All About Suffolk, England

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1. Which town, created by Royal Charter from King John in 1200, is the County Town of Suffolk? Newmarket Ipswich Bury St Edmunds Felixstowe

2. Name the Suffolk seaside town where Adnams Ale is brewed. Felixstowe Southwold Aldeburgh Thorpeness

3. Mary Tudor was staying in Suffolk when she received news that her brother had died and it was from this place that she set out for London to claim the throne as Queen Mary I. Which Suffolk fortification was briefly Mary's home? Languard Fort Orford Castle Framlingham Castle Clare Castle

4. The most easterly point in England is in Suffolk, but in which town? Lowestoft Aldeburgh Felixstowe Southwold

5. Freston Tower, which was built in the sixteenth century, stands on the south bank of which Suffolk river? River Deben River Orwell River Stour River Waveney

6. The National Horseracing Museum is located in which Suffolk town? Ipswich Newmarket Bury St Edmunds Hadleigh

7. In the 1930s, a 1300 year old ship-burial of a Saxon warrior king was found in a field in Suffolk. Where? Orford Ness Sutton Hoo Shotley Gate Monks Eleigh

8. In which Suffolk town would you find the Abbey Gardens and the smallest pub in Britain? Southwold Bury St Edmunds Stowmarket Ipswich

9. Which artist was born in the village of East Bergholt in 1776, and is best known for painting the landscape of the Stour Valley along the Suffolk/Essex boarder? John Constable Sir Alfred Munnings Thomas Gainsborough Thomas Churchyard

10. Maggi Hambling's scallop sculpture sits on the beach between Aldeburgh and Thorpness as a tribute to which British composer? Benjamin Britten Henry Purcell Ralph Vaughn Williams Edward Elgar