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Answer: Vertical take off aircraft

The correct name was the Rolls Royce Thrust Measuring Rig, but the steel fame and tiny casters meant it bore more than a passing resemblance to a flying bedstead. For the first year, all test flights were tethered and the first untethered free flight took place on 3rd August 1954.

The project moved from Hucknall to Farnborough later that year and research continued leading to the first successful flight of the Harrier VTOL jump jet in 1967. In 2015 Hucknall airfield was sold and planning permission granted to convert it into residential housing.

Answer: Notts County

Notts County last played in the top flight of the Football League in 1992, but had their most recent glory days in the late 1970s and early 1980s under manager Jimmy Sirrel. County fans sing a most bizarre song, the lyrics of which are, "I had a wheelbarrow. The wheel fell off". Nobody seems certain of how the song originated, although there are several theories.

Answer: Traffic lights

Knight took his inspiration from signals used on railways and the first traffic lights in the world were installed in 1868 on Westminster Bridge in London. The lights were gas powered and operated by a policeman but the trial was short lived, when after just three weeks, one of the underground gas lines leaked, causing an explosion which injured the policeman and led to the removal of the traffic lights.

Answer: Deep Purple

Notts may not have produced many rock superstars but it has produced some big ones such as Alvin Lee of Ten Years After, John Parr, well known for his U.S. number one hit, "St. Elmo's Fire", and Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden.

Answer: Robin Hood

The Major Oak, voted Britain's favourite tree in a 2002 pol,l is huge for an oak tree. The girth of the trunk measures in at about 33 feet (10 metres), while the branches provide a canopy of approximately 92 feet (28 metres), and the tree is thought to be about 800-1000 years old. Since Victorian times, the branches have been supported by a system of scaffolding, as seen in the photo.

Answer: Trent

The Trent is the third longest river in UK. In Nottingham, it flows beneath Trent Bridge, which is also the name of the first class cricket venue in the city, before continuing to Gunthorpe with its well known lock system and riverside pubs, and flowing onward to Newark-on-Trent with its impressive castle. From there the river becomes tidal at Cromwell weir, and continues on to Dunham-on-Trent before entering the neighbouring county of Lincolnshire.

Answer: Richard I

Richard I, also known as Richard the Lionheart, became king in 1189 and in the same year, Pope Gregory VIII ordered the Third Crusade to the Holy Lands. There is no documented proof that Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem first opened its doors in 1189, and there are two other pubs in Nottingham alone that claim to be older, but what is certain is that caves in the sandstone rock against which the pub is built were used as a brewhouse when Nottingham castle was built circa 1068 and the welcome in the pub is always warm and the beer is always cold.

Answer: The Dark Knight Rises

Wollaton Hall was built for the Willoughby family in the 1580s and remained under family ownership until 1925 when it was bought by the corporation that would later become Nottingham City Council. It is now a museum which offers guided tours and a walk around the surrounding 500 acres parkland is always recommended, both for the beautiful scenery and the chance to see the herds of wild red and fallow deer.

Answer: Luddites

Contrary to popular belief, the Luddites were not anti-technology. They were formed when Ned Ludd is alleged to have smashed his loom with a hammer after having his knitting criticised. Unfortunately, there is no historical record of Ned Ludd, so he may well be a made up person in the same vein as Robin Hood.

But whoever smashed their loom started a movement in which labourers rose up against factory owners demanding decent wages and safer working conditions. They did object to some of the machines, but only because factory owners were using these to drive down wages at a time when Napoleon's blockade of English ports had already made staples, such as a loaf of bread, a luxury item.

Answer: Brian Clough

Clough became manager at Forest in 1975, after being sacked by Leeds United after just 44 days in charge. He remained at Forest until 1993, overseeing one league title win, two F.A. Cup wins, four League Cup wins and a European Super Cup win in addition to the European Cup wins. Clough died in 2004 but is still much loved by the city, where there is a road named after him, a tram named the "Brian Clough" and a statue erected of the man, just off the city centre market square.