Northeast England Trivia

1. The residents of which North Northumbrian town with impressive defensive walls occasionally claim to be, on a technicality, at war with Russia?

From Quiz A Magical Mystery Tour of Northumberland Places

Answer: Berwick

At the outset of the Crimean War (the story goes), Britain declared war on Russia as "Great Britain, Ireland, Berwick-upon-Tweed and all British Dominions" but neglected to include Berwick in the wording of the subsequent peace treaty. As late as 1966, the Mayor of Berwick chose to reassure the London correspondent of "Pravda" of the town's peaceful intentions: "Please tell the Russian people through your newspaper that they can sleep peacefully in their beds."!

From Quiz Northumberland Facts and Features

Answer: Newbiggin-by-the-Sea

The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, also known as Woodhorn Church, is over 1200 years old.

From Quiz Yorkshire's Calder Valley

Answer: Lancashire

Todmorden Town Hall in the centre of town straddles Walsden Water a tributary to the Calder, and prior to 1888 this stream marked the border between Yorkshire and Lancashire. The building was presented to the town by the Fielden family in 1875. Before the boundary change it was possible to dance across the floor of the Town Hall Ballroom between the two counties.

From Quiz The City of Bradford

Answer: West Yorkshire

It was originally in the West Riding of Yorkshire until local government re-organisation in 1974.

From Quiz Kingston-upon-Hull - City Called Hull

Answer: Edward I

King Edward I was fighting a war against the Scots and needed a strategic position for dispatching troops and goods, for defense, and for ship building. Hull was ideal so in the year 1293, Edward I acquired the town from the monks of Meaux Abbey. In 1299, he gave it a royal charter and the full name Kingston-upon-Hull. The original settlers called it Hull, after the name of the river as do the people of Hull today. The monks had called it Wyke-upon-Hull, named after John Wyke, Archbishop of York.

From Quiz The North Yorkshire Moors and Coast

Answer: Robin Hood's Bay

The walk is 190 miles long and takes approximately 2 weeks to complete. The walk passes through the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and North Yorkshire Moors. Alfred Wainwright described the walk as covering, "the grandest territory in the north of England".

From Quiz The Town of Doncaster

Answer: South Yorkshire

Indeed, the Southern part of 'God's own county!' South Yorkshire consists of Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley and Doncaster, and there is often great rivalry between the towns and cities.

From Quiz Newcastle - The Best Place on Earth

Answer: Northumberland Street

Northumberland Street has every shop you could think of. It has huge stores and a huge shopping centre named Eldon Square. It is the main place where a lot of people shop and work. The Metro Centre is in Gateshead and North Shields and Silverlink are rather small compared to Northumberland Street.

From Quiz The City of York

Answer: Eboracum

York was founded by the Romans in 71AD, and was one of only three permanently manned Roman fortresses in England. Vectis is the Isle of Wight, Luguvalium is Carlisle, and Deva is Chester.

From Quiz The North-East of England

Answer: North York Moors

A beautiful part of the country, the North York Moors stretch from Scarborough at the south-east across to Thirsk in the south-west and up to industrial Teesside to the north.

From Quiz The Lovely Town of Huddersfield

Answer: Kingsgate

Kingsgate replaced many small businesses and the construction costs went well over budget.

From Quiz Sunny Scarborough

Answer: Oliver Cromwell

It is thought that Oliver Cromwell and his parliamentarian army besieged Scarborough from this hill during the English Civil War.

From Quiz The Yorkshire Dales

Answer: Skipton

You can catch a train directly from London (Kings Cross) to Skipton. All the others can be considered Gateways to the Dales, but only Skipton has a castle!

From Quiz Northumberland - The Northern Beauty

Answer: Durham and Cumbria

Once upon a time Newcastle used to be both a city and a county and so there were three English counties that bordered Northumberland.

From Quiz All about Newcastle - a Geordie Challenge

Answer: The High Level Bridge

The cars and buses travel below and the railway runs on top. In fact the bridge provided one of the last connections on the line between London and Edinburgh when the railway was first built.

From Quiz Newcastle - Party city and more!

Answer: Geordies

Mackems is a somewhat derogatory term given to supporters of Sunderland Football Club (they prefer to be called "Black Cats"!), Cockneys are from London and Magpies is the nickname of Newcastle United Football Club. The posh name for residents of Newcastle is "Novocastrians".

