With the prospect of a good old pub quiz still out of reach for some time, virtual quizzes with friends, family and colleagues have been replacing the tradition and taking place during lockdown.
Whether it be via Facetime, Zoom or Houseparty, households across Merseyside have been testing their loved ones knowledge online in categories such as film, history, sport, music and more to entertain one another.
But as we enter another week of lockdown, some may be struggling to come up with unique questions or want to try something new.
Whether you live, work or are from the borough of Knowsley, this list of questions will test your knowledge of the area and its people.
From general knowledge, to history, famous faces and more, here are 31 pub quiz questions about Knowsley.
27 pub quiz Knowsley knowledge questions
1. What year was the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley officially formed?
2. Which English track and field athlete who won gold in the 2019 World Championships in Qatar was raised in Halewood?
3. In which decade did Knowsley Safari Park first open is gates?
4. Which town was Brookfield High School and Ruffwood School located?
5. Which member of the Beatles lived on Mackets Lane with his family in the 1960s?
6. Which town will become home to the Shakespeare North Playhouse in 2022?
7. Can you name all nine districts/townships in the borough?
8. In what decade did Ford's Halewood plant celebrate the factory's 25th birthday?
9. What was the name of Prescot's first cinema?
10. When will Knowsley celebrate its year as Liverpool City Region Borough of Culture?
11. Formerly Cantril Farm, in what year did two-thirds of the area that existed under Knowsley Borough control change its name to become Stockbridge Village?
12. Which two successful Merseyside footballers went to the same school in Kirkby and were captains of winning European cup teams in consecutive years?
13. Sir Rex Harrison, well-known for his Oscar-winning role as Professor Higgins in My Fair Lady and for starring in the 1963 film Cleopatra, playing Julius Caesar, was born in which town?
14. Knowsley Hall is the ancestral home of which family?
15. What year did Kirkby market first open?
16. Which member of the Spice Girls was born in Whiston?
17. Where is Knowsley Council's headquarters located?
18. The Loop Line which goes through Halewood is also known as what?
19. Which area was the Pipe and Gannex pub located?
20. What is the name of the writer and TV producer from Huyton who created the iconic TV programmes Brookside, Grange Hill and Hollyoaks?
21. Over 50 years ago, estates were built in which towns for inner-city Liverpool residents to move to?
22. In what year did the new Whiston Hospital open?
23. Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram is from which town in the borough?
24. Which singer from Frankie Goes to Hollywood was from Cantril Farm?
25. Which former Prime Minister was also the MP for Huyton during his career?
26. What is the A5300 road better known as?
27. The Leighton Observatory (Liverpool Astronomical Society) is located where?
28. What is the name of the bridge that replaced the structure affectionately known as 'the sausage bridge'?
29. Which town in the borough has historical ties to the watchmaking industry?
30. Which Manchester City goalkeeper spent time as an inmate in Huyton's Prisoner of War camp off Longview Lane prior to his football career?
31. What is the name of Everton Football Club's training ground in Halewood?
Answers
1. 1974
2. Katarina Johnson-Thompson
3. 1970s
4. Kirkby
5. George Harrison
6. Prescot
7. Cronton, Halewood, Huyton, Kirkby, Knowsley Village, Prescot, Tarbock, Whiston and Stockbridge Village.
8. 1980s
9. The Prescot Picture Palace
10. 2022
11. 1983
12. Phil Thompson (captained Liverpool to their 1981 European Cup victory in Paris) and Dennis Mortimer (captained Aston Villa to win the European Cup in Rotterdam, Netherlands, in 1982).
13. Huyton
14. The Stanley family, the Earls of Derby
15. 1960
16. Mel C - AKA Sporty Spice
17. Huyton
18. The Ralla
19. Knowsley Village
20. Phil Redmond
21. Kirkby and Cantril Farm
22. 2010
23. Kirkby
24. Paul Rutherford
25. Harold Wilson
26. Knowsley Expressway
27. Cronton
28. The Greystone footbridge
29. Prescot
30. Bert Trautmann
31. Finch Farm
