St George's Hall, Liverpool - Quiz
St George s Hall Liverpool
  • 1. Who devised the unique heating and ventilation system in St George's Hall?
A) Dr Boswell Reid
B) Tom Mann
C) Charles Dickens
D) William Brown
  • 2. What was the primary aim of the heating and ventilation system in St George's Hall?
A) To provide natural lighting
B) To reduce noise levels
C) To enhance acoustics
D) To warm and ventilate the building without draughts
  • 3. How was air cooled during hot weather in St George's Hall?
A) Using cold mains water and small fountains in the air shafts
B) Using electric fans
C) Using open windows
D) Using ice blocks
  • 4. In which year was St George's Hall recognized as the World's First Air Conditioned Building?
A) 1911
B) 1854
C) 1889
D) 2005
  • 5. Where were the Liverpool Assizes held in St George's Hall?
A) In the Small Concert Hall
B) In the Great Hall
C) At the southern end of the building
D) On the St George's Plateau
  • 6. Which notable case was heard in St George's Hall in 1889?
A) Florence Maybrick
B) John Lennon
C) George Harrison
D) William Herbert Wallace
  • 7. Who visited St George's Hall on 9 October 1851?
A) Tom Mann
B) Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
C) Lord Kitchener
D) Charles Dickens
  • 8. What event marked the inaugural use of St George's Hall?
A) A general transport strike meeting
B) A banquet for William Brown
C) A Fancy Dress ball
D) A three-day festival of music
  • 9. Which famous author regularly held readings in the Small Concert Room?
A) Jane Austen
B) Charles Dickens
C) William Shakespeare
D) Mark Twain
  • 10. What significant event occurred on 15 March 1915 at St George's Hall?
A) Lord Kitchener inspected 12,000 soldiers of the Liverpool Pals
B) The opening of the European Capital of Culture celebrations
C) A banquet for Charles Dickens
D) The semi-final allocation draw for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023
  • 11. What was displayed at St George's Hall from 7 November 2015 to 17 January 2016?
A) The 96 banners
B) The Eurovision Song Contest banners
C) The Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red
D) The Weeping Window sculpture
  • 12. Which event took place at St George's Hall on 31 January 2023?
A) A general transport strike meeting
B) A banquet for William Brown
C) A Fancy Dress ball
D) The semi-final allocation draw for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023
  • 13. What was the purpose of the banquet held on 15 April 1857?
A) In honour of William Brown, benefactor of Liverpool's museum and library
B) In honour of Charles Dickens
C) In honour of Tom Mann
D) In honour of Queen Victoria
  • 14. What was the purpose of the Fancy Dress ball held on 23 April 1864?
A) In aid of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
B) In aid of St Ann's Dispensary
C) In aid of the Liverpool Operative Platerworkers' Association
D) In aid of the Liverpool Pals
  • 15. What was the purpose of the meeting held on 1 November 1886?
A) To host a banquet for Charles Dickens
B) Benevolent fund for the Liverpool Operative Platerworkers' Association
C) To hold a Fancy Dress ball
D) To exhibit a new method of applying gas to high class cookery
  • 16. What was exhibited on 5 April 1887?
A) A Fancy Dress ball
B) A banquet for William Brown
C) A general transport strike meeting
D) A new and improved method of applying gas to high class cookery
  • 17. What was the purpose of the people's concert held on 22 December 1888?
A) To host a Fancy Dress ball
B) To perform the Messiah
C) To hold a banquet for Charles Dickens
D) To exhibit a new method of applying gas
  • 18. What event sparked the 'Bloody Sunday' attacks in 1911?
A) A rally where Tom Mann spoke
B) A Fancy Dress ball
C) A general transport strike meeting
D) A banquet for Charles Dickens
  • 19. What was the purpose of the banners hung on 13 April 2019?
A) To mark the death of John Lennon
B) To honor the homecoming of Liverpool football team
C) To celebrate the Liverpool Pals
D) To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster
  • 20. What was lit on the steps of St George's Hall on 15 April 2019?
