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1. Hereford cattle can be now found throughout the world. Which of the following best matches the colours of a Hereford cow?
2. In 1972, Hereford United shocked the football world, when as a non league side playing in the Southern Football League, they beat top flight opposition in the FA Cup. Who were their opponents on that memorable day?
3. The voice of Muppet characters Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear, as well as "Star Wars" character Yoda, is a son of Hereford. Who is he?
4. Rector's son Henry Percival Bulmer started a business bearing his family name in Hereford in 1887. Which product are Bulmer's famous for?
5. Hereford is the only city on the fifth longest river in UK. Which alphabetical sounding river is this?
6. Tom Spring was a son of Hereford, as well as being champion of England from 1821 to 1824, in which sport?
7. Mott The Hoople were a 1970s rock band from Hereford who achieved three UK top ten hits. Which track was their most successful, reaching number three in UK charts?
8. Mon Mome (2009) and Sprig (1927) were both horses with a Herefordshire connection that won which famous UK horse race?
9. Author of over 100 novels including "The Mallen Girl" (1973) and "The Round Tower" (1968), which writer spent time in St Mary's Psychiatric Hospital in Herefordshire after WWII following a breakdown?
10. According to urban myth, an ancient UK law, never repealed, states it is legal to kill what with a longbow on a Sunday in the Cathedral Close in Hereford?
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