How well do you know Birmingham?

The quiz covered a wide variety of subjects, all on the theme of Birmingham, reflecting the diversity of the city’s industrial, cultural and sporting achievements and moments over the years; fascinating facts and plenty of reasons to be proud of Brum.

Could you be a trivia champion? Try your luck with a few of the trickiest questions from the night:

1. In what year was Chancellor’s Court semi-circle fully completed with the opening of the Bramall Music Building?
   
   
2. How many UoB students and alumni were on the Olympic gold medal winning hockey team in 2016?
   
   
3. What is Birmingham’s one word motto on the city crest?
   
   
4. Which brand was not made in Birmingham?
   1. Bird’s Custard
   2. Ryvita Crispbread
   3. Typhoo Tea
   4. McVitie’s biscuits
      
      
5. Name the British F1 driver and 1992 World Champion who grew up in Hall Green.
   
   
6. What key item made in Birmingham replaced the football referee’s handkerchief and was introduced to the sport by ACME in the 1870s?
   
   
7. The music of Black Sabbath recently inspired a quite different cultural offering which premiered at the Birmingham Hippodrome in 2023. What was it?
   
   
8. In what year did Birmingham host the Eurovision Song Contest? And for a bonus point, which song won it for the UK the previous year?