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Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning Quiz Questions - Gloucester History III
Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning


During WWII Gloucester became important for the production of

 

Shells
Guns
Tanks
Aircraft

 During the Civil War the Puritan town withstood how long a Royalist siege ?

 

3 day
1 year
3 month
26 day
In 1998 what was re-opened after restoration as a Heritage Centre ?

 

Gloucester Castle
Gloucester Docks
Berkeley Castle
Gloucester Cathedral

 During the middle ages declined as a port mainly with the growth of

 

Hull
Plymouth
Liverpool
Bristol
In 1642 the main obstacles to the King & 30 000 men taking the City were

 

Moat
Parliamentary Forces
2 miles of ancient walls
Gloucester Castle

 Who was famously born in Gloucester in 1350 ?

 

William Shakespeare
Dr Foster
Queen Mary
Dick Whittington
The fortunes of Gloucester docks revived in 1827 due to

 

Demand for Wool
Industrial Revolution
Gloucester Sharpness Canal
Decline of Bristol

 King George III first visited Gloucestershire in 1788 to visit

 

Cheltenham Spa
Fox Hunting
Gloucester Cathedral
Cheltenham Racecourse
In 2003 the City of Gloucester had a population of

 

55 000
110 000
75 000
210 000

 St Peters Abbey bacame a Cathedral under

 

Henry III
Elizabeth I
Henry VIII
Henry V


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