Sporting heroes, television and tradition – try our festive quiz
» 1. What was the name of the sailing ship that starred in TV’S ‘The Onedin Line’, filmed in Gloucester Docks?
» 2. Name the Cheltenham-born writer of the Rocky Horror Show.
» 3. Who lived in Gloucester and invented the vacuum cleaner?
» 4. Former TV news reader Anna Ford was born where?
» 5. Who is the star actress of ‘Titanic’ who bought a £3.3 million home near Bourton-on-the-water in 2002?
» 6. Who was the former presenter of radio’s ‘Just a Minute’ who lived in Windrush?
» 7. This bestselling novelist lives in Bisley.
» 8. Name The Who’s bass player who was a resident of Stow-on-the Wold. » 9. He lives near Cirencester and is noted for his interiors.
» 10. Sterling Moss and Graham Hill began their racing careers at which Gloucestershire motor sport venue?
» 11. The national HQ of which sport is found in Old Bath Road, Cheltenham?
» 12. For what prize do contestants race down Cooper’s Hill each Whit Monday?
» 13. Name the game invented at the Duke of Beaufort’s home a few miles from Tetbury.
» 14. Naturalist Sir Peter Scott, founder of the Slimbridge Wildfowl Centre, was British champion in what sport?
» 15. Which famous cricketer was born in Gloucester on Christmas Day 1984?
» 16. Where were the Winter Olympic Games staged in which local lad Eddie ‘the eagle’ Edwards won no medals but many hearts?
» 17. Which Cotswold town is home to the National Fire Service College?
» 18. Alleys known as tures lead from the market square of which town?
» 19. From which Cotswold landmark is it possible to see 13 counties on a clear day?
» 20. The Romans called it Corinium, but what is the present day name of this town?
» 21. In the reign of which monarch did Gloucester become England’s most inland port?
» 22. Where in Cheltenham can you find caryatids?
» 23. The former RAF Innsworth is now named what?
» 24. In which Gloucestershire castle was Edward II murdered?
» 25. What is the real first name of Gloucestershire and former England wicket-keeper Jack Russell?
» 26. Spare, beaver and pin are words used in which locally-played game?
» 27. Which horse race was first run for three-year-olds over three miles on the flat in Cheltenham in 1819?
» 28. In which sport was Miserden resident Pat Smythe a prominent competitor?
» 29. Name the former pupil of Cheltenham’s Naunton Park School who played football for Manchester City and England.
» 30. Where was Olympic gold medalwinning hurdler David Hemery born?
» 31. Of which county pub was England, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire batsman Tom Graveney the landlord?
» 32. Name the Tewkesbury writer and broadcaster whose trilogy ‘Portrait of Elmbury’, ‘Brensham Village’ and ‘The Blue Field’ was dramatised in the BBC production called ‘Brensham people’?
» 33. ‘Peter Pan’ author JM Barrie paid for the thatched cricket pavilion in which county village?
» 34. In which Gloucestershire village can you find a tombstone in memory of a trout?
» 35. Where can you see the earliest picture of a person playing golf?
» 36. The De Havilland Mosquito was famously made from plywood. But where was the plywood made?