This is Y December 2020 Digital Edition

YORKSHIRE QUIZ
LET’S GET
QUIZZICAL
Time to test your Yorkshire knowledge with the last 20 in 2020. Find out how much you
know about the county that reaches dizzy heights … on the longest rollercoaster in Europe
(The Ultimate, Lightwater Valley), boasts the highest pub in Great Britain (The Tan Hill Inn,
Richmond) and offers the UK’s tallest man-made climbing wall (ROKT, Brighouse).
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1 The market town of
Malton is said to have
inspired Charles Dickens
when writing A Christmas
Carol. What is the main
character Scrooge’s first
name?
2 Dame Jessica Ennis-
Hill won gold in the
heptathlon at the London
2012 Olympics. In which
Yorkshire city was she
born?
3 The 199 steps in Whitby
lead to the Abbey and
which church?
5 Located in Bardsey, Leeds
and claims to be ‘Britain’s
oldest pub’, dating back over
1000 years to a time when
Vikings were conquering
parts of the country and
before England had its first
King. What is its name?
6 York’s famous city walls
surround 263 acres. But
how long, to the nearest
kilometre, are they?
7 A railway opened in
1875 with a reported 325
bridges, 27 viaducts, and
14 tunnels? Which was it?
10 A Christmas crooner
dreamt of a White
Christmas and enjoyed
shooting at Dallowgill Moor
in North Yorkshire?
What’s his name?
11 Aysgarth is famous for
its fabulous falls.
But it’s also the home to
England’s largest what?
12 Dating back to 1090
this best preserved, fullyroofed
medieval castle
stands at the top of which
Yorkshire town’s high
street? Where is it?
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4 In 1967 Leeds scientist
Brian Boffey accidentally
created a circular, sugar
coated chewy sweet
whilst trying to produce
a powdered jelly. What is
this sweet called?
8 Which Yorkshire village is
the location for Darrowby
in the 2020 TV series
All Creatures Great
and Small?
9 Harrogate actor Jim
Carter plays Mr Carson.
In which much-loved TV
series and film?
13 It’s said that the
first Christmas holiday
celebrated in Britain was
in 521AD. In which
Yorkshire city?
14 Eureka!, was the UK’s
first national children’s
museum. Where is it?
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