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60 English People quizzes and 630 English People trivia questions.
1.
  Farewell to Old England   popular trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 15 Qns
This quiz is about people who were born in England but died elsewhere - you just have to identify where they died! A small clue as to why they died elsewhere is given.
Easier, 15 Qns, VegemiteKid, Jul 09 23
Easier
VegemiteKid gold member
Jul 09 23
267 plays
2.
  Help These Great Brits Queue Up!   popular trivia quiz  
Ordering Quiz
 10 Qns
These 10 influential people who were born in England need to be lined up from oldest to youngest. Remarkably, none of their lives overlap but they all had a role to play in English history. Enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, BigTriviaDawg, Jul 03 23
Average
BigTriviaDawg gold member
Jul 03 23
390 plays
3.
Historical England
  Historical England   best quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
One of the joys of Christmas is the opportunity to travel and learn about people around the world. Can you name the people associated with these structures, monuments and places in England?
Easier, 10 Qns, skunkee, Jan 03 15
Easier
skunkee editor
2532 plays
4.
Best of the Best  Famous English
  Best of the Best: Famous English   great trivia quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
Can you identify these people who made the 2002 BBC "100 Greatest Britons" list?
Easier, 10 Qns, ponycargirl, Jul 18 15
Easier
ponycargirl editor
1605 plays
5.
  "L"ondon People    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
"L" people born in London
Match the person to what they are known for. Their first or last name starts with L, and all were born in London, England. Some may fit multiple categories, but all will only be used once.
Average, 10 Qns, Ilona_Ritter, Jun 23 23
Average
Ilona_Ritter gold member
Jun 23 23
326 plays
6.
Fame Fortune and Foremost Family
  Fame, Fortune and Foremost Family   top quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
Members of the Peerage have wielded enormous power in England over the past 500 years or so, and some continue to find fame in modern times. How much do you know about these famous English lords and ladies (and dukes and duchesses)?
Easier, 10 Qns, Fifiona81, Jul 16 15
Easier
Fifiona81 editor
555 plays
7.
Famous Englanders
  Famous Englanders   popular trivia quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
So many famous people have grown up on that tiny island North of the English channel. Can you identify some of them from the clues provided?
Very Easy, 10 Qns, coachpauly, Jul 10 15
Very Easy
coachpauly
1077 plays
8.
Famous 18thCentury English People
  Famous 18th-Century English People   popular trivia quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
The 18th-century was an era when the Sun never set on the British Empire. Here is a quick look around ten of the English people who put the Great in Britain during that period.
Average, 10 Qns, EnglishJedi, Jul 21 15
Average
EnglishJedi gold member
754 plays
9.
Strictly English
  Strictly English    
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
A quiz focusing on ten Englishmen and part of their life and times. Enjoy!
Easier, 10 Qns, DeepHistory, Jul 16 15
Easier
DeepHistory gold member
1060 plays
10.
  Best of the Best: English Women   best quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In looking at the 2002 list of "100 Greatest Britons", it is immediately apparent that very few women were chosen for the honor. Can you identify these ladies using clues that do not focus on their more famous achievements?
Very Easy, 10 Qns, ponycargirl, Mar 31 17
Very Easy
ponycargirl editor
703 plays
trivia question Quick Question
Who was born on Christmas Day 1945, in Folkestone and played bass guitar for the 'Jimi Hendrix Experience'?

From Quiz "Kentish Heroes"




