1. My father was born in a seaside resort where his parents ran a typical ‘boarding house’. The town is famous for its ‘Golden Mile’. Where was he born? Scarborough Bournemouth Southend Blackpool

2. My mother was born in a town which became a city in the Queen’s Jubilee Year (2002). Which town in Lancashire is this? Bolton Preston Wigan Blackburn

3. My mother’s father was very interested in gardening and won several prizes at local shows for a type of flower which has varieties known as ‘Pompom’ and ‘Cactus’. What flower is this? Dahlia Aster Geranium Rose

4. My mother’s mother shares her first name (although not her character fortunately!) with a very bossy member of the Peanuts gang. What was her name? Patty Lucy Sally Marcie

5. My father’s father was born in a city with a castle that has a gateway called John of Gaunt’s Gateway. Which English city? York Lancaster Lincoln Nottingham

6. My father's mother was called Catalina – unusual in 19th century Lancashire, but where did the name originate? Spain France Germany Denmark

7. One of my great-grandfathers was a minister of a branch of the Methodist Church which was founded in North Staffordshire by Hugh Bourne in 1808 and believed in outdoor preaching. What was this branch called? Independent Methodists Wesleyan Methodists Primitive Methodists Inghamite Methodists

8. Another of my great-grandfathers was a captain with the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company and sailed the steamships between Liverpool and Douglas. Which was NOT a name of one of the early steamships? Mona's Queen Mona's Isle Lady Isabella Ben-my-Chree

9. One of my great-great-grandfathers was described on his daughter’s marriage certificate in 1862 as a ‘yeoman’. What was a ‘yeoman’? Member of town council Tailor Farmer Tavern keeper

10. One of my great-great-grandfather’s brothers emigrated to America and set up a leather tannery in the town of Luzerne on the upper Hudson River. In which US state is this? New Jersey Massachusetts Pennsylvania New York