Manchester Themed Quiz - Round 2

Which following borough is not in Greater Manchester

• Bolton

• Wigan

• Stockport

• Chester

Answer explanation

Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in the northwest of England. It consists of 10 local authority districts.

These are the cities of Manchester and Salford along with the boroughs of Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Stockport, Rochdale, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan.

Chester is a city about 30 miles southwest to Greater Manchester

Which political movement started in Manchester?

• The Suffragette

• Anarchism

• Nationalism

• Socialism

Answer explanation

The Suffragettes were part of the ‘Votes for Women’ campaign that had long fought for the right of women to vote in the UK.

Emmeline Pankhurst, her daughters and a small group of women based in Manchester founded the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) in 1903, which was the beginning of the Suffragette movement as we know it.

How many Nobel prizes does the University of Manchester boast?

• 10

• 15

• 20

• 25

Answer explanation

The University of Manchester has a history of attracting world-renowned researchers and teachers. We boast no fewer than 25 Nobel Prize winners amongst our current and former staff and students.

Current academic staff include Nobel laureates Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, who were both awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of graphene – the world's thinnest material.

Which technology device was invented in Manchester?

• iPod

• Tablet

• Computer

• Smartphone

Answer explanation

The Manchester Baby, also called the Small-Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM), was the first electronic stored-program computer. It was built at the University of Manchester by Frederic C. Williams, Tom Kilburn, and Geoff Tootill, and ran its first program on 21 June 1948.

On average (1981-2010), how many days does it rain in Manchester each year?

• 133

• 143

• 155

• 167

Answer explanation

The table gives yearly averages for rainfall plus snowfall at cities and towns in the United Kingdom.

The annual amount of precipitation is an average of weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.