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Bedfordshire Literary Quiz - Number 1

1.Who wrote the book 'Masquerade' in 1979 that caused a nationwide hunt for a golden hare?

Ampthill Park where the hare was found

 
a) Bamber Gascoigne c) Kit Williams
b) Ken Thomas d) Dugald Thompson
   

2. In 1719, Underhill Robinson published the first book in Bedfordshire.  In which village was it printed?  
 
a) Milton Ernest c) Tingrith
b) Ampthill d) Whipsnade
   

3. Which Bedfordshire author wrote stories about tiny people who lived in the fabric of houses?  
a) Enid Blyton c) Rosemary Sutcliff
b) Mary Norton d) Arthur Ransome

4. Which Bedfordshire poet was made Poet Laureate in 1715?

Poet Laureate elected in 1715

 
a) Nicholas Rowe c) Thomas Gray
b) Alexander Pope d) Samuel Coleridge
   

5.Which Bedfordshire poet is buried in All Saints Church, Campton?

Buried in Campton churchyard

 
a) Samuel Page c) John Donne
b) Nicholas Rowe d) Robert Bloomfield
   

6.Where in Bedfordshire would you find a monument to the author of these well famous lines "I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul".  
a) Bedford c) Cockayne Hatley
b) Leighton Buzzard d) Milton Bryan

7.Which Bedfordshire author was well known for his publications on both fungi and archaeology?  
 
a) James Wyatt c) Samuel Lysons
b) A.R. Goddard d) Worthington George Smith
   

8.Who wrote about the fictional town of Eastthorpe (i.e. Bedford) in the Eastern Midlands?

Bedford Town Bridge

 
a) George Eliot c) Charles Dickens
b) Mark Rutherford d) H.G. Wells
   

9. Which Bedford author was painted by James Tissot in 1870?

Portrait by Tissot

 
a) Frederick Burnaby c) Mark Rutherford
b) Zachary Grey d) John Howard
   

10. Who famously gave up bell ringing and dancing in order to concentrate on a study of the bible?  
a) Joanna Southcott c) Gamaliel Ratsey
b) Sir Joseph Paxton d) John Bunyan

 Page last updated: 12th May 2010