What was a Biggin used for?
Here's a Bank Holiday Monday brain-teaser. All you have to do is circle what you think is the correct answer and then stand upside down and check the answers below.
1 Charles Ismay of Haselbech Hall owned a famous shipping line. Which of his ships tragically hit the headlines 97 years ago this week?
a The Carmania
b The Lusitania
c The Titanic
d The Mauretania
2 Fred Ingram Walden played footy for the Cobblers and Spurs, cricket for the County and was a First Class umpire. What was his nickname?
a Fanny
b Waldo
c Inky
d Flash Fred
3 In the 1700s, inventor George Biggin of Cosgrove invented the "Biggin". What was it?
a The Biggin Coffee Percolator
b The Biggin Patent Threshing Machine
c The Biggin Gentleman's Shooting Stick
d The Biggin Canal Boat Drainage System
4 Brawn GP has won the first two races of the season. We all know Jensen and Rubens, but what is the name of the team principal?
a Ralph Brawn
b Ross Brawn
c Richard Brawn
d Ray Brawn
5 What is Northampton's official motto?
a Urbi et orbi (To the city and the world)
b Rus in urbe (The countryside in the town)
c Castello fortior concordia (Peace is stronger than a fortress)
d Vorsprung Durch Technik (Advancement through technology)
6 In 1869, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Ward Hunt, of Wadenoe House near Oundle, installed something in the village that was the first outside London. Was it:
a A public convenience
b A gas works
c An electric refrigerator
d A telegraph office
7 On May 29, a garland is placed around the neck of the statue of Charles II at All Saints Church, Northampton, to celebrate King Charles:
a Conferring the name "Regis" on Grafton
b Giving 1,000 tons of oak to Northampton
c Being restored to the throne
d Signing the Treaty of Northampton
8 On July 2, 1885, Lady Wantage sold a piece of her estate called Roseholme on the outskirts of Northampton for 2,000. What was it used for?
a Manfield Hospital
b Christchurch
c Monks Park housing development
d The County Ground
9 Richard Coles from Kettering, a member of the 80s pop band The Communards, has left the pop world and is now what?
a An actor and Radio 4 presenter
b A Radio 4 presenter and a farmer
c A C of E cleric and Radio 4 presenter
d A medical student and Radio 4 presenter
10 St Andrew's Church in Whilton has a rare clock. It is unusual because:
a It has four "minutes" between numbers
b. The numbers are Roman numerals except the 6 and the 12
c. Both hands are the same length
d. The face has no numbers on it at all
ANSWERS:
(1) c. (2) a. (3) a. (4) b. (5) c. (6) d. (7) b. (8) d. (9) c. (10) a.
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