Introduction

Full of plumptiousness, as Doddy would say? Then here’s just the thing to excite the old grey cells and provide a sight for sore eyes at the same time. What could be better, at this festive time, than to be gently quizzed about our great city and given another look at its sheer multi-faceted beauty?
Have fun answering the 150 questions in the quiz and, as you do, enjoy browsing through the 50 stunning pictures alongside them.
Arabella and Guy have come up trumps, yet again, with something original to delight us all.
And to get you in the mood, here’s my ‘starter for ten’: How are a bull, an ox, a tiger, a gate and Brunel finally related to Liverpool?
Have a great Christmas, knowing that we’re on the map again as the ‘world in one city’ – and that our Pool of Life is a serious match for any rival, as the answers and images in this splendid little book show so admirably.
-- Professor Peter Toyne, DL

TRY THESE

TV & FILM
a. Who is the creator of Brookside and Hollyoaks?
b. What connects Liverpool actress Cathy Tyson with Leonardo da Vinci?
c. Which Dr Who was born on Scotland Road?

WRITERS
a. Which of these Liverpudlians does NOT write fiction: Beryl Bainbridge, Alexei Sayle, Rex Makin?
b. For which medium do Jimmy McGovern, Lynda La Plante and Alan Bleasdale write?
c. Felicia Hemans is famous for which poem, the first line of which is ‘The boy stood on the burning deck’?

STREETS & ROADS
a. Limekiln Lane became which famous Liverpool street?
b. Which street marks the northern boundary of Toxteth?
c. In which Liverpool ‘village’ will you find The Armoury, Castle Keep and Castlegate Green?

ODDITIES
a. Liverpool has two of the world’s smallest listed buildings, both in High Street, by the Town Hall. What are they?
b. What fruit, previously unheard of in Britain, was introduced in Liverpool by Sir Alfred Lewis Jones in 1890?
c. The spring in St James’s Cemetery is a chalybeate spring – which means the water is full of which mineral?

PUBS
a. What is the full name of the pub in Hope Street known as the Phil?
b. What is on the pub sign of Ye Cracke in Rice Street?
c. On the Peter Kavanagh’s pub sign in Egerton Street, does Kavanagh have a moustache?

ENTERTAINMENT
a. Which Kenny Everett character screamed: ‘It’s all in the best POSSIBLE taste!’?
b. Which Liverpool-born jazzman sings with the Feetwarmers?
c. What is unusual about the yellow vehicle called Whacker Quacker to be seen around the Albert Dock and the city centre?