The Website for all former pupils of the Prescot Grammar Schools
 
The July 2008
Prescotian Quiz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. John Pugh is MP for Southport, representing which political party?
a) Conservative
b) Labour
c) Liberal Democrats
d) The Green Party

2. Who was headmaster of PGS from 1882 to 1907?
a) Edward Lawler
b) John Scholfield
c) Charles Richardson
d) William Bunter

3. What subject did Mr. Brian Grice teach at 'A' Level?
a) Physics
b) French
c) Latin
d) Economics

4. Who was the first headmistress at the Girls Grammar School?
Miss Keay
Miss Smith
Miss Heywood
Miss Macklin

5. In which year Prescot School gain specialist status as a Language College?
1999
2000
2001
2002

6. What were 1950s parents discouraged from sending to the school?
a) Packed lunches
b) Complaint forms
c) Telephone messages
d) Unwashed PE kit

7. Former pupil Lez Brotherston is famed for designing what?
a) Fashion shoes
b) Motor bikes
c) Stage sets
d) Art exhibitions

8. Which former pupil wrote a top ten hits for Herman's Hermits and Manfred Mann?
a) Tony Hazzard
b) Stuart Sutcliffe
c) Colin Vearncombe
d) Michael Cox