Heart of Blue Badge - Paper 2 – 5 December 2019

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HEART OF ENGLAND BLUE BADGE TOURIST GUIDE REGISTRATION EXAMINATIONS

Thursday 5th December 2019 at 09:00 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 all pages.

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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Ironbridge Gorge and Blenheim 1 Palace have what international status?

Name the company in Uttoxeter that 2 manufactures diggers and construction equipment.

In which estate village was George 3 Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) born in 1819?

Name the river that flows through 4 .

Which New Town was created from the settlements of Wellington, 5 Oakengates, Dawley and Shifnal in 1963?

Name the breed of sheep that 6 produced “the best wool in England”.

What happened on the night of 7 14th/15th November 1940 in Coventry?

Which Oxford college did Boris 8 Johnson attend?

What are rescued and restored at 9 Worcestershire’s Avoncroft Museum?

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Name the site of national 10 remembrance near Alrewas, Staffordshire.

Name the Birmingham printer and 11 designer whose body has been reinterred three times since his death.

Name the daughter of the Earl of 12 Warwick who married King Richard III.

Name the rock, predominant in the 13 area’s geology, which produces the red Midlands soil.

What is the theme of the museum at 14 Cosford?

15 In which city was Nell Gwynne born?

Name the Bishop of Gloucester burnt 16 at the stake for heresy in 1555.

What is the closest coach drop off 17 point to St. Giles, Oxford?

What type of fabric is made in the 18 Worcestershire village of Beckford?

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What regional style of pancake is 19 popular around Stoke on Trent?

Which Shakespeare character is 20 depicted on a statue near Shakespeare’s birthplace?

How much was Birmingham worth in 21 the Domesday Book of 1086?

Name the person commemorated by 22 England’s highest Doric column, in Shrewsbury.

In which town did poet Elizabeth 23 Barrett Browning grow up?

a) Name TWO people prominent in “The 24 Oxford Movement”. b)

Name the Gloucestershire hill where 25 an annual cheese rolling competition is held.

Name the cities in the region where a) David Garrick: 26 a) was born b) b) grew up

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Name the museum in Longton that 27 specialises in pottery.

Name the museum containing the 28 only working needle mill in the world.

What was the original name of Royal 29 Leamington Spa before the discovery of spa waters?

Balti curry is a speciality of which 30 suburb of Birmingham?

In which town was television 31 gardener, Percy Thrower, Parks Superintendent from 1946 until 1974?

What is the colloquial name of the 32 M50 motorway?

The name of which Oxfordshire town 33 means ‘fern covered hill’.

a) Name TWO visitor attractions in 34 Bourton-on-the-Water. b)

Which organization administers the 35 German Cemetery at Cannock Chase?

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Name the rebel Earl who was killed 36 leading his army at the Battle of Evesham in 1265.

37 What type of rock is Blue Lias?

a) Name TWO of the Metropolitan 38 Boroughs that make up the . b)

Name Prince Charles’s home that is 39 located in the region.

Where is “Spry”, the last Severn Trow, 40 on display?

Name the architect who restored 41 Hereford Cathedral after its tower and nave collapsed in 1786.

Name the gardens in Gloucestershire a) created by: 42 a) Heather Muir b) b) Lawrence Johnston

Which television series has been filmed at various Oxfordshire 43 locations including Bampton, Swinbrook and Cogges Farm?

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Name the motorway service area on 44 the M6 near Stoke-on-Trent.

What vegetable crop is known locally 45 in the Vale of Evesham as gras?

Which country is the current holder of 46 rugby’s Webb Ellis Cup?

Name the family which developed the 47 area in Birmingham now known as the Jewellery Quarter.

What name is given to alleyways in 48 Shrewsbury?

Name the medieval hospital, Master’s 49 House and almshouses complex in Ledbury.

What feature of Fairford church in 50 Gloucestershire is the most complete example in England?

Name the main water company in the 51 region.

a) Name TWO of the six towns that 52 make up the Potteries area. b)

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53 Name the patron saint of Oxford.

Which public school was temporarily 54 relocated to Blenheim Palace during World War Two?

Which house in Stratford was owned 55 by Shakespeare’s son-in-law Dr. John Hall?

In which town is the New Art Gallery 56 which includes the Garman Ryan Collection?

In which town did William Penny 57 Brooks instigate his Olympian Games?

Which village is home 58 to the headquarters of Weston’s Cider?

In which Hundred of the Forest of 59 Dean do Free Miners rights apply?

In the nursery rhyme, what is ridden 60 to Banbury Cross?

In which Staffordshire castle was 61 Mary Queen of Scots imprisoned in 1569 and again in 1585?

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What is the approximate population of 62 Worcestershire? (To the nearest 10,000).

In which county was the Battle of 63 Mortimer’s Cross in 1461?

What is the unusual name of the 64 footpath/alleyway round the churchyard of St Mary’s in Warwick?

What is the nickname of the 65 Selfridges Building in Birmingham?

Name the Ludlow church where the 66 bells play tunes every four hours.

