Norfolk Day 2023: Test your local general knowledge

A

If listed alphabetically, which Norfolk village comes first?

B

Which town's football team are known as the Bloaters?

C

By which busy A-road would you find the Countryman pub?

A train on the Norwich to London line near Diss (Image: Supplied)

D

Which poet - often associated with the railways - wrote a poem about a train journey from London to Diss, called A Mind's Journey to Diss?

E

Which celebrated Norwich figure was born in Gurney Court, just off Magdalen Street, in 1780, and died at Ramsgate in 1845?

F

Is Friar's Quay, on the city side of the Wensum or 'over the water', on the far side?

A bell recovered from the Gloucester, with the Barnwell brothers who discovered the shipwreck (Image: Denise Bradley)

G

Where was the Gloucester, the shipwreck of which was recently discovered by local divers, headed when it sank off the coast of Norfolk in 1682?

H

What bird is known in Norfolk as a harnser?

I

On what river would you find a shallow stretch known as the Irstead Shoals?

J

Where would you find the small hamlet of Johnson Street?

K

Which village beginning with the letter 'K' has a station on the Mid Norfolk Railway?

Black Beauty author Anna Sewell. But where is she buried? (Image: Supplied)

L

In which village beginning with 'L' is Anna Sewell, author of Black Beauty, buried?

M

In which village - once at the junction of four railway lines - would you have found a collection of workshops nicknamed the Crewe Works of North Norfolk, in which at least 19 steam locomotives were built?

N

Does the village of Northwold, between Thetford and Downham Market, have an IP, NR or PE postcode?

O

Norfolk has two villages with only three letters in them. Both include the letter 'O'. Can you name them?

P

Pettywell is a tiny hamlet on the outskirts of which Norfolk town?

Q

There are two Norfolk villages beginning with the letter 'Q'. Can you name them?

R

Which monarch bestowed 'royal' patronage on the Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association?

S

Which village, beginning with 'S', is reputed to be the longest in Norfolk?

T

Can you name the Trinity Broads?

U

Burnham Ulph is one of the original seven Norfolk Burnhams. How many of the others can you name?

V

Where would you find the remains of the SS Vina?

W

What now-banned industry - beginning with the letter W - is the Harding's Pits area of King's Lynn associated with?

X

How many Norfolk place names have the word 'next' in them?

Y

If listed alphabetically, which Norfolk village comes last?

Z

Which attraction opened in 1968 as a collection of pheasants and parrots?

ANSWERS

A.) Acle B.) Great Yarmouth Town FC C.) the A140 at Tasburgh D.) Sir John Betjeman E.) Elizabeth Fry F.) over the water G.) Leith, near Edinburgh H.) heron I.) the Ant J.) Between Ludham and Ludham Bridge on the A1062 K.) Kimberley L.) Lamas M.) Melton Constable N.) IP O.) Oby and Hoe. P.) Reepham Q.) Quarles and Quidenham R.) Queen Victoria, in 1863 S.) Shipdham T.) Rollesby Broad, Ormesby Broad and Filby Broad U.) Burnham Deepdale, Burnham Norton, Burnham Overy, Burnham Sutton, Burnham Thorpe, Burnham Westgate V.) Brancaster beach W.) Whaling X.) Cley-next-the-Sea, Burgh-next-Alysham, Holme-next-the-Sea, Wells-next-the-Sea  Y.) Yelverton Z.) Banham Zoo