South Tyneside Meeting - December 2002Quiz compiled by ChristineA Report by Margaret Stafford |
We had a quiz, a mixture of family history, South Shields' references and Xmas. With the permission of Christine, the quiz compiler, I am posting the questions - there is no competition so please don't post answers, just test the brain power. I will post the answers in a few days when you have suffered enough!!
1. Which London prison was the venue for many clandestine "marriages"
between 1660 and 1753?
a) Bridewell b) the Fleet c) Newgate
2. What type of documents record the oaths sworn in 1641/2 in defiance of
Popery?
a) Hardwicke's Marriage Act b) Compton's census c) Protestation
returns
3. What document identifies a person's right to receive Poor Relief if
necessary?
a) removal order b) settlement certificate c) churchwardens'
accounts
4. What was a Glebe Terrier?
a) a survey of a clergyman's benefice b) the
vicar's dog c) a local vagabond and troublemaker
5. In which year did the New Year cease to begin in March?
a) 1666 b) 1752
c) 1832
6. When was the Education Act passed which allowed for the setting up of
Board Schools?
a) 1870 b) 1860 c) 1880
7. From what date did it become possible to marry your deceased wife's
sister?
a) 1845 b) 1907 c) 1957
8. From what date did it become possible to marry in a Register Office?
a)
1837 b) 1932 c) 1977
9. When did civil registration begin in Scotland?
a) 1775 b) 1837 c)
1855
10. In 1647 the English Parliament passed a law relating to Christmas, what
did the law decree?
a) forbid Christmas celebrations b) declare everyone has
to eat goose c) make Christmas a public holiday
11. On which Caribbean island was the ban on celebrating Christmas lifted in
1998?
a)Haiti b) Cuba c) Puerto Rica
12. What was the real name of Mickey Rooney?
a) Frank Christmas b) Joe Yule
c) Jimmy Snow
13. Which London confectioner invented Christmas crackers?
a) Cadbury's b)
Tom Smith c) Fry's
14. Who first declared December 25th a holiday?
a) Aurelian b) Queen
Victoria c) Queen Anne
15. The first recorded British observation that "Christmas isn't what it
used to be" appeared in which newspaper?
a) the Scotsman b) the Spectator c)
the Times
16. Which station on the Tyneside metro system has the same name as a Sussex
town?
a) Chichester b) Millfield c) Shiremoor
17. Which South Shields-born actress had a playhouse named after her?
a)
Denise Welch b) Flora Robson c) Thora Hird
18. Which North East football team was formerly called South Shields
Adelaide?
a) Newcastle United b) Blyth Spartans c) Gateshead
19. Which South Shields inventor was credited with developing the first
lifeboat?
a) Henry Greathead b) William Wouldhave c) Thomas Swann
20. Who was elected M. P. for South Shields in 1987?
a) David Milliband b)
Don Dixon c) David Clark
21. Which street in South Shields was formerly known as German Street?
a)
Fowler Street b) King Street c) Ocean Road
22. Which historic riverside pub is due for demolition?
a) the Alum House b
) the Turk's Head c) the Harbour Lights
23. To where has Mercury recently returned?
a) the Custom's House b) the
Museum c) the Town Hall
24. What are/were the Freda Cunningham and the Shieldsman?
a) pubs b)
ferries c) metro trains
Have fun!!
Answers
1 a; 2 c; 3 b; 4 a; 5 b; 6 a; 7 b; 8 a; 9 c; 10 a; 11 b; 12 b; 13 b;
14 a; 15 c; 16 a; 17 b; 18 c; 19 a; 20 c; 21 c; 22 b; 23 c; 24 b.