Who's a Clever Clogs Then? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Waking up workers

In an age when alarm clocks were rare, a person was paid a pittance to go around and waken the workforce. He had a long pole and tapped at the bedroom window.

Answer: Golf

Apparently the parliament felt that football and golf were becoming too popular.'The futeball and the golfe be utterly cryit doune and not usit', were their instructions in the bill. I think this is a hoot really, Scotland being the birthplace of golf and rather good at football too. The law was repealed in 1502.

Answer: Scotland

The match if you can call it that, slaughter would be a better word, was played between Arbroath and Bon Accord in 1885.

Answer: Mercer

Mercers take precedence over all other companies.They are the wealthiest in trust and corporate property. The first charter goes back to 1393 although Mercers were a guild long before that.

Answer: Devon

This is the oldest recognisable human dwelling in the UK where important prehistory finds were made. Agatha Christie refers to this cave's archaeology in one of her early mysteries, 'The Man in the Brown Suit'(1924). She called the cave Hampsly Cavern in her book.

Answer: Cabinet minister

By all accounts a remarkable woman. She started working at 14 in a shop as a drapers assistant. She was horrified at conditions and joined the National Union of Shop Assistants. She was the only woman in 1899 at the Trades Union Congress. In 1929 as Minister of Labour, she became the first female cabinet minister.

Answer: Witch hunter

Mathew Hopkins was a Witch Hunter General who operated in Essex mainly. He was by all accounts very cruel and enjoyed torturing people (especially old women), into confessing to witchcraft.

Answer: Eat it

It's a form of seaweed. First it's picked, then washed, then cooked for 10 hours, cut up and canned. It's served with mashed potatoes or made into a bread. It can also be purchased as fresh bread. Dylan Thomas mentions it in 'Under Milk Wood'.

Answer: No

It's a statue of a Skye terrier in Greyfriars graveyard in Edinburgh. The story behind it tells of a faithful dog,Bobby, which pined for its master John Gray when he was buried in the cemetary. For fourteen years and in all weathers the dog guarded his master's grave. When the story was told Baroness Burdett Coutts had a statue placed there to commemorate 'Bobby'.

Answer: North Sea

'It is the oldest offshore lighthouse still standing anywhere.' John Geddy , a 14 th. century abbot put a bell on this treacherous rock which appears only at low tide and is a threat to all shipping. In 1811 a lighthouse was built there by Stevenson. Deborah Cadbury. 'Seven Wonders of the Industrial World'.

Answer: No one

No. 9 forms the entrance to the Privy Council Office and the Chief Whip's office is there too.

Answer: Yellow lines

These were the single yellow no waiting or no parking lines.

Answer: Liverpool

No one seems to have an explanation, perhaps it means busy keeping law and order, or because they are busybodies, poking their noses into people's business.

Answer: Dorset

This is a beautiful part of England, where many towns and villages derive their name from the River Piddle. One of those villages is Tolpuddle, famous for its martyrs in establishing Trade Unionism in England.

Answer: Hyde Park

Sir Richard Westmacott sculpted a nude bronze statue of Achilles. Later a bronze fig leaf was added. Perhaps it was cold after dark in the park!