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Yorkshire Housing Yorkshire Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does Mithering mean?

a)

Annoying

b)

Entertaining

c)

Taking part in something

2.

What does Mardy mean?

a)

Happy

b)

Moody

c)

Bored

3.

Yorkshire Day is the 1st of which month?

a)

July

b)

August

c)

September

d)

October

4.

Which Spice Girl is from Leeds?

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

Which of these is not one of the historic Yorkshire Ridings?

a)

North Riding

b)

South Riding

c)

West Riding

d)

East Riding

6.

If Yorkshire were an independent country, how many medals would it have won in the 2024 Olympics?

a)

15

b)

5

c)

25

d)

35

7.

Where would you find a "ginnel"?

a)

In the sewers

b)

On the moors

c)

Beneath a tree

d)

Between two houses

8.

What is this landmark?

a)

Thirsk White Horse

b)

Holmfirth White Horse

c)

Kilburn White Horse

d)

The Cow of Hebden Bridge

9.

Which of these bands is not from Yorkshire?

a)

Pulp

b)

Arctic Monkeys

c)

The Darkness

d)

Kaiser Chiefs

10.

In 2008, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) provided a ruling on the acceptable dimensions of a Yorkshire pudding.


What is the minimum height required for a Yorkshire pudding?

a)

3 inches

b)

4 inches

c)

5 inches

d)

6 inches

11.

Which river runs through Leeds?

a)

Ouse

b)

Aire

c)

Ure

d)

Derwent

12.

How many of the world-famous Betty’s Tearooms are there in Yorkshire?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

d)

7

13.

Which county does not border Yorkshire?

a)

Shropshire

b)

Lancashire

c)

Cumbria

d)

Durham

14.

Huddersfield Town played 2 seasons in the Premier League. Which was the only Premier League club who failed to beat them at their home ground, the John Smiths Stadium, in those 2 years

a)

Manchester United

b)

Manchester City

c)

Liverpool

d)

Chelsea

15.

What are these?

a)

Bits

b)

Scraps

c)

Batter bits

d)

All of these, dependent on where you are in Yorkshire..

16.

This is Patrick Stewart. Where was he born?

a)

Mirfield

b)

MIcklefield

c)

MIddlestown

d)

Mytholmroyd

17.

Which famous English actor, known for their role in 'Game of Thrones', was born in Yorkshire?

a)

Kit Harington

b)

Sean Bean

c)

Peter Dinklage

d)

Emilia Clarke

18.

What is the name of the large urban park located in the heart of Leeds, Yorkshire?

a)

Roundhay Park

b)

Regent's Park

c)

Victoria Park

d)

Battersea Park

19.

Which famous English novelist, known for her novel 'Wuthering Heights', was born in Yorkshire?

a)

Jane Austen

b)

Emily Brontë

c)

Agatha Christie

d)

Virginia Woolf

20.

Which word is missing from this piece of Yorkshire Advice?

See all, hear all, Say nowt

Eat all, drink all, Pay nowt

And if tha ever does owt for nowt, allus do it for .........

a)

thisen

b)

free

c)

others

d)

the shortest time possible