The Little Cumbria quiz book

The Little CUMBRIA QUIZ BOOK

The Little CUMBRIA QUIZ BOOK H

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Designed and set by Pixel Tweaks, Ulverston, Cumbria Graphic Artwork by Sophie Bennett, Ulverston, Cumbria Printed in Great Britain by Short Run Press, Exeter, Devon ISBN: 978-0-9576609-1-5

The Little

CUMBRIA

QUIZ BOOK It has been fun putting this quiz together and I have done my best to ensure the facts are correct. If there are any errors I apologise and hope they will be accepted with good humour.

Liz Nuttall

How the Quiz Works There are 30 sets of questions with answers on the page following.

The first are on general topics, followed by more specific questions relating to the towns and villages of Cumbria.

~•~ Acknowledgements

Thank you to everyone who has helped and encouraged this venture. A special thanks to Cath Bruzzone of Bsmall Publishing whose professional advice and friendship I value so much.

Sincere thanks also to Gordon Nuttall who has kept up morale, Dot Zacharias whose advice is always spot-on, and Gill and David Nicholson, Helen Shacklady and Irvine Hunt for keeping a weather eye on progress.

Preparing a book for publication means team work and I have been particularly lucky to meet and work with Sophie Bennett who created the designs on the cover and page headers and Russell Holden from Pixel Tweaks who, with utmost patience and skill, put it all together at the end.

Contents General Knowledge.................................................1 Festivals and Traditions...........................................3 Buildings.................................................................5 The Cumbria Coast.................................................7 General Knowledge 2..............................................9 History..................................................................11 Dialect and Expressions.........................................13 Lakes and Tarns.....................................................15 Artists and Galleries..............................................17 Famous Folk..........................................................19 Authors and Poets.................................................21 Sport.....................................................................23 General Knowledge 3............................................25 Mountains and Fells..............................................27 Famous Folk 2.......................................................29 Tourism.................................................................31 Industry................................................................33 Food and Drink....................................................35 Towns and Villages................................................37 Ambleside.............................................................39 Barrow-in-Furness.................................................41 Carlisle..................................................................43 Coastal Towns and Villages...................................45 Kendal...................................................................47 Keswick.................................................................49 Penrith..................................................................51 Sedbergh, Kirkby Lonsdale and Surroundings.......53 Ulverston..............................................................55 Windermere and Bowness.....................................57 And Finally............................................................59

General Knowledge 1. Where in Cumbria is the highest point on the railway line between London and Glasgow? Is it Tebay, Shap or Alston?

2. Which Scottish county borders north Cumbria?

3. From where to where does the Windermere Ferry run?

4. The ashes of Alfred Wainwright, author of the Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells, are scattered on his favourite hill. Which hill?

5. Who died in 1967 on Coniston Water attempting the world water speed record?

6. Can you name the ancient kingdom of which Cumbria formed a part in the Middle Ages?

7. Which two precipitous ‘edges’ beginning with ‘S’ take you to the summit of Helvellyn?

8. This family business with over 200 years of horticultural history is a popular Ambleside destination. What is it called?

9. What famously fluttered and danced ‘beside the lake’?

10. What is the number of the final junction at the northern end of the M6 in Cumbria – J44, J45 or J46?

Questions –1–

General Knowledge 1. Shap Fell. The line here is 914 feet (278m) above sea level.

2. Dumfries and Galloway. Dumfriesshire, Kirkudbrightshire and Wigtownshire amalgamated to form Dumfries and Galloway in 1975.

3. Ferry Nab at Bowness to Ferry House, Far Sawrey. The ferry is operated by cable and carries 18 cars and over 100 passengers.

4. Haystacks. Wainwright’s ashes were taken to Innominate Tarn on Haystacks by his wife Betty when he died in 1991.

5. Donald Campbell (1921-1967). He died attempting a water speed record of 300mph.

6. Rheged. It is thought that Rheged ceased to exist when it was annexed by Northumbria in the 8th century.

7. Swirral Edge and Striding Edge. In climbing parlance these are known as ‘arêtes’– sharp narrow mountain ridges.

8. Hayes Garden World. It was opened on the present site by Thomas Hayes in 1921.

9. Daffodils. Wordsworth’s poem was voted the Nation’s fifth favourite in a BBC poll.

10. Junction 45. The M6 is the longest motorway in the country.

It ends just short of the border with Scotland where it joins the A74.

Answers –2–

Festivals and Traditions 1. A competition is held every year in memory of Will Ritson, the 19th century landlord of the Wasdale Head Inn. Who wins first prize?

2. Where are candlelit lanterns carried through the streets in September?

3. A funny thing happens at the World Gurning Championship.

What?

4. What feature of the Cumbrian landscape is thought to have evolved from ‘ring garths’ built in the 10th and 11th centuries?

5. Which ancient custom, led by children, is still carried out in five Cumbrian churches?

6. Where is the arrival of the damson blossom celebrated each year?

7. By which ‘water’ is the Words by the Water Festival held?

8. What is the name of Cumbria’s best known story-teller from Grasmere?

9. A strange black animal is thought to live in the wilds of Cumbria.

How has it been described by those who have seen it?

10. Where does a King hold court at the local pub?

Questions –3–

Festivals and Traditions 1. The biggest liar. Entrants have five minutes to tell the biggest and most convincing fib.

2. Ulverston. The first Lantern Festival was held in 1982. It was begun by artist John Fox of Welfare State International.

3. People stick their heads through a horse collar and pull funny faces. The Championship is held each year at the Egremont Crab Fair.

4. Dry stone walls. The ring garth was a continuous wall preventing animals from grazing on cultivated land.

5. Rushbearing. The tradition dates to the time when church floors were made of earth. Rushes were spread to sweeten the air.

6. The Lyth Valley. Damson Day each year allows locals to show off their produce including jams and gin!

7. Derwent Water. ‘Words by the Water’, hosted by the Theatre by the Lake in Keswick, is Cumbria’s biggest literature festival.

8. Taffy Thomas. Taffy is patron of the Society for Story Telling.

9. A large panther-like cat. Local newspapers regularly report sightings but its existence has never been proved.

10. Piel Island. His title comes from failed pretender to the throne, Lambert Simnel, who landed there in 1487.

Answers –4–

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