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More about Suffolk, England

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : England : More about Suffolk, England

Introduction:
"Following on from my earlier quiz about my home county, here are some more questions about the place, its people and its history."


1. How many other counties does Suffolk share a border with?
    Two
    Three
    Five
    Four


2. The artist Thomas Gainsborough was born in Suffolk in 1727, but in which town?
    Sudbury
    Hadleigh
    Ipswich
    Saxmundham


3. Over the years, many well known personalities, including Griff Rhys-Jones and Claudia Schiffer, have bought homes in Suffolk. Which Wirral-born DJ and national treasure who died in 2004, made his home in the Suffolk Village of Great Finborough?
    Alan Freeman
    Tony Blackburn
    Jimmy Saville
    John Peel


4. Name the Suffolk born explorer, captain of the Godspeed, who was Vice Admiral of an expedition to the New World that settled at Jamestown, Virginia in 1607 and who discovered Martha?s Vineyard.
    Henry Hudson
    John Ratcliffe
    Bartholomew Gosnold
    Christopher Newport


5. The Tidemill at Woodbridge stands on which river?
    River Orwell
    River Blyth
    River Stour
    River Deben


6. Mary Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, died at Westhorpe Hall in Suffolk in 1533 and was buried at Bury St Edmunds. She was sister to one of the great Tudor monarchs and was herself briefly Queen of France. Who was her powerful sibling?
    Elizabeth I
    Henry VII
    Henry VIII
    Edward VI


7. In 1991, a film called ?The Bridge? was released, which was set (and filmed) in and around the Suffolk Village of Walberswick. Name the artist whose work helped inspire this film:
    John Constable
    Philip Wilson Steer
    Sir Alfred Munnings
    Thomas Gainsborough


8. Here's a little local history. The Red Barn Murder was a story that swept the country in 1827 when Maria Marten was killed in a Suffolk village. Who was her murderer?
    William Laud
    William Corder
    Margaret Catchpole
    Richard Cobbold


9. The RSPB (Royal Society for Protection of Birds) Reserve at Minsmere on the Suffolk coast celebrates a big anniversary in 2007. In which year did the RSPB first lease the reserve?
    1957
    1947
    1967
    1977


10. The ruins of Greyfriars Monastery stand close to the crumbling cliff edge on the outskirts of which Suffolk village?
    Dunwich
    Darsham
    Westleton
    Walberswick


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