Quiztime Devon Quiz

1. At which Devon market town was William of Orange first proclaimed king?
Newton Abbot
2. Devon Rex And Cornish Rex Are Breeds Of Which Animal?
Cat
3. Which famous architect designed Castle Drogo in Devon?
Sir Edwin' Lutyens
4. What is the name of the highest cliffs in England to be found in Devon?
Countisbury cliffs
5. What opera premiered in Paignton Devon 30th December 1879?
Pirates of Penzance
6. Monks at which Devon abbey produce a popular tonic wine?
Buckfast
7. A famous photograph of 1956 shows which competitor flat on her belly with 50 yards to go?
Devon Loch
- Which writer rode Devon Loch in the 1956 Grand National?
Dick Francis
8. What collective name is given to the counties of Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
West Country
9. Which moorland area of southwest Devon is the site of a high-security prison?
Dartmoor
10. What is the name of the principal ‘seat’ of the English dukes of Devonshire, often called “Palace of the Peak”?
Chatsworth House - in Derbyshire
11. Which island off the coast of Devon is a National Trust bird sanctuary?
Lundy Island
12. Which metal was once mined extensively in the counties of Devon and Cornwall?
Tin
13. Which island off the north coast of Devon takes its name from the Norse word for Puffin?
Lundy
14. What was the name of Michael Knight's boss in Knight Rider?
Devon Miles
15. Which Devon town has given its name to a type of carpet with a long soft pile and complex patterns?
Axminster
16. In the song, with which fair in Devon is Tom Pearce associated?Widecombe
17. Which ornamental fabric is named after the Devon village in which it has been produced since the 17th century?
Honiton Lace
18. England's so-called Jurassic Coast was declared a WHS in 2001. Name the two counties that share the Jurassic Coast?
Devon and Dorset
19. In which Devon port is the Britannia naval college?
Datmouth
20. What is the County Town of Devon?
Exeter (ancient Isca Dumnoniorum)

21. I was born in 1552 in Devon and wrote a book entitled History Of The World whilst imprisoned in the Tower Of London. Who am I?
Sir Walter Raleigh
22. At which port in Devon (now part of Torbay) did William of Orange land, in 1688 to assume the throne of England?
Brixham
23. Which Devon town was destroyed by a flash-flood, killing 34 people in August 1952?
Lynmouth
24. From which Devon port did the Pilgrims set sail for the New World in the ship Mayflower in 1620?
Plymouth
25. Which Devon born artist’s works include Dr Samuel Johnson and Sarah Siddons as The Tragic Muse?
Sir Joshua Reynolds
26. Which of these is the name of a Devon village - a) Ale, b) Hung Over, c) Booze or d) Beer?
Beer
27. What is the name of the river which forms the boundary, ancient and modern, between Cornwall and Devon?
Tamar
28. The South Devon Railway was built by Brunel in 1843 and was powered by a revolutionary new system, what was it?
Air Vacuum
29. Which city is home to Devonport Dockyard?
Plymouth
30. Which Devon town is the only one in England to have an exclamation mark after it’s name?
Westward Ho!
31. Which Devon City is also the Capital of the Caribbean Island of Montserrat?
Plymouth
32. Charles Kingsley’s novel The Water Babies was inspired by which Devon resort where he spent much of his childhood?
Clovelly
33. Born in Devon in 1929 who was leader of the Liberal Party from 1967 to 1976?
Jeremy Thorpe
34. Which breed of dog takes its name from a 19th century Devonshire vicar who bred them?
Jack Russel terrier
35. Which religious sect moved from Ireland to Devon in 1831 and took its name from its new home?
Plymouth Bretheren
36. Which English town contains half the letters of the alphabet without any letter being repeated?
Buckfastleigh in Devon
37. Which part of England had it's own parliament and courts until 1897?
Devon and Cornwall - The Stannaries
38. Which famous painting shows the sea wall at Budleigh Salterton. Devon?
'The Boyhood of Raleigh' by Millais
39. Born in Devon, In what year did Sir Francis Drake die?
1596
40. Which game was invented in 1875 by British Army officers serving with the Devonshire Regiment in India?
Snooker

Tiebreaker - Anne Aitken of Devon is in the Guinness Book of Records for having the world’s largest collection of garden gnomes in her 4 acre “Gnome Reserve”?
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