Question: What was the name of the 10th-century fortified settlement that took Hamwic's place?
Answer: Southampton

Question: In what year did the Norman Conquest take place?
Answer: 1066

Question: What was the capital of England during the time of the Norman Conquest?
Answer: Winchester

Question: Southampton was important to transit between Winchester and what other region in England in the 11th century?
Answer: Normandy

Question: In what century was Southampton Castle built?
Answer: 12th

Question: During the 13th century, what did Southampton get in trade for English cloth and wool?
Answer: French wine

Question: Ruins of merchants' homes that survive today are evidence that Southampton had rich people in what century?
Answer: 12th

Question: What plague made it to England because of all the ships visiting Southampton in the 14th century?
Answer: Black Death

Question: What year did the Black Death arrive in England for the first time?
Answer: 1348

Question: In addition to King John's House, what's the name of another rich merchant's dwelling that still partly remains?
Answer: Canute's Palace

Question: Who led the invasion of Southampton in the 14th century by the French and others?
Answer: Charles Grimaldi

Question: What principality did Grimaldi set up with the profits from plundering Southampton?
Answer: Monaco

Question: What year did Edward III show up in Southampton and tell them to build walls?
Answer: 1339

Question: How many of the original towers from Southampton's walls are still standing?
Answer: 13

Question: The oldest section of the original wall around the town dates from what year?
Answer: 1175

Question: What's the name of the wall tower that was the first of its kind in England built for artillery purposes?
Answer: God's House Tower

Question: In what year was the God's House Tower built?
Answer: 1417

Question: What museum was located in God's House Tower until 2011?
Answer: Museum of Archaeology

Question: Which king of England directed new fortifications that helped Southampton rely less on its wall?
Answer: Henry VIII

Question: In what century did Southampton complete construction of the wall around the city?
Answer: 15th

Question: The only remaining piece of the motte and bailey castle can be seen near what modern Southampton street?
Answer: Castle Way

Question: About what year was the Franciscan friary established in Southampton?
Answer: 1233

Question: What year did Southampton's Franciscan friary shut down?
Answer: 1538

Question: In what decade were the leftovers of the Southampton friary destroyed?
Answer: 1940s

Question: What landmark now sits on the site of the Franciscan friary in Southampton?
Answer: Friary House

Question: In what year was the friars' water supply system built in Southampton?
Answer: 1290

Question: Where was the water brought from by the friars' supply system?
Answer: Conduit Head

Question: What year did the friars start letting the rest of Southampton use the water from their system?
Answer: 1310

Question: When was ownership of the medieval water supply system given to the town of Southampton?
Answer: 1420

Question: What's the name of the landmark on Commercial Road where remains of the friars' water system can be seen?
Answer: Conduit House

Question: What war was taking place in the 1640s in England?
Answer: English Civil War

Question: What year did a Parliamentary garrison enter Southampton?
Answer: 1642

Question: What is the furthest town the Royalists reached during their advance into Southampton in 1644?
Answer: Redbridge

Question: In what month of 1644 did the Royalists fail to take Redbridge?
Answer: March

Question: What skilled trade was a central industry for Southampton in the Middle Ages?
Answer: shipbuilding

Question: What's the name of the famed warship built in Southampton for Henry V?
Answer: HMS Grace Dieu

Question: What was the name of the man who overhauled block-making to mechanize the process?
Answer: Walter Taylor

Question: Between 1904 and 2004, what shipbuilding company employed a large portion of Southampton?
Answer: Thornycroft

Question: In what historical period did Walter Taylor's improvements on block-making play an important role?
Answer: Industrial Revolution

Question: What battle did King Henry leave for in 1415?
Answer: Battle of Agincourt

Question: What group did the men accused of high treason, including Henry Scrope and Sir Thomas Grey, lead?
Answer: Southampton Plot

Question: What is the public house where the men from Southampton Plot were tried called now?
Answer: Red Lion

Question: What was the Earl of Cambridge's first name?
Answer: Richard

Question: Outside of what structure did the execution of the Southampton Plot leaders take place?
Answer: the Bargate

Question: What did the military use Southampton for during wars in the 18th century?
Answer: embarkation

Question: In addition to wars with the French and the Boer War, in which notable war in the 18th century did Southampton play a role?
Answer: the Crimean war

Question: What war won Southampton the title of No. 1 Military Embarkation port?
Answer: the Great War

Question: What group of people in addition to wounded soldiers from the Great War often were brought to Southampton for treatment?
Answer: POWs

Question: In what year did Southampton lead preparations for the Invasion of Europe?
Answer: 1944

Question: When did Southampton turn into a spa town?
Answer: 1740

Question: Despite not having a good beach, what decade saw  Southampton become popular for sea bathing?
Answer: 1760s

Question: Where in Southampton were special baths filled by seawater constructed?
Answer: West Quay

Question: What change in flow of the sea controlled the innovative baths at West Quay?
Answer: the tide

Question: In what historical period did Southampton expand greatly?
Answer: Victorian era

Question: What year was the Southampton Docks company created?
Answer: 1835

Question: In what month of 1838 was stone laid for the foundation of the Southampton docks?
Answer: October

Question: What year did the railroad to London from Southampton open fully?
Answer: 1840

Question: What name did Southampton earn for its importance in creating a link to London?
Answer: The Gateway to the Empire

Question: Who wrote "The Cruise of the Steam Yacht North Star"?
Answer: John Choules

Question: What town did Choules say had the only Main Street more beautiful than Southampton's?
Answer: Oxford

Question: How long was Southampton's High Street as described by Choules?
Answer: one mile and a half

Question: What adjective did Choules use to describe the shops of Southampton's High Street?
Answer: elegant

Question: Choules complimented the streets of Southampton for being kept in what condition?
Answer: clean

Question: What famous ship left Southampton's port carrying the Pilgrim Fathers?
Answer: Mayflower

Question: What year did the Mayflower set sail from Southampton?
Answer: 1620

Question: How many crew members out of every five on the RMS Titanic were Sotonians?
Answer: Four

Question: What company operated passenger ships across the Atlantic, including the RMS Queen Elizabeth?
Answer: Cunard

Question: In what year did Southampton Container Terminals open?
Answer: 1968

Question: Who designed the Supermarine Spitfire?
Answer: R J Mitchell

Question: What area of Southampton did Mitchell hail from?
Answer: Portswood

Question: What color is the plaque that marks the Spitfire designer's house?
Answer: blue

Question: In what month of 1940 did bombs destroy the factory that made Mitchell's seaplanes?
Answer: September

Question: Which forces did Southampton supply after D-Day that made it a target for many Luftwaffe air raids?
Answer: Allied forces

Question: How many people died because of the bombs dropped on Southampton?
Answer: 630

Question: In addition to casualties, about how many people were wounded by air raids on Southampton?
Answer: 2,000