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The Bridge Cotswold Quiz
Our thanks to Joe Brannan who provided us with this challenging quiz for Christmas. The first correct answer (or nearest to it) will receive £100 towards a charity of their choice. All entries will be judged by the editors and their decision is final. Please email your answers to editor@thebridgeburford.co.uk before 31 December. No googling!
Who was “set down from the carrier’s cart at the age of three” and in what village did their life begin? (2 points)
This appropriately-named Cotswold village was visited at Christmas time by which 30-something diarist worried about her weight, in the film of the book? (2)
Where and in which “Games” can you become Shin Kicking World Champion? (2)
Which Shropshire lad wrote the following about a Cotswold Hill and which Cotswold composer later set it to music? (2)
The bells they sound on Bredon
And still the steeples hum,
“Come all to church good people”,
Oh, noisy bells be dumb;
I hear you I will come.
This Cotswold Church was described by Miss M.D. Anderson as “an illogical agglomeration of parallelograms”. (1)
Which Jacobean Manor House with a famous fountain connects Father Brown to Wolf Hall? (1)
Where was Queenie born in 2022? (1)
Which knights might you hear whispering near which Cotswold village? (2)
Why is Upper Slaughter doubly thankful? (1)
Which Dr Who opened what in Chipping Norton in 1975? (2)
Which Emperor enthused Japanese tourists to visit which Cotswold village? (2)
Which Cotswold Memorial incorporates part of the clock from the Cloth Hall building in Ypres, Belgium? (1)
Who wrote the following about which Cotswold River? (2)
A lonely river all alone,
She lingers in the hills and holds
A hundred little towns of stone
Forgotten in the western wolds.
Which street would you be on if you were heading to Corinium from Verulamium ? (1)
What links New Street, Chipping Norton with Baker Street, London? (1)
To the textile designer the house was “a heaven on earth”; to his artist friend the village was “the doziest clump of old beehives to look at you could find anywhere”. Name both characters and the village. (3)
Which one of six wives is buried at this Cotswold castle? (1)
In which village might you run into the Mucklowe cousins? (1)
Which Cotswold-based poet wished they’d looked after their teeth and spotted the dangers beneath? (1)
Which Bos taurus contains an Ankylosaurus? (1)
Total 30 points
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