Q 01/05

Which Devon port, where Drake reputedly finished his bowls before the Armada, did the Mayflower finally leave in 1620?

A) Plymouth

B) Teignmouth

C) Dartmouth

D) Exmouth

Answer · why

A) Plymouth

Plymouth was where the Mayflower finally sailed alone, after the leaking Speedwell had forced both vessels back twice.

Q 02/05

Which English city has been home to Cadbury's Bournville factory since 1879?

A) Manchester

B) Birmingham

C) Nottingham

D) Leicester

Answer · why

B) Birmingham

Birmingham is often said to have more miles of canal than Venice, though the Canal & River Trust notes the tally depends on where you draw the boundar...

Q 03/05

In which city's Eagle pub did Francis Crick announce in 1953 that he and Watson had found 'the secret of life'?

A) London

B) Manchester

C) Cambridge

D) Edinburgh

Answer · why

C) Cambridge

Cambridge had been a city only since 1951, and it has no cathedral, falling instead within the Diocese of Ely.

Q 04/05

Which new town of 1967, famous for roundabouts and Concrete Cows, contains the codebreaking estate Bletchley Park?

A) Stevenage

B) Milton Keynes

C) Telford

D) Peterborough

Answer · why

B) Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes had bid for city status several times before it finally succeeded in 2022.

Q 05/05

In which city did protesters topple a statue of slave trader Edward Colston and push it into the harbour in June 2020?

A) Liverpool

B) Bristol

C) Glasgow

D) Lancaster

Answer · why

B) Bristol

Bristol's 'Colston Four' were cleared of criminal damage in January 2022, and the statue went on display, graffiti intact, at the M Shed museum.