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1. Back in the ninth century, Yorkshire was originally divided into three Ridings. In which Riding was Flamborough until 1974?
2. Flamborough is a village in Yorkshire, and this county was originally divided into Ridings, from a Viking word meaning third. Given that there are four points of the compass, which direction was never a Riding?
3. Being a peninsula, Flamborough Head is surrounded on three sides by sea. Which of these is not a beach/landing within five miles of Flamborough/Flamborough Head?
4. Flamborough is a promontory, but in the Iron Age there was a determined attempt to make it an island. What is the name of the south end of the resulting ravine?
5. In 1978, the author Clive Cussler (of 'Raise the Titanic' fame) turned up in the nearby town of Bridlington in search for another famous ship, lost off Flamborough Head in 1779. This ship, the 'USS Bonhomme Richard', had been the flagship of which 'Father of the American Navy'?
6. In the middle of Flamborough village there is a memorial to six people lost in a coble disaster in 1909. What is a coble?
7. Robin Lythe's hole is a cave, in which a semi-mythical character was reputed to operate. Re-popularised by R. D. Blackmore (author of 'Lorna Doone') in the book 'Mary Anerley' in the 1880s, what sort of ne'er-do-well was Robin Lythe?
8. At the turn of the last century, gangs could make a lot of money climming. These gangs were licensed by the farmers whose land adjoined the cliffs at Flamborough and Bempton (just along the coast and one of the best seabird areas in the UK). What was climming?
9. What bay is directly south of Flamborough Head?
10. I was inspired to write this quiz by learning in March 2009 that my old home village had been invaded by a plague of what?
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