The Bristol Miscellany Quiz 2025
This Christmas we have another Bristol-themed festive quiz for you to test your local knowledge. The questions are all inspired by historical facts from the brilliant Manson’s Bristol Miscellany - the perfect gift for a Bristolian this Christmas! Why not share the quiz with your friends or work colleagues and see who scores highest?
Who is commemorated with a statue on Narrow Quay, outside Arnolfini?
Which river was diverted in 1239 to expand the Bristol quayside?
Which famous Bath-based architect built Bristol’s Corn Exchange building?
The Nails on Corn Street are made of what type of metal?
Bird’s Eye, Honeydew and Three Castles were the names given to what type of Bristol-made product?
Where would one visit to be cured of ‘hot livers, feeble brains and red pimply faces’ in 17th century Bristol?
What Victorian feature can be found in Mina Road Park, St Werburghs?
The University of Bristol’s Health Research Institute is named in honour of which female doctor?
What is a Bristol Lodekka?
Where is the social campaigner Raja Rammohun Roy buried in Bristol?
What’s the name of Bristol’s specially designed fireboat, often moored outside M Shed?
Dr Paul Stephenson OBE organised a boycott against which company in 1960’s Bristol?
Which square was the site of the Bristol Riots of 1831?
Is the river Severn the longest river in the UK?
The Smyth family were the owners of which Bristol Estate?
Where was the Roman port of Abonae in Bristol?
The Llandoger Trow in King Street is named after what?
What century was the county of Bristol created?
Where in the Bristol Channel did Marconi send his first radio transmission from?
What was the name of the Monastery in the centre of Bristol, dissolved by Henry VIII?
How did you do? All the answers can be found on the link below.
How much do you know about Bristol? Why does it look the way it looks? What secrets do its streets hide? What stories could its buildings tell if they had a voice?
Michael Manson takes you on a search to find the soul of the city where he has lived for more than 45 years.