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St George's News

Waterlooville's Parish Magazine

HAMPSHIRE QUIZ

1. What and Where is Churchers?

2. What Hampshire Girls' Boarding School was used for the film The Happiest Days of Your Life?

3. 'Twitchers', or Bird Watchers, come to Hampshire in search of the 'Furze Fatry'. What is this uncommon bird generally called.

4. How have New Forest Adder Snakes been used for trade to America?

5. Where does an equestrian statue of William of Orange stand in a Hampshire Market place?

6. A former Hampshire County Cricket Captain's grandfather was a famous poet. He is?

7. Henry VI, Mary I and Charles II were all married in Hampshire. Where, and to whom?

8. Two Portsmouth Doctors of the Victorian Era, made their mark in literature. Who were they?

9. A well-known play and film, has a plot centred on a Hampshire village cricket match. What is its title?

10. Where is, or was, The Land of Nod?

11. What did Hampshire people once believe could be cured by:
a) A bread and butter sandwich containing a page of the Bible?
b) Fried Mice?
c) Ointment made with Verdigris scraped from Church Bells?

12. A famous popular author was once an unsuccessful Liberal Candidate for Bournemouth. Who?

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Rosemary Goulding

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