Sunday 7 September 2014

CTOG QUIZ - YOUR CHANCE TO BE NAMED AND FAMED!




Why not have a go at the following quiz - send your answers in to the CTOG team and if you score 10/10 we will post your name on our wall of fame!!  

CLUE - All the answers are related to places along the North Downs Way which will be passed or visited by the CTOG team on their long walk.  This is just for fun and you can enter as many times as you like!

Please email your answers to ctog14@gmail.com – we will endeavour to check your answers as soon as possible and post your name on our site if you score the perfect10! 


Q1
Which duckpond in the centre of a village roundabout is the only area of water in England designated as a listed building?

Q2
Which 17th Century manor house is now the official residence of the foreign secretary?

Q3
From which quarry was sandstone extracted for use in the construction of important buildings such as Windsor Castle, Westminster Abbey and old London Bridge?

Q4
On what popular hill did Jane Austin’s “Emma” place a picnic?

Q5
Which town was immortalised by Charles Dickens as Cloisterham in several of his novels?

Q6
Where was Henry VIII when he learnt that Ann Boleyn’s execution had been carried out in 1536?  This village also claims to have a disease-resistant pinot-noir grape descended from vines brought by the Romans?

Q7
Which vineyard is the largest in England, its 265 acres being three times the size of any other in the United Kingdom?

Q8
Which plaque was installed in 2000 to mark both the Millenium and the crossing of the Greenwich Meridian by both the North Downs Way and the Vanguard Way?

Q9
Which town is dominated by the spire of the parish church of St Martin – one of the tallest spires in England at 210 feet (64 metres)?

Q10
Which motorway is less than 27 miles long and was completed in 1965?

1 comment:

  1. Congratulations to STEVE RIX from Kent who has scored the first perfect10!

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