UK Pot Pourri 3 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Archery

The Lady Paramount is the official in charge of an archery tournament and customarily presents the trophies. Archery became a recreational sport during the Victorian era.

Answer: Spencer Perceval

Spencer Perceval, son of the 2nd Earl of Egmont, was shot by John Bellingham as he was entering the lobby of the House of Commons in 1812. Bellingham was later hanged for his crime.

Answer: Oysters

Oyster beds have been a feature of this Kent town since Roman times and recent years have seen a healthy revival in the industry.

Answer: Billy Cotton

In 1924 Billy Cotton (1899-1969) played drums for the Laine Johnson Band which performed at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley. He then formed his own London Savannah Band.

Answer: Rock Salmon

When you ask for 'Rock and chips' in a fish and chip shop, you are served dogfish, a family of shark found in all the world's oceans between the Arctic and Antarctic. Apparently it was rejected by the US market - they don't know what they're missing!

Answer: Isle of Man

The summit of Snaefell (2,035ft) can be reached by the Manx Electric Mountain Railway. On a clear day the six Kingdoms - England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, (Isle of) Mann and Heaven - can be viewed.

Answer: Doctorate in Medicine

Amongst others, William Somerset Maugham wrote 'Of Human Bondage' and A J Cronin penned 'The Citadel'. Richard Gordon wrote the 'Doctor' comedy books - fifteen in total including 'Doctor in the House' - many of which were made into films.

Answer: Liverpool

Gladstone (1927) and Seaforth (1972) are two of the twenty North docks on the River Mersey, the oldest being Princes Dock opened in 1910. The South Dock area comprises of another fourteen, the oldest (aptly named Old Dock) dates from 1709.

Answer: Elizabeth I

Benjamin Britten (b.1913) began composing at the age of six. In 1939 he sailed to America, was awarded the Library of Congress Medal in 1941 for services to chamber music, returning to England in 1942. 1948 saw the first of the now world-famous Aldeburgh Festivals. He was created a Life Peer in 1976 and died later that same year.

Answer: Goodwin Sands

The Goodwin Sands (known as 'the cemetery') lie 6 miles off Deal rounding the North Foreland in the English Channel. Eleven miles long and six miles across these sandbanks have for centuries been the graveyard of many ships. Haisborough and Scroby are sandbanks off the coast of Norfolk and Dogger Bank is an immense sandbank (6,800 sq.mi.) in the North Sea between Great Britain and Denmark.