Historic Buildings of Southampton Quiz

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  Which church is this?

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  • A.
    St Mary's
  • B.
    St Michael's
  • C.
    Holyrood
  • D.
    St Luke's
• 2.
  What would happen at this railway station in the 19th and early 20th centuries?

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  • A.
    It was main meeting point for suffragette rallies 
  • B.
    It would burn down (twice!)
  • C.
    It would flood
  • D.
    There was a cattle market
• 3.
  What's this building been used for?

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  • A.
    Storing wool
  • B.
    As a chemical store
  • C.
    As an iron foundry
  • D.
    All of the above
• 4.
  Where is this building?

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  • A.
    SeaCity Museum
  • B.
    The Bargate
  • C.
    God's House Tower
  • D.
    Tudor House & Garden
• 5.
  This is Wyndham Court. What architectural style is it built in?

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  • A.
    Postmodern
  • B.
    Art Deco
  • C.
    Gothic Revival
  • D.
    Brutalism
• 6.
  Which building is opposite the Water House?

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  • A.
    Tudor House & Garden
  • B.
    Dock Gate 4
  • C.
    The Mayflower Theatre
  • D.
    Portswood Library
• 7.
  In the fourteenth century what did God's House Tower have?

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  • A.
    The largest concentrated number of cannons in the country
  • B.
    Running hot water for the town gunner
  • C.
    A flag half the size of the building itself
  • D.
    A lighthouse
• 8.
  In what year was Holyrood Church ruined?

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  • A.
    1920
  • B.
    1930
  • C.
    1940
  • D.
    1950
• 9.
  In a previous life, what was this building used as?

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  • A.
    A hospital
  • B.
    A swimming pool
  • C.
    A workhouse
  • D.
    A restaurant
• 10.
  Which historic event was (or may have been) planned in this building?

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  • A.
    The first flight from England to the USA in 1934
  • B.
    The D-Day landings in 1944
  • C.
    The Queen's Coronation in 1953
  • D.
    Southampton FC's FA Cup Victory parade in 1976
• 11.
  What is Terminus Station designed to resemble?

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  • A.
    The First Class accommodation on a transatlantic liner
  • B.
    An Italian Palazzo
  • C.
    A lord's manor
  • D.
    The house of the architect, Sir William Tite
• 12.
  This is St Mary's Church. When is the earliest record of a church here?

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  • A.
    63 AD
  • B.
    634 AD
  • C.
    1634 AD
  • D.
    1964 AD

Quiz Outcomes

• 1.
  Apprentice

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• 2.
  Foreman

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• 3.
  Building Supervisor

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• 4.
  Master Builder

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  You know your Southampton buildings! Well done!