What type of ancient punishment 67 device is on display in Leominster church?

What is the former use of the 68 Headquarters building of Stroud District Council?

Name an Area of Outstanding Natural 69 Beauty (AONB) in Staffordshire.

Name the crossroads at the centre of 70 Oxford.

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What did Malvern water contain, 71 according to Dr. John Wall in 1743?

Name the leader of the 1605 72 Gunpowder Plot who is buried at Lapworth.

a) Name TWO visitor attractions in 73 Dudley. b)

What was Hereford’s main 74 manufacturing industry during the Second World War?

In which range of Shropshire hills 75 would you find lead mining, The Giant’s Chair and The Bog Centre?

Apart from Oxford University, name 76 the oldest University in the region.

Name the organic farm founded by 77 Lady Bamford.

In which Staffordshire town is the 78 church dedicated to St. Editha?

a) Name TWO of the three Protestant 79 Martyrs burnt at the stake in Broad Street Oxford in 1555/56. b)

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What was established in 1715 by 80 “Fifteen Worcester Gentlemen”?

a) Name TWO buildings designed by 81 Warwick architect Francis Smith. b)

Name the person who created “The 82 Prospect” in Ross-on-Wye.

In which church graveyard in Shrewsbury is there a “gravestone” of 83 Ebenezer Scrooge, which was left after filming of “A Christmas Carol”?

Birmingham will host which games in 84 2022?

Name the Oxford benefactor after 85 whom its hospital is named.

a) Name TWO arboreta in 86 Gloucestershire. b)

Name the Stoke City footballer, who 87 was the only footballer to be knighted whilst still playing?

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Name the sauce made in the region 88 by Lee and Perrins.

Name the railway incline, said to be the steepest in Britain, between 89 Bromsgrove and Barnt Green in Worcestershire.

Name the tapestries originally made 90 in the Warwickshire village of Barchesteon.

Which castle was praised by the poet 91 William Wordsworth as “the noblest ruin in Herefordshire”?

Name the house in Shropshire where 92 Charles II reputedly hid in an oak tree.

Name the first Roman Catholic 93 Cathedral to be built in England since the Reformation.

What was the Roman name for the 94 city of Cirencester?

Which Staffordshire valley is 95 nicknamed The English Rhineland?

The construction of which building, in 96 1774, moved traders off the streets of Oxford?

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Name the writer of the poem 97 “Summertime on Bredon”.

Which invention was attributed to 98 James and John Starley?

Where does the River Wye cut a deep 99 Carboniferous Limestone gorge?

The works of author and poet Mary 100 Webb are mainly set in which county?

Cherwell and Vale of the White Horse 101 are districts in which county of the region?

Name the President of the Royal Geographical Society who, in 1849, said "In no part of England are more 102 geological features brought together in a small compass than in the environs of Dudley".

Near which town is The Fire Service 103 College?

Name the pottery manufacturer who 104 perfected the making of bone china.

British service personnel killed 105 overseas are now repatriated to which Oxfordshire airbase?

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a) Name TWO of the villages on the 106 Black and White Trail. b)

Name a town that was part of 107 Warwickshire until Local Government reorganisation in 1974.

Name the English King who is buried 108 at Worcester Cathedral.

In which town is there a funicular 109 railway linking Upper Town and Lower Town?

Which Birmingham building contains 110 12 halls, including Symphony Hall?

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111 Name TWO of the Dymock Poets.

b)

In which town is the Elizabethan 112 Ancient High House?

Which heritage steam railway runs 113 from Cheltenham to Broadway?

Which Herefordshire church features 114 a tree of life in a semi-circular tympanum above the south door?

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Who is said to have prosecuted 115 William Shakespeare for poaching deer?

Which make of car is currently made 116 at Cowley?

In which town’s cemetery is Jenny 117 Lind (The Swedish Nightingale) buried?

Give the current name of the village 118 nearest to the Roman town of Viroconium.

Which town did Queen Victoria visit in 119 1866, her first public appearance since the death of Prince Albert?

How much did the people of 120 Tewkesbury pay for the abbey in 1540?

Name the owner of Kelmscott Manor 121 from 1871 to 1896.

Which pottery company, formed in the 122 19th century, produced a range of animals?

Which breed of sheep is most 123 associated with Leominster?

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Name the public school where 124 Thomas Arnold was Headmaster from 1828 to 1842.

Which town acquired the suffix 125 “Wells” after the development of its mineral springs in 1840?

a) Name TWO landscape gardens, 126 normally open to the public, designed by Lancelot (Capability) Brown. b)

In which month is the annual Ludlow 127 Food Festival held?

Which specific accent is regarded as 128 most closely related to that of the Anglo Saxons?

Which Gloucestershire town has a churchyard with 99 yew trees, where 129 a “clypping” ceremony is held each year?

Name the wheelwright and canal 130 engineer, born in 1716, who spent much of his life in Leek.

Name the King who granted city 131 status to Hereford in 1189.

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Name the building that was the centre 132 of Burford’s wool trade and is now a museum.

