Bristol History Quiz

Find out how well you know your city

2019 saw the 70th anniversary of an ill-fated Bristol-built airliner, what was its name?

If Marc (pictured) was still alive he would have been more than 250 years old, but what was the name of his only son?

In May 1975, when this picture was taken, what was the name (which we have blacked out) of this cinema on Baldwin Street?

A local railway station, pictured in 1987, and with its name whited out. What’s the name of the station?

A supermarket in Kingswood in the 1970s. What was the name of the supermarket chain (which we’ve blacked out)?

In 2019 an old document was put up for auction, containing the very rude medieval name for a Bristol Street which is nowadays known as..?

The year 2019 saw the 450th anniversary of the Bristol coat of arms, as granted by Elizabeth I. Where would you see this example?

In June 2019 the centenary of the planting of “Addison’s Oak” was celebrated in which Bristol neighbourhood?

A house in Hughenden Road, Horfield, has a blue plaque because someone famous was born there. Who?

Which scientist has a school named after them in Oldland Common?

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