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Surrey, Home of the Stockbroker Belt

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Southeast England : Surrey, Home of the Stockbroker Belt

Introduction:
"Surrey, so close to London, but protected from being a concrete jungle by the Green Belt. Most importantly it appears no-one has written a quiz about it, until now. "


1. Which Surrey town has commemorated H. G. Wells having lived there, with a sculpture of a Martian?
    Godalming
    Guildford
    Woking
    Reigate


2. As a consequence of World War 1, a rather famous race was uprooted from its normal venue and held in Surrey, although under a different name to normal. What was this race?
    Grand National
    Tour De France
    Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe
    Le Mans 24 hours


3. The county of Surrey has many hills and views. But what is the highest point in Surrey?
    Colley Hill
    Leith Hill
    Box Hill
    Ditchling Beacon


4. Which of the following is not a local authority within Surrey?
    Rushmoor Borough Council
    Waverley Borough Council
    Mole Valley District Council
    Borough of Spelthorne


5. The 1972 Local Government Reform Act altered, amongst other things, the county boundary between Surrey and Sussex. Which two towns and/or villages were moved from Surrey to Sussex, but raised such a clamour that a new act was passed to transfer them back to Surrey?
    Horley and Charlwood
    Crawley and East Grinstead
    Redhill and Reigate
    Woking and Godalming


6. In which town will you find Mount Browne, the headquarters of Surrey Police?
    Redhill
    Wokingham
    Godalming
    Guildford


7. In the nineteenth century railways were built throughout Surrey, making travel to and from London much more feasible. The birth of commuting! But just like the roads of today, the railways had their own congestion problems. The Quarry Line was built to bypass bottlenecks in which town?
    Haslemere
    Guildford
    Redhill
    Woking


8. Where in Surrey was the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences based from 1949 - 1995?
    Egham
    Oxted
    Cobham
    Wormley


9. English horse racing has five annual races, known as "classics". The Derby, is run at Epsom in Surrey. Which of the remaining four is also normally held in Surrey?
    St. Leger
    1,000 Guineas
    The Oaks
    2,000 Guineas


10. Guildford, despite having an Anglican Cathedral remains a town not a city. The Cathedral itself is on a hill to the west of the town. To which of the following is it dedicated?
    Saint Thomas Becket
    Margaret of Antioch
    The Holy Spirit
    The Virgin Mary


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