Bonus anniversary weekend quiz

1. What were the Exotique and the Purple Onion?

2. Which department store occupied the next block up from Kirkcaldie’s in Lambton Quay?

3. Who was mayor of Wellington from 1956 till 1974?

4. Which upmarket restaurant was run by Madame Louise?

5. What did Beder’s of Lambton Quay sell?

6. The Shamrock Hotel was located in which street?

7. Which art-house cinema was at the corner of Willis and Bond streets?

8. Herbert St, which no longer exists, ran between which streets in the central city?

9. Which Taranaki St dance venue took its name from the service station immediately beneath it?

10. Which office building on The Terrace, opened in 1961, was hailed as Wellington’s first modern highrise?

11. Which coffee bar with a romantic Spanish name was in Victoria St?

12. What type of store was FullerFulton’s, in Cuba St?

13. The Ascot Theatre was in which suburb?

14. Which noted architect designed Wellington’s Overseas Passenger

Terminal?

15. Mary Seddon was the proprietor of which business?

16. Which Wellington icecream brand was famous for its Eskimo pies?

17. Which paper was published on Saturday evenings and carried the day’s sports results?

18. What did the initials MED stand for?

19. What was the name of the Salvation Army-owned private hotel in upper Cuba St?

20. Which celebrated cabaret was located beneath the Majestic Theatre?

21. Which hotel hosted the Beatles in 1964?

22. Wellington’s gasworks were located in which suburb?

23. Which boys’ secondary school was at the top of Cambridge Tce?

24. The Wareham family was prominent in which line of business?

25. Perrett’s Corner, at the junction of Willis and Manners streets, took its name from what type of business?