11.
  People from Devon   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz about ten people who born in Devon throughout history.
Average, 10 Qns, Joepetz, Jun 15 23
Average
Joepetz gold member
Jun 15 23
207 plays
12.
Mason and Dixon  They Drew the Line
  Mason and Dixon: They Drew the Line!   top quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
The inspiration for this quiz was Mark Knopfler's song, "Sailing to Philadelphia". Knowing the lyrics to the song may help with some of the answers!
Average, 10 Qns, ponycargirl, Jul 13 15
Average
ponycargirl editor
276 plays
13.
  Historic British Quotations   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Ten quotations from British history. Most are of the 'who-said-it' kind but some are a little different. The quotations are not in chronological order.
Tough, 10 Qns, bloomsby, Apr 04 13
Tough
bloomsby gold member
8615 plays
14.
Many scientists and inventors were included on the list of "100 Greatest Britons" in 2002. Let's see if you can correctly match the clues to the individual.
Easier, 10 Qns, ponycargirl, Apr 10 17
Easier
ponycargirl editor
663 plays
15.
  A Blue Plaque Guide to London [2]   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Welcome to the second part of my alphabetical stroll around the homes of those Londoners and visitors that carry a commemorative blue plaque.
Average, 10 Qns, stedman, Jun 24 23
Average
stedman editor
Jun 24 23
2794 plays
16.
  A Blue Plaque Guide to London [3]   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
And so my guide to the residences of a few famous Londoners and visitors comes to an end, with a look at those people who find themselves towards the end of any alphabetical list.
Easier, 10 Qns, stedman, Sep 26 14
Easier
stedman editor
3326 plays
17.
  Famous English People   popular trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Welcome to my matching quiz on famous English people. I hope you enjoy playing it
Very Easy, 10 Qns, mcsurfie, Jul 06 17
Very Easy
mcsurfie
Jul 06 17
902 plays
18.
  Tales of the Abbey 2   top quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Westminster Abbey had been the site of the English monarch's coronation since 1066, but did you know that the Abbey also is one of the most prestigious places to be buried in the UK? See if you can identify the people interred there from 1700-1792.
Easier, 10 Qns, ponycargirl, Jun 29 17
Easier
ponycargirl editor
Jun 29 17
376 plays
19.
  Tales of the Abbey   great trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Westminster Abbey had been the site of the English monarch's coronation since 1066, but did you know that the Abbey also is one of the most prestigious places to be buried in the UK? See if you can identify these people interred there prior to 1700.
Easier, 10 Qns, ponycargirl, Jun 26 17
Easier
ponycargirl editor
Jun 26 17
290 plays
20.
  Blue Plaques: We're Not Just Londoners   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
English Heritage expanded its official Blue Plaque scheme in 1998 to cover Liverpool & Merseyside, Southampton, Birmingham & Portsmouth. The Blue Plaques in these areas invite you to identify the famous people they commemorate.
Average, 10 Qns, rossian, Feb 24 21
Average
rossian editor
Feb 24 21
1090 plays
21.
  Born in Gloucestershire   great trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Gloucestershire has its fair share of well known people. Can you match the people born in the county to the area in which they made their names?
Easier, 10 Qns, rossian, Apr 07 17
Easier
rossian editor
579 plays
22.
  Famous Brits Born Overseas   popular trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 15 Qns
Many famous British figures were actually born overseas, either in one of the British colonies or later immigrated to Great Britain. Match the celebrities to their country of birth.
Average, 15 Qns, SixShutouts66, Sep 20 17
Average
SixShutouts66 gold member
Sep 20 17
488 plays
23.
  Goodbye, England's Rose    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
I hand you a small bouquet of English women who are sadly no longer with us, but who left their scented mark even after their last petal had fallen.
Easier, 10 Qns, Plodd, Oct 17 16
Easier
Plodd
459 plays
24.
  'Don't Lose Your Head!'   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A look at some of the unfortunate Britons who completely lost their heads after meeting the executioner. Not for the faint-hearted!
Average, 10 Qns, Mutchisman, Dec 14 06
Average
Mutchisman
2264 plays
25.
  London Calling My Children Home   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
England's capital is a big place and many of its children grew up to be notable figures across the world.
Average, 10 Qns, AcrylicInk, Dec 15 23
Average
AcrylicInk gold member
Dec 15 23
610 plays
26.
  A Blue Plaque Guide to London [1]   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A circular blue plaque on a building, marking the place of birth or residence of a distinguished resident or visitor, is a familiar sight around London. How many of them can you identify?
Average, 10 Qns, stedman, Jul 10 22
Average
stedman editor
Jul 10 22
2240 plays
27.
  Famous People from Lincolnshire    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
A number of famous people were born in Lincolnshire (in eastern England). See if you can solve the clues to find their identity.
Average, 20 Qns, susanhaque, Apr 19 23
Average
susanhaque
Apr 19 23
961 plays
28.
  Famous People from Leeds   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz focuses on ten famous people who were born or brought up in Leeds, Yorkshire.
Average, 10 Qns, Helmar, Dec 21 11
Average
Helmar
558 plays
29.
  From Bugs to the Bard    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Henry Edwards, born in Ross-on-Wye England, had a fascinating dual career as an actor and an internationally known entomologist. Can you untangle the two sides of his life?
Average, 10 Qns, pitegny, May 03 19
Average
pitegny gold member
May 03 19
121 plays
30.
  Famous People in Eltham, London   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
When putting together my "Blue Plaque" quizzes, I came across just about enough people from Eltham to justify a quiz of their own. So here are some more-or-less famous people from this obscure area of Southeast London.
Average, 10 Qns, stedman, Dec 21 11
Average
stedman editor
1921 plays
31.
  The Hastings Link   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Apart from being well-known for a famous battle, there are some other facts about people associated with Hastings/St Leonards-on-Sea which may surprise you. See if you know what they are and maybe learn something interesting from the quiz.
Average, 10 Qns, roxymary, Jun 18 16
Average
roxymary
910 plays
32.
  We're the Men from Sussex!   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"We plough and sow and reap and mow, and useful men are we," according to our county song, and we do plenty of other things as well. Can you identify these Sussex men?
Average, 10 Qns, TabbyTom, Jun 05 16
Average
TabbyTom gold member
213 plays
33.
  Sons of Stoke-on-Trent    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Try and identify these famous people from past and present who all share the same birthplace - the six towns that form the City of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.
Average, 10 Qns, Plumbus, Jan 04 12
Average
Plumbus gold member
484 plays
34.
  People From Yorkshire    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Wallace and Gromit are Yorkshire's ambassadors abroad, but there are many other famous folk from England's biggest county. Sport, music, film, literature, art and more are all covered.
Average, 10 Qns, thula2, Dec 21 11
Average
thula2
390 plays
35.
  Famous Northumbrians   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The beautiful county of Northumberland has had its fair share of famous inhabitants. I hope that you'll enjoy this quiz about some of them both past and present.
