With the school year ending quickly, high school kids are busy preparing for the finals, so why should you get a free pass?
Attached is a 10-question Manchester test (although I admit some of the questions are as much detail as they are trivia). Some of the answers are painfully obvious, others can be found quite easily, and still others are just old stinks). That being said, you need a score of at least 70 percent for a passing grade, and keep in mind that I don’t do social promotions.
Here is:
1. Former Manchester Mayor Frederick Smyth lived on a beautiful estate near Amoskeag Falls. This domain was known as:
Pines
Birches
willows
Rhododendrons
2. Manchester once housed French and German newspapers, but there was also a Greek-language newspaper published by Spiros Cateras called:
Ti Kanis
Ergatis
Metaxa
Moussaka
3. A delicacy from colonial times in Manchester was known as “Derryfield beef,” but it wasn’t really beef. It was:
Pork
Lamb
Calf
Eel
4. There was a very specific type of jargon associated with textile work at the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company. Which of the following words is NOT associated with the textile trade:
Burling
Lifting
Take a nap
Screaming
5. Whose disappointing overview of Manchester in 1927 prompted city officials to set aside funds for the establishment of an airfield in Manchester:
Baron of Richtofen
Charles Lindbergh
Grandpa Boyington
Alain shepard
6. One of the most disgusting jingles in Manchester radio history was for a store called Tren Furniture. According to the lyrics, where was the store?
177 Milford Street
177 Vinton Street
177 Benton Street
177 Wilson Street
7. Maurice and Richard McDonald, originally from Manchester, rose to fame and fortune as the founders of the McDonald’s Hamburger restaurant chain. In which Californian city did they open their first McDonald’s:
Saint-Bernardin
San Clemente
Saint-Simeon
San Salvador
8. On February 23, 1945, another Manchester native, René Gagnon, was one of six men who hoisted the American flag over Iwo Jima. What branch of the military did he serve in:
Army
Marine
Aviation
Marines
9. While the critics weren’t kind to him, Adam Sandler received a 2002 Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in What Movie:
The wedding singer
Drunk love punch
Anger management
Spanish
10. Manchester is rare among American cities in that it has two houses designed by one of the world’s most famous architects. His name is:
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Frank Lloyd Webber
Frank Lloyd Wright
Orville wright
Here is. Ten questions. It’s time to calculate your score with the following answer key:
1 C ; 2-B; 3-D; 4-D; 5-B; 6-D; 7-A; 8-D; 9-B; 10-C
If you want an explanation or clarification, send me an e-mail at [email protected] Or, you can always stop by the Manchester Historic Association’s Millyard Museum – call first – and don’t forget to bring an apple for the teacher.
John Clayton is Executive Director of the Manchester Historic Association.
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