A fun Yorkshire Day quiz to test your knowledge of the county. The answers are at the bottom of the page.
1) Which Yorkshire town is famous for growing rhubarb and has recently revived its annual rhubarb fair?
2) Where in York would you find a statue of the Devil?
3) Which great Victorian writer has connections with Malton?
4) In 1066, the Anglo-Saxons fought three battles against foreign invaders. The Battle of Hastings, of course, is famous, but the other two battles took place near York. Where?
5) What was the spire of All Saints Church, Pavement, York, used for in medieval times?
6) John Paul Jones, hero of the American War of Independence and skipper of the commerce raider, Bonhomme Richard, met a watery end off which famous East Coast landmark?
7) Where would you find the Devil's Arrows?
8) Who was the last Viking King of York?
9) Which busy York thoroughfare was once the King's Fishpool?
10) It has a Minster, a bar and a racecourse - but it's not York. What is the name of this East Yorkshire town?
11) Where would you find the Wakeman blowing his horn every evening to assure the citizens that all is well?
12) Which famous English soldier and politician's body - minus is head - is reputedly entombed at Newburgh Priory, near Coxwold?
13) York's famous Shambles takes its name from which trade?
14) A museum dedicated to famous author James Herriot has recently opened in in his former surgery in which North Yorkshire town?
15) Which town west of York is associated with Mother Shipton?
16) Which famous ancient East Coast edifice was shelled by German warships in 1914?
17) Which famous entrepreneur, born at Buttercrambe, and three times Lord Mayor of York, promised, "to mak all t'railways cum to York"?
18) Where would you find Harlow Carr Gardens?
19) Which famous 20th century poet was born at 54 Bootham, York?
20) With which field of scientific endeavour would you link York resident John Goodricke?
21) He and his family owned great chunks of land in East Yorkshire around Beverley and Driffield and he was Scotland's most famous king. What is his name?
22) Which monster of literature would you associate with Whitby?
23) Famous 17th-18th century playwright Sir John Vanburgh was the architect responsible for which North Yorkshire stately home?
24) On which York church would you find the Little Admiral?
25) Edwardian country doctor, John Kirk, created which famous York tourist attraction?
26) Which North Yorkshire town, famous for its imposing castle, is the home to the Green Howards' Regimental Museum?
27) Which famous anti-slavery campaigner is associated with Hull?
28) In which year did York City reach the FA Cup semi-final?
29) Which member of a well-known York family produced a famous study of poverty in the city at the turn of the 19th/20th century?
30) In what year did the Romans found the City of York?
Answers
1) Wakefield
2) Stonegate (above the entrance to Coffee Yard)
3) Charles Dickens
4) Stamford Bridge and Fulford
5) It housed a lantern to guide travellers to the city through the Forest of Galtres
6) Flamborough Head
7) At Boroughbridge (they are prehistoric standing stones)
8) Eric Bloodaxe
9) Foss Islands Road (between Layerthorpe Postern and the Red Tower)
10) Beverley
11) Ripon
12) Oliver Cromwell
13) Butchers (Shambles is a corruption if 'shammels', the bloody wooden boards at the front of the shops where animals were cut up)
14) Thirsk (the 'Darrowby' in his vet books)
15) Knaresborough
16) Scarborough Castle
17) George Hudson
18) Harrogate
19) WH Auden
20) Astronomy
21) Robert the Bruce
22) Dracula
23) Castle Howard
24) St Martin-le-Grand in Coney Street
25) The Castle Museum
26) Richmond
27) William Wilberfoss
28) 1955
29) Seebohm Rowntree
30) AD71
PICTURE: A well-known York street packed with tourists. But what kind of business made it famous? See Question 13
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