Well the rest are super easy, so you have you 2 minutes left to try things there. (and think of things for queensberry, but well that is no 3 letter answer so hard to get by just guessing, so yeah missed that one)
That "Pudding" question got me totally. Such a face palm when I read the answer. I'd never heard the M one before either, but it was easy enough to guess.
Northumberland is the only one that gave me problems. I tried Northumbria, Northumberton, even Northampton and Newcastle out of desperation before finally getting it.
2.26 left, I started off typing medium speed and halfway through realised I could get a decent time here if I type a bit faster (well at least as fast as I can type, which isn't the fastest!)
As a Brit from the Northwest, I've never heard of Manchester being called "Warehouse City", although I could guess it. Also, if we're being totally accurate, the currency is the "Pound sterling", sometimes shortened to just "Sterling".
I'm sorry Mr Quizzer 6794, but Manchester is not known as the Warehouse City by anyone. Just Google it and you will find zero hits for 'The Warehouse City'. OK, Manchester is known for its warehouses, mainly cotton and other textile warehouses, but it is also known for many other things. For instance, it is known as Cottonopolis because of its historical role in the industrial revolution and the textile industry. It is the place of the founding of the Co-operative movement, home of the Haçienda night club, famed for Joy Division, New Order, The Smiths, The Happy Mondays. It was an inspiration for both Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels to write their famous treatises (Das Kapital and The Condition of the Working Class in England respectively). Indeed it is where Marx and Engels met for the first time. It was the home of Emiline Pankhurst, suffragist leader. There are many many things you could associate with Manchester, and yet the one thing is selected that has no meaning for a Mancunian
In addition, all manner of household linen (bedding, tablecloths, pillow cases etc) is known by the collective noun 'Manchester' by inhabitants of Australia and New Zealand. Alan Turing, based at the University of Manchester, worked to break the German Enigma code during World War Two helping defeat Nazi Germany. What about the first ever passenger railway in 1830? The splitting of the atom by Ernest Rutherford in 1919? The Peterloo Massacre? I would urge you to find a more suitable clue for your question on Manchester, please sir...respectfully. EDIT - OK, I have re-Googled it, and it seems it may have been 'dubbed' 'Warehouse City' in the mid-19th Century, but it is not an epithet currently associated with the city...
I've never heard that nickname either, although I've only got 6 or 7 years living in Manchester on my CV. My initial thought was somewhere with an IKEA...
With 'city' in the clue and beginning with 'M' it wasn't a big stretch, but still. Definitely agree with the suggested change to Cottonopolis.
Only got Northumberland because.......of taking other quizzes on JetPunk and being exposed to such information. JetPunk: educating idiots like me one bit of information at a time!
Making my lamp shine brighter may raise me from a dimwit to a halfwit, but I still have a long way to go before I light the room with my brilliance. As Don said, it's one step at a time.
Well, I too didn't have a clue. I just figured that the Industrial Revolution began in Manchester and warehouses have some relation to building and industries so I figured, why not try it. And I got the answer. :)
To be ruthlessly pedantic (this is the Internet after all)
The Queensberry rules for boxing were not made by the Marquess of Queensberry. They were written by John Graham Chambers - the Marquess sponsored them as a prominent figure, so they got named after him.
Northumberland is a county of England. Northumbria was a kingdom during the Anglo-Saxon period of English history. Both are/were located in the north-east of England, the county's name coming from the old kingdom's name. The name Northumbria is also sometimes used around that area (such as in the name of a university).
"Bold Gryffindor, from wild moor,
Fair Ravenclaw, from glen,
Sweet Hufflepuff, from valley broad,
Shrewd Slytherin, from fen."
With 'city' in the clue and beginning with 'M' it wasn't a big stretch, but still. Definitely agree with the suggested change to Cottonopolis.
The Queensberry rules for boxing were not made by the Marquess of Queensberry. They were written by John Graham Chambers - the Marquess sponsored them as a prominent figure, so they got named after him.