Nothing says Christmas like a quiz. Challenge your friends and family with our very own Stockport-themed quiz to test how well you know the borough - ranging from local history, lateral thinking, and facts and figures.

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1.) In the 1950s-70s, the famous Wellington Road pub crawl featured around 30 stops along the route. Which pub was the final stop? 

2.) In what year did Stockport leave Chesire? 

• a.) 1966
• b.) 1970
• c.) 1974
• d.) 1978

3.) Which of these artists DID NOT record at Strawberry Studios? 

• a.) Paul McCartney
• b.) Jethro Tull
• c.) Cliff Richard
• d.) Neil Sedaka

4.) What is the next answer in this sequence?

• ARMOURY, CROFTER, PEEL, ALBERT, ____?

5.) Which is the odd one out in this sequence?

• DON, LINDSAY, CAKES, MISS

6.) What, roughly, is the population of the Stockport borough as a whole? (to two significant figures)

• a.) 330,000
• b.) 280,000
• c.) 230,000
• d.) 180,000

7.) How many Parliamentary constituencies fall within Stockport borough? 

• a.) one
• b.) two
• c.) three
• d.) four

8.) Unscramble these anagrams to produce some iconic Stockport buildings.

• CUT DIVA
• WILL MIRE
• MAT USE HUM
• LATHER KLAM

9.) Fred Perry is one of Stockport's many famous figures. Which area of Stockport did he come from?

• a.) Portwood
• b.) Bramhall
• c.) The Heatons
• d.) Davenport

10.) Which Stockport location is hiding in these words?

• ARROW, CHEESE, ADDITION, ADDER, SHIITAKE, PASS, BEACHHEAD

FIND ANSWERS BELOW THIS IMAGE

(Image - Alasdair Perry)

• 1.) The Rising Sun, Reddish
• 2.) c, 1974
• 3.) b, Jethro Tull
• 4.) OAK - these are successive pubs on Castle Street, moving east (The ARMOURY, Jolly CROFTER, Sir Robert PEEL, Prince ALBERT. Royal OAK)
• 5.) Cakes - all others can be followed with a Stockport place name (Don Cheadle, Lindsay Davenport, Miss Marple) - Cakes is preceded by a non-Stockport name (Eccles cakes)
• 6.) b, 280,000
• 7.) d, four
• 8.) Viaduct, Weir Mill, Hat Museum, Market Hall
• 9.) a, Portwood
• 10.) (A tough one!) REDDISH - pay attention to the double letters.