Q 01/05

Which condiment has Colman's of Norwich milled since Jeremiah Colman set up at Stoke Holy Cross mill in 1814?

A) Horseradish

B) Mustard

C) Vinegar

D) Ketchup

Answer · why

B) Mustard

Mustard got its Colman's tang from a blend of brown and white seeds, and the firm outgrew its watermill, moving to a huge works at Carrow in Norwich t...

Q 02/05

Which comedian plays Alan Partridge, the Norwich radio host who lives in a roadside hotel pitching TV ideas?

A) Rob Brydon

B) Armando Iannucci

C) Chris Morris

D) Steve Coogan

Answer · why

D) Steve Coogan

Steve Coogan first voiced Partridge in 1991 as the hapless sports reporter on the Radio 4 news spoof On the Hour, and the sitcom I'm Alan Partridge la...

Q 03/05

Which birds did Bernard Matthews rear in the 35 rooms of Great Witchingham Hall, later selling them on TV as 'Bootiful'?

A) Geese

B) Chickens

C) Ducks

D) Turkeys

Answer · why

D) Turkeys

Turkeys hatched in the dining room while Matthews and his wife lived in two unheated rooms of the hall. His own 1980 advert put the Norfolk-accented '...

Q 04/05

Which Dickens novel uses Great Yarmouth as a key setting and has it called 'the finest place in the universe'?

A) David Copperfield

B) Oliver Twist

C) Bleak House

D) Great Expectations

Answer · why

A) David Copperfield

David Copperfield gives the line to the hero's nurse Peggotty as she brings him to the town; Dickens stayed at the Royal Hotel on Yarmouth's Marine Pa...

Q 05/05

How were clocks set under 'Sandringham time', introduced by Edward VII to lengthen shooting days?

A) Half an hour behind GMT

B) Half an hour ahead of GMT

C) An hour ahead of GMT

D) Two hours ahead of GMT

Answer · why

B) Half an hour ahead of GMT

Half an hour ahead of GMT stayed the rule under George V, until Edward VIII, on becoming king in 1936, ordered the estate's clocks put back to Greenwi...