Which Warwick buildings were given 133 to the town by Nicholas Eyffler and Thomas Oken?

What nickname is given to the tower 134 of the ruined church in Upton on Severn?

How many miles of canal were there 135 in the Birmingham Canal Navigations at its peak?

What was the nickname of Judge 136 George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem?

Name the creator of Slimbridge 137 Wetland Wildlife Centre.

a) The Rollright Stones are on the 138 border of which TWO counties? b)

Name the Staffordshire village said to 139 be the highest in England.

In which village churchyard is writer 140 and vicar Francis Kilvert buried?

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In which town in Oxfordshire is there 141 a substantial luxury shopping outlet village?

Which Warwickshire town was the 142 Saxon capital of Mercia?

Name a sporting venue in Worcester, 143 which is regularly flooded by the River Severn?

Name the partially reconstructed 144 Roman fort at Baginton near Coventry.

Name a structure or building designed 145 by Thomas Farnolls Pritchard.

Which museum is housed at 146 Llanthony Warehouse in Gloucester?

The Staffordshire Bull Terrier was 147 originally bred for what activity?

Name the Iron Age hillfort on 148 Herefordshire Beacon.

What scientific field was pioneered by 149 Oxfordshire born William Smith?

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Which canal crosses the A3400 150 (formerly A34) on an aqueduct at Wootton Wawen?

During which century was Aethelflaed 151 “Lady of the Mercians”?

Near which town is West Midlands 152 Safari Park?

a) Name TWO of the ten museums 153 making up the Ironbridge Gorge Museums. b)

Name the person credited with 154 development of public services in Birmingham.

At which college was Dorothea Beale 155 the Principal during the late 19th century?

Which gardens, once owned by the 156 Dukes of Sutherland, contain a visitor attraction called the Monkey Forest?

Name the shoe and fashion designer 157 who bought Moccas Court in 2014.

Name the author who wrote of Oxford 158 “that sweet city of dreaming spires”

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Name the ancient forest north of the 159 River Avon in Warwickshire.

Name the exuberant house (now a 160 hotel) built by Droitwich “salt king” John Corbett.

For what product is Stourbridge 161 specifically known?

What natural process produced an 162 area of ‘meres and mosses’, lakes and fens near Ellesmere?

163 Name “the city of a thousand trades”.

Which type of ware developed by the Minton factory around 1850, imitated 164 Renaissance ceramics from France and Italy?

In which cathedral is The Mappa 165 Mundi displayed?

Name the manor in Gloucestershire 166 where Charles Paget Wade housed his eccentric collections.

Which Warwickshire house was 167 owned in the 1830s and 1840s by Sir Robert Peel?

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Which claimant to the English throne 168 escaped from Oxford Castle in 1142?

Which Arts and Crafts organization 169 did William Gilbert establish in 1898?

Name the group commemorated by 170 a memorial in Meriden, Warwickshire.

Name the engineer who warned of 171 the collapse of Old St. Chad’s Church, Shrewsbury in 1788.

Name the Oxfordshire house used by Winston Churchill for meetings 172 during World War Two that now houses a foundation promoting international relations.

In which Staffordshire town is there 173 a statue of Captain Smith of the RMS Titanic?

Which organization manages 174 Berrington Hall?

Which Warwickshire village has a 175 very tall maypole?

In which county in the region is well- 176 dressing a tradition?

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Which house in Gloucestershire, 177 now largely ruined, was the home of wool merchant Baptist Hicks?

In which year did the Battle of 178 Worcester take place?

Name the last leader of the Cornovii 179 tribe.

Turners Hill is the highest of which 180 range of hills?

Name the forest being planted 181 between the existing ancient forests of Needwood and Charnwood.

Name the mountains that form the 182 south-western part of Herefordshire and extend into .

Which museum was founded in 183 Oxford in 1683?

What significant event occurred in 184 Kenilworth Castle in 1266?

Name the author of “The Tailor of 185 Gloucester”.

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Name the canal town at the junction of the Staffordshire and 186 Worcestershire Canal and the River Severn.

Which castle was built by Laurence 187 of Ludlow in the 13th century?

The three-looped knot is the 188 traditional symbol of which county within the region?

Name the railway station that serves 189 Birmingham Airport and the National Exhibition Centre.

Name the King of Mercia who built a 190 defensive dyke along the western side of the region in the 8th century.

In which Staffordshire town does an 191 annual Horn Dance event take place?

Name the Queen buried at Sudeley 192 Castle.

Name the TWO significant Roman a) roads that cross near the 193 Warwickshire village of Copston Magna. b)

Which castle is owned by Lord Saye 194 and Sele?

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In which Worcestershire village was 195 Sir Edward Elgar born?

In which Shropshire town was 196 Robert Clive of India born?

Name the coal seam that defines 197 The Black Country.

Which tributary of the River Thames 198 flows through Banbury, Cropredy and Oxford?

The Evesham System is a feature of 199 what industry?

Name the Norman founder of 200 Gloucester Abbey (now the Cathedral).

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