Question: Was it hundreds or thousands of buildings in Southampton that sustained damage from air raids?
Answer: thousands

Question: What style of architecture partially survived the war?
Answer: Georgian

Question: Southampton has been redeveloped almost entirely in the years since which war?
Answer: World War II

Question: In which decade did there start to be a lot of traffic in Southampton?
Answer: 1920s

Question: Some of the walls around which landmark were demolished in the 1930s?
Answer: the Bargate

Question: What document declared the upgrade of University College at Highfield?
Answer: Royal Charter

Question: What is the new name of University College at Highfield?
Answer: University of Southampton

Question: When did Southampton officially become a city?
Answer: 1964

Question: In what year did the Royal Charter give the University of Southampton its name?
Answer: 1952

Question: In what year did an act establish the Hampshire County Council?
Answer: 1888

Question: What organization did the new county council share governance of Southampton with?
Answer: the Corporation in Southampton

Question: What year was the county of Hampshire officially named?
Answer: 1959

Question: Even before it was official, Hampshire was often called Hampshire or what ancient variation of the name?
Answer: Hantscire

Question: What designation was Southampton given in 1974?
Answer: non-metropolitan district

Question: Southampton's history of administrative independence dates back to the reign of which king?
Answer: King John

Question: What was the annual fee paid by the burgesses of Southampton for the rights of custom and toll laid out in the charter of 1199?
Answer: £200

Question: In the 1100s, the port of Southampton included everything between Lymington and what area?
Answer: Langstone

Question: Under what king was a charter granted in 1446/7 that separated Southampton and Portsmouth from Hampshire?
Answer: Henry VI

Question: What date was the charter regarding Southampton's tax farm signed at Orival?
Answer: 29 June 1199

Question: What king's charter recognized Southampton as its own county?
Answer: Charles I

Question: What year did Southampton receive the charter naming it 'The Town and County of the Town of Southampton'?
Answer: 1640

Question: What era in history saw local government begin setting up County Councils in the area?
Answer: Victorian period

Question: After 1888, which Council took over some governance of Southampton Town?
Answer: Hampshire County Council

Question: What was the year that Queen Elizabeth II's charter created the City and County of the City of Southampton?
Answer: 1964

Question: What county did the city of Southampton become administratively independent of in April of 1997?
Answer: Hampshire County

Question: What official designation did Southampton receive in the April 1997 local government reorganization?
Answer: unitary authority

Question: What act was responsible for the reorganization of local government on April 1, 1997?
Answer: 1992 Local Government Act

Question: What ceremonial county does Southampton still belong to?
Answer: Hampshire

Question: How many concillors sit on Southampton's City Council?
Answer: 48

Question: How man wards are there in Southampton?
Answer: 16

Question: How many councillors are assigned to each ward in Southampton?
Answer: 3

Question: In what month are council elections held?
Answer: May

Question: In how many years of every four is a council election held in Southampton?
Answer: three

Question: How many representatives does Southampton have in parliament?
Answer: three

Question: What is Royston Smith's constituency?
Answer: Southampton Itchen

Question: Who is Southampton Test's member of parliament?
Answer: Dr. Alan Whitehead

Question: To what political party does Caroline Nokes belong?
Answer: Conservative

Question: Which directional area of Southampton does Dr. Alan Whitehead represent?
Answer: west

Question: How many cities or towns are there in all of England and Wales with a ceremonial sheriff acting as the Mayor's deputy?
Answer: 16

Question: Who's the current Mayor of Southampton?
Answer: Linda Norris

Question: What's the name of the 578th sheriff of Southampton?
Answer: Catherine McEwing

Question: When did John Melody, the town crier of Southampton, pass away?
Answer: 2014

Question: How many decibels was John Melody able to reach in his cry?
Answer: 104

Question: What city in France does Southampton City Council have a twinning link with?
Answer: Le Havre

Question: Which Italian city did Southampton City Council establish a twinning link with in 2002?
Answer: Trieste

Question: What's the only city in the USA with a twinning link to Southampton City Council?
Answer: Hampton, Virginia

Question: What year did Southampton City Council link with Busan, South Korea?
Answer: 1978

Question: In what country does Southampton City Council have a twinning link with Rems-Murr-Kreis?
Answer: Germany

Question: At which tip of Southampton Water is Southampton located?
Answer: northern

Question: What river converges with the Test?
Answer: Itchen

Question: Which river is excellent for salmon fishing?
Answer: Test

Question: Which river splits the city of Southampton into an east section and a west section?
Answer: Itchen

Question: What Southampton area is located between the Itchen and Test rivers?
Answer: The city centre

Question: What's the name of the public quay that's been in Southampton since the 13th century?
Answer: Town Quay

Question: In what decade were the Eastern Docks that can be seen today created?
Answer: 1830s

Question: What company commissioned the program that created the Western Docks?
Answer: Southern Railway Company

Question: What body of water was dredged for the material used for reclamation?
Answer: Southampton Water

Question: In what decade did the Southern Railway Company commission the program that created the Western Docks?
Answer: 1930s

Question: How many high tide peaks does Southampton Water get?
Answer: two

Question: What island do many people think causes the double high tide in Southampton Water?
Answer: Isle of Wight

Question: What body of water is actually responsible for the unusual double high tide?
Answer: English Channel

Question: What size ships can move through Southampton Water more easily because of the double high tide?
Answer: large

Question: In addition to its shape, what property of the English Channel affects water flow in Southampton Water?
Answer: depth

Question: Along which border of Southampton does the River Test run?
Answer: western

Question: What forest is on the opposite bank of the River Test from Southampton?
Answer: New Forest

Question: What motorway crosses the River Test to the North?
Answer: the M27

Question: Where was the first bridge built across the River Itchen?
Answer: Mansbridge

Question: What bridge at Swaythling crosses at the point between the tidal and non-tidal sections of the River Itchen?
Answer: Woodmill Bridge

Question: What's the largest park in Southampton?
Answer: Southampton Common

Question: How many hectares is Southampton Common?
Answer: 148

Question: What wildlife center is located in Southampton Common?
Answer: Hawthorns Urban Wildlife Centre

Question: What related attraction was at the same site before the Urban Wildlife Centre?
Answer: Southampton Zoo

Question: How many Local Authorities are there in England?
Answer: 354

Question: In addition to the Thornhill and Townhill Park districts, what other district has a council estate?
Answer: Weston

Question: What's Southampton's ranking on the list of most deprived Local Authorities in England?
Answer: 96th

Question: What kind of climate does Southampton have?
Answer: oceanic

Question: For what month does Southampton hold the UK's record high temperature?
Answer: June

Question: What was the record high temperature for June in degrees Celsius?
Answer: 35.6