Heart of Blue Badge - Paper 2 – 1 November 2016

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HEART OF ENGLAND BLUE BADGE TOURIST GUIDE REGISTRATION EXAMINATIONS

Tuesday 1st November 2016 at 10:00 hours

PAPER TWO

Time allowed: TWO HOURS (120 MINUTES)

This paper comprises 200 questions, ALL of which should be answered.

NOTES

1. Please write your Candidate Number at the top of this page.

2. The answers should be written on the question paper in the spaces provided.

3. Please write legibly in ink.

4. Please deposit your completed paper as instructed by the Invigilator.

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Name the river, the longest in 1 Great Britain, which flows through part of the region.

At which school did William 2 Webb Ellis pick up the ball and run?

In which town was Marmite first 3 produced, as a by-product of the local brewing industry?

By what name is Gravelly Hill 4 Interchange, on the M6, better known?

Finish this rhyming couplet. 5 “Stow on the Wold …”

What happened to Hereford 6 Cathedral on Easter Monday 1786?

Name TWO of the Oxford 7 colleges which claim to have been founded first.

In which village was (Sir) 8 Edward Elgar born?

Name the author of The 9 Brother Cadfael Chronicles, set in Shrewsbury.

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Which cathedral will host the 10 Three Choirs Festival in 2017?

What is the highest point in the 11 Cotswolds?

Which building in Oxford has a 12 Saxon tower?

What is the marketing slogan for 13 Shrewsbury?

Name the Lady of the Mercians 14 who founded Warwick in 914.

For what is William Huskisson 15 MP, born near Malvern, best known?

Name the Mayor who led the successful 16 development of municipal government in the 1870s.

Arthur’s Seat is a chambered 17 tomb dating from which period?

What were the Kinver Edge 18 (Holy Austin) Rock Houses?

Name the television gardener who was Parks Superintendent 19 at Shrewsbury from 1946 to 1974.

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Near which Gloucestershire 20 town is the Fire Service College?

Which Oxfordshire town 21 specialised in blanket making?

Name TWO gardens or landscapes in the region 22 designed by Lancelot (Capability) Brown AND which are normally open to the public.

Which city was once known as 23 “the city of a thousand trades”?

In which range of Shropshire 24 hills would you find The Giant’s Chair and The Bog Centre?

What was the trade of William 25 Shakespeare’s father, John?

Historically, what was the main 26 commodity produced in Droitwich?

Which river runs through the 27 Golden Valley from Hay to Kentchurch?

Name the author of the poem 28 “Adlestrop”.

To which saint is Lichfield 29 Cathedral dedicated?

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What is the current use of the 30 Fort factory adjacent to the M6?

Name TWO of the three Protestant Martyrs burnt at the 31 stake in Broad Street Oxford in 1555/56.

Name the daughter of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, who 32 became a Queen Consort of England.

Because of its loyalty to the crown during the English Civil 33 War, what name is sometimes given to Worcester?

Name the last Severn Trow, 34 currently displayed at Blists Hill Victorian Village.

Which ancient monument contains parts named The King 35 Stone, The King’s Men and The Whispering Knights?

William Morris (Arts and Crafts) 36 lived in which Gloucestershire manor?

Name the owners of a) Shugborough Estate: 37 a) Until 1540 b) b) From 1624 until 1960

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Sir Jacob Epstein was responsible for the sculpture of 38 which saint on the wall of Coventry Cathedral?

Name the village where Sir 39 Winston Churchill is buried.

Name TWO of the road bridges 40 crossing the River Severn into Shrewsbury town centre.

What was the use of Ragley 41 Hall during the First and Second World Wars?

Which castle was praised by 42 William Wordsworth as “the noblest ruin in Herefordshire”?

Which organisation now owns 43 the brand name “Royal Worcester”?

Name the Stoke City footballer, 44 who was the only footballer to be knighted whilst still playing.

What type of archaeological 45 feature is Belas Knap in Gloucestershire?

In which suburb of Birmingham are both Birmingham University 46 and Warwickshire county cricket ground?

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Name TWO horse racing 47 venues in the region.

In which year was the Battle of 48 Blenheim?

Name the most northerly hill in 49 the Cotswolds.

Name the walkway along the 50 River Teme to the west and south of Ludlow.

Name the clergyman who wrote extensive diaries about life in 51 rural Herefordshire during the Victorian era.

Which writer was named after 52 the lake in Staffordshire where his parents met?

Which town is at the northern 53 end of the Cotswold Way?

Name the company that makes 54 Worcestershire Sauce.

Give the exact date (day, month and year) of the most severe 55 Blitzkrieg bombing of Coventry by the Luftwaffe.

Which town recalls its 56 benefactor Thomas Oken in an annual feast?

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The battle of Cropredy Bridge 57 was an event in which war?

Name TWO of the raw materials that were key to the industrial 58 success of the Ironbridge Gorge area.

In which year was the battle of Mortimer’s Cross, after which 59 Edward Earl of March succeeded as King Edward IV?

In which town/city was Elias Ashmole born, whose collection 60 helped to found the Ashmolean Museum?

