To celebrate Yorkshire Day we’ve put together a quiz to challenge your knowledge of this great county. (answers at the bottom)
1) The Northern rail franchise was awarded to Arriva but of which organisation is Arriva a subsidiary of?
2) What is the name of the man who had his photo taken with a hijacker in March this year?
3) What is the name of the wind farm near Micklefield that caused controversy but began operating late 2015?
4) Which attraction celebrated its 20 th anniversary of its opening on 30 th March?
5) Who won their case of unfair dismissal against Leeds United AFC in April tis year?
6) Which school benefitted to the tune of £2.2m from the sale of two Barbara Hepworth sculptures?
7) Whose statue was unveiled at Kings Cross Station on April 5 th 75 years to the day after his death?|
8) What event caused consternation in the county around 10.00pm on the 2 nd May this year?
9) What was the number of objections received by the Department of transport regarding the Trolley Bus (NGT) fiasco?
10) What is the name of the man who was wounded in trying to prevent the murder of MP Jo Cox in Birstall?
Yorkshire Facts and Folk
1) What is the name of the Yorkshire man born in Normanton in 1870 who was responsible for the design of Moortown Golf Club and Augusta National Golf Club among others?
2) What was built for Cyril Foggin by Robert Blackburn at Leeds in 1912 and is still in use today making it the oldest example of its contemparies?
3) Which of the Cuthbert Brodrick designed buildings in Leeds was demolished in 1969 to become part of today’s Millenium Square?
4) Which food was voted the Number 1 Regional Dish by the Gourmet Society this year?
5) What is the name of the RHS Gardens in Harrogate?
6) Whose book entitled “The Diary of a Yorkshire Shop assistant in Wartime” was published earlier this year?
7) For what occasion in 1961 did Tetleys brewery shut down for one day?
8) What was the name of the Welcome to Yorkshire garden at the RHS Chelsea flower Show this year?
9) Which construction of some length will celebrate its 200 th anniversary by offering new awards?
10) Pontefract cakes have been used for medicinal purposes but what date are they known to have been made from? Is it 1601, 1614, 1635, 1663?
Sports
1) Which sport does the team named “Aire Force One” compete in?
2) What is the name of the trainer of “Aurora’s Encore” the winner of the Grand National in 2013?
3) Which Pudsey born member of the Rugby League hall of fame sadly passed away earlier this year?
4) What is the name of the Yorkshire man who won the green jacket at the US Masters this year?
5) Which legend and record points scorer for Feartherstone Rovers and a member of their Cup winning team of 1983 passed away in April ?
6) What was the name and nationality of the triathlete who finished in third place behind the Brownlee brothers in the Triathlon held in Leeds?
7) Ray Fell recently resigned from his post as chairman of which group after a tenure of 31 years.
8) How much will Leeds United eventually obtain from the sale of Lewis Cook?
9) How many teams have Leeds Rhinos managed to do the double over this season?
10) What is the name of the ladies team based in Leeds that competes in the Vitality Netball Superleague?
Cryptic Clues
1) Male rabbit in a hiding place ends with the fish to make a bit of a hill?
2) Did Caesar’s army leave this insect behind when they left Britain?
3) Timber made old church?
4) Sounds like somebody got out of bed in Bradford.
5) Did the Marquis learn his rules here about his sport?
6) Things are not a tight fit here.
7) A single female parent in the hive.
8) Is there a conflagration of everything here?
9) Shouts with contempt at the show of a small stream.
10) A place for a cooked meal of leftovers for supper?
News items
1) Deutsche Bahn. The German State railway.
2) Ben Innes
3) Hook Moor
4) The Royal Armouries
5) Lucy Ward
6) Wakefield Girls High School
7) Sir Nigel Gresley.
8) Two sonic booms from RAF jets on route to intercept an airplane that had lost
9) 1880 formal objections were received according to figures from WYCA, which caused the communication. minister to reject the idea, along with the fact that the advantages were far outweighed by the disadvantages.
10) Bernard Kenny.
Yorkshire facts and Folk
1) Dr Alister Mackenzie, a doctor in the Boer War also helped influence the design of camouflage in WW1.
2) Blackburn Type “D” monoplane.
3) Cookridge Street baths, originally known as the Oriental and General baths.
4) Yorkshire Pudding.
5) Harlow Carr
6) Kathleen Hey
7) The funeral of one of their dray horses named Billy.
8) God’s Own County
9) The Leeds and Liverpool Canal
10) 1614.
Sports
1) Men’s Roller Derby
2) Mrs. Sue Smith
3) Mick Sullivan
4) Danny Willetts
5) Steve Quinn
6) Aaro Royle, Australian
7) Leeds United Supporters Club
8) £10 million
9) One, Hull FC
10) Yorkshire Jets
Cryptic Clues
1) Buckden Pike
2) Romanby
3) Woodkirk
4) Wrose
5) Queensbury
6) Slack
7) Amotherby
8) Burnsall
9) Boosbeck.
10) Fryup.
ANSWERS