Average, 10 Qns, PeggyLouisa, Dec 21 11
Average
PeggyLouisa
374 plays
36.
  Famous People from Lancashire    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I have already mentioned a few famous Lancastrians in my quizzes about Lancashire, and here are some more people who are were born in Lancashire.
Average, 10 Qns, pollygw, Jan 13 15
Average
pollygw
1157 plays
37.
  The Brum Connection    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I was born in Birmingham, UK, which is known to its inhabitants as Brum. Many of those inhabitants have made a name for themselves on the world stage (I'm not one of them). How many of these famous people with a Brum connection can you identify?
Tough, 10 Qns, Cymruambyth, Aug 31 22
Tough
Cymruambyth gold member
Aug 31 22
459 plays
38.
  Turning Crawley Blue, One Plaque at a Time    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Like many parts of the country, the town of Crawley in Sussex has a number of blue plaques commemorating people who have associations with the town.
Average, 10 Qns, paper_aero, Jul 22 21
Average
paper_aero gold member
Jul 22 21
153 plays
39.
  Famous People Linked to Leicestershire   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Partly because of its central location, Leicestershire has figured large in the history of England. Over the centuries there have been many famous people that have a link with the county. How many can you recognise?
Average, 10 Qns, romeomikegolf, Nov 18 16
Average
romeomikegolf gold member
708 plays
40.
  From down there in the West Country    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Although Devon and Cornwall are two of England's least populated counties, they have produced plenty of stars...
Tough, 10 Qns, EnglishJedi, Dec 21 11
Tough
EnglishJedi gold member
533 plays
41.
  Conflagration of People from Greater Manchester    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A conflagration is a large, destructive fire and this quiz focuses on people born in Greater Manchester area who have set the world on fire! Well maybe they didn't go quite that far, but they are definitely famous. Hope you enjoy the quiz.
Average, 10 Qns, zonko, Mar 13 13
Average
zonko
340 plays
42.
  Guess Who Was Born in the East End    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
The East End of London is generally considered one of the poorest parts of England. Whether or not that is still true, it has produced some wonderful people. This is a quiz about some of them.
Average, 15 Qns, kittyconner, Aug 26 20
Average
kittyconner
Aug 26 20
437 plays
43.
  Famous People from Suffolk   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
See if you can identify these famous people born in Suffolk.
Average, 15 Qns, susanhaque, Jun 18 23
Average
susanhaque
Jun 18 23
764 plays
44.
  Famous People Connected with Lancashire   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here is a quiz about some famous people who, although not actually born in the county, were famously connected with places or events in Lancashire.
Average, 10 Qns, pollygw, Nov 29 18
Average
pollygw
Nov 29 18
890 plays
45.
  Legendary People from the Wirral    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz about people who have lived on the Wirral in Merseyside.
Average, 10 Qns, clevercatz, Jul 04 15
Average
clevercatz gold member
273 plays
46.
  Kentish Heroes   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Can you name these famous people who all have a connection with Kent, the Garden of England.
Average, 10 Qns, ironhammer, Sep 22 21
Average
ironhammer
Sep 22 21
563 plays
47.
  Born in Norfolk   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Ten questions about well-known people born in the East Anglian county of Norfolk. Hope you enjoyed the quiz. If so, then check out some of my others online.
Average, 10 Qns, EnglishJedi, Jun 24 15
Average
EnglishJedi gold member
660 plays
48.
  Hampshire & Isle of Wight Natives    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I may not be one of the most famous people born in Hampshire or the Isle of Wight, but some natives have made it big.
Tough, 10 Qns, EnglishJedi, Dec 30 13
Tough
EnglishJedi gold member
572 plays
49.
  Cumbria's Favorites    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Cumbria comprises the historic counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, along with parts of what was once northern Lancashire and West Yorkshire. Identify some of the area's famous sons and daughters.
Average, 10 Qns, EnglishJedi, Apr 03 17
Average
EnglishJedi gold member
156 plays
50.
  The Famous Folk of Cumbria   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How much do you know about the famous folk of Cumbria, past and present?
Tough, 10 Qns, operator42, Jan 07 14
Tough
operator42
657 plays
51.
  Famous Yorkshire People    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
To follow up on my first quiz about Doncaster, this is a quiz about famous people from Yorkshire.
Average, 10 Qns, donnyfogman, Dec 20 14
Average
donnyfogman
810 plays
52.
  Battle of Britain Fighter Ace   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The person who this quiz is about is generally accepted to have been the top scoring allied fighter pilot in the Battle of Britain. Enjoy, and please let me know what you think!
Difficult, 10 Qns, Quiz_Beagle, Sep 15 13
Difficult
Quiz_Beagle gold member
640 plays
53.
  I was born in Salford, England    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I was born in Salford, England. I thought it was just an ordinary place in the North West where nothing interesting happened, till I found out these people were born there, too.
Average, 10 Qns, skb99, Aug 04 13
Average
skb99
363 plays
54.
  Off to the Chop    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
These ten people were all executed by beheading during the reign of Henry VIII. Can you match the person to the crimes that led to their executions and the dates on which they were executed?
Average, 10 Qns, ElusiveDream, Jul 27 16
Average
ElusiveDream
241 plays
55.
  Staffordshire People and Places    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I could not find a quiz about Staffordshire in Funtrivia, so here are a few questions from my limited knowledge concerning people and places in the county's history.
Average, 10 Qns, tapspile, Dec 07 16
Average
tapspile
571 plays
56.
  Derbyshire's Own   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Over the last 500 years many people born or raised within our borders have gone onto fame and sometimes fortune. This is a quiz about 10 of them
Tough, 10 Qns, anjo41, Feb 27 18
Tough
anjo41
Feb 27 18
371 plays
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  Famous People from the Midlands    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Some very famous people have come from the West Midlands, England. Here are some names that you will be familiar with ...
Average, 10 Qns, nhiggin1, Dec 21 11
Average
nhiggin1
714 plays
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  Famous Cornish People    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Cornwall is famous for a number of inventions and people, can you correctly identify some of them?
Tough, 10 Qns, enwrigpd, Jan 02 16
Tough
enwrigpd
585 plays
59.
  Notable People of Bath    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The city of Bath in South West England has been the home of many influential people over the centuries. This quiz is about some of its most significant residents.
Difficult, 10 Qns, jules44, Dec 21 11
Difficult
jules44
404 plays
60.
  Quotes on The English    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Ah the English, as a nation, an all conquering people - however, their detractors are certainly quick with a quip! Enjoy the following multiple choice questions about who said what about the English!
Tough, 10 Qns, Engadine, Dec 27 13
Tough
Engadine
1082 plays
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English People Trivia Questions

