Local knowledge quiz answers

In December we ran a local knowledge quiz. This proved very popular and raised £31 for the toy library. Thank you to all who bought a quiz sheet.

The quiz was won by H Middleton.

The answers are:


1. Where is the National Gas Museum located? - Leicester


2. What links agricultural breeding methods, package holidays and diets? Pioneered by people born in Leicestershire


3. From the Market Place in Shepshed which is closest: Market Street Leicester, Nottingham or Derby? Leics 19.64 m, Nottm 20.53m, Derby 21.01m


4. How many different locations are featured in the Shepshed Heritage trail? 22


5. Where was the biggest bell in England cast? - Loughborough

and where does it hang? - St Pauls

6. Which of the following sheep are long wooled? Leicester, Border Leicester, Cotswold and Oxford Down? - All of them

7. How has Leicester famously been referred to: The Faithful City, The Metropolis of Dissent, The Toyshop of Europe or The City of Three Spires? - The Metropolis of Dissent

8. Who invented the a) spinning frame – Richard Arkwright

b) spinning Jenny – James Hargraves

c) spinning mule – Samuel Crompton

9. Where was the home of Lady Jane Grey? - Bradgate Park

and how long was she queen for? – 9 days

10. Which of the following roman sites does Leicester now occupy? Glevum, Ratae, Corinium, Aquae, Uriconium. - Ratae

11. What links Gopsall Hall (near Twycross) and Handel? He wrote part of the Messaiah there.

12. How many bells does the Loughborough Carillon have? – 47

13. What is known at the playground of Leicestershire – Charnwood Forest

14. Just down the road from Loughborough is East Midlands Airport. It was formerly known as Nottingham East Midlands, but has a Derby postcode. Which county is it actually situated in? Leics

15. Loughborough University is world renowned for its sporting facilities, including an International Athletics stadium and the National Cricket Centre. When was the Technical Institute, from which it grew, established 1881, 1862, 1909 or 1931? - 1909

16. 2007 saw a number of sightings of which unusual animal in the Loughborough area? - Black panther

17. The picturesque Great Central Railway's platforms and steam engines have provided the backdrop to many films. Which of these movies didn't use it as a location: a) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, b) Enigma, c) The Hours, d) Shadowlands? - H Potter

18. What crime busting technique was developed at Leicester University: a) finger prints, b) photo identikit, c) lie detector, d) DNA testing? - DNA testing

19. Name the three people who are referred to in question 2 - Robert Bakewell, Thomas Cook, Rosemary Conley.

20. In what year did Shepshed High School move to its new purpose built accommodation? - 2007