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Summer-By-The-Sea Quiz

by Northern Life

Let’s take a stroll along the promenades of Yorkshire and Lancashire’s best-loved seaside towns...

Blackpool

  1. Which famous racehorse switched on the illuminations in 1977?
  2. The first ‘illuminations’ occurred in 1879, but how many lights were switched on?
  3. How many piers does Blackpool have?
  4. True or false: an old drainage channel gave Blackpool its name.
  5. Which famous Harry Potter actor came from Blackpool?

Whitby

  1. What type of animal bones were used to construct the arch on Whitby’s West Cliff?
  2. Which famous sailor completed his seaman’s apprenticeship in the town?
  3. The murder of a local hermit by huntsmen led to which famous tradition?
  4. What is the name of the ill-tempered fairy who resides in a cave in Mulgrave Woods?
  5. What happened to the bells stolen from Whitby Abbey by Henry VIII?

Morecambe

  1. True or false: Morecambe once had a tower, with plans to have a helter-skelter providing a fun route down from the top.
  2. What should you be wary of if you stroll along the sand in Morecambe?
  3. Comedian Eric Morecambe has a statue on Morecambe Bay. What was the name of his comedy partner?
  4. Six stone cut graves at St Patrick’s Chapel were used in which rock band’s album cover?
  5. Whose grave serves as a poignant reminder of Lancashire’s connection to the slave trade, situated at Sunderland Point?

Scarborough

  1. In 1988, local schoolchildren created the world’s largest comic strip on the beach, but which famous comic magazine did they depict?
  2. What was the name of the woman who discovered Scarborough’s waters could have a ‘medicinal use’ and caused visitors to flock to the town?
  3. True or false: the area is home to Britain’s oldest house?
  4. Local man David Chapman was the last man in England sentenced to hang, but what was his crime?
  5. Lorenzo Mitchell-Henry caught a fish weighing 851 lbs off the coast of Scarborough in 1933, but what kind of fish was it?

Southport

  1. Which quirky museum is Southport home to?
  2. True or false: the tide never comes in?
  3. What are locals known as?
  4. How old is the Southport Flower Show?
  5. Which street in Southport is considered one of the world’s first boulevards?

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