1. Which Torquay-born author's lesser-known novels include "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" and "A Caribbean Mystery"?

From Quiz
People from Devon

Answer: Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie was born in Torquay, Devon on 15th September 1890, as Agatha Miller. She rose to fame in the 1920s after she published her first mystery novel "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" which featured her famous Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot. She wrote 66 novels and hundreds of short stories by the time of her passing in 1976. Her legacy lives on as the so-named "Queen of Crime" as she introduced a number of twists that influenced generations of mystery authors.

2. This lady was born in the Victorian era and became an electrical engineer. Her blue plaque is appropriately placed on the wall of the electrical distribution network operator on the road that shares her name. Who is she?

From Quiz Turning Crawley Blue, One Plaque at a Time

Answer: Caroline Haslett

Dame Caroline Haslett was born in Worth. At the time the village of Worth was not part of Crawley and wasn't even the next settlement. Three Bridges stood in between. Following World War 2 when Crawley New Town was created from the existing towns and villages both Three Bridges and Worth became part of Crawley. During World War 1, Dame Haslett learnt electrical engineering. She saw electrical devices as a way to relieve the drudgery of women. However it is the safety standards of UK household electronics that probably constitutes her greatest contribution to the day to day life of most people. In Crawley, the road named in her honour, Haslett Avenue, originally ran from Three Bridges railway station to Crawley High Street. I put that statement in the past tense as when the shopping centre, County Mall, was built in the early 1990s the road was split in two, Haslett Avenues East and West. The plaque is close to Three Bridges railway station along Haslett Avenue East, on the wall of the electrical distributor. The company operating it may change but the infrastructure will remain at the same location.

