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25 Glasgow quiz questions for your next zoom trivia night

We've just got a few more weeks to wait until we can begin to return to some sort of 'normality'.

A month from today, pubs are restaurants are set to re-open once more and other restrictions are due to be relaxed to ease out of lockdown.

Until then, however, we're still going to have to be content with zoom calls and 'nights out' indoors.

Many of you will have caught up with colleagues, friends and family over a zoom trivia night and it may soon be your turn to be quiz master.

So, to save you the hassle of racking your brain for any kind of general knowledge, we've come up with a few Glasgow-based questions and answers, a true test of your Glaswegian-ness, to give you a head start.

So do you know your Glasgow subway stations and your old-school city centre nightclubs? Your Glasgow geography and history? Time to put your knowledge of your city to the test!

Questions

1. What is Still Game character Isa's second name?

2. Which stadium in Glasgow was once home to both greyhound racing and Clyde FC?

3. How many platforms does Glasgow Central Station have?

4. Which American president famously gave his first public address in Glasgow?

5. What's the answer to 'Ur Ye Dancin'?'

6. Who was the face of the famous 'Glasgow's Miles Better' campaign?

7. Which iconic Glasgow band started out life as Tear Gas?

8. What was the name of the disco boat that was once a magnet for Glasgow clubbers?

9. What was the name of the Indian restaurant in Glasgow that was once the biggest in Europe?

10. In which year did Glasgow host the Commonwealth Games?

11. Singer Lulu hails from which Glasgow neighbourhood?

12. What was the name of Glasgow's NFL team?

13. The Glasgow School of Art building is considered the masterpiece of which famous architect?

14. Where does Glasgow's water supply come from?

15. What type of bird is on the Glasgow Coat of Arms?

16. Which Partick nightclub featured in Trainspotting?

17. What was the name of the legendary record store under the Heilanman’s Umbrella?

18. Which Glasgow neighbourhood was Billy Connolly born in?

19. Which Glasgow pub claims it has the Stone of Destiny inside?

20. Which former nightclub could be found on the site of the present day CCA?

21. Which is the largest park in Glasgow?

22. What was Glasgow's original post-clubbing scran institution called?

23. What was the name of Glasgow's long lost football club?

24. What is the name of the oldest house in Glasgow?

25. How many Glasgow subway stations are there?

Answers

1. Drennan

2. Shawfield Stadium

3. 17

4. John F Kennedy

5. 'Ur Ye Askin'?'

6. Mr Happy

7. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

8. The Tuxedo Princess

9. The Creme de la Creme

10. 2014

11. Dennistoun

12. The Scottish Claymores

13. Charles Rennie Mackintosh

14. Loch Katrine

15. A robin

16. Volcano

17. Tower Records

18. Anderston

19. Arlington Bar

20. The Cotton Club

21. Pollok Country Park

22. The Canton Express

23. Third Lanark

24. Provand's Lordship

25. 15

For more Glasgow-inspired quizzes too, if you're here for the local stuff - you can test your knowledge with 16 Glasgow quizzes that will prove you know the city better than anyone else.

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