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​Branch Online Quiz 1 October 2020 -  ANSWERS


Q1. Shropshire
 
Q2. Cricket

Q3. Barnard Castle
 
Q4. At Eamont Bridge, about a mile south of Penrith
      It has nothing to do with the legendary King Arthur - it predates him by about 2500 years

Q5. Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
 
Q6. Over 800 years
       It is generally agreed that the first ferry across the estuary was introduced in medieval times by the Benedictine 
       monks of Birkenhead Priory (founded circa 1150) with the arrangements being formalised when the monks were
       given the rights by Edward II in 1317. Edward III granted a charter to the Priory in 1330.

Q7. 14
       Bradford, Carlisle, Durham, Kingston upon Hull, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
       Preston, Ripon, Salford, Sunderland, Wakefield

Q8. Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire
       Against a Norwegian invasion (in support of a claim to the English throne by Harald Hardrada)

Q9. John Constable
 
Q10. Birmingham
 
Q11. The Dorchester Hotel
 
Q12. The lawnmower
         The British Lawnmower Museum

Q13. Canterbury

        St Martin's was the private chapel of Queen Bertha of Kent in the 6th century before Augustine arrived from Rome
        (AD 597). Queen Bertha was a Christian Frankish princess, married to the pagan  King Æthelberht of Kent, who
        allowed her to continue to practise her religion by renovating (c. AD 580) an existing church which the
        Venerable Bede says had been in use in the late Roman period but had fallen into disuse.

Q14. Cumberland and Westmorland
        The county of Cumbria was created in April 1974 by amalgamating the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland,
        Parts of Lancashire (the area known as Lancashire North of the Sands) and the West Riding of Yorkshire were
        added.

Q15. Croquet
 
Q16. Elizabeth I
        The lottery ran from August 1567 to when the draw was held in January 1569, to raise funds to improve ports. It
        was not a success.

Q17. Because Stilton is not in the counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire. Manufacturers of stilton
        cheese in those counties received Protected Geographical Status in 1996, meaning that only cheese made in that
        geographical area can be named "Stilton"
        The parish of Stilton has submitted evidence of early cheesemaking in the parish and applied for an amendment to
        allow its inclusion in the geographical area, but so far the application has been unsuccessful.

Q18. The south tower of Deansgate Square, Manchester
        Completed in 2018, at 659 feet, it is the tenth highest building in the UK.

Q19. Portsmouth
         Primarily built on Portsea Island

Q20   A type of sausage.
Produced in parts of Devon and Cornwall, it is a spiced form of sausage. There are various recipies used.

Q21. Cornwall
        With Devon

Q22. The Earl of Carnavon / Highclere Castle
         The 5th Earl provided the financial backing for the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922. His seat is Highclere
         Castle which became Downton Abbey for the TV series

Q23. Noah's Ark Maze at Wraxall, Somerset
         Consists of over 14,000 beech trees and over 2 miles of paths. Is the largest hedge maze in Europe and has a
         claim to be the longest such hedge maze in the world

Q24. Birkenhead
        Created by Joseph Paxton in 1847

Q25. Lambeth Palace
        The official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury

Q26. Hovercraft service across the Solent between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight
 
Q27. Ebor is short for Eboracum, the Latin (Roman) name for York
 
Q28. As an entrance to the courtyard of Buckingham Palace
        It was moved to its current location in 1847 when work commenced on the current façade of Buckingham Palace
        to enclose the courtyard.

Q29. River Mersey
         It is worshipped in a similar way to the River Ganges. Festival of Immersion ceremonies are held annually on the
         river, in which clay figures representing the Hindu Lord Ganesha, the elephant deity riding a mouse, are submerged
         in the river from a Mersey Ferries vessel . Followers throw flowers, pictures and coins into the river

Q30. To house Belgian munition workers in World War I
         Approximately 3000 thousand Belgian workers with their families moved to Elisabethville, named after the Belgian
         queen. The village was a self contained sovereign Belgian enclave, surrounded by fencing and  run as a military
         establishment by the Belgian government authorities.  In addition to housing, there were dining halls, schools,
         shops, a hospital, a church, public laundries and baths, a police station and a prison. The entrance to the village
         was guarded and occupants only rarely allowed out. For more information see https://www.durhamatwar.org.uk
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