3. Buckingham Palace is one of London's most famous landmarks. Who was born there in 1948?

From Quiz London Calling My Children Home

Answer: King Charles III

Buckingham Palace was acquired for the British royal family by George III in 1761. Princess Elizabeth gave birth to Prince Charles there on 30th November 1948 while his father, Prince Philip, was playing squash elsewhere in the palace grounds. The baby Prince Charles apparently looked like a "plum pudding", according to Prince Philip! When Princess Elizabeth became queen in 1952, Prince Charles became the heir apparent at just three years old. In 2011, after over 59 years, he became the longest serving heir apparent to the British throne. He became King Charles III in September 2022 upon the death of his mother.

4. Born in Cumberland in 1764, he has famously been played on film by Wilton Powers, Errol Flynn, Clark Gable, Marlon Brando and Mel Gibson. Who is this Cumbrian native?

From Quiz Cumbria's Favorites

Answer: Fletcher Christian

Fletcher Christian was born in 1764 in the village of Eaglesfield, just southwest of Cockermouth in what is now west-central Cumberia. He first went to sea as an 18-year old ship's boy aboard the Royal Navy's HMS Cambridge. By the time he first boarded the small merchant vessel designated HM Armed Vessel Bounty in September 1787, he had advanced to the rank of Masters's Mate. He was invited to join the crew by Captain William Bligh for the 2-year voyage carrying breadfruit from Tahiti to the Caribbean. Six months into the trip, Bligh promoted Christian to acting Lieutenant, his second-in-command. The Bounty arrived in Tahiti in October 1788 and spent five months in port. Departing in April 1789, the crew were in the region of Tonga, some 1,300 miles into their journey, when Christian led the crew in a mutiny. Blight and 18 of the 22 crew who remained loyal to him (about half of the crew) were set set afloat in a small boat. They would eventually reach Coupang in what is now Indonesia, from where they returned to England to report the mutiny. Meanwhile, Christian and the other mutineers returned to Tahiti, where they picked up a number of women, before continuing on to Pitcairn Island in the southern Pacific. Fletcher died there at the age of 28 in 1793 and, by the time the Royal Navy ship Topaz arrived in 1808 only one of the original mutineers remained alive, along with nine of the Tahiti women they had brought to the island with them.

5. Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, was born in Sussex in 1573. He is remembered in literary circles as an early patron of which writer?

From Quiz We're the Men from Sussex!

Answer: William Shakespeare

Southampton was born at Cowdray House, near Midhurst. Shakespeare's early poems, "Venus and Adonis" and "The Rape of Lucrece", were dedicated to him, and he is sometimes said to be the "Mr W H" to whom the first printed edition of the Sonnets is dedicated (his initials being allegedly reversed). He may or may not also be the "friend" to whom many of the Sonnets are purportedly addressed. Southampton also patronized other poets and played an active part in the political and military adventures of the age. His involvement in the Earl of Essex's rebellion against Queen Elizabeth I led to his imprisonment, but he was released when James VI & I ascended the English throne. He died of a fever while commanding English troops in a war against Spain in the Low Countries. If you're wondering how to pronounce "Wriothesley", the BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British names gives five variants, and so you can't really go wrong.

6. Ian Astbury was born in Heswall on the Wirral in 1962. Which famous band did he front?

From Quiz Legendary People from the Wirral

Answer: The Cult

Ian Astbury was born on 14th May 1962 in Heswall, Wirral. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the band The Cult. The Cult have been active since 1982 and are best known for their single "She Sells Sanctuary" which was released in 1985.

7. There was such a Carry-On when this actress was landlady of the Queen Vic in Walford. Who is she?

From Quiz Guess Who Was Born in the East End

Answer: Barbara Windsor & Windsor

Barbara Windsor played Peggy Mitchell the landlady of the Queen Vic in Eastenders off and on for nearly sixteen years. She also appeared in several 'Carry On' films. Barbara Windsor was born in Shoreditch.

8. Just so you know what you're looking at, I'm a Blue Plaque in Portsmouth marking the house where which author and 1907 Nobel Prize winner lived as a boy?

