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All About Norfolk, England

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

Introduction:
"I have run out of things to quiz about in Suffolk, so I thought I would move a little to the north to the delightful county of Norfolk. This quiz is about the place, its geography, people and history."


1. What is the name of Norfolk?s famous waterways?
    The Norfolk Longs
    The Norfolk Wides
    The Norfolk Broads
    The Norfolk Deeps


2. The city of Norwich is the administrative centre of Norfolk. Which of these rivers flows through the city centre?
    River Great Ouse
    River Glaven
    River Nar
    River Wensum


3. What is the name of the classic BBC sitcom from the 60s and 70s that was filmed in and around the Norfolk town of Thetford?
    Porridge
    The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
    Dad's Army
    Are You Being Served?


4. How many adjoining counties does Norfolk share a boundary with?
    2
    3
    4
    5


5. One of Norfolk?s many seaside towns has the unique distinction of being the only east coast resort that actually faces west. Which is it?
    Cromer
    Great Yarmouth
    Sheringham
    Hunstanton


6. Where in Norfolk would you find a large market, a model car track and a full scale race circuit that plays host to, among other things, a round of the British Superbikes Championship?
    Great Yarmouth
    Downham Market
    Kings Lynn
    Snetterton


7. Probably the most famous person to have been born in Norfolk was naval hero Admiral Horatio Nelson. He has links with a number of places in the county, but where in Norfolk was he born?
    Caister-on-Sea
    Burnham Thorpe
    Cley Next The Sea
    West Runton


8. The itv1 series ?Kingdom? has been filmed at various locations around Norfolk. Which Norfolk town is used as the fictional Market Shipborough in the show?
    Thetford
    Swaffham
    Downham Market
    Diss


9. Captain George Vancouver was a British Naval officer who was born and raised in Norfolk. He explored much of North America, particularly the coast of what is today the Canadian province of British Columbia and has a city and an island named after him. Which Norfolk town did he come from?
    Wells-Next-The-Sea
    Blakeney
    Kings Lynn
    Sheringham


10. The North Norfolk Railway (also known as The Poppy Line) is a preserved steam railway that runs from the resort of Sheringham and terminates at which other location?
    North Walsham
    Holt
    Fakenham
    Aylsham


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