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


Who was a pioneer in the area of jewellry, silver & plated goods and later made coins ?

 

John Cadbury
John Basherville
Joseph Priestley
Matthew Boulton

 One of the earliest specialist products from Birmingham was

 

Worsted
Ceramics
Cotton
Guns
According to the Domesday book the population of Birmingham in 1085 was

 

50
15 000
500
1500

 Birmingham became established as a crossing point of

 

River Cole
River Tame
River Sowe
River Rea
Which local printer was a Printer & Typographer and today known for his fonts ?

 

John Basherville
Joseph Priestley
Joseph Chamberlain
Matthew Boulton

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

 

Forest of Arden
Sherwood Forest
Forest of Dean
New Forest
Joseph Gillot was a pioneer in which manufacture with which Birmingham dominated the world

 

Pens
Jewellry
Steam engines
Guns

 The hallmark of Birmingham Assay Office, today Europes largest is

 

The Crown
Leopards Head
Castle
The Anchor
From 12th century the market in Birmingham was known as the

 

Bull Ring
Cattle Market
Goose Fair
Fish market

 In 1780 Birmingham had 25 jewellers, by 1880 this had risen to

 

350
160
700
1400


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