From Quiz Blue Plaques: We're Not Just Londoners

Answer: Rudyard Kipling

Kipling was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1865 and was sent to England at the age of five, with his three-year-old sister. They lived as boarders with Captain and Mrs Holloway at Lorne Lodge, Campbell Road, Southsea, Portsmouth for six years, and it is this house which bears the Blue Plaque. Kipling was extremely unhappy during his time there, which he described in his autobiography as a mixture of cruelty and neglect and 'calculated torture'. He did go on to say that it might have formed the basis of his ability to create stories since he learned to tell lies to avoid punishment. Kipling received the Nobel Prize for Literature, becoming the first writer in the English language to be awarded the honour. Among his works are the 'Just So Stories' and 'The Jungle Book'.

9. Which Yorkshire born artist, whose name adorns a gallery in St. Ives (Cornwall), also has an eponymous gallery that opened in Wakefield (West Yorkshire) in 2011?

From Quiz People From Yorkshire

Answer: Barbara Hepworth

Barbara Hepworth was one of Britain's leading modernist visual artists. She was born in Wakefield. She studied in Leeds, London and Italy. She is closely associated with St. Ives where she had her studio and where she also died. Her studio is now a museum dedicated to her life's work. Henry Moore was born in Castleford. He studied at Leeds School Of Art alongside Hepworth. He was hugely successful and made a fortune, most of which went straight to the Henry Moore Foundation, with the aim of promoting visual arts. The foundation now runs Moore's house in Hertfordshire where you can see his studios and wander in the huge grounds looking at his work. David Hockney was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire. He lived in the USA for many years but is now a UK resident again. Salt's Mill in Saltaire includes a gallery dedicated to his work. Victorian painter Atkinson Grimshaw was born in Leeds. He is known for his grim scenes of the his home town, but he also painted London, Liverpool and Glasgow.

10. Who is the patron saint of Northumbria?

From Quiz Famous Northumbrians

Answer: St Cuthbert

St Cuthbert, who lived between 634 and 687, was born in Dunbar, Scotland. One night he had a vision of Saint Aidan and so decided to go and join a monastery. He became the prior of Melrose in 664 but, following the Synod of Whitby, was sent to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne in Northumbria. He was known as a man with gifts of healing and insight. In 676 he adopted the solitary life of a hermit and lived in a cave on one of the Farne Islands. He had a special law passed to protect the seabirds and eider ducks (now known as Cuddy's ducks after Cuthbert) which nested there. In 684 Cuthbert was elected bishop of Lindisfarne so returned to the mainland. However after Christmas of 686 he went back to his cave on Inner Farne where he eventually died. He was buried on Lindisfarne but his remains were later removed to Durham cathedral. Thanks to Wikipedia for biographical information. Saints Aidan, Bede and Oswald also have association with the Northumbria region.

11. Which actor / actress, who plays one of the main characters of the soap 'Coronation Street' was born in Basford, Nottinghamshire in 1932?

From Quiz Derbyshire's Own

Answer: William Roache (Ken Barlow)

William Roache (b. 1932) was raised in Ilkeston and is one of the original cast members of the soap that first appeared on television in 1960. In 2000, he was awarded a lifetime achievement award and the following year an MBE.

12. Which famous cricketer was born in Fitzwilliam, Hemsworth, in 1940?

From Quiz Famous Yorkshire People

Answer: Geoff Boycott

Geoff Boycott was famously dropped from the England test team after he had scored a double century!

13. Which member of the British Royal Family was born in Norfolk in 1961?

From Quiz Born in Norfolk

Answer: Diana, Princess of Wales

Diana Frances Spencer was born in Park House,Sandringham, Norfolk on 1st July 1961. Her stepmother is the Countess of Dartmouth, the daughter of the novelist Barbara Cartland. Of the alternatives, Sophie Rhys-Jones was born in Oxford in 1965, Sarah Ferguson was born in London in 1959, and Prince Andrew was born in Buckingham Palace in 1960.

14. Known as 'The Wizard of Dribble', which sportsman enjoyed a career that lasted more than thirty years, was the first footballer to win the European Footballer of the Year Award, and ranks as one of the most famous English footballers of all time?

From Quiz Sons of Stoke-on-Trent

Answer: Stanley Matthews

Born in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Sir Stanley Matthews (1915-2000) played football for his home town club, Stoke City FC, from 1932-1947 and 1961-1965. In between these two stints, he played for Blackpool FC, with whom he won the FA Cup in 1953. When he finally hung his boots up in 1965, he was fifty years old, the oldest man ever to be playing top-flight football. As well as being the first recipient of the European Footballer of the Year Award, he was also the first recipient of the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year Award and was the first footballer to be knighted for services to sport.

15. What is the title of one of Philip Larkin's best known poems?

From Quiz Famous People from the Midlands

Answer: The Whitsun Weddings

Philip Larkin (1922-1985) was born in Coventry. In 2003 he was chosen as the nation's best loved poet of the past 50 years beating Ted Hughes & Sylvia Plath into joint second place. In "Whitsun Weddings" Larkin describes a train journey in Yorkshire where at each stop the train is joined by parties of newly weds.

