9 for 10 - England by Category Quiz

Answer: Life, the Universe and Everything

In 'Life, the Universe and Everything', Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect encounter robots from the planet Krikkit, who steal various items - such as the Ashes and the leg of Marvin the Paranoid Android - to create the Wikkit Gate. The Wikkit Gate is a key shaped like a wicket and is supposed to unlock the Slo-Time Envelope in which the planet Krikkit is sealed.

The people of Krikkit waged war on the rest of the universe and were sentenced to be sealed away until the universe ends. It is later revealed that they were manipulated by Hactar, a supercomputer.

Answer: The Isis

The Isis is named for the Egyptian goddess and is the part of the Thames that starts in the Cotswolds and joins the River Thames at Dorchester-on-Thames. It is a popular angling spot as it contains many freshwater fish, such as trout and crayfish. It is also used for rowing by the University of Oxford; Eights Week, a four-day regatta, takes place during Trinity Term (the third and final term at Oxford).

The Oxford University student magazine also takes its name from the river.

Answer: Victoria

The Victoria Line was opened in 1968 and, along with the Waterloo & City Line, is one of the only London Underground lines to be fully underground. It was designed to reduce congestion on the Piccadilly Line and the Charing Cross branch of the Northern Line.

Originally, it went from Walthamstow Central to Highbury & Islington; an extension to Warren Street was built in December 1968, and an extension to Victoria in 1969. The southern extension to Brixton was opened two years later.

Answer: Everton

Everton had been based at Goodison Park since 1892, but the concept of moving to a new stadium had been suggested since the 1990s. Rival fans nicknamed the stadium 'Woodison' for its outmoded structure. Building of a new stadium at Liverpool's Bramley Moore Dock commenced in 2021 and the Hill Dickinson Stadium opened in February 2025, with its first Premier League match being Everton vs Brighton & Hove Albion. Goodison Park became the home stadium for Everton's women's team.

Answer: Red Dwarf

'Red Dwarf' was written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor. It is set on the titular mining ship and features the antics of Dave Lister (Craig Charles), the last surviving human; Arnold Rimmer (Chris Barrie), a hologram of Lister's dead roommate; the Cat (Danny John-Jules), a humanoid descended from cats; and Kryten (Robert Llewellyn), an android from an American spaceship.

The ship's computer Holly was originally played by Norman Lovett, but Hattie Hayridge later took over the role. Kristine Kochanski (Chloe Annett) joined the crew in Series 7.

Answer: Pulp

Pulp were originally known as Arabacus Pulp and were formed by singer Jarvis Cocker and guitarist Peter Dalton in Sheffield in 1978. However, it was not until 1994 that Pulp achieved recognition with their fourth album, 'His 'n' Hers', which contained the singles 'Babies', 'Lipgloss' and 'Do You Remember the First Time?' The 1995 follow-up, 'Different Class', was considered to be one of the key albums of the Britpop era and featured the above two singles. Pulp split in 2002, but reunited twice; firstly in 2011, then in 2022. Bassist Steve Mackey died in 2023.

Answer: Old Spot

The Gloucester Old Spot, to give this piggy its full name, is white with black spots. For the breed to be registered, it must have at least one spot. It has a docile and hardy temperament. As no other pedigree spotted breeds had been recorded before 1913, the Gloucester Old Spot is considered to be the world's oldest spotted pig breed. Old Spot pork is protected under British law as a traditional speciality guaranteed; the difference from a protected designation of origin is that a TSG can be produced outside a designated area.

Answer: Otter

The full title is 'Tarka the Otter: His Joyful Life and Death in the Country of the Two Rivers'. It was written by Henry Williamson and published in 1927, and is set in Devon, the 'two rivers' being the Torridge and the Taw.

Tarka is a European otter who becomes separated from his mother and wanders the rivers of Devon, fathering a litter of cubs while also avoiding the local otter hunt and a particularly keen otterhound called Deadlock. Although 'Tarka' was not intended for children, it became popular with younger readers. Poet Ted Hughes and writer Rachel Carson were both fans.

Answer: Lemon

If you watch 'The Great British Bake-Off', you might recall that one episode featured contestants learning how to make a Sussex pond pudding. Also known as well pudding, it is made of suet pastry, butter and sugar, but modern versions also include a whole lemon baked inside the pudding. When the pudding is cooked, the melted butter and sugar create a 'pond' of sauce. In Hannah Woolley's 1672 cookbook 'The Queen-Like Closet', the pastry is wrapped around a stick of butter.

The first recipe involving a lemon was published by Jane Grigson in 1974; the lemon was added to add bitterness, and candies in its own juice while cooking.

Answer: liverpool

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The band in question are the Beatles, whose legacy is still celebrated in Liverpool today. On the banks of the Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, it rose to fame as a port city, playing a major role in the Atlantic slave trade and importing cotton for mills in Lancashire. It was also a point of emigration to the USA for British and Irish citizens wanting a new life. It was named the European Capital of Culture in 2008.

'You'll Never Walk Alone' by Gerry and the Pacemakers is the theme tune of Liverpool FC; Liverpool is as famous for its football as it is for its arts and culture.