Three, Two, One Trivia Quiz

Answer: Motorways

Motorway is the highest classification of British road followed by A, B, C, D and U for unclassified. C, D and U classifications are for the benefit of road planners and shouldn't appear on public signs, although there are occasional exceptions to this rule. Strictly speaking we might also include A(M) roads which are stretches of A roads that have been upgraded to motorway status.

"A" roads around London are classified by which of four zones they fall into - 1, 2, 3 or 4. The boundaries between these zones are the A1, A3 and A4 roads as they come outwards from London, together with the river Thames which serves as the boundary between zones 1 and 2 rather than the A2. Thus, the 3 at the beginning of the A321 indicates that at least part of it is located in zone 3 between the A3 and A4.

Answer: Thames

The regatta was first staged in 1839 and, since 1851 when Prince Albert consented to be the patron, has been known as the Royal Henley regatta. The reigning British monarch is now automatically the patron. Crews race on a straight course that measures 1 mile 550 yards (2112 metres) from start to finish.

Answer: Jersey

Field-Marshal Henry Seymour Conway was Governor of Jersey and helped the islanders repel at least two French invasions. They could have given him cufflinks or a gold watch but chose to show their appreciation by presenting him with a 45-piece stone circle recently discovered at St. Helier. Conway was also vocal in opposing Britain's attempts to retain the American colonies.

Tresco is part of the Scilly Isles, whilst Lewis and Harris both lie north of the border in Scotland.

Answer: It is derived from a local name for buttercups

Quite why buttercups came to be known as crazies in local dialect is unclear. The herbalist, William Thomas Fernie, in his book "Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure" (1895), speculates that they were either thought capable of inducing madness or that it was a corruption of "Christ's Eye".

The Druid's Temple at Templecombe isn't the only structure to have been moved from its original site. At Crazies Hill you can visit Summerfield House which was the original town hall for Henley-on-Thames, built in 1790. This was dismantled and brought, brick by brick, to its new home in 1898.

You will also find an ancient well now known as Rebecca's well and formerly known as Rebra's well. It was restored in 1870 by an enthusiastic Victorian clergyman who either decided that Rebra was a rendering of Rebecca or, more likely, decided to Christianise a pagan site by linking it to a biblical story. It is now an English Heritage Grade II listed building and bears the inscription:
'Rebeka and the Servants of Abraham at the well of Nahor.
And the servants ran to meet her and said let I pray thee drink a little water of thy pitcher'.

Answer: Suffragettes

Two unfamiliar women had been seen outside the church just before the fire and pro-suffragette postcards were also found at the scene. If suffragettes were responsible, it was one of their final acts of violent disobedience as these were suspended two months later at the outbreak of World War One. Wargrave was allegedly chosen because the vicar refused to allow brides to omit the word "obey" from the marriage service.

Answer: A theatre

The £60,000 that it cost Barrymore to build his theatre in 1789 would be worth several million pounds today. Can you go and see the theatre? No. Barrymore's gambling debts overtook him; the bailiffs moved in and the theatre was dismantled in 1792!

Barrymore's short life was so action packed that he really deserves a quiz to himself rather than a single question. He would gamble on virtually anything. One story relates that he lost one bet in quite comical fashion. The wager was that he would not beat a very rotund man over 100 yards, provided that the other had a 35 yard start. Being a keen sportsman this seemed like easy money. His fatal mistake, though, was to allow his opponent to choose the course. They ran in an alley so narrow that Barrymore could easily catch his target but not pass him.

He died at the age of only 24, having accidentally shot himself - another fatal mistake - and having spent over £300,000.

Answer: Pennsylvania

Penn lived at Ruscombe House which was subsequently demolished in 1830. Sadly, he died penniless and was buried in an unmarked grave. As well as giving his name to Pennsylvania, he is also immortalised in the Pennfields housing estate in Ruscombe.

Answer: Town with the best quality of life in the UK

Wokingham had to give up its crown the following year, to Elmbridge in Surrey.

Answer: Mental patients

Broadmoor is a high-security psychiatric hospital that houses many notorious murderers. It was opened in 1863, four years after Wellington College.

Alumni of both establishments include Christopher Lee, Sebastian Faulks, George Orwell, Will Young, Ronnie Kray and Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe. I'll let you work out which is which.

Answer: Army officers

The Royal Military Academy was established at Sandhurst in 1802, although it was then known as the Royal Military College. Coincidentally, this was at exactly the same time as West Point in America and Saint-Cyr in France.

If the British army is ever short of strong, young men, it could do worse than look at Sandhurst's tug of war team. They were outdoor world club champions in 2000 and 2006.