A) 96 banners
B) 96 lanterns
C) 96 torches
D) 96 candles
  • 21. What is another name for the Great Hall in St George's Hall, Liverpool?
A) Concert Hall
B) Small Concert Room
C) Civil Court
D) Grand Jury Room
  • 22. Where is the organ located in the Great Hall?
A) On its north wall
B) On its south wall
C) On the west wall
D) In the center of the hall
  • 23. Which room is located to the north of the Concert Hall?
A) Grand Jury Room
B) Vice-Chancellor's Court
C) Civil Court
D) Crown Court
  • 24. How can one reach the Small Concert Room from the Great Hall?
A) Via the Civil Court
B) Through a corridor
C) Through the North Entrance Hall
D) By two staircases
  • 25. Which court is located to the south of the Great Hall?
A) Crown Court
B) Vice-Chancellor's Court
C) Sheriff's Court
D) Civil Court
  • 26. What is located above the South Entrance Hall?
A) Crown Court
B) Small Concert Room
C) Civil Court
D) Grand Jury Room
  • 27. Which court is located to the north of the Law Library?
A) Vice-Chancellor's Court
B) Crown Court
C) Civil Court
D) Sheriff's Court
  • 28. How many Corinthian columns are in the central portico of the east façade?
A) 10
B) 16
C) 8
D) 12
  • 29. What architectural feature is present on the west front?
A) A Corinthian portico
B) A semicircular apse
C) A projecting central part with square columns
D) An octastyle portico
  • 30. What is the shape of the apse on the north front?
A) Semicircular
B) Elliptical
C) Rectangular
D) Octagonal
  • 31. What do the statues flanking the doorways on the north front represent?
A) Mercury
B) Benjamin Disraeli
C) Britannia
D) Nereids or tritons bearing a cornucopia with lamps
  • 32. What is the width of the south portico?
A) Eight columns wide
B) Sixteen columns wide
C) Twelve columns wide
D) Ten columns wide
  • 33. What is Britannia holding in her left hand in the tympanum sculpture?
A) A spear
B) A torch
C) The olive-branch
D) A shield
  • 34. Who is depicted presenting the four quarters of the globe to Britannia?
A) A nereid
B) A triton
C) Mercury
D) A lion
  • 35. What year is inscribed on the south portico?
A) 1841
B) 1882
C) 1901
D) 1950
  • 36. In which year was St George's Hall officially opened?
A) 2007
B) 1854
C) 1838
D) 1841
  • 37. Who won the architectural competition to design St George's Hall?
A) Harvey Lonsdale Elmes
B) Charles Cockerell
C) George Alexander
D) John Weightman
  • 38. What architectural style is St George's Hall known for?
A) Gothic
B) Neoclassical
C) Romanesque
D) Baroque
  • 39. Which historian described St George's Hall as one of the finest neo-Grecian buildings in the world?
A) Charles Cockerell
B) Nikolaus Pevsner
C) John Weightman
D) Harvey Lonsdale Elmes
  • 40. What was the cost of shares to raise subscriptions for the hall in 1837?
A) £100 each
B) £10 each
C) £50 each
D) £25 each
  • 41. What was the total amount raised by January 1837 for the construction of the hall?
A) £35,000
B) £25,000
C) £300,000
D) £23,350
  • 42. In what year did the Crown Court move to the new Law Courts in Derby Square?
A) 1971
B) 1984
C) 1854
D) 2007
  • 43. What was the cost of the major restoration of St George's Hall in the 2000s?
A) £23m
B) £2,260,290
C) £35,000
D) £300,000
  • 44. What was the first prize for the competition to design the assize courts?
A) £200
B) £250
C) £300
D) £150
  • 45. What was the main hall's capacity?
A) 3000 persons
B) 1000 persons
C) 2000 persons
D) 4000 persons
  • 46. What was the capacity of the concert room?
A) 3000 persons
B) 1000 persons
C) 500 persons
D) 2000 persons
  • 47. Who designed the plaster work angels in the Great Hall of St George's Hall?
A) Cockerell
B) Rawlinson
C) Spence
D) MacDowell
  • 48. What material are the columns in the Great Hall made of?
