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


The fortunes of Gloucester docks revived in 1827 due to

 

Gloucester Sharpness Canal
Decline of Bristol
Industrial Revolution
Demand for Wool

 Who was famously born in Gloucester in 1350 ?

 

Queen Mary
Dick Whittington
Dr Foster
William Shakespeare
During WWII Gloucester became important for the production of

 

Tanks
Aircraft
Guns
Shells

 King George III first visited Gloucestershire in 1788 to visit

 

Gloucester Cathedral
Cheltenham Racecourse
Fox Hunting
Cheltenham Spa
In 1998 what was re-opened after restoration as a Heritage Centre ?

 

Berkeley Castle
Gloucester Cathedral
Gloucester Docks
Gloucester Castle

 In 1642 the main obstacles to the King & 30 000 men taking the City were

 

2 miles of ancient walls
Gloucester Castle
Parliamentary Forces
Moat
During the middle ages declined as a port mainly with the growth of

 

Liverpool
Bristol
Plymouth
Hull

 St Peters Abbey bacame a Cathedral under

 

Henry VIII
Henry V
Elizabeth I
Henry III
In 2003 the City of Gloucester had a population of

 

75 000
210 000
110 000
55 000

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

 

3 month
26 day
1 year
3 day


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