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This Sceptred Isle Quiz 1

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The following quiz round was submitted by Alan Gurr from the UK. Alan is the host of a regular quiz night at Didcot Labour Club

Many thanks Alan, a good round.

1. How many counties are there on the south coast of England

2. What is Englands most easterly town

3. Which of these towns is the furthest north; Liverpool, Manchester, or Leeds

4. Which London market re-located to the Isle of Dogs, in 1982

5. The Ritz Hotel, in London, overlooks which Park; Green Park, Hyde Park, or Regents Park

6. Who is the only King of England to be buried in Canterbury Cathedral

7. If the most common name for a street in Britain is High Street, what is the secondmost common name for a street

8. In which English city is John Wesley's Chapel, the worlds first Methodist Chapel, where he used to preach

9. Of which city is Saint Frideswide the patron saint?

10. Scenes from which 007 film were shot at Stoke Poges golf club, in Buckinghamshire

11. What is so unusual about a city that Wincanton is twinned with

12. Who are the only four successive kings of England to have had the same name

13. Who was the youngest member of Englands World Cup winning team of 1966

14. Auckland Castle is the official home of whom

15. Which road had the postcode L43 6TZ

16. Which road runs from Hounslow to Lands End

17. In order to calculate distances from London, what is generally regarded as the capitals central point

18. In which English city is Parliament Street, the worlds second narrowest 'road', at just 122 centimetres wide

19. As they stand, which is higher; the top of the London Eye, or the top of the Wembley Stadium Arch?

20. Which town lies at the confluence of the rivers Avon and Severn 

ANSWERS

1. Seven (Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, West Sussex, East Sussex, Kent)

2. Lowestoft

3. Leeds

4. Billingsgate Fish Market

5. Green Park

6. Henry IV

7. Station Road

8. Bristol

9. Oxford

10. Goldfinger

11. It's fictional--Terry Pratchetts Ankh-Morpork

12. George I,II,III,IV

13. Alan Ball (aged 21)

14. The Bishop of Durham

15. Brookside Close

16. The A30

17. Charing Cross

18. Exeter ( the Spreurhofstrasse, in Reutlingen, Germany is 50 cm wide)

19. London Eye 135m, Wembley Arch 133m

20. Tewkesbury 

Comments 

 
-1 #1 Martin Dodgson 2010-12-24 22:23
The deffinition of an island is a piece of land with water all around it and as this quiz seems to be only about England then you do not have the right to name it
" This Sceptred Isle " as England has a bloody land border with Sotland and wales
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0 #2 Alan Gurr 2010-12-27 22:56
"this sceptred isle" is, of course, a quotation from Shakespeare, "...this earth, this realm, this England"
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+1 #3 Stuart 2011-01-09 21:57
Quite right Alan, plus I always thought Scotland had a "c" in it and Wales began,as do most names,with a capital letter.
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0 #4 Kizza 2011-03-04 23:33
And there's only 1 'f' in definition.

I'd hate to go to one of his quizzes ;-)
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0 #5 Dalefan 2011-12-25 23:13
Doesn't the Isle of Wight count as a county on the south coast of England?
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0 #6 Alan Gurr 2011-12-27 16:25
The IoW is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, OFF the south coast of England - the question asks for; number of counties ON the south coast, so IoW was not considered part of the answer (sorry to be pedantic).
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+1 #7 Maurice 2012-03-09 18:01
There are two River Avon's running into the River Seven The other one joins at Avonmouth So that is a question that needs clarifying
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0 #8 Alan Gurr 2012-03-10 15:10
Correct, Maurice, although, strictly speaking, the River Severn becomes the Severn Estuary, below the Second Severn Crossing.
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