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


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

 

Guns
Pens
Steam engines
Jewellry

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

 

Fish market
Bull Ring
Goose Fair
Cattle Market
In 1780 Birmingham had 25 jewellers, by 1880 this had risen to

 

1400
350
700
160

 One of the earliest specialist products from Birmingham was

 

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

 

Matthew Boulton
John Cadbury
Joseph Priestley
John Basherville

 The hallmark of Birmingham Assay Office, today Europes largest is

 

The Anchor
The Crown
Castle
Leopards Head
Which local printer was a Printer & Typographer and today known for his fonts ?

 

Matthew Boulton
John Basherville
Joseph Chamberlain
Joseph Priestley

 Birmingham became established as a crossing point of

 

River Rea
River Cole
River Sowe
River Tame
At the Norman Conquest Birmingham was a clearing of which forest ?

 

New Forest
Forest of Arden
Forest of Dean
Sherwood Forest

 According to the Domesday book the population of Birmingham in 1085 was

 

1500
50
500
15 000


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