Yorkshire Quiz
Quiz I
- Which listed building in Halifax, built as a cloth hall for handloom weavers with 315 separate rooms arranged around a central open courtyard, was reopened on 1 August 2017?
- The countryside of Yorkshire has acquired which common nickname?
- Which moor is well known as the inspiration for the unofficial Yorkshire 'county anthem'?
- The Bronte Parsonage Museum is in which Yorkshire village?
- Which gingerbread cake, made with oatmeal and black treacle, is particularly associated with the Leeds area?
- Which Oscar winning actress was born in Heworth, North Riding of Yorkshire, on December 1934?
- King Richard II is thought to have died in which Wakefield castle?
- What is Hardraw Force?
- Harry Corbett, the creator of the glove puppet character Sooty, played the piano in the West Yorkshire restaurant owned by his uncle; who was his uncle?
- Which cathedral city in the Borough of Harrogate is the third smallest city in England?
- The Grand Hotel, completed in 1867, was the first giant purpose-built hotel in Europe; where in Yorkshire was it built?
- Which river passes through Leeds city centre?
- Which museum is based at Overton, near Wakefield?
- Which large Cistercian monastery is located approximately 3 miles south-west of Ripon?
- Which battle fought during the Wars of the Roses in 1461 is possibly the largest and bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil?
- The gemstone jet was mined by the Victorians and Romans in which Yorkshire town?
Answers
- Piece Hall
- God's Own County
- Ilkley Moor (On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at)
- Haworth
- Parkin
- Judi Dench
- Pontefract Castle
- A waterfall (England`s largest single drop waterfall)
- Harry Ramsden (founder of the fish and chip restaurant chain)
- Ripon
- Scarborough
- River Aire
- The National Coal Mining Museum for England
- Fountains Abbey
- The Battle of Towtown
- Whitby ('Whitby Jet' was fashionable during the 19th century)
Questions II
- Which native of Kingston upon Hull was an independent Member of Parliament for Yorkshire between 1784 and 1812?
- Can you name the York street famous for its old overhanging timber-framed buildings?
- Which upper valley on the east side of the Pennines lends its name to a crumbly moist textured cheese?
- Which employee friendly town did Victorian mill owner Sir Titus Salt build?
- Name the Yorkshire sculptor of the bronze Reclining Figure art piece which was infamously stolen in 2005?
- Which city was once known as the 'wool capital of the world'?
- What name was once given to a small area between Wakefield, Morley and Rothwell: (a)The Rhubarb Triangle, (b)The Leek Triangle, or (c)The Cabbage Triangle?
- By what name do we better know Yorkshireman Krishna Pandit Bhanji?
- The National Science and Media Museum is in which city?
- Which Yorkshire city has the highest ratio of trees to people of any European city?
- Who was born the eldest of the four daughters at 154 St. George's Road in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, on July 1, 1903?
- The Jorvik Viking Centre is a museum and visitor attraction in which city?
- Which 1969 Ken Loach film was set and filmed in several Barnsley villages?
- Thornhill Community Academy was featured in which 2013 Channel 4 TV program?
- Which Yorkshire geographical term is of Viking origin meaning a third part?
- Which sporting stadium is the home of Yorkshire County Cricket Club? And which retired cricket umpire was voted in as the club's president in 2014?
![Stolen work of art by a Yorkshire sculpture](images/henry-moore-sculpture.jpg)
Answers
- William Wilberforce (leader of the movement to stop the slave trade)
- The Shambles
- Wensleydale
- Saltaire
- Henry Moore
- Bradford
- The Rhubarb Triangle (at one time it produced 90% of the world’s forced winter rhubarb)
- Sir Ben Kingsley (actor)
- Bradford
- Sheffield
- Amy Johnson
- York
- Kes
- Educating Yorkshire
- Riding
- Headingley. Harold 'Dickie' Bird.
Did you know that Yorkshire Day is celebrated on 1 August and is the anniversary of the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, for which Yorkshireman William Wilberforce was the leading campaigner?