Living North's Big Christmas Quiz: For Yorkshire

1. Yorkshire was originally split into three ‘Ridings’. From which language does this word originate?
a. Latin
b. Norse
c. Greek

2. Roughly how many years did construction of York Minster take?
a. 100 years
b. 250 years
c. 400 years

3. What was the nickname of a Viking leader named Ivar that attacked York in 866?
a. The Toothless
b. The Boneless
c. The Headless

4.The monks of Jervaulx Abbey in Yorkshire are credited with the origins of which cheese?

1. Who was the youngest of the famous Brontë sister trio?
a. Emily
b. Anne
c. Charlotte

2. Jeremy Clarkson was a trainee reporter at which newspaper?
a. The Guardian (Manchester)
b. The Telegraph & Argus
c. The Rotherham Advertiser

3. Silsden writer Ross Raisin’s 2008 novel is a moniker for Yorkshire – what is the title of the novel?

4. AA Dhand’s Streets of Darkness is set in which city? 

5. Scarborough-born George Cayley is regarded as a pioneer in which mode of transport?

1. A ‘fat rascal’ originates in Yorkshire. What type of food is it?
a. A scone-like cake
b. A suet pudding
c. A triple-decker sandwich

2. What is the most accurate description of Wensleydale cheese?
a. Gooey, slightly tangy
b. Crumbly, slightly sweet
c. Hard, very strong

3. In 1996, in which Yorkshire town was the world’s largest Yorkshire pudding created?

4. In which town is Yorkshire’s oldest brewery?

1. What is the first name of the mascot of the main rugby league team in Leeds?
a. Ronnie
b. Robbie
c. Rudy

2. How many Olympic gold medals has Nicola Adams won in individual boxing events?
a. One
b. Two
c. Three

3. What was the first Yorkshire football club to win the FA Cup?
a. Sheffield Wednesday
b. Barnsley
c. Sheffield United

4. Cyclist Lizzie Deignan was born in which town?
a. Otley
b. Skipton
c. Ilkley

5. According to Leeds Rhinos, who is ‘quite simply the greatest captain in our club’s history’? 

1. The Aysgarth Falls features in which of the following films?
a. The Full Monty
b. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
c. Kes

2. For which film did the Grimethorpe Colliery Band provide part of the soundtrack?
a. Kes
b. Brassed Off
c. Wuthering Heights

3. Which actor was born Krishna Bhanji near Scarborough?

1. How is Bradford singer Pauline Matthews better known? 

2. What was Gareth Gates’s first single, which was a cover of a famous song? 

3. Which Leeds band was formerly known as Runston Parva? 

1.Recorded in Yorkshire, the ‘white-clawed’ is a species of which crustacean?
a. Lobster
b. Crayfish
c. Crab

2. Seen in the Dales, where are the preferred nesting sites of a ring ouzel?
a. Anywhere where water is nearby
b. In low branches
c. Ravines or gullies

3. The region accounts for about 40 percent of the UK’s population of which farm animal?  

1. In height, which is the second highest of the Yorkshire Three Peaks?
a. Whernside
b. Ingleborough
c. Pen-y-Ghent

2. The New Inn in Appletreewick, North Yorkshire, claims to be the first pub to have banned what?
a. Mobile phones
b. Dogs
c. Smoking

3. Granary Wharf and the Dark Arches are in which city?