A) Marble
B) Hollow brick
C) Limestone
D) Polished red Cairngall granite
  • 49. What is the weight of the chandeliers in the Great Hall?
A) 15 cwt
B) 10 cwt
C) 25 cwt
D) 20 cwt
  • 50. Who unveiled the statue of Kitty Wilkinson in 2012?
A) Joy
B) Simon Smith
C) Chantrey
D) MacDowell
  • 51. What type of columns are found in the South Entrance Hall of St George's Hall?
A) Ionic
B) Corinthian
C) Doric
D) Tuscan
  • 52. What is the shape of the Small Concert Room?
A) Elliptical
B) Square
C) Rectangular
D) Circular
  • 53. What was the original capacity of the Small Concert Room?
A) 1,100 people
B) 480 people
C) 2,000 people
D) 750 people
  • 54. When was the plaster copy of the Parthenon frieze added to the North Entrance Hall?
A) 1883-84
B) 1856
C) 1874
D) Not specified
  • 55. What type of ceiling does the Civil Court have?
A) Coved
B) Tunnel vault
C) Flat
D) Dome
  • 56. What is the current seating capacity of the Small Concert Room?
A) 1,100
B) 480
C) 750
D) 600
  • 57. What is the material of the floor in the Great Hall?
A) Minton encaustic tile
B) Granite
C) Marble
D) Limestone
  • 58. What year was the roof of the Great Hall completed?
A) 2003
B) 1849
C) 1856
D) 1883
  • 59. What type of columns are in the North Entrance Hall?
A) Doric
B) Corinthian
C) Ionic
D) Tuscan
  • 60. What is the height of the columns in the Great Hall?
A) 20 feet
B) 25 feet
C) 18 feet
D) 15 feet
  • 61. What is the theme of the allegorical plaster work in the Great Hall?
A) Wisdom, folly, strength, weakness, justice, injustice, etc.
B) Honor, betrayal, loyalty, deceit, bravery, cowardice, etc.
C) War, peace, love, hate, courage, fear, etc.
D) Fortitude, prudence, science, art, justice, temperance, etc.
  • 62. What is the material of the columns in the Crown Court?
A) Marble
B) Red granite
C) Limestone
D) Grey granite
  • 63. What year were the stained glass windows added to the Great Hall?
A) 1856
B) 1883-84
C) 1849
D) 2003
  • 64. What is the height of the Great Hall?
A) 65 feet
B) 77 feet
C) 82 feet
D) 169 feet
  • 65. What is the length of the Great Hall?
A) 77 feet
B) 82 feet
C) 169 feet
D) 65 feet
  • 66. What is the width of the Great Hall?
A) 65 feet
B) 169 feet
C) 77 feet
D) 82 feet
  • 67. What is the theme of the bronze Torchères in the North Entrance Hall?
A) Historical battles
B) Allegorical scenes
C) Natural landscapes
D) Mythological creatures
  • 68. Who built the organ at St George's Hall, Liverpool?
A) L. B. Budden
B) Thomas Thornycroft
C) Nicholl
D) Henry Willis
  • 69. In what year was the organ at St George's Hall completed?
A) 1979
B) 1855
C) 1931
D) 1896
  • 70. Who was the first organist at St George's Hall?
A) Herbert Frederick Ellingford
B) W. T. Best
C) Dr Albert Lister Peace
D) Noel Rawsthorne
  • 71. What temperament was the organ initially tuned to?
A) Just intonation
B) Pythagorean tuning
C) Equal temperament
D) Meantone temperament
  • 72. In which year was the organ reconstructed by Henry Willis III?
A) 1896
B) 1931
C) 1979
D) 2000
  • 73. What type of action was introduced by Henry Willis III during the 1931 reconstruction?
A) Pneumatic action
B) Digital action
C) Mechanical action
D) Electro-pneumatic action
  • 74. What was the power source for the organ after the 1931 reconstruction?
A) Rockingham electric blowing plant
B) Steam engines
C) Gas engines
D) Diesel engines
  • 75. Who maintained the organ after the restoration of the hall in 2000-2007?
