Patrimonito's Quiz
1. Which mill owner
built the Silk Mill at Derby?
A. Sir Richard Arkwright
B. William Strutt
C. John Lombe
D. Thomas Evans
2. Where can you find The
Unitarian Chapel?
A. Belper
B. Derby
C. Cromford
D. Darley Abbey
E. Milford
3. Where can you find The
Bear Pit?
A. Belper
B. Derby
C. Cromford
D. Darley Abbey
E. Milford
4. Who invented the Derby
Rib?
A. Samuel Crompton
B. Jedediah Strutt
C. James Hargreaves
D. Richard Arkwright
5. In the Age of Enlightenment,
when the Derwent Valley Mills first flourished, who was the Derby
painter whose expertise lay in the depiction of light?
A. Joseph Wright
B. Erasmus Darwin
C. Josiah Wedgwood
D. James Watt
6. Which of the Derwent Valley
Mills was built in 1771?
A. Silk Mill, Derby
B. Cromford Mill
C. Masson Mill
D. Long Mill, Darley Abbey
E. North Mill, Belper
7. What was the name of the
grand residence built by Richard Arkwright, which he didn't live
to see completed?
A. Haddon Hall
B. Bridge Hill House
C. Willersley Castle
D. Darley Hall
8. Who worked with William
Strutt on creating the World's first buildings with an iron structure?
A. Richard Arkwright
B. Charles Bage
C. George Benson Strutt
D. Thomas Evans
9. Lombe's Silk Mill of 1721
brought to England technology which enabled silk to be thrown
on machines driven by water power. In which country did he discover
this technology?
A. France
B. Germany
C. New Zealand
D. Italy
10. Samuel Slater was apprentice
to Jedediah Strutt and took his skills to America, where he built
the country's first water-powered cotton mill in which state?
A. Rhode Island
B. Texas
C. Newfoundland
D. Illinois
11. Who invented the Spinning
Jenny?
A. Samuel Crompton
B. Jedediah Strutt
C. James Hargreaves
D. Richard Arkwright
12. When the Derwent Valley
Mills first flourished, who was the Scottish inventor and mechanical
engineer, renowned for his improvements to the steam engine?
A. Joseph Wright
B. Erasmus Darwin
C. Josiah Wedgwood
D. James Watt
Answers
1. C
2. A
3. C
4. B
5. A
6. B
7. C
8. D
9. D
10. A
11. C
12. D