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How well do you know Cornwall? Answers Quiz 1. How well do you know Cornwall? Answers Quiz 2.
How well do you know Cornwall? Quiz 1. click on thumbnails to see larger photo.
1. Where can you see the original of the above painting? c. Truro Cathedral click to visit their web site 2. Where is the oldest known human settlement in Cornwall? c. The Lizard
3. Can you name this place? a. Beacon 4. Which peoples are the Cornish descended from? c. Cornu British
5. Where can you see this? c. Blisland click to visit a web site on this village. 6. Who was the Maid of St Teath? b. Ann Jeffries You can read all about her in the Autumn 2004 edition of the Old Cornwall magazine.
7. Do you know where this Billy Foss milestone is? b. Tregaseal 8. What year did An Gof and the Cornish Army march on London? b. 1497AD.
9. Can you name this place? c. Blue Hills web site for tin streaming works 10. What year was the first Old Cornwall Society founded? a. 1920AD.
11. Can you name this place? b. Wadebridge 12. What year was the Stannary Parliament Founded d. 1150AD.
13. Where is this bridge? c. Respryn Click to visit a web site for Lanhydrock 14. Which was the deepest mine in Cornwall? a. Dolcoath
15. Can you name this place? b. Cotehele click to visit their web site 16. Which Council had their street lights removed by order of the courts? c. Newquay
17. Do you know where the sleeping giant and his dog can be found? c. Nare Head click to visit a web site about this walk.
Q 1. What are Fair Maids A. In Cornwall,, England, smoked pilchards are called "Fair Maids" a singular name, of which Professor Max Muller gives the following explanation: "The smoked pilchards are largely exported to Genoa, and are eaten during Lent. They are called In Italian funcada, 'smoked fish.' The Cornish sailors picked up that word. naturalised it, gave it an intelligable meaning, and thus became according to their own confessions exporters of "fair maids". From the Otago Witness , Issue 2255, 20 May 1897, Page 50
Q 2. Where will you find this? A, St Kevin. This is the statue of Michael Joseph (also known as Michael An Gof ; An Gof is Cornish for blacksmith) and Thomas Flamank (a Bodmin landowner's son and London lawyer) they led the Cornish Rebellion of 1497.
Q 3. What year was the largest ever sea rescue in Maritime history carried out.
A. 1907, on the 7th of March the S.S. Suervic. was shipwrecked off the Lizard and 456 people were rescued by the Lifeboat crew in rowing boats. Some members of the crew rowed for 12 hours.
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4. In which Cornish Church will you find these wall
paintings? a. Breage, Q 5. What was a Mahogany? A. Mahogany was two parts gin to one part treacle. Fishermen drank it for its warming qualities. "At a dinner given by Sir Joshua Reynolds on March 30th 1871, when Dr Johnson and Boswell were among the guests, Mr. Eliot, of Port Eliot, mentioned a curious liquor peculiar to his county which the Cornish fishermen drink, made as above, and at Boswell's request Mr. Eliot "made some with proper skill," and it was greatly appreciated." - Sir Arthur Quiller- Couch. Q 6. Where the fastest internet connection in Cornwall? A. At Goonhilly on the Lizard. A broadband connection is 100MB. Q
7. Where is this? A Wheal Peevor, See Web site Q 8. Which mine had the last working Cornish Beam Engine? A. South Crofty Mine, Pool. Q 9. Where would we find the Giant’s Hedge? A. From Lerryn to West Looe, over a distance of 7 miles runs a great rampart of earth with a ditch at +its foot. Uphill and down dale through woods and fields it links the Looe River with Fowey. It probably demarcated a tribal territory some 15 centuries ago. An old rhyme says “One day the devil having nothing to do, Built a great hedge from Lerryn to Looe.” See Web Site Q 10. Which is the largest town in Cornwall? A. Falmouth.with a population of 21,635, Penzance 21,161, Liskeard 8656, ( Reference National Office of Statistics. 2001.) Q 11. Which is the most southerly tip of Cornwall? A. Lizard Point. Web Site Q 12. Which is the most westerly town in Cornwall? A. St. Just in Penwith. Web Site Q
13. What is the name of this circle? A. Merry Maidens, Boleigh Q 14. How many tourists visit Cornwall every year? A. Five million. Most visit from other parts of the U.K.Web site Q 15. What percentage of Cornwall is owned by Duke of Cornwall? A. 2% Q
16. Where will you find this rock? A. Lands End Back to Quiz Page
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