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THE BOY COLIN’S NORFOLK QUIZ

ANSWERS

Question 1: What was the Pedlar of Swaffham’s name?
Answer: John Chapman.

Question 2: Which author once lived at Spixworth Road, Old Catton?
Answer:
Anna Sewell.

Question 3: Where is the Little Theatre?
Answer: Sheringham.

Question 4: What was Charles Townshend’s nickname?
Answer:
Turnip.

Question 5: Where is Norfolk Police Headquarters situated?
Answer:
Wymondham.

Question 6: Who are known in the military as The Vikings?
Answer:
The Royal Anglian Regiment.

Question 7: Which was the first Norfolk town to be bombed in the First World War?
Answer:
Great Yarmouth.

Question 8: Where is the Wolf Brewery?
Answer:
Besthorpe.

Question 9: Where is the North Sea Gas terminal?
Answer:
Bacton.

Question 10: Who scored the only goal in the Inter Milan v Norwich City match at Carrow Road in November 1993?
Answer:
Dennis Bergkamp.

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