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1. True or False? - It is
often said there are more acres in Yorkshire than letters in the Bible
True, 3,906,940 acres (3,566,840 letters)
2. Which Yorkshire Dale takes its name from a village rather than a river?
Wensleydale
3. What did the Romans mine in the Yorkshire Dales?
Lead
4. Where in Yorkshire can you find a waterfall nearly twice the height of
Niagara?
In the Gaping Gill pothole
5. Which town was once known as 'The Queen of the Watering Places'?
Harrogate
6. Which Leeds woman gave her name to a light fruit loaf or tea-cake?
Sally Lunn
7. Besides cricket, what did Leonard Hutton and Herbert Sutcliffe have in
common?
Both born in Pudsey, Leeds
8. To which saint is York Minster dedicated?
St Peter
9. Which pen-names were first used by Charlotte, Emily and Anne
Bronte,
respectively?
Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell
10. 'I was born in the year 1632 in the city of York' - is the opening line from
which book?
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. He wrote part of the book in the Rose &
Crown in Halifax
11. Which famous actor collapsed and died whilst playing Becket at the Theatre
Royal in Bradford?
Sir Henry Irving
12. John Harrison of Pontefract invented what important instrument?
The ship's chronometer
13. Which Prime Minister was born at Morley, Leeds?
H H Asquith
14. How many steps lead up to Whitby church and Abbey?
199
15. Sydney Bridge was built in which Yorkshire Town?
Middlesbrough
16. Where in Yorkshire did the murderers of
Thomas a Becket take refuge?
Knaresborough Castle
17. Which famous villain was hanged in York in the year 1739?
Dick Turpin
18. How long is the Pennine Way?
270 miles (110 in Yorkshire)
19. What novel begins with the line 'There was no possibility of taking a walk
that day'?
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
20. Which Hull woman made the first solo flight to Australia in 1930?
Amy Johnson Score:
16 - 20: You are a true Tyke, Yorkshire Born & Bred!
11 - 15: Award yourself a Yorkshire Pudding!
6 - 10: You
are in danger of being mistaken for a Southerner!
0 - 5: You
should be exiled to Lancashire!
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