Putney General Knowledge Quiz

Stuart on Putney Embankment

How well do you think you know Putney?

How much have you learnt about Stuart?

What exactly has the Labour Government done for the area in the past decade?

Test your knowledge with these twenty multiple-choice questions - then check how well you did on the following page.

Telegraph Lane, Putney Heath1.Which British Prime Minister died in a cottage on Putney Heath?

a) Robert Walpole
b) Clement Attlee
c) William Pitt the Younger
d) Stanley Baldwin

2. In which of these local churches did the Putney Debates take place in 1647?

a) All Saints Church, Putney Common
b) St Mary's Church, Putney Bridge
c) The Methodist Church, Gwendolen Avenue
d) Holy Trinity Church, West Hill

3. Tibbet's Ride, Tibbet's Close and Tibbet's Corner were named after a local what?

a) Gamekeeper
b) Landowner
c) Highwayman
d) Politician

Southlands College4. Which of these is not a college within Roehampton University?

a) Manresa College
b) Digby Stuart College
c) Froebel College
d) Whitelands College

5. By what percentage had unemployment been reduced in the Putney constituency in Labour's ten years up to April 2007?

a) 27.6%
b) 33.3%
c) 58.4%
d) Putney's unemployment rate has increased since Labour was elected

6. Sir Edwin Saunders, who lived on Wimbledon Parkside, was dentist to which Queen?

a) Queen Caroline
b) Queen Elizabeth I
c) Queen Elizabeth II
d) Queen Victoria

Highcliffe Drive, Alton Estate7. Which architect is credited as the inspiration for the design of Roehampton's Alton Estate?

a) Erno Goldfinger
b) Antonio Gaudi
c) Le Corbusier
d) Frank Lloyd-Wright

8. By what name was Putney referred to in the Domesday Book?

a) Putelei
b) Puttennethe
c) Poultenheth
d) Pottnie

9. What is the current Conservative majority in Putney Stuart's campaigning to overturn ?

a) 1,766
b) 2,453
c) 3,551
d) 5,365

Police Community Support Officers10. How many Labour-funded Safer Neighbourhoods Police and Community Support Officers has Putney gained since 1997?

a) 15
b) 26
c) 40
d) None - there are fewer Safer Neighbourhoods officers

11. Which was the most expensive street in the constituency in 2006 (based on figures collected by the ourproperty website?)

a) Lower Common South, Putney Common
b) Roedean Crescent, Roehampton
c) Larpent Avenue, West Putney
d) Holroyd Road, West Putney

12. Which of these former MPs has NOT represented Putney, Roehampton and Southfields?

a) Sir Hugh Linstead
b) Tony Colman
c) Hugh Jenkins
d) John Bowis

13. Which of these celebrities does not live or has not lived in the constituency ?

a) Marc Bolan
b) Bobby Moore
c) Prunella Scales
d) Simon le Bon

14. According to the 2001 census how many people live in the constituency?

a) 67,549
b) 81,280
c) 97,745
d) 111,364

Tony Colman15. After attacking former Putney MP Tony Colman in 2005 for usually voting his Party line, what percentage of times has Justine Greening, the current Tory MP, obeyed her Party Whip in Commons votes (according to the 'The Public Whip' website)?

a) 78.1%
b) 87.8%
c) 92.5%
d) 97.9%

16. How many free nursery places has Labour created in the borough since 1997?

a) 560
b) 890
c) 1,555
d) None

Southfields Station17. The origin of Southfields is:

a) it was the south field of the Manor of Dunsford
b) it was named after South Field House, a former grand mansion at the foot of West Hill
c) just as Earlsfield was named after the family of the Lord of the Manor - the Earls, so Southfields is named after the Souths
d) it was established by villagers who had previously lived further down the river Wandle in Northfields, and therefore called their new home Southfields

18. Which of these famous people does not have an Engligh Heritage blue plaque dedicated to them in the constituency?

a) Dr Edward Benes, former President of Czechoslovakia
b) George Eliot, Novelist
c) Thomas Hardy, Novelist
d) Gerard Manley-Hopkins, Poet

19. Which is the oldest of these pubs?

a) The Old Spotted Horse, Putney High Street
b) The Bricklayers Arms, Waterman Street
c) The Green Man, Putney Heath
d) The Angel, Roehampton High Street

Mr Benn20. In the cult 1970s children's cartoon 'Mr Benn', Mr Benn lived in a street based on which Putney road his creator used to live in?

a) Bangalore Street
b) Werter Road
c) Festing Road
d) Clarendon Drive

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