Christmas Quiz 2015

Here we are at “ That time of the year” again –Christmas has come round so quickly  as it seems to do every year. We have been busy taxing our brains again to prepare another Christmas Quiz for you, which we hope you will enjoy. Just to give you a clue, all the answers needing a named person, or place,  have a connection to Gloucestershire.

                                    

1. Where in the Stroud Valleys was the first lawn mower made ?                                    

2. Which of Charles Dickens’s literary characters is said to be base on the legendary Gloucester Miser Jemmy Wood ?

3. How many Stroud valleys are there?                                          

4. Who is the famous Gloucestershire and England cricketer, born in Stroud, now known for his abilities as an artist?

5. Which Queen lived a Sudeley Castle   ?                                          

6. Who is the folk singer song writer who lives near Stroud?

7. Which of the Queen’s children have houses in Gloucestershire, and what are the names of the houses?                                                                                                                

8. Which author enjoyed a drink at the Woolpack Inn Slad?

9. Who is the screenwriter and dramatist, noted for his work ‘Pennies from Heaven, born in The Forest of Dean?

10. Which sisters lived at Batsford in the 20 century?

11. Which Vicar wrote about Thomas the Tank engine?

12. Where is the silver gilded cup known as the Anne Boleyn Cup kept?

13. Who does the legend say walked from Gloucester to become Lord Mayor of London?

14. Where in Gloucester did Ivor Novello study music and songwriting ?

15. Which king was killed at Berkeley Castle?

16. Who is the musician who lived in Highnam and famous for his hymn Jerusalem?

17. Who is the author who has used the pseudonym Robert Galbraith?

18. Which singer had a hit with ‘Unchained Melody,’ in the 1950’s?

19. Who is the Gloucester Philanthropist noted for starting the Sunday Schools movement in 18th century?

20. Who wrote the Tailor of Gloucester?

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