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Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning Quiz Questions - Birmingham History I
Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning


The hallmark of Birmingham Assay Office, today Europes largest is

 

Castle
The Anchor
Leopards Head
The Crown

 From 12th century the market in Birmingham was known as the

 

Goose Fair
Fish market
Cattle Market
Bull Ring
According to the Domesday book the population of Birmingham in 1085 was

 

500
1500
15 000
50

 Birmingham became established as a crossing point of

 

River Sowe
River Rea
River Tame
River Cole
Who was a pioneer in the area of jewellry, silver & plated goods and later made coins ?

 

Joseph Priestley
Matthew Boulton
John Basherville
John Cadbury

 One of the earliest specialist products from Birmingham was

 

Cotton
Guns
Ceramics
Worsted
In 1780 Birmingham had 25 jewellers, by 1880 this had risen to

 

700
1400
160
350

 At the Norman Conquest Birmingham was a clearing of which forest ?

 

Forest of Dean
New Forest
Sherwood Forest
Forest of Arden
Which local printer was a Printer & Typographer and today known for his fonts ?

 

Joseph Chamberlain
Matthew Boulton
Joseph Priestley
John Basherville

 Joseph Gillot was a pioneer in which manufacture with which Birmingham dominated the world

 

Steam engines
Guns
Jewellry
Pens


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