Q 01/05

Which 1851 novel describes a skeleton Sir Clifford Constable kept at Burton Constable Hall near Sproatley?

A) Jane Eyre

B) Bleak House

C) Moby-Dick

D) Wuthering Heights

Answer · why

C) Moby-Dick

Moby-Dick devotes a passage to Sir Clifford Constable's sperm whale, which stranded at nearby Tunstall in 1825. As lord of the Holderness foreshore, h...

Q 02/05

The 'Riding' in East Riding of Yorkshire comes from an Old Norse word with which meaning?

A) A third part

B) A horse track

C) A cleared wood

D) A river bank

Answer · why

A) A third part

A third part is what the Old Norse word meant, because Viking-age Yorkshire was divided into East, North and West. That is why Yorkshire never had a S...

Q 03/05

Which Hull-born aviator came home to Hedon aerodrome in 1930 after flying solo to Australia?

A) Amelia Earhart

B) Amy Johnson

C) Jean Batten

D) Beryl Markham

Answer · why

B) Amy Johnson

Amy Johnson was the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia, and her triumphant homecoming began on Hedon's airfield, which had been a racec...

Q 04/05

Hull is known for telephone boxes painted which colour instead of the usual British red?

A) Green

B) Blue

C) Yellow

D) Cream

Answer · why

D) Cream

Cream kiosks mark Hull as the only place in the UK not served by BT. The city's council-founded phone company was never absorbed into the Post Office ...

Q 05/05

Which East Riding resort on the Hull to Scarborough line is nicknamed the 'Lobster Capital of Europe'?

A) Withernsea

B) Fraisthorpe

C) Bridlington

D) Skipsea

Answer · why

C) Bridlington

Bridlington lands more than 300 tonnes of lobster a year, which makes its harbour the largest lobster port in Europe. Much of the catch is exported to...