The Great Mancunian Way Trivia Quiz

Do you know Greater Manchester as well as Mancunian Way editor Beth Abbit? Answer these questions from our daily newsletter and find out

Q1. Manchester is further north than Liverpool - true or false?

Q2. Which suburb of east Manchester shares its name with a city in Yorkshire?

Q3. Uncle Joe’s Mint Balls are made in which Greater Manchester borough?

Q4. England famously last won the World Cup in 1966 but one member of Italy's 2006 World Cup winning squad was actually born in Greater Manchester - can you name him?

Q5. Girls Aloud - which featured Stockport’s Sarah Harding - were formed on Popstars: The Rivals. Which TV judge initially managed them?

Q6. During which year did the Strangeways prison riots take place?

Q7. Who was the leader of Manchester Council before Bev Craig?

Q8. Which Greater Manchester filmmaker directed Shallow Grave, A Life Less Ordinary and Millions?

Q9. Which Manchester suburb did actor John Mahoney - best known as Fraiser’s dad - grow up in?

Q10. Under a planned local government organisation by Labour in the early 1970s, Greater Manchester was going to be called by a different name - what was it?

Q11. Beetham Tower was the tallest building in the UK outside of London when it was first opened - but when was that?

Q12. Old Broadway, in Didsbury, was built by Emmanuel Nove - a Ukrainian who settled in south Manchester in the mid 1890s. Which city centre building now used as an arts venue was he also responsible for?

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