What is the specific name of the 61 limestone found in the Cotswolds?

In which city was the detective 62 series Morse mainly set?

Name the town where the Staffordshire and 63 Worcestershire Canal joins the River Severn

Which town was the first to have 64 a Guide Friday bus-sightseeing operation?

What is the collective name for 65 the network of urban waterways in the area?

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Asthall Manor in Oxfordshire 66 was home to which famous group of people in the 1920s?

In which city were Nell Gwynne 67 and David Garrick both born?

For whom was Attingham Park, 68 near Shrewsbury, built in 1785?

Name TWO of the china 69 manufacturers operating in the Potteries area in the 1800s.

Name the specific colour of the 70 dye given to military uniforms made in the Stroud Valleys.

Which town acquired the suffix 71 “Wells” after the development of its mineral springs in 1840?

What is the county symbol of 72 Warwickshire?

The town of Hay-on-Wye is 73 known for what type of annual festival?

In which town was the 74 composer Gustav Holst born?

In which year did the Black 75 Country Museum near Dudley open?

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Name the current owner of 76 Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire.

Which Prime Minister was born 77 at Bewdley?

In which village is the JCB (JC 78 Bamford) factory?

Name the Abbot of Gloucester 79 Cathedral when it was founded in 1072.

For which event is Robert 80 Catesby best known?

What does the word “yat” refer 81 to in the name Symonds Yat?

Which canal was widened to form Tixall Wide (or Tixall 82 Broad) to enhance the view from Tixall Hall?

Name the author of the first 83 , soon after 1741.

CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien were 84 members of which group of Oxford writers?

Name the location where the 85 first male African elephant was born in the UK in 2014.

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Which underlying rocks give the 86 soil in Herefordshire its distinctive red colour?

In which century is Offa’s Dyke 87 traditionally believed to have been constructed?

Name the warehouse that 88 houses the National Waterways Museum.

Name the new statue of William 89 Shakespeare unveiled in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2016.

In which month does the annual 90 Abbot’s Bromley Horn Dance take place?

In which year was the first 91 Anglican Cathedral established in Birmingham?

Lady Rosamund Clifford (Fair 92 Rosamund) was the mistress of which English king?

Name the Roman city near 93 Shrewsbury, which was once the 4th largest in England.

Who founded the Bromsgrove 94 Guild in 1898?

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In which town has a Shrovetide 95 Ball Game been held since the early 12th century?

Name the mansion and estate 96 of the Beaufort family.

From which century does the 97 Staffordshire Hoard date?

Which architectural period is represented by the well 98 preserved carvings in Kilpeck church?

Which new town was 99 previously associated with the production of needles?

Name the TWO major Roman roads passing through the a) region:

100 a) Running from London to Chester

b) Running from Exeter to b) Lincoln

Name the canal reservoir near 101 Brownhills.

In which year was the world’s first cast iron bridge built 102 across the River Severn at Ironbridge?

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In which year were Oxford’s 103 Botanic Gardens opened?

Name the highest village in 104 Britain, in Staffordshire?

In which cathedral was King 105 Henry III crowned, in 1216 aged nine?

What name is given to 106 Shakespeare’s Stratford home from 1597 to 1616?

Name TWO 19th century poets 107 who were born in Ledbury.

Name the geological fault line 108 which crosses part of Shropshire.

Name the founder of Magdalen 109 College, Oxford.

Which town is home to 110 Desperate Dan pies?

In which Staffordshire village 111 can the public visit a flint mill?

Name the church in Droitwich which is known for its 112 remarkable Venetian glass mosaics.

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The three-looped knot is the 113 traditional symbol of which county within the region?

What significant event 114 occurred in Kenilworth Castle in 1266?

Name the drinks manufacturer 115 founded in Hereford in 1887.

What colloquial name is given 116 to the site of the Battle of Tewkesbury (1471)?

In which castle was the Council 117 of Wales and the Marches based from 1472 to 1689?

Which town did Queen Victoria visit in 1866, her first public 118 outing since Prince Albert’s death?

Which branch of Methodism was founded by Hugh Bourne 119 in Mow Cop in the early 1800s?

What is the traditional name for 120 the River Thames in the Oxford area?

What was the main theme of The Commandery in Worcester 121 when it opened as a museum in 1977?

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Which village has a name that 122 strongly suggests that it is at the centre of England?

Name Leominster’s former market hall, which was 123 physically moved to its current location in 1859.

What collective name is given 124 to Shrewsbury’s narrow passages?

Which heritage steam railway runs from Kidderminster, 125 Worcestershire to Bridgnorth, Shropshire?

Which building in Broadway 126 was used by both King Charles I and Oliver Cromwell?

Name the area of 127 Gloucestershire between the River Severn and River Wye.

In which Oxford college is 128 there a door inscribed “No Peel”?

Name the subject of the first 129 statue of a woman, not of royal blood, ever erected in England.

In which estate village was 130 author George Eliot born?

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Name the wheelwright and canal engineer, born in 1716, 131 who spent much of his life in Leek.

Caractacus or Caradoc was 132 the Chieftain of which pre- Roman British tribe?

