The Yorkshire Quiz

1) In which town in Yorkshire will you find a statue of Freddie Trueman 2) What was the connection between Freddie Trueman and Hollywood 3) Which of the famous Yorkshire Three Peaks is the highest 4) Which A road connects the City of York with Thirsk 5) How many leafs can you see in the background when the Yorkshire Rose is displayed 6) Which coastal village is more due east of York City centre, Hornsey or Skipsea 7) How old was Richard the Third when he died in 1485, was he 30, 32, 34 or 36 8) The City of York, is it colder and wetter or warmer and drier than the rest of the Vale of York 9) How many Yorkshire teams are there in the English Football League 10) What is the range of hills called that the A170 runs through between Thirsk and Helmsley 11) What town is the southern terminus of the heritage North Yorkshire Moors Railway 12) The Great Yorkshire Brewery is based in which North Yorkshire village 13) There are 2 Racecourses beginning with the letter R in Yorkshire 14) What is the total length of the York City walls (in kilometres to nearest 1/5) 15) Which is the only main river in Yorkshire that’s flows westward 16) Where in Yorkshire did a battle take place just three weeks before the Battle of Hastings in 1066 17) Apart from the Tap Room in the brewery in Toft Green, how many pubs does the York Brewery manage and run within the City of York 18) Ursula Sondyall lived in Knaresborough in the late 15th, early 16th centuries but who is she better known as in mythical terms 19) Which Shipping Forecast area is off the coast of Whitby 20) What is the name of the hotel, almost directly opposite Bootham Crescent on the A19

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1) In which town in Yorkshire will you find a statue of Skipton Freddie Trueman 2) What was the connection between Freddie Trueman and Raquel Welch’s son married Hollywood Freddie Truemans’s daughter, not for long though about 2 years 3) Which of the famous Yorkshire Three Peaks is the highest Whernside (2415ft) 4) Which A road connects the City of York with Thirsk A19 5) How many leafs can you see in the background when the 5 Yorkshire Rose is displayed 6) Which coastal village is more due east of York City Skipsea centre, Hornsey or Skipsea 7) How old was Richard the Third when he died in 1485, 32 was he 30, 32, 34 or 36 8) The City of York, is it colder and wetter or warmer and Warmer and drier drier than the rest of the Vale of York 9) How many Yorkshire teams are there in the English 8 (Barnsley, Bradford, Football League Doncaster, Huddersfield, Leeds, Rotherham, and the two Sheffields Weds and Utd) 10) What is the range of hills called that the A170 runs The Hambleton Hills through between Thirsk and Helmsley 11) What town is the southern terminus of the heritage Pickering North Yorkshire Moors Railway 12) The Great Yorkshire Brewery is based in which North Cropton Yorkshire village 13) There are 2 Racecourses beginning with the letter R in Redcar & Ripon Yorkshire 14) What is the total length of the York City walls (in 3.4 km kilometres to nearest 1/5) 15) Which is the only main river in Yorkshire that’s flows The Ribble westward 16) Where in Yorkshire did a battle take place just three Stamford Bridge weeks before the Battle of Hastings in 1066 17) Apart from the Tap Room in the brewery in Toft Green, 3 (Last Drop Inn, 3 Legged Mare how many pubs does the York Brewery manage and run and Yorkshire Terrier) within the City of York 18) Ursula Sondyall lived in Knaresborough in the late 15th, Mother Shipton early 16th centuries but who is she better known as in mythical terms 19) Which Shipping Forecast area is off the coast of Whitby Dogger Bank 20) What is the name of the hotel, almost directly opposite Grange Bootham Crescent on the A19