HERITAGE QUIZ

Newsflash: Heritage Chronicles

01/11/2008

Heritage Slave Trade Walks

Welcome to the Heritage Slave Trade Walk Quiz. You must answer all the questions below and click submit to view your score.

1. What Square was the first stop on the Slave Trade Walk?

(A)

George Square

(B)

Queen Square

(C)

Trafalgar Square

2. What is the name of the bridge, named after an Enslaved African who worked as a servant in both Nevis

(A)

Westminster

(B)

Waterloo

(C)

Pero

3. Bristol Slaving Ships came up and left along which river?

(A)

Avon

(B)

Thames

(C)

Trent

4. Along and opposite which Quay did the Slaving Ships stop to be repaired, refitted and reloaded with goods and cargo!!!!?

(A)

Merchants

(B)

Doctors

(C)

Policeman

5. Guinea Street was named after which West African Coast?

(A)

Gold

(B)

Ivory

(C)

Guinea

6. What else was named after this West African country

(A)

Shillings

(B)

Crowns

(C)

Guinea Coin

7. In the 18th Century Corn St was the focus for Bristol\'s TWO main financial activities to finance the Transatlantic Slave Trade which were?

(A)

Baking

(B)

Banking

(C)

Busking

8. 'Court House' in Tailor's Court, was the former residence of William Miller a founder member of the company of merchants trading to Africa left how much money when he died?

(A)

£190,000

(B)

£200,000

(C)

£10,000

9. Who owned the Georgian House in Great George Street?

(A)

John Wesley

(B)

John Pinney

(C)

John Wayne

10.  Name the TWO other former major slaving ports in England?

(A)

Leicester

(B)

Loughborough

(C)

Liverpool