Answer: mid-19th century

Question: When did Ford Park Cemetery first operate?


Answer: 1666

Context: After the English Civil War the Royal Citadel was built in 1666 on the east end of Plymouth Hoe, to defend the port from naval attacks, suppress Plymothian Parliamentary leanings and to train the armed forces. Guided tours are available in the summer months. Further west is Smeaton's Tower, which was built in 1759 as a lighthouse on rocks 14 miles (23 km) off shore, but dismantled and the top two thirds rebuilt on the Hoe in 1877. It is open to the public and has views over the Plymouth Sound and the city from the lantern room. Plymouth has 20 war memorials of which nine are on The Hoe including: Plymouth Naval Memorial, to remember those killed in World Wars I and II, and the Armada Memorial, to commemorate the defeat of the Spanish Armada.

Question: In what year was the Royal Citadel constructed?


Answer: English Civil War

Question: In the wake of what conflict was the Royal Citadel built?


Answer: 1759

Question: When was Smeaton's Tower first constructed?


Answer: 23

Question: In kilometers, how far off the coast was Smeaton's Tower originally built?


Answer: Armada Memorial

Question: What memorial commemorates the naval victory over the Spanish Armada?


Answer: Sutton

Context: The early port settlement of Plymouth, called "Sutton", approximates to the area now referred to as the Barbican and has 100 listed buildings and the largest concentration of cobbled streets in Britain. The Pilgrim Fathers left for the New World in 1620 near the commemorative Mayflower Steps in Sutton Pool. Also on Sutton Pool is the National Marine Aquarium which displays 400 marine species and includes Britain's deepest aquarium tank.

Question: What was the name of the port once situated on the land occupied by present day Plymouth?


Answer: 1620

Question: When did the Pilgrim Fathers depart Plymouth for the Americas?


Answer: Mayflower Steps

Question: What monument commemorates the departure of the Pilgrim Fathers?


Answer: 400

Question: How many marine species are present at the National Marine Aquarium?


Answer: 100

Question: How many listed buildings are present in the Barbican area?


Answer: Crownhill Fort

Context: On the northern outskirts of the city, Crownhill Fort is a well restored example of a "Palmerston's Folly". It is owned by the Landmark Trust and is open to the public.

Question: What structure was referred to as a "Palmerston's Folly"?


Answer: north

Question: In what cardinal direction is Crownhill Fort located outside the city?


Answer: the Landmark Trust

Question: Who runs Crownhill Fort?


Answer: west

Context: To the west of the city is Devonport, one of Plymouth's historic quarters. As part of Devonport's millennium regeneration project, the Devonport Heritage Trail has been introduced, complete with over 70 waymarkers outlining the route.

Question: In what cardinal direction outside Plymouth is Devonport located?


Answer: over 70

Question: How many waymarkers are present on the Devonport Heritage Trail?


Answer: south-east Cornwall

Context: Plymouth is often used as a base by visitors to Dartmoor, the Tamar Valley and the beaches of south-east Cornwall. Kingsand, Cawsand and Whitsand Bay are popular.

Question: Visitors to what region's beaches often stop at Plymouth?


Answer: Kingsand

Question: Along with Whitsand Bay and Cawsand, what Plymouth-area beaches are popular with tourists?


Answer: Tamar Valley

Question: Visitors to what local valley often stop over in Plymouth?


Answer: Henning Larsen

Context: The Roland Levinsky building, the landmark building of the University of Plymouth, is located in the city's central quarter. Designed by leading architect Henning Larsen, the building was opened in 2008 and houses the University's Arts faculty. It has been consistently considered one of the UK's most beautiful university buildings.

Question: Who designed the Roland Levinsky building?


Answer: 2008

Question: When did the Roland Levinsky building open?


Answer: University of Plymouth

Question: Of what university is the Roland Levinsky building a part?


Answer: Arts

Question: What academic discipline at the university is based in the Roland Levinsky building?


Answer: the city's central quarter

Question: What part of Plymouth is the Roland Levinsky building situated in?


