Q 01/05

Hull's independent phone network, unique in the UK, is famous for telephone boxes of which colour?

A) Brown

B) Cream

C) Yellow

D) Grey

Answer · why

B) Cream

Cream kiosks are the mark of KCOM, which began in 1902 as a telephone department of the city council and left Hull as the only place in the UK not ser...

Q 02/05

The George Hotel in Hull's Old Town is known for having what may be the world's smallest what?

A) Doorway

B) Bar counter

C) Window

D) Staircase

Answer · why

C) Window

The window is a mere slit in the wall, which the George Hotel's gatekeeper once used to look out for arriving stagecoaches and customers.

Q 03/05

Which band of two University of Hull students took its name from a local furniture shop's slogan?

A) Everything but the Girl

B) Strawberry Switchblade

C) Frankie Goes to Hollywood

D) Swing Out Sister

Answer · why

A) Everything but the Girl

Everything but the Girl was a slogan used by Turner's Furniture on Beverley Road, and Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt borrowed it when they met as students ...

Q 04/05

Which Hull-born pilot became the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia, in 1930?

A) Amelia Earhart

B) Jean Batten

C) Beryl Markham

D) Amy Johnson

Answer · why

D) Amy Johnson

Amy Johnson flew 11,000 miles from Croydon to Darwin in a second-hand Gipsy Moth she had named Jason, after her father's business trademark.

Q 05/05

Which anti-slavery campaigner was born in Hull in 1759 and became the town's MP at the age of 21?

A) Thomas Fowell Buxton

B) Granville Sharp

C) William Wilberforce

D) Olaudah Equiano

Answer · why

C) William Wilberforce

William Wilberforce led the parliamentary fight against the slave trade for 20 years, and died three days after hearing that the act abolishing slaver...