1. As you travel across the Pennines on the M62 motorway between Leeds and Manchester, the westbound and eastbound carriageways split in order to bypass what obstacle? A farm A 558 ft tall Television / Radio Mast A Neolithic burial chamber A small wooded glade where a clutch of Pixies live

2. One of Britain's most popular TV series for many years is set in a fictitious North Yorkshire moors village called Aidensfield. But what is the real name of the village at the centre of "Heartbeat Country?" Chingly Dale Rosedale Fosse Crompton-on-Esk Goathland

3. You have had three hours enjoying the delights of London's Covent Garden so you set off walking, passing Leicester Square before stopping at a busy junction with a statue of Eros at its centre. Where have you arrived? Hyde Park Corner Trafalgar Square Piccadilly Circus Sloane Square

4. You are in the Viking capital of Scotland. It is now the county town of Ross and Cromarty and sits on the Cromarty Firth. What town are you visiting? Stonehaven Ardrossan Kirkcaldy Dingwall

5. If, during the course of a week, you visit the towns of Uttoxeter, Newbury and Market Rasen, what is the most likely reason? You are a policeman still looking out for Lord Lucan, who disappeared over 30 years ago You still think doing crop circles is amusing You are trying to find a cash machine that works You follow horse racing

6. The U.K. has many dangerous wild animals. Which of these might you be in most danger from? The adder, snoozing on a warm rock in the Mendips A grizzly bear wandering aimlessly down Chichester high street (as does everyone else) One of the saltwater crocodiles that slumber in the Humber The shoals of hungry piranhas that lurk in the River Clyde

7. During the Napoleonic War, a French ship was wrecked off the N.E. coast of England. Much of the wreckage was washed up on the beach in Hartlepool and amongst it was the ship's mascot, a little monkey dressed in a colourful suit. What did the good people of Hartlepool do next? Having never seen a monkey before, they thought it was a French spy. So they hung it. They named him "Ricky Martin" and taught him to sing and dance. They made it the first exhibit of Hartlepool Zoo. They let him go. Shortly after, a new breed of farm animal appeared in the North East called a "Monkeep", which swung through the trees yelling "Baaa".

8. Where does the 11th Duke of Marlborough reside? Crystal Palace 13 Balham Road, Swindon The Horse and Hounds, Watford Blenheim Palace

9. What is the abbreviation "Salop" a shortened version of? Shropshire Society Assisting Large Overweight Postmen Salopianisation Salopardist

10. If yaz aal sperk like this, then whereaboots is yaz from? A mean, howay, bet ya canna tell? Birmingham Glasgow Newcastle Bristol

11. William Wilberforce is perhaps the best known of the slavery abolitionists. Born in Hull 1759, he attended St John's college Cambridge. Which Prime Minister-to-be did he befriend there? William Pitt the Younger Robert Peel George Granville Robert Walpole

12. Can you name the Hull-born aviator who was the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia? Bessie Coleman Jackie Cochran Harriet Quimby Amy Johnson

13. Which of the following is the name of a large fence at Aintree Racecourse, where the world's greatest steeplechase is held every year? the Table the Double Bed the Stool the Chair

14. What is the pub called in Britain's longest-running TV soap, "Coronation Street"? The Argyles Return The Rangers Return The Rovers Return The Uniteds Return

15. Which of these is the name of a prison in Manchester? Weirdways Strangeways Oddways Wibbleways