Hereford Quiz
1. Who built a huge earthwork along the Welsh border?
A Ecgbert
B Beornwulf
C Beowulf
D Offa
2. During Anglo-Saxon times most of Herefordshire was part of which kingdom?
A Northumberland
B Mercia
C Wessex
D Sussex
3. To which martyred king is Hereford cathedral dedicated?
A Edgar
B Athelstan
C Ethelred
D Ethelbert
4. In which year did this happen?
A 792
B 892
C 992
D 1092
5. Which river flows throught the golden valley?
the Monnow
B the Frome
C the Dore
D the Lugg
6. Which famous prize-fighter was born near Fownhope?
A Tom Autumn
B Tom Winter
C Tom Spring
D Tom Summer
7. Nell Gwyn was mistress to which king?
A Edward II
B Charles II
C Henry II
D Richard II
8. Mortimers Cross was a battle fought in which year?
A 1471
B 1481
C 1491
D 1501
9. The world's largest chained library is in Hereford Cathredral, but where is the second largest?
A St Peter's church
B St John's
C St Barnabas'
D All Saints
10. Which Herefordshire church is a replica of an Italian one?
A Kilpeck
B Hoarwithy
C Brockhampton
D Ballingham
11. When Hereford United beat Newcastle in the FA cup who scored the winner?
A Dixie McNeil
B Dudley Tyler
C Ricky George
D Billy Meadows
12. Which Herefordian became poet laureate?
A Alfred Lord Tennison
B Sir John Betjemen
C John Masefield
D Ted Hughes
13. Hereford Regimental Museum houses the flag and pennant of which admiral?
A Doenitz
B Tirpitz
C Graf Spee
D Bismark
14. Who called Hereford a 'pretty little town of timber buildings...'?
A Daniel Defoe
B Celia Fiennes
C Samuel Johnson
D Queen Anne
15. Which ancient cannon can be seen in Hereford ?
A Mons Meg
B Big Bertha
C Maxim gun
D Roaring Meg
16. Which poetess spent part of her childhood at Hope End near Ledbury?
A Elizabeth Barrett
B Christina Rossetti
C Stevie Smith
Cicely M Barker
17.Elgar between 1904 & 1912 in which street in Hereford?
A Aylestone Hill
B Broomy Hill
C Hampton Park Road
D Hampton Dean Road
18. The
Mappa Mundi
was drawn about which year?
A 1200
B 1300
C 1400
D 1500
19. In Churchill Gardens Museum there is a gallery of the works of which local artist?
A Christopher Hatton
B Brian Hatton
C Derek Hatton
D 1ST Baron Hatton
20. The mistress of Henry II was born in Whitney, How is she usually known?
A The Rose of Sharon
B The Lady of Shalot
C The Fair Rosamund
D English Rose
21. The last siege in the Civil War took place at which castle?
A Wigmore
B Goodrich
C Skenfrith
D Grosmont
22. Which cider producer is based at Much Marcle?'
A Bulmer's
B Weston's
C Dunkerton's
D Thatcher's
23. Which Hereford band sang 'All the young dudes' and 'Roll away the stone'?
A The Pretenders
B The Photos
C Horse Nation
D Mott the Hoople
24. Who wa the 'Man of Ross'?
A John Kyrle
B John Kerr
C John Kirk
D Captain Kirk
25. The largest fish ever caught in the Wye was?
A Pike
B Shark
C Sturgeon
D Salmon
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