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Quiz about Mixed UK Trivia
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Mixed UK Trivia Trivia Quiz


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A multiple-choice quiz by Leeasa. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
Leeasa
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
354,253
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
790
Last 3 plays: Guest 86 (9/10), Guest 176 (10/10), Guest 94 (10/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. As mentioned in the title of a UK number one record, how many lions are displayed on the England international football shirt? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Who supposedly lived in Sherwood Forest? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Where can the "Blue John Mines" be located? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. The television series "All Creatures Great and Small" was based on the stories by which writer? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Eric Bristow nicknamed the "Crafty Cockney" played which sport? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What colour is the twenty pound note? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What is the distinctive shape of the Cornish Pasty? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. In which year did The Great Train Robbery take place? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. The Red Arrows are a darts team?


Question 10 of 10
10. Which member of the boyband "Take That" was awarded the OBE in 2012? Hint



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1. As mentioned in the title of a UK number one record, how many lions are displayed on the England international football shirt?

Answer: three

"Three lions on a shirt
Jules Rimet still gleaming.
Thirty years of hurt
Never stopped me dreaming."

Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds released "Three Lions" in 1996, the year that the European Championships were held in England. The thirty years of hurt in the lyrics represented the lack of silverware for the national side at that time. The song was soon adopted as the official anthem of the England team. The song can still be heard today, sang on the terraces, by devoted fans watching their favourite team.

The history of the three lions date back to the 12th century, when a standard incorporating three gold lions was carried into battle to motivate its troops. The first lion represents Henry 1st. To celebrate his marriage, a second lion was added. The third lion was in honour of Eleanor of Aquitaine, whose family crest was a lion.
2. Who supposedly lived in Sherwood Forest?

Answer: Robin Hood

As legend goes Robin Hood inhabited Sherwood Forest, Nottingham. He supposedly had a band of followers known as his "Merry Men". They were apparently outlaws, and lived in the forest, robbing the rich, and giving to the poor. The gang's main adversary was the Sheriff of Nottingham.
3. Where can the "Blue John Mines" be located?

Answer: Derbyshire

The Blue John stones are mined in Castleton, Derbyshire. The area of Castleton is a popular tourist attraction, so the stones are mined when the tourist season is over. These stones which are semi precious are then made locally into jewellery. These stones are calcium fluoride, and once the stones are dried, they become pink and red.
4. The television series "All Creatures Great and Small" was based on the stories by which writer?

Answer: James Herriot

James Herriot was the pen name of vet, James Alfred Wight. James was born 1916 in Sunderland, County Durham. In 1939 he qualified as a vet from Glasgow Veterinary College. He moved to Thirsk, Yorkshire in 1940, where he practised his profession.
5. Eric Bristow nicknamed the "Crafty Cockney" played which sport?

Answer: darts

Eric Bristow, was known for playing darts. He won the World Championship five times in total during the 1980s. He has appeared in the UK reality show, "I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here".
6. What colour is the twenty pound note?

Answer: purple

The twenty pound note is purple and has featured such luminaries as Michael Faraday, Edward Elgar and Adam Smith. Red is the colour of the fifty pound note, blue denominates a fiver, and brown is worth ten pounds sterling.
7. What is the distinctive shape of the Cornish Pasty?

Answer: D

The Cornish Pasty is shaped like a D, it has a hard,crimped crust round the edge, thought to be so that the tin miners, who would hold the pasty, could eat the soft parts and discard the part that they held. The reason for this was that their hands may well have had arsenic on them.
8. In which year did The Great Train Robbery take place?

Answer: 1963

The Great Train Robbery occurred on 8th August 1963. A Royal Mail train travelling through Buckinghamshire was intercepted and relieved of its mail bags, by a gang of men who had planned the robbery. They hid at Leatherslade Farm, which was only a few miles from the scene of the crime.

A breakthrough on the crime came when a tipoff from a member of the public alerted the police to the potential whereabouts of the gang.
9. The Red Arrows are a darts team?

Answer: No

The RAF Red Arrows are an aerobatic flying corps, who put on displays of their flying and acrobatic abilities. The team is based at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire.
10. Which member of the boyband "Take That" was awarded the OBE in 2012?

Answer: Gary Barlow

Gary Barlow was awarded the OBE, by the Queen, as part of her birthday honours list for 2012. The award was for his services to charities, and his musical contributions. Gary Barlow has been in the music industry for over twenty years.
Source: Author Leeasa

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