Name the 13th century hospital 133 complex in Ledbury.

What is the current function of 134 the remaining part of Pershore Abbey?

Name the eccentric collector 135 who lived at Snowshill Manor.

In which college is the oldest 136 surviving quad in Oxford?

What does “Chipping” mean in place names such as Chipping 137 Campden and Chipping Norton?

Which company, the operator of Alton Towers, has recently 138 been fined £5 million for an accident in 2015?

Who said, in 1849, "In no part of England are more geological 139 features brought together in a small compass than in the environs of Dudley"?

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Which area of Warwickshire, traditionally stretching from the 140 River Avon to the River Teme, features in Shakespeare’s “As you like it”?

Bridgnorth has the steepest a) inland cliff railway in England.

a) How were the carriages 141 originally powered? b) How are they powered b) now?

Name the book, the first of its 142 kind, published in 1782 by John Gilpin.

Which town in Oxfordshire is 143 known for its flat pastries with a currant filling?

Which breed of pig is most 144 commonly associated with Gloucestershire?

Which organisation owns and 145 maintains the Lickey Hills?

Name the monarch who 146 endowed the foundation of the Grammar School in Walsall.

Which instrument of 147 punishment is preserved in Leominster church?

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What visitor attraction can be 148 found at Acton Scott, Shropshire?

What is the marketing slogan 149 for Warwick?

Who ordered the construction 150 of Oxford Castle on behalf of King William I?

In which county is the Vale of 151 Evesham, commonly known as the Garden of England?

Beatrix Potter wrote a story 152 about a tailor from which city?

In which town did the penance 153 of Samuel Johnson take place?

In which area of Birmingham is 154 the world’s largest assay office?

Name the battle in 1265 in 155 which Simon de Montfort died.

In which month is the annual 156 Ludlow Food Festival held?

What was Hereford’s main 157 manufacturing industry during the Second World War?

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For which event in 1954 is the 158 athletics track at Iffley Road Oxford famous?

Name the boxer whose statue 159 stands in Warwick Market Square.

In which town is The Ancient High House, the largest timber- 160 framed town house in England?

Matthew Boulton, James Watt and Joseph Priestly, were 161 members of which informal discussion group?

Name the doctor, photographer, ornithologist and 162 polar explorer who was born in Cheltenham in 1872.

Name TWO UNESCO World 163 Heritage sites in the region.

In the 19th and early 20th 164 centuries Dhu Stone was quarried from where?

Name the church in Worcester 165 which has a spire known as The Glover’s Needle.

Who paid for the bridge into 166 Stratford-upon-Avon that bears his name?

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The so called “Bridge of Sighs” crossing New College Lane, 167 links two parts of which Oxford college?

Which motorway is often called 168 “the Ross spur”?

Stourbridge is regarded as a 169 centre for making what product?

In which castle was King 170 Edward II traditionally believed to have been killed?

Which Staffordshire church is 171 commonly known as “Pugin’s Gem”?

In which town was A.E. 172 Housman, author of “A Shropshire Lad”, born?

Which river flows through 173 Leominster?

The area of meres, mosses, lakes and fens around 174 Ellesmere was caused by which natural process?

In which year was the centre of 175 Warwick largely destroyed by fire?

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British service personnel killed 176 overseas are repatriated to which Oxfordshire airbase?

What was the main industry in 177 Kidderminster during the 18th and 19th centuries?

In which castle was Catherine 178 Parr buried?

Approximately how many dead from World Wars One and Two 179 are buried at The German Military Cemetery on Cannock Chase?

Which aircraft factory produced 180 over half of the World War Two Spitfires?

Name the architect and engineer who designed the 181 main route from London to Holyhead in 1815.

Approximately how many 182 books are there in Hereford Cathedral’s Chained Library?

The Old Bull at Inkberrow is 183 considered to be the model for the pub in which soap series?

In which town was English 184 Channel swimmer Captain Matthew Webb born?

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Why do the Lord Mayor and Corporation of the City of 185 Oxford visit New College every third year?

Which Staffordshire constituency did Sir Robert Peel (Prime Minister and 186 founder of the Metropolitan Police) represent as MP from 1830-1850?

Which town is sometimes 187 referred to as “Venice of the Cotswolds”?

Name the Stafford author of 188 “The Compleat Angler”.

Name the motoring trail that 189 links villages to the west of Leominster.

What name traditionally 190 denotes the area covered by the Ten Yard Seam?

How old are the oldest rocks of 191 the Malvern Hills?

Name the hill in the Shropshire 192 saying, which means “going the long way round”.

Which king granted city status 193 to Hereford in the 12th century?

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“Mad” Jack Mytton is 194 associated with which county in the region?

Name the church in Stratford- 195 upon-Avon where William Shakespeare is buried.

Name the Gloucestershire hill 196 where an annual cheese rolling competition is held.

Which canal links Etruria to 197 Leek and Froghall?

Where is the current Oxford 198 coach park?

Name the creator of the Much 199 Wenlock Olympian Games in 1850.

Which event will take place at 200 the NEC on 22-23 March 2017?

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