Wood Green Quiz The Printers’ Almshouses, Bounds Green Road, c.1900 Our latest quiz concentrates on the history of Wood Green – have a go. Results Top marks! You’re a real local expert. TwitterFacebookE-mail TwitterFacebookE-mail #1. Which was the first pub in Wood Green? The Jolly Anglers The Jolly Anglers The Nags Head The Nags Head The Kings Arms The Kings Arms The Three Jolly Butchers The Three Jolly Butchers #2. Where was the first shopping street in Wood Green? Mayes Road Mayes Road Myddleton Road Myddleton Road Commerce Road Commerce Road Crescent Road Crescent Road #3. Which church originally occupied the current Greek Orthodox Church on Trinity Road? Bowes Park Baptist Church Bowes Park Baptist Church Trinity Weslyan Chapel Trinity Weslyan Chapel St Paul's Catholic Church St Paul's Catholic Church Wood Green Congregational Church Wood Green Congregational Church #4. Which famous twentieth century author lived in Wood Green? Elizabeth Bowen Elizabeth Bowen Arthur C Clarke Arthur C Clarke Graham Greene Graham Greene Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf #5. Where was Wood Green's indoor swimming pool before it closed in 1997? Woodside Park Woodside Park Western Road Western Road Wood Green High Road Wood Green High Road Alexandra Palace Alexandra Palace #6. Where did the obelisk on Bounds Green Road stand before it was moved to make way for tramway lines? On the corner of Park Avenue On the corner of Park Avenue Outside St Michael's Church Outside St Michael's Church Outside Wood Green Town Hall Outside Wood Green Town Hall Outside Alexandra Palace Outside Alexandra Palace #7. Which building, constructed in 1912, was designed by Frank Matcham? The Wood Green Empire The Wood Green Empire The Premier Electric Cinema The Premier Electric Cinema Wood Green Town Hall Wood Green Town Hall Wood Green Library Wood Green Library #8. When did Wood Green Tube Station open? 1930 1930 1920 1920 1932 1932 1946 1946 #9. Which underground stream flows under the Shopping City and Noel Park, heading in a north easterly direction towards the River Lee? Stonebridge Brook Stonebridge Brook The Muswell Stream The Muswell Stream Coppetts Brook Coppetts Brook The Moselle The Moselle #10. Development of the Noel Park Estate began in 1883 on which farmland? Ducketts Farm Ducketts Farm Chitts Hill Farm Chitts Hill Farm Bounds Green Farm Bounds Green Farm Nightingale Hall Nightingale Hall Get Results Image of The Printers’ Almshouses courtesy of Albert Pinching. TwitterFacebookE-mail
