roll, often sprinkled with poppy seeds.

Answer: Holts

The Holts brewery is not far from Manchester's Victoria Station. Historically most of the Holts' pubs were in Salford, Eccles, Swinton, Broughton and Prestwich, or in Manchester itself. But they've spread further afield now and are still expanding. (A few people may have expected Boddington's to be in the list of answers for this question but the Strangeway's brewery has now closed and the beer is being produced elsewhere.)

Answer: AJ Bell Stadium

The team moved to the AJ Bell Stadium in 2012. Previously, their home ground was The Willows, a variety centre where you can see many cabaret shows or eat at the restaurant.

Answer: Alfie (2004)

The 2004 remake of the film 'Alfie' was based in New York but some of the outside scenes were filmed in Manchester. The appearance of several streets in central Manchester where changed to look like New York. American cars and taxis were used. The movie starred Jude Law.

Answer: Dartboard

The Manchester dartboard is black and smaller than a normal dartboard. The numbers are in different positions and there is no treble area. They have been going since the 1930s. They are made out of wood, usually elm, and are died black. The boards have to be kept soaked in water when they are not being used to prevent them from drying up and cracking.

Answer: Darren Campbell

Darren Campbell was born in Manchester on September the 12th, 1973. He runs for Sale Harriers athletics club. He also performed well in the 2002 Commonwealth Games, which were held in Manchester. He won the bronze medal in the 200m's and anchored the sprint relay team to win gold in the 4x400m's.

Answer: Beetham Tower

Previous to the building of the Beetham Tower, the tallest building was the CIS Tower. The Co-Op Insurance Services tower is 25 stories high and over 400ft tall. Originally it was covered with mosaic tiles but they have now been replaced with solar panels which create enough energy to make nearly nine millions cups of tea a year.

It was built around 1960 and is still a major landmark today.

Answer: 0161

It used to be 061. 0151 is Liverpool, and 0121 is Birmingham. Glasgow is 0141.

Answer: The Farm

The Farm are from Liverpool.

Answer: 1996

On Saturday 15 June 1996, at a peak shopping time on Father's Day weekend, a 3,000lb IRA bomb exploded in Manchester, injuring more than 200 people and ripping into the city's main shopping centre. In a state of shocked disbelief, police had begun clearing people from the area some 40 minutes before the blast. Luckily, nobody was killed.

Answer: Black and Tan

The Manchester Terrier is a descendant of the rough coated English Terrier. It was originally bred to assist hounds in the 16th century. They make good guard dogs or pets.