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South Tyneside Meeting - December 2002 Quiz compiled by Christine A Report by Margaret Stafford

We had a quiz, a mixture of family history, South Shields' references and Xmas. With the permission of Christine, the quiz compiler, I am posting the questions - there is no competition so please don't post answers, just test the brain power. I will post the answers in a few days when you have suffered enough!!

1. Which London prison was the venue for many clandestine "marriages" between 1660 and 1753?
a) Bridewell b) the Fleet c) Newgate

2. What type of documents record the oaths sworn in 1641/2 in defiance of Popery?
a) Hardwicke's Marriage Act b) Compton's census c) Protestation returns

3. What document identifies a person's right to receive Poor Relief if necessary?
a) removal order b) settlement certificate c) churchwardens' accounts

4. What was a Glebe Terrier?
a) a survey of a clergyman's benefice b) the vicar's dog c) a local vagabond and troublemaker

5. In which year did the New Year cease to begin in March?
a) 1666 b) 1752 c) 1832

6. When was the Education Act passed which allowed for the setting up of Board Schools?
a) 1870 b) 1860 c) 1880

7. From what date did it become possible to marry your deceased wife's sister?
a) 1845 b) 1907 c) 1957

8. From what date did it become possible to marry in a Register Office?
a) 1837 b) 1932 c) 1977

9. When did civil registration begin in Scotland?
a) 1775 b) 1837 c) 1855

10. In 1647 the English Parliament passed a law relating to Christmas, what did the law decree?
a) forbid Christmas celebrations b) declare everyone has to eat goose c) make Christmas a public holiday

11. On which Caribbean island was the ban on celebrating Christmas lifted in 1998?
a)Haiti b) Cuba c) Puerto Rica

12. What was the real name of Mickey Rooney?
a) Frank Christmas b) Joe Yule c) Jimmy Snow

13. Which London confectioner invented Christmas crackers?
a) Cadbury's b) Tom Smith c) Fry's

14. Who first declared December 25th a holiday?
a) Aurelian b) Queen Victoria c) Queen Anne

15. The first recorded British observation that "Christmas isn't what it used to be" appeared in which newspaper?
a) the Scotsman b) the Spectator c) the Times

16. Which station on the Tyneside metro system has the same name as a Sussex town?
a) Chichester b) Millfield c) Shiremoor

17. Which South Shields-born actress had a playhouse named after her?
a) Denise Welch b) Flora Robson c) Thora Hird

18. Which North East football team was formerly called South Shields Adelaide?
a) Newcastle United b) Blyth Spartans c) Gateshead

19. Which South Shields inventor was credited with developing the first lifeboat?
a) Henry Greathead b) William Wouldhave c) Thomas Swann

20. Who was elected M. P. for South Shields in 1987?
a) David Milliband b) Don Dixon c) David Clark

21. Which street in South Shields was formerly known as German Street?
a) Fowler Street b) King Street c) Ocean Road

22. Which historic riverside pub is due for demolition?
a) the Alum House b ) the Turk's Head c) the Harbour Lights

23. To where has Mercury recently returned?
a) the Custom's House b) the Museum c) the Town Hall

24. What are/were the Freda Cunningham and the Shieldsman?
a) pubs b) ferries c) metro trains

Have fun!!

Answers
1 a; 2 c; 3 b; 4 a; 5 b; 6 a; 7 b; 8 a; 9 c; 10 a; 11 b; 12 b; 13 b; 14 a; 15 c; 16 a; 17 b; 18 c; 19 a; 20 c; 21 c; 22 b; 23 c; 24 b.