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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? |
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| 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? |
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| a) Nicholas Rowe | c) Thomas Gray | |
| b) Alexander Pope | d) Samuel Coleridge | |
| 5.Which Bedfordshire poet is buried in All Saints Church, Campton? |
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| 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? |
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| a) George Eliot | c) Charles Dickens | |
| b) Mark Rutherford | d) H.G. Wells | |
| 9. Which Bedford author was painted by James Tissot in 1870? |
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| 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 | |
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