16. What is the name of the character played by Cornish-born actor John Nettles in the British TV drama series 'The Midsomer Murders'?

From Quiz From down there in the West Country

Answer: Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby

Actor John Nettles was born in St. Austell, Cornwall in 1943. He began playing Tom Barnaby in 1997. The series is set in the fictional town of Causton, in Midsomer county. We should all be glad that Midsomer is not a real county -- would you want to live somewhere with such a high crime rate? From 1981-1991, Nettles had played the title character in 'Bergerac', a detective series set in Jersey, Channel Islands. Of the other alternatives, Inspector Morse was played by the late John Thaw and Inspector Frost by the inimitable David Jason.

17. Which actress, born in 1933, appeared in 'Carry on Cleo' in 1964, has been in 'Eastenders', and was married to the late John Thaw ('Inspector Morse') for 30 years?

From Quiz Hampshire & Isle of Wight Natives

Answer: Sheila Hancock

Sheila Hancock OBE was born in Blackgang, Isle of Wight on February 22, 1933. In 'Eastenders', she played Barbara Owen, mother of Steve and Jackie, for a year before dying in July 2001. The other three alternatives also appeared in 'Carry On' films... Joan Sims, born in 1930, was an Essex native. Amanda Barrie was born in Lancashire in 1935. Barbara Windsor is a true 'Eastender', born in Shoreditch in 1937.

18. Who founded St Martin's Abbey, located near Hastings, to commemorate a victory?

From Quiz The Hastings Link

Answer: William the Conqueror

St. Martin's Abbey (more commonly referred to as Battle Abbey), is a partially ruined complex in the small town of Battle, East Sussex. William the Conqueror vowed to build an abbey on the spot where King Harold fell in battle in 1066. William died before the building was completed. Some parts of the abbey built between 13th and 16th century are still standing. King Ethelberht ruled Wessex and Kent for 5 years until his death in 866. King Arthur fought against invading Anglo-Saxons sometime in the late 5th to early 6th century. William Rufus, son of William the Conqueror, ruled England from 1087-1100.

19. Who was the first Archbishop of Canterbury?

From Quiz Kentish Heroes

Answer: Saint Augustine

Saint Augustine of Canterbury, a Benidictine Monk, (not to be confused with Saint Augustine of Hippo) was the prior of a monastery in Rome was chosen by Pope Gregory I (Saint Gregory the Great) in 595 to lead a mission of some 40 monks to Britain to convert the pagan King Æthelberht of Kent to Christianity. Saint Augustine's feastday is celebrated in England on 26th May, the aniversary of his death in 604

20. This resident of Edgbaston, Birmingham, was the designer of the famous Austin Mini, which first made its appearance in 1959.

From Quiz The Brum Connection

Answer: Alec Issigonis

Sir Alexander (Alec) Issigonis was born in Smyrna (now Izmir) Turkey in 1906. His grandfather, Demosthenis, was an engineer who had been granted the status of a British subject for his work for British companies. Issigonis and his parents were evacuated from Smyrna to Malta in 1922, when the Turks re-possessed the city at the end of the Greco-Turkish war. Alec's father died shortly thereafter, and Issigonis and his mother moved to the UK, where he studied engineering. He is certainly most famous for designing the Austin Mini, but prior to working for Austin he worked for Morris and was the designer of the Morris Minor, which he regarded as his proudest achievement. Issigonis was knighted in 1969. He died in Edgbaston in 1988. Alfred Bird is very popular at my house because I use Bird's Custard Powder to make - what else? - custard. Bird was born in Digbeth, Birmingham in 1811 and died in 1878. F.W. Lanchester was a British pioneer of aeronautics and automobiles, but he was a Londoner and not a Brummie. Herbert Austin (later Lord Austin) was the Yorkshire-born founder of the Austin Motor Company, which is headquartered in Longbridge near Coventry.

21. This comic actor was born in the Leicestershire in 1941. He is most closely associated with a group of anarchic comedians. His father may have been a hamster, and his mother may have smelled of elderberries. Who is he?

From Quiz Famous People Linked to Leicestershire

Answer: Graham Chapman

"He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy." Chapman was born in Leicester in 1941. He studied medicine at Cambridge, and qualified at Barts, but he never practiced medicine professionally. Whilst at Cambridge he was a member of Footlights, and there he first met John Cleese. Sadly, he passed away in 1989.

22. Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned in Staffordshire. Where?

