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1. In what year did the ROMANS leave the Manchester Area?

166
450
411
199

2. In what year was the founding of the MANCHESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL?

1515
1754
1528
1872

3. Who founded the MANCHESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL?

William Marsden
Hugh Oldham
John Greenwood
John Dalton

4. Who was ANNIE KENNEY?

An actress prominent in the Manchester Theatres
A Manchester based suffragette
A mill worker who became the first woman to lead a strike
The first woman member of the Manchester Corporation

5. Who was JOHN POTTER?

A canal engineer
A winner of a VC in a Manchester battalion in the First World War
A Mill Architect
A Mayor of Manchester

6. What connection had LLOYD GEORGE with the district of Manchester?

He was the first Prime Minister to visit Manchester
He was active in supporting the commercial activities of the Manchester Royal Exchange
It was the place of his birth
He was alleged to have kept a mistress in Manchester

7. Who was ROY CHADWICK?

One of the players in the original Manchester City football team
A prominant activist in the formation of the Halle Orchestra
A Manchester born Aircraft Engineer
One the first person killed in the Peterloo Riot

8. In what year was Manchester City beaten by Bolton Wanderers in the FA CUP FINAL?

1938
1949
1926
1929

9. Who was JACKIE BROWN?

A popular comedian at the Manchester Hippodrome
A trade union activist arrested in Manchester during the first World War
A Manchester policeman killed in a riot during the late Victorain period
A Manchester boxer

10. What year was Manchester's MIDLAND HOTEL opened?

1904
1898
1922
1893