England County Quiz - Greater Manchester

19th century nickname for Manchester, due to its large and productive textile industry

Number of the 36 mile long Manchester orbital motorway

This town, 10 miles to the north east of central Manchester, is considered to be the
birthplace of the worldwide Cooperative Movement

Man-made inland waterway which connects Manchester to the Irish Sea

Flaky, buttery puff pastry delicacy filled with currants and dried fruits, and named after a town in Greater Manchester

Large town in the west of the county, supposedly with a 'pier'

This person was the world’s first test tube baby, born in Oldham General Hospital
in 1978

Full name of Bolton's professional football club, which was founded in 1874

Artist, born in Stretford in 1887, who became very well known for his paintings of
industrial scenes and 'matchstick men'

The only other official city in the county, aside from Manchester

The home stadium of Manchester United Football Club

The longest serving and most decorated manager of the above club

Very long running soap opera set in 'Weatherfield', a fictional town in the county

The first inter-city railway in the world opened in 1830 between Manchester and this
other place

Born in Bury in 1788, this person went on to be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
and founded the Metropolitan Police