Q 01/05

Manchester grew from a Roman fort founded around AD 79 under what Latin name?

A) Mamucium

B) Deva Victrix

C) Eboracum

D) Londinium

Answer · why

A) Mamucium

Its remains are visible in Castlefield; the Brittonic root probably meant 'breast', for the hill the fort stood on, or possibly 'mother' for a river g...

Q 02/05

What are the people of Manchester called?

A) Manchesterians

B) Mancunians

C) Mancs only

D) Mamucians

Answer · why

B) Mancunians

The name descends from the Roman fort's; 'Manny', a nickname pushed by rapper Bugzy Malone, is disliked by many locals.

Q 03/05

Manchester's nickname 'Cottonopolis' reflected its role as the world's top market for what?

A) Woollen cloth

B) Raw silk

C) Cotton goods

D) Irish linen

Answer · why

C) Cotton goods

It was also called 'Warehouse City'; the boom made it the world's first industrialised city.

Q 04/05

Which city, 36 miles to the west, borders Manchester and shares its conurbation of 2.87 million people?

A) Liverpool

B) Stockport

C) Bolton

D) Salford

Answer · why

D) Salford

The city itself had 589,000 residents in 2024, historically part of Lancashire though it later absorbed parts of Cheshire.

Q 05/05

Where in Manchester did cavalry charge the crowd in the Peterloo Massacre of 1819?

A) Albert Square

B) Piccadilly Gardens

C) St Peter's Square

D) Castlefield

Answer · why

C) St Peter's Square

At least 18 died and more than 700 were hurt; the radical Manchester Observer coined the name.