Q 01/05

Which sculptor modelled the 20-metre Angel of the North at Gateshead on his own body?

A) Antony Gormley

B) Anish Kapoor

C) Henry Moore

D) Rachel Whiteread

Answer · why

A) Antony Gormley

Antony Gormley angled the Angel's 54-metre wings about 3.5 degrees forward to give what he called 'a sense of embrace', and it stands on the mound of ...

Q 02/05

Which nickname for people from Sunderland is the Wearside counterpart of 'Geordie' on Tyneside?

A) Smoggies

B) Monkey Hangers

C) Sand Dancers

D) Mackems

Answer · why

D) Mackems

Mackems is thought to come from 'mak 'em and tak 'em', a saying about Wearside's shipbuilders, who made the vessels that others took away, with 'make'...

Q 03/05

Which North East town elected its football mascot, H'Angus the Monkey, as mayor in 2002?

A) Hartlepool

B) Darlington

C) Stockton-on-Tees

D) Bishop Auckland

Answer · why

A) Hartlepool

Hartlepool's Stuart Drummond, the man in the monkey suit, pledged free bananas for schoolchildren, then turned serious politician and won again in 200...

Q 04/05

Which Olympic 10,000 m bronze medallist devised the Great North Run, the world's largest half marathon?

A) Steve Cram

B) Brendan Foster

C) Jonathan Edwards

D) David Bedford

Answer · why

B) Brendan Foster

Brendan Foster got the idea in New Zealand, after running in Auckland's mass-participation Round the Bays race; 12,000 runners turned out for his firs...

Q 05/05

Middlesbrough's parmo covers a breaded chicken cutlet with cheddar and which white sauce?

A) Hollandaise

B) Velouté

C) Alfredo

D) Béchamel

Answer · why

D) Béchamel

Béchamel replaced the tomato sauce of the dish's ancestor, the escalope Parmesan, itself descended from Italian melanzane alla parmigiana. Teessiders ...