Answer: Plymothians

Context: People from Plymouth are known as Plymothians or less formally as Janners. Its meaning is described as a person from Devon, deriving from Cousin Jan (the Devon form of John), but more particularly in naval circles anyone from the Plymouth area.

Question: What are Plymouth residents commonly called?


Answer: Janners

Question: What colloquial term is used for Plymouth residents?


Answer: Cousin Jan

Question: After what figure are Janners named?


Answer: John

Question: In Devon, Jan is another way of saying what common English name?


Answer: Tavistock

Context: The Elizabethan navigator, Sir Francis Drake was born in the nearby town of Tavistock and was the mayor of Plymouth. He was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world and was known by the Spanish as El Draco meaning "The Dragon" after he raided many of their ships. He died of dysentery in 1596 off the coast of Puerto Rico. In 2002 a mission to recover his body and bring it to Plymouth was allowed by the Ministry of Defence. His cousin and contemporary John Hawkins was a Plymouth man. Painter Sir Joshua Reynolds, founder and first president of the Royal Academy was born and educated in nearby Plympton, now part of Plymouth. William Cookworthy born in Kingsbridge set up his successful porcelain business in the city and was a close friend of John Smeaton designer of the Eddystone Lighthouse. On 26 January 1786, Benjamin Robert Haydon, an English painter who specialised in grand historical pictures, was born here. The naturalist Dr William Elford Leach FRS, who did much to pave the way in Britain for Charles Darwin, was born at Hoe Gate in 1791.

Question: What was the birthplace of Sir Francis Drake?


Answer: El Draco

Question: What did the Spanish nickname Sir Francis Drake?


Answer: 1596

Question: In what year did Sir Francis Drake die?


Answer: dysentery

Question: What was Sir Francis Drake's cause of death?


Answer: Sir Joshua Reynolds

Question: What notable artist and Royal Academician was born in Plympton?


Answer: Robert Lenkiewicz

Context: Antarctic explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Frank Bickerton both lived in the city. Artists include Beryl Cook whose paintings depict the culture of Plymouth and Robert Lenkiewicz, whose paintings investigated themes of vagrancy, sexual behaviour and suicide, lived in the city from the 1960s until his death in 2002. Illustrator and creator of children's series Mr Benn and King Rollo, David McKee, was born and brought up in South Devon and trained at Plymouth College of Art. Jazz musician John Surman, born in nearby Tavistock, has close connections to the area, evidenced by his 2012 album Saltash Bells. The avant garde prepared guitarist Keith Rowe was born in the city before establishing the jazz free improvisation band AMM in London in 1965 and MIMEO in 1997. The musician and film director Cosmo Jarvis has lived in several towns in South Devon and has filmed videos in and around Plymouth. In addition, actors Sir Donald Sinden and Judi Trott. George Passmore of Turner Prize winning duo Gilbert and George was born in the city, as was Labour politician Michael Foot whose family reside at nearby Trematon Castle.

Question: What artist died in Plymouth in 2002?


Answer: Plymouth College of Art

Question: Where did the creator of Mr Benn and King Rollo study?


Answer: Jazz

Question: What genre of music does John Surman play?


Answer: Keith Rowe

Question: What local figure played in the bands AMM and MIMEO?


Answer: Trematon Castle

Question: Where do the family of Michael Foot live?


Answer: footballer

Context: Notable athletes include swimmer Sharron Davies, diver Tom Daley, dancer Wayne Sleep, and footballer Trevor Francis. Other past residents include composer journalist and newspaper editor William Henry Wills, Ron Goodwin, and journalist Angela Rippon and comedian Dawn French. Canadian politician and legal scholar Chris Axworthy hails from Plymouth. America based actor Donald Moffat, whose roles include American Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson in the film The Right Stuff, and fictional President Bennett in Clear and Present Danger, was born in Plymouth.

Question: What is the occupation of Trevor Francis?


Answer: Canadian

Question: What is the current nationality of former Plymouth resident Chris Axworthy?


Answer: Lyndon B. Johnson

Question: What United States vice president did Donald Moffat play?


Answer: Clear and Present Danger

Question: In what film did Donald Moffat play President Bennett?


Answer: comedian

Question: What is Dawn French's job?