From Quiz Staffordshire People and Places

Answer: Tutbury Castle

Mary was imprisoned twice at Tutbury Castle. She was also held in Staffordshire's Chartley Castle. Windsor Castle is in Berkshire. Mow Cop is a 'Gothick Folly' rather than a genuine castle and dates from the 1750s.

23. Which "Son of the Desert" was born in Argyll Street, Ulverston on 16th June, 1890?

From Quiz The Famous Folk of Cumbria

Answer: Stan Laurel

He changed his name after realising his real name - Stan Jefferson - contained 13 letters. It's rumoured he chose the name Laurel after his companion found a wreath made from the tree of the same name.

24. On 13 May 1940, this pilot went into battle alone during the Battle of France, because his Hurricane 1 would not start at first. What happened on this sortie?

From Quiz Battle of Britain Fighter Ace

Answer: He shot down a Heinkel 111 and a Messerschmitt 109

When he returned with his gun covers blown off to 501's airfield at Betheniville, he was not believed, but this pilot proved it was no fluke later in the day when he shot down a Messerschmitt 110, and the two he had shot down in the morning were verified that evening.

25. Being a king of England didn't always offer full job security. These four kings all met violent ends but which one had an appointment with the executioner?

From Quiz 'Don't Lose Your Head!'

Answer: Charles I

Charles I has the unfortunate distinction of being the only English king to be publicly executed. He lost his head in 1649 after first losing the English Civil War. Richard III was the last English king to die in battle, being defeated by Henry Tudor at Bosworth in 1485. Edward II was murdered in 1327 by Roger de Mortimer and his henchmen at Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire. Henry VI was murdered in The Tower of London in 1471 on the orders of the Duke of York who had usurped the throne to become Edward IV.

26. What famous musician hails from Cornwall and is best known as part of a rock and roll band?

From Quiz Famous Cornish People

Answer: Mick Fleetwood

Mick Fleetwood is the drummer in 'Fleetwood Mac' and was born in Redruth, Cornwall. Mick, along with bassist John McVie were original band members and are its namesakes. Roger Taylor was the drummer in 'Queen' but only moved to Cornwall after he was born. Andrew Ridgeley from 'Wham' and Bruce Foxton from 'The Jam' own property in Cornwall but were born elsewhere.

27. Which future Prime Minister was born in Bury in 1788?

From Quiz Famous People from Lancashire

Answer: Robert Peel

Robert Peel was born in Bury on 5th February 1788, the son of a wealthy cotton manufacturer. In 1809 his father bought him the Parliamentary seat of Cashel in Tipperary and he entered the House of Commons when he was just twenty-one. In 1829, as Home Secretary, he founded the Metropolitan Police Force in London, and as a result the new policemen were given the nicknames of 'Bobbies' or 'Peelers'. Peel had a short period as Prime Minster from 1834 to 1835, and then returned to the office in 1841. In 1846 he repealed the Corn Laws (which had previously protected British agriculture from foreign imports) but because of intense opposition to this policy, Peel was forced to resign in the same year. He died in 1850 after a fall from his horse.

28. Who am I? I am former British Prime Minister, who was born in 1925 and grew up in Lincolnshire. My father was a grocer and I gained a famous nickname once in power. I have two, children Mark and Carol.

From Quiz Famous People from Lincolnshire

Answer: Margaret Thatcher

Mrs Thatcher was born on 13 October 1925 in Grantham and died on 8 April 2013. She was elected leader of the Conservative Party in 1975 and became the UK's first female Prime Minister in 1979. She was the only British Prime Minister in the 20th century to be elected for three successive terms, finally resigning in 1990 and letting John Major take over. During her time as Prime Minister she became known as the 'Iron Lady'.

29. A blue plaque at 15a Grafton Street, Mayfair, marks the home (from 1872 to 1899) of a well-known actor. Famous for his playing of Shakespeare, in 1895 he became the first actor ever to be knighted. What was his name?

From Quiz A Blue Plaque Guide to London [2]

Answer: Henry Irving

Henry Irving was born in 1838 and died in 1905. During his lifetime he also ran London's Lyceum Theatre, which was managed by his secretary, Bram Stoker (yes, the author of "Dracula"). He also wrote a number of plays, none of which are remembered today, I'm afraid to say.

30. A blue plaque at 31 King Street, Covent Garden, marks the house where this English composer lived from 1760 to 1775. He is best known as the composer of "Rule Britannia", written for the patriotic masque "King Alfred". What is his name?

From Quiz A Blue Plaque Guide to London [1]

Answer: Thomas Arne

Arne was born in London in 1710 and died in 1778. More recently, this address was the home for many years of the British Communist Party: not an organisation who would have agreed with many of the sentiments of Arne's most famous work!

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