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The Lambda Prescotian Quiz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. How many boys attended PGS when Spencer Briggs retired?
a) 430
b) 530
c) 630
d) 730

2. Which Liverpool footballer was the guest at a School Speech Day in the sixties?
a) Alan A Court
b) Ron Yeats
c) Emlyn Hughes
d) Billy Liddell

3. In the fifties, where was the only place to buy a school cap?
a) The School
b) Horne Brothers
c) Johnsons in Eccleston Street
d) Rays

4. What was English master Mr. Heywoods first name?
Edward
Ernest
Ephraim
Ewart

5. Who was the long standing Chair of Girls Grammar School Governors who stepped down in 1973?
Mrs. Heyes
Miss. Smith
Miss Keay
Mrs. Spencer Briggs

6. Which 1960s science teacher was nicknamed Bullwinkle?
a) Mr. Stoddart
b) Mr. Moore
c) Mr. Watts
d) Mr. Thomson

7. Former pupil Paul Lewis was notable for what reason?
a) Principal Bassoonist in Manchester Camerata
b) Writing a Eurovison Song Contest winning song
c) Soloist at the Last Night of the Proms
d) Playwright and journalist

8. In which year did the Grammar School move to the High Street?
a) 1720
b) 1760
c) 1810
d) 1860

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