A) Noel Rawsthorne
B) David Wells
C) Henry Willis IV
D) Dr Caleb E. Jarvis
  • 76. What was the organ's rank count after the 1931 reconstruction?
A) 144 registers
B) 100 stops
C) 119 ranks
D) 120 stops
  • 77. How many pipes did the organ have after the 1931 reconstruction?
A) 8,500 pipes
B) 6,000 pipes
C) 7,737 pipes
D) 10,000 pipes
  • 78. Who succeeded Noel Rawsthorne as organist in 1984?
A) Dr Caleb E. Jarvis
B) Professor Ian Tracey
C) W. T. Best
D) Herbert Frederick Ellingford
  • 79. Who designed the Liverpool Cenotaph?
A) Nicholl
B) Thomas Thornycroft
C) H. Tyson Smith
D) L. B. Budden
  • 80. By when was the re-design of Lime Street and the expansion of the plateau scheduled to be completed?
A) Winter 2020
B) Winter 2021
C) Winter 2023
D) Winter 2019
  • 81. In which month and year was St George's Hall reopened after restoration?
A) April 2007
B) December 2007
C) March 2007
D) January 2008
  • 82. Which award was St George's Hall granted after its restoration?
A) Heritage Award
B) Civic Trust Award
C) Restoration Excellence Award
D) Cultural Trust Award
  • 83. What feature was installed in the Concert Hall during Christmas 2007 and 2008?
A) A light show
B) An artificial skating rink
C) A nativity scene
D) A Christmas tree
  • 84. Who performed on the roof of St George's Hall during the People's Opening?
A) John Lennon
B) Paul McCartney
C) Ringo Starr
D) George Harrison
  • 85. Which television series used St George's Hall as a filming location?
A) Downton Abbey
B) Peaky Blinders
C) Sherlock
D) Doctor Who
  • 86. Which 2022 film used St George's Hall as a filming location?
A) The Batman
B) Dune
C) Tenet
D) No Time to Die
  • 87. What was the name of the Coca-Cola advertisement filmed inside St George's Hall?
A) A 1985 advertisement
B) A 1992 advertisement
C) A 1987 advertisement
D) A 1990 advertisement
  • 88. Which paranormal investigation show used St George's Hall as its main hub?
A) Ghost Hunters
B) Paranormal State
C) The Haunting
D) Most Haunted Live
  • 89. Which channel broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest draw live?
A) Living TV
B) Sky Sports
C) ITV
D) BBC One
  • 90. Which publication praised St George's Hall as a monument of Liverpool's energy and public spirit in 1854?
A) The Illustrated London News
B) The British Architect
C) The Times
D) The Liverpool Chronicle
  • 91. What is the architectural style of the east portico at St George's Hall?
A) Gothic
B) Severe
C) Renaissance
D) Baroque
  • 92. What is the true material of the wall panels in the Small Concert Hall?
A) Wood
B) Plaster
C) Stone
D) Brick
  • 93. Which architectural style does the Neo-Grec ornament at St George's Hall belong to?
A) Neo-Classical
B) Gothic
C) Neo-Grec
D) Baroque
  • 94. What is the architectural style of the pilasters and friezes in the Small Concert Hall?
A) Papier-mâché
B) Metal
C) Stone
D) Wood
  • 95. Which feature of St George's Hall is described as having an unbroken length?
A) The east portico
B) The south facade
C) The north facade
D) The west portico
  • 96. Which architectural element at St George's Hall is described as having giant Corinthian columns?
A) The parapet
B) The half-circle
C) The attic
D) The podium
  • 97. Which architectural style is reflected in the square pilasters at St George's Hall?
A) Renaissance
B) Baroque
C) Gothic
D) Schinkel's Classicism
  • 98. Which architectural style is reflected in the spirit of St George's Hall's design?
A) Classical rationalism
B) Gothic
C) Baroque
D) Renaissance
  • 99. What is the architectural style of the window frames at St George's Hall?
A) Low relief
B) Non-existent
C) High relief
D) Ornate
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