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LET’S GET QUIZZICAL Time to test your Yorkshire knowledge with another 20 in 2020. Find out how much you know about the county that gave us Captain Tom Moore, Captain Cook and caps ‘n’ whippets...captivating!
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1 Sir Michael Parkinson interviewed thousands of the world’s most famous, from Mohammad Ali to Dame Edna Everage. In which Yorkshire town did he grow up?
5 St. Mary’s Church in Beverley has a carving which is reported to be the inspiration for a character in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Which character?
2 In 2019 a famous North Yorkshire historic building celebrated its 950th anniversary. Which building was it?
6 A famous steam locomotive was built in Doncaster in 1922-3. What is its name?
3 Pontefract is famous for its Pontefract cakes. What is its main ingredient? 4 Nicola Adams is officially GB’s most successful female boxer. In which Yorkshire city was she born?
7 The Times Beach of the Year is in Yorkshire. Which stunning bay is it in? 8 Yorkshire is home to England’s largest single drop waterfall. What is its name? 9 A picturesque coastal town is celebrated as Britain’s first ever ‘seaside resort’? Where is it?
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10 Yorkshire boasts two UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Can you name them?
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11 Born in Sheffield, the first British astronaut and first woman to visit the Mir Space Station in 1991. What is her name? 12 Daniel Defoe’s fictional castaway Robinson Crusoe set sail from a Yorkshire dock on 1st September 1651. Where is it? 13 Ed Sheeran spent his early years in the pretty Yorkshire town of Hebden Bridge. Which Yorkshire town was he born? 14 Yorkshire is home to the Captain Cook Memorial Museum. Where is it?
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