From Quiz Sunny Sheffield

Answer: Yorkshire

Sheffield is now in South Yorkshire. Hallamshire is a traditional region including western Sheffield, but was never a county. It is also the wealthiest area in the north of England. Although Sheffield is in Yorkshire, it has always been overshadowed: first by York, and more recently by Leeds. As a result, there is little support for a Yorkshire parliament in the city.

From Quiz Lovely Leeds

Answer: LS

Made up of the first and last letter, the LS prefix comes before the number of the district. Of course, there is no pattern or methodical numbering system. They are completely random, and some number codes stretch for much farther than others.

From Quiz Teesside, NE of England

Answer: Norton

From Quiz Things To Do With Yorkshire

Answer: Northallerton

Northallerton is a market town situated in the north of the Vale of York.

From Quiz A Magical Mystery Tour of Northumberland Places

Answer: Warkworth Castle

There are great views of Warkworth Castle from all around the village, not least from the Mill Walk along the Coquet (pronounced Coke-ut for any non-Northumbrians). The castle also has the distinction of appearing in two of Shakespeare's history plays. ("Henry IV" "Parts 1 & 2") Alnwick Castle also sits on the Coquet but is further inland and not ruined. Dunstanburgh Castle is on the coast between the villages of Craster and Embleton. Bamburgh Castle was restored during the nineteenth century by the Victorian industrialist (Lord) William Armstrong. The castle still belonged to the Armstrong family in 2017 but is open to the public and also has apartments for long-term rental which are much sought after.

From Quiz Northumberland Facts and Features

Answer: The Coquet

The River Coquet, at around 40 miles long, is the longest river in Northumberland. It rises in the Cheviot Hills, generally flowing eastwards, where it eventually flows out into the North Sea at Amble.

From Quiz Yorkshire's Calder Valley

Answer: Hebden Bridge

Hebden Bridge lies at the confluence of Hebden Water and the Calder and was formerly a small mill town producing wool and woollen goods but by the end of the 1960s the industry was in decline. During the '70s and '80s a mixture of artists, writers, musicians and New Age activists moved to the town to take advantage of the cheap housing and stunning scenery. The town has an eclectic mix of independent shops, organic cafes and is host to a number of arts and music festivals throughout the year. Smithy Bridge is found in Greater Manchester, Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire and Bason Bridge in Somerset.

From Quiz A Journey Around Yorkshire

Answer: Gordale Scar

Gordale Scar is a ravine through limestone cliffs. It contains two waterfalls and, conditions permitting, a public right-of-way which permits walkers to climb up through it. There is also a dramatic and beautiful campsite on the approach which I can recommend.

From Quiz Yorkshire

Answer: Blue

The county flag was designed in the 1960s. The white rose symbolizes the ancient House of York.

From Quiz The City of Bradford

Answer: They were elected to the football league without having ever played a single senior match

In 1911 Bradford City won the FA Cup, by coincidence the cup had been made in the city by Fattorini's the jewellers that same year. Thus, making them the first winners of the current trophy.

From Quiz Flamborough Head and the Village of Flamborough

Answer: South

The three Ridings were North (Scarborough and, unsurprisingly, the North York moors are in the North Riding), East (e.g. Bridlington, Kingston upon Hull), and West (e.g. Leeds and Holmfirth, where "Last of the Summer Wine" was filmed). If you are *certain* that you have heard of South Riding, you are correct. It is the title of a novel by Winifred Holtby.

From Quiz The North Yorkshire Moors and Coast

Answer: Whitby

Bram Stoker was born Abraham Stoker on 18 November 1847. "Dracula" was published in 1897 and is said to have been inspired by Whitby Abbey and the graveyard, during the author's stay in the town. There are 199 steps leading up to the Abbey, which is situated on a cliff overlooking the town. It was founded in the year 657, by St Hilda.

From Quiz The Town of Doncaster

Answer: River Don

One of the largest rivers in the whole of Yorkshire. Unfortunately, it suffers from litter and pollution and flows past Doncatraz (the prison) and other tourist attractions. In Roman times the River Don was an extremely important trading post between the Brigantes and Coritani tribes.

From Quiz The City of York

Answer: Jorvik

Jorvik became a Viking settlement in 866AD. Eoforwic was the Anglo-Saxon name for York. The other two choices I made up!

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