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All About Suffolk, England

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : England : All About Suffolk, England

Introduction:
"Suffolk is a pleasant county in the East Anglia region of the UK, where I have lived for 19 years. Here are some questions about the place, its people and its history."


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


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


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


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


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


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


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