Brizzle Quizzle
Have a go at this Bristol based quiz, see who knows the
most about our fine city.
1) What is the name of the train station in Bristol city centre?
2) Who is the Wills Memorial Building on Park Street named after?
3) What is the 'Arnolfini'?
4) What is 'the Downs'?
5) Where is Bristol's aquarium?
6) What is 'Cabot Circus'?
a. a local circus whose most famous clown is John Cabot.
b. a shopping centre in the centre of Bristol named after John
Cabot.
c. houses forming the shape of a circle, hence 'circus', built by
John Cabot.
7) Name the river that flows through the heart of Bristol
8) Apart from the University of Bristol, what other UK university
is located in Bristol?
9) What college is located near College Green?
10) How long and how high is the Clifton Suspension Bridge?
11) True or False - St Michael's Hill was named after Michael
Jackson?
12) True or False - There is a place in Bristol called 'Christmas
Steps'?
13) In what year did the plane 'Concorde' fly for the first time?
14) What was 'Concorde’s' typical take off speed?
a. 150 mph
b. 250 mph
c. 350 mph
15) How much did it cost to build the Clifton Suspension Bridge?
16) True or False - The 'SS Great Britain' was powered by a steam
engine?
17) True or False - The 'SS Great Britain' was abandoned in the
Falkland Islands?
18) True or False - Bristol Zoo is the 8th oldest zoo in the world?
19) Which Bristol football club shares its ground with Bristol rugby
club?
20) What do Bristolians mean when they say 'Safternun?'
Answers
Q1) Bristol Temple Meads Station
Q2) Commissioned in honour of Henry Overton Wills
Q3) Arnolfini is a contemporary arts organisation in Bristol
Q4)) The Downs consist of Clifton Down and Durdham Down, this
is a huge grassed open space
Q5) On the harbourside next to ‘@Bristol’
Q6) a shopping centre in the centre of Bristol named after John
Cabot
Q7) Avon river
Q8) University of the West of England (UWE)
Q9) City of Bristol College
Q10) Total length, anchorage to anchorage 1,352 ft (414 m), Height
(deck level above high water) 245 ft (76 m)
Q11) False
Q12) True
Q13) 1969
Q14) 250 mph
Q15) The accepted figure used for the total final cost in 1864 was
almost £100,000
Q16) True
Q17) True
Q18) False - It’s the 5th oldest zoo in the world
Q19) Bristol Rovers – they share the Memorial Stadium
Q20) This afternoon
Musical Madness
Round
Round
Fancy yourself as a bit of a muso? Secretly dream of being the next
Simon Cowell? Well have a stab at this round and see who the
musical masters are and who are the quiz equivalent of the Cheeky
Girls.
1) Name the drummer from the band ‘Queen’
2) What famous group did Kurt Cobain front?
3) Which city does the band ‘the Beatles’ come from?
4) What was the ‘Spice Girls’ debut single in 1996?
5) Leona Lewis became a singer through which TV show?
a. Pop Stars
b. X factor
c. Fame Academy
6) Caleb Followill is the lead singer for which band?
a. Kings of Leon
b. Kasabian
c. Franz Ferdinand
7) ‘Sound of the Underground’ and ‘No Good Advice’ are songs by
which British girlband?
8) Which county in England does the band ‘Muse’ come from?
a. Kent
b. Devon
c. Norfolk
9) ‘I was born in a crossfire hurricane’ is the start to which song
and name the band?
10) True or False – Eric Clapton was raised by his grandparents?
11) What is Elton John’s real birth name?
12) In music, what does the word ‘allegro’ mean?
13) Who wrote the opera, ‘Rigoletto’?
14) Which song do the following lyrics come from - ‘just beyond the
highway, there's an open plain, and it keeps me going...’?
15) Who sang the James Bond theme song ‘Diamonds are Forever’?
16) Which musician is known as ‘The Godfather of Soul’?
17) ‘I dreamed a dream’ is a song from what famous musical?
18) What name were the group ‘ABBA’ calling themselves in 1972?
19) Which band sang ‘I feed the pigeons I sometimes feed the
sparrows too’?
20) Which musician is known as ‘The Queen of Soul’?
Answers
Q1) Roger Taylor
Q2) Nirvana
Q3) Liverpool
Q4) Wannabe
Q5) X factor
Q6) Kings of Leon
Q7) Girls Aloud
Q8) Devon
Q9) Jumping Jack Flash – by the Rolling Stones
Q10) True
Q11) Reginald Kenneth Dwight
Q12) Musical tempo meaning: Fast, lively
Q13) Giuseppe Verdi
Q14) Amarillo – by Tony Christie
Q15) Dame Shirley Bassey
Q16) James Brown
Q17)) Les Miserables
Q18) Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid
Q19) Blur
Q20) Aretha Franklin