{"id":24997,"date":"2020-01-07T16:10:27","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T16:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=24997"},"modified":"2020-01-05T17:39:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-05T17:39:29","slug":"new-towns-new-year-quiz-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=24997","title":{"rendered":"New Towns, New Year Quiz: Answers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The last edition of IHBC Newsblogs saw a slightly fiendish (if lighthearted) quiz on new towns, to celebrate the coming of a new decade and the latest issue of Context<\/a>, No 162, themed around New Towns, while below are the answers so you can see how you got on!\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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  1. What is a common name used in Scotland to describe towns? (Burgh)<\/li>\n
  2. The German weekly Der Freitag once published an article by Wolfgang Kil about the struggling new town under the heading \u2018the difficult monument\u2019 true or false? (true)<\/li>\n
  3. Ji?. Kroha (architect of post-war Czechoslovak new town Nov. Dubnica) is said to have been influenced by which Welsh social reformist, who himself designed a mill town which is now a wold heritage site? (Robert Owen)<\/li>\n
  4. Which European country has a certification scheme called VPAH which is designed to increase awareness of the cultural and architectural importance of new towns? (France)<\/li>\n
  5. Ebenezer Howard\u2019s \u201cTo-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform\u201d was published in 1898, but what was its later title republished as? (Garden Cities of To-Morrow)<\/li>\n
  6. How many new towns are there in England? (21)<\/li>\n
  7. Which UK new town was named the world\u2019s first sculpture town? (Harlow)<\/li>\n
  8. \u2018Pooleyville was the original working name for which UK new town? (Milton Keynes)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    For<\/span> more background see the NewsBlog<\/a><\/p>\n

    Reading Context<\/em><\/a> helps IHBC members develop their skills across all of the IHBC\u2019s Areas of Competence, and so is a critical baseline in addressing priorities in Continuing Professional Development<\/a> (CPD)